Economy

Emails reveal how Kingston officials ceded control of a gate across North Street to Hutton Brickyards, while activists say the city was dragging its feet on a solution for those facing homelessness.

Seraphim Equities is pushing an arts festival and making appeals to community—while buying up buildings and evicting residents.

We talk to the Ulster County deputy executive about the affordability crisis, community solutions, and the county’s new Housing Action Plan.

A real estate transfer tax targeting wealthy new arrivals takes effect during the unprecedented migration of New York City residents to the region.

Landlords have found ways to oust renters with the market surging in the Hudson Valley. What will happen when the moratorium ends?

Across the region, spending by newcomers has kept sales tax revenues from declining much less than predicted at the start of the lockdown.

A pandemic-fueled exodus from NYC has turbocharged the housing market in the Ulster County seat. Will its less-affluent residents be left behind?

Three recent reports show that home values are on the rise, and the affordability gap is growing wider.

Arts and environmental initiatives have driven a campaign to attract wealthier residents to the riverfront city. It could be a sign of things to come in the Hudson Valley.

This September, the small community on the east bank of the Hudson River is set to join several other American cities that are home to a UBI program.

The Paycheck Protection Program offered immediate help to small businesses affected by COVID-19. But three months into the crisis, the value of that assistance is being questioned, and it’s not clear where the next round of money will come from.

As restaurants across the Hudson Valley contend with a harsh new reality, industry workers are left in a precarious position.

The closure of the Catskill Mountain News is the latest blow to local journalism in rural New York.

A housing vacancy study found that Kington is not eligible to opt in to the Emergency Tenant Protection Act. What do the results mean for other cities?

Despite record subsidies, farm bankruptcies are spiking across the nation. But New York may be better positioned than most states for the agricultural future.

Creating equity in the Hudson Valley.

The only one in the US is in North Dakota, but a growing movement believes the model can create a more stable economy and fund projects like the Green New Deal.

From commerce and culture to social connection, almost no segment of contemporary life is untouched by the internet. In many rural communities, limited broadband access remains a barrier to 21st-century connectivity.

Land banking is a creative tool to convert abandoned and vacant properties into affordable housing.

With the specter of gentrification looming large, the Hudson Valley is ground zero for testing models of inclusive development.