The Paterson administration wants to change the way New York businesses get tax breaks for job creation, proposing credits for research and development, capital investment and payroll costs for new jobs in high technology, biotechnology, clean energy, finance and manufacturing. The proposed Excelsior Jobs Program would replace ...

Property owners can't be forced to give up about a tenth of the land Columbia University wants for a major expansion, an appeals court said Thursday. The state Supreme Court's Appellate Division said condemning a half-dozen gas stations and storage facilities to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State lawfully seized land needed for the $4 billion Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, the state's highest court ruled on Tuesday. The project, which includes plans to build a basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets alongside office and apartment buildings, has been repeatedly delayed by lawsuits and financing problems. The court was asked ...

New York's top court ruled Tuesday that the state can use eminent domain to force homeowners and businesses to sell their properties for a massive development in Brooklyn that includes a new arena for the New Jersey Nets. In a 6-1 ruling ...