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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said a construction team may be chosen in the next six months to build a $5.2 billion replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge and that he’s considering turning the old span over the Hudson River into a pedestrian greenway.
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New York plans to open a store on eBay Inc.’s website to sell excess inventory, including as many as 500 vehicles, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
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Megaupload.com founder Kim Dotcom, imprisoned in New Zealand since Jan. 20 at the request of the U.S., won release today as a judge ruled he isn’t a flight risk and should be freed on bail.
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is betting on the sharpest revenue increase since 2007 to help finance his personal and business income-tax cuts and the biggest pension contribution in the state’s history.
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A central New York town can block natural-gas drilling after a state judge, in the first test of local laws, upheld the Town of Dryden’s ban on hydraulic fracturing.
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Profits for the biggest U.S. energy producers including Exxon Mobil Corp. are poised to decline the most since the financial meltdown of 2008-09 as the drilling technique known as fracking collapses natural gas prices.
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey handled a record amount of cargo last year, beating the previous mark set in 2007, before the start of the economic crisis, the agency said.
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An agreement between New York and its largest teachers union on evaluations makes the state part of a movement backed by President Barack Obama to hold educators responsible for student performance.
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New York state’s largest teachers union reached agreement with Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administation on an evaluation template for firing the worst educators, which may save $700 million in federal funding.
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Retailers from Forever 21 Inc. to Gap Inc. have rushed to Hong Kong to reach the 28 million Chinese tourists passing through last year. To do so, they are paying some of the world's highest rents.
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