Protestors disrupts ribbon cutting
A tenant at Glens Falls' Broad Street Commons disrupted the ribbon-cutting event for the workforce housing complex and complained about criminal activity at the site. She said the management company has been ignoring the issues, according to a story in the Post-Star. Mayor Dan Hall told the Post-Star that the location has seen an “abnormal amount of calls” to the complex, 25% came from one person, who has moved, the story says. More than one resident complained to the reporter.
HVCC investing in Saratoga County
A two-story, 14,500 square foot addition to Hudson Valley Community College’s Tec-Smart campus in Malta will begin this fall, along with a renovation of the current building, the Albany Business Journal is reporting. At nearly $10.5 million, the expansion and renovation will house education in nursing, construction, welding and computer chip manufacturing, the story says. Student applications to popular programs exceed the space available. Capacity in Saratoga County will move from 500 to 2,000, the story says.
Hoosick Falls and PFOA
Hoosick Falls residents, property owners and the village itself have won $65.25 million in damages from three companies that polluted the public and private water supplies with PFOAs in the village, the Times-Union is reporting. The preliminary settlement, must be approved by a federal judge, the story says. The settlement will provide money for residents and establish a 10-year monitoring program. Some people have elevated levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, PFOA, in their bloodstreams. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics and Honeywell International and, later, 3M and DuPont Co. were named in the class-action lawsuit which began in 2016, the story says.
Pot: An in-state-only crop
Also in the ABJ: Supplying enough marijuana for New York State’s demand will be difficult, says Ruben Lindo, a Hudson Valley resident and cannabis investor. Since pot is not a legal crop nationally, selling across state borders is not an option. Because the legal, regulated market will not have enough supply, a two-tier market—regulated and unregulated—will continue, he says in the story.