July 18, 2011 Comments Off on US builders’ outlook rises after hitting 2011 low
WASHINGTON — The outlook among U.S. homebuilders became a bit rosier in June but the future prospects for home construction are anything but promising. The National Association of Home Builders says an index of builders' outlook ...
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Read More »December 16, 2010 Comments Off on 1 WTC, aka Freedom Tower, reaches halfway mark
NEW YORK CITY — Steel construction has reached the halfway point for 1 World Trade Center, the building also known as the Freedom Tower. After years of stalled development, steel at the building ...
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Read More »November 17, 2010 Comments Off on October housing construction falls sharply
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Construction of new homes fell in October, fresh evidence that the housing industry remains under duress. Construction of new homes and apartments sank 11.7 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate ...
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Read More »September 21, 2010 Comments Off on Yahoo! data center opens in Lockport
Yahoo! Inc. recently completed the first phase of its multi-phased investment in Western New York. The company finished construction and opened a new $150 million data center, which state officials said created 125 new high-tech jobs.
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Read More »May 19, 2010 Comments Off on Contractors mixed on industry health
Upstate construction companies need to become leaner and meaner. A study of Upstate construction activity released Friday by The Bonadio Group calls many industry conditions “unsettling” and says more firms ...
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Read More »May 17, 2010 Comments Off on Three local projects on hold
Contractors working on 23 construction projects statewide, including three in Monroe County, are not proceeding with work or are refusing to buy new materials until the state ends its moratorium on paying for capital projects ...
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Read More »May 13, 2010 Comments Off on Groups sign on to construction suit
Two construction industry groups representing more than half a million members this week joined a lawsuit charging the state with breach of contract for suspending payments for construction projects.
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Read More »April 19, 2010 Comments Off on Construction groups sue
The construction industry hopes the courts will get the state to pay its bills. A coalition of construction groups on Friday filed a suit in New York State Supreme Court in Albany, charging ...
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Read More »November 25, 2002 Comments Off on Legal Assistance Corp.’s Fair Housing Projects receives HUD grant (10178)
The Fair Housing Enforcement Project, a program of Monroe County Legal Assistance Corp., has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The three time grantee is now able to sustain its mission to eliminate housing ...
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Read More »November 25, 2002 Comments Off on Legal Assistance Corp.’s Fair Housing Projects receives HUD grant
The Fair Housing Enforcement Project, a program of Monroe County Legal Assistance Corp., has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The three time grantee is now able to sustain its mission to eliminate housing ...
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Read More »November 15, 2002 Comments Off on Collateral source payment case damages affirmed (10143)
When the plaintiffs’ home was destroyed in a fire, does a collateral source payment received by the plaintiffs from their insurer correspond to damages payable by defendants so as to require a setoff under CPLR 4545(c)≠ This was the central ...
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Read More »November 15, 2002 Comments Off on Collateral source payment case damages affirmed
When the plaintiffs’ home was destroyed in a fire, does a collateral source payment received by the plaintiffs from their insurer correspond to damages payable by defendants so as to require a setoff under CPLR 4545(c)≠ This was the central ...
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