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The Capital Region of New York has seen a 214% increase in people relocating from the city and elsewhere.
The influx of new residents has led to a housing shortage and apartments being rented sight unseen.
Newcomers love the livability, location, and opportunity to get twice the space for half the cost.
Last summer, real-estate developer Redburn Development received 2,000 showing requests for just 93 units at its latest redevelopment project, the Kenmore Apartments, an 1878 Victorian building located in Albany, New York.
The building opened in fall 2020, and the rate of initial inquiries were more than double the requests for other newly available properties pre-pandemic, Jeff Buell, principal at Redburn Development, told Insider. He added that a lot of the building s interest was fueled by New York City residents looking to relocate.
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OSWEGO – One of New York state’s newest tourism websites, www.discoverupstateny.com, was recently recognized at the NYSTIA awards ceremony on May 6 for its vigorous and committed efforts in keeping tourism alive by alerting, updating and advising visitors about restrictions of the pandemic, from its lockdown to reopening.
Discover Upstate NY (DUNY) received the Award of Excellence in Overall Tourism Marketing by a Private Sector Entity.
The website features more than 2,900 attractions including hundreds of restaurants, hotels, tourism attractions and historical sites, and focuses on family fun and adventure tourism throughout the cities and Regions of Upstate NY, West of the Hudson River.
WAMC
WAMC is proud to announce that it has won three Excellence in Broadcasting Awards from the New York State Broadcasters Association.
In the 55th annual competition, WAMC won in the following categories:
OUTSTANDING ELECTION COVERAGE: WAMC ELECTION COVERAGE 2020
OUTSTANDING LIVE LOCAL COVERAGE: ALBANY PROTESTS TURN DANGEROUS
OUTSTANDING PODCAST: A NEW YORK MINUTE IN HISTORY
Excellence in Broadcasting awards will be presented in September. We are grateful to receive these honors after such a demanding year, WAMC President and CEO Dr. Alan Chartock said. We are thankful our members continue to enable us to produce important reporting and programming in our local communities.
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WAMC is proud to announce that it has won a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Podcast.
The award honors “A New York Minute In History,” about the history of New York and the unique tales of New Yorkers. It is hosted by State Historian Devin Lander, Saratoga County Historian Lauren Roberts and Don Wildman. Jesse King and Jim Levulis of WAMC produce the podcast.
“A New York Minute In History” is a production of the New York State Museum, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Archivist Media.
“We are thrilled to be recognized with this award, which once again demonstrates WAMC’s history of community partnership and commitment to high-quality educational programming,” says WAMC President and CEO Dr. Alan Chartock.
ALBANY â Republicans and landlords on Wednesday pushed back against a Democratic proposal to extend the eviction moratorium originally passed to provide relief during the COVID-19 crisis.
The Assembly Minority Conference held a virtual news conference Wednesday morning calling on state lawmakers to end the moratorium that denies property owners the ability to evict tenants who do not pay their rent.
A vote on the extension was originally slated for this week in the state Legislature, but on Wednesday, the vote was delayed until Monday.
The moratorium was first passed in May of last year, early in the COVID-19 pandemic, in an effort to assist tenants who were impacted economically by the coronavirus outbreak.