The wake of the flood
Suit maintains drains, not God, wreaked havoc
BY JOHN GOLDEN

On East Hartsdale Avenue, restaurateur Steven Palm has begun a legal battle to recover his substantial losses from the mid-April flood that ravaged the Hartsdale commercial district and forced his and a dozen other businesses there to close temporarily.

On one legal front, he'll be joined by seven neighboring business owners whose shops were shuttered for a few weeks to a few months in the wake of the disastrous nor'easter.

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Report says pension funds aid terror nations
BY JOHN GOLDEN

A state senator whose metropolitan district includes victims' survivors from the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center is leading a push in Albany to divest New York state pension fund investments in companies that do business in terrorism-sponsoring nations.

Transit hub draws praise …
… and is drawn into election brawl
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

One of the largest transportation hubs in Westchester County will be getting a $3 million makeover by the end of 2008.

For Yonkers firm, South America is right next door
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

Usually in business the term outsourcing generally has a negative connotation.

Gunmaker seeks to remodel Yonkers facility
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

Kimber Manufacturing Inc., a firearms maker, has an application before the Yonkers Planning Board to expand part of its operations at 16 Harrison Ave.

County still calculating Empire Games' effect on economy By BRYAN F. YURCAN

Although he has no firm numbers yet, Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano said the Empire State Games brought in a short-term economic boost to the county.

New York ISO powers up CEO search
By ALEXANDER SOULE

Mark Lynch is stepping down as chief executive officer of the New York Independent System Operator, which oversees the state's wholesale energy market and 10,800-mile grid of high-voltage lines.

County housing market levels, brokers say
BY JOHN GOLDEN

Realtors with the Westchester-Putnam Multiple Listing Service Inc. describe sales volume and prices in the region's housing market midway through the year as “more of a dip than a dive” from the record-setting markets of 2004 and 2005.

Elmsford developer has big plans for Newburgh
BY KATHY KAHN

To market, to market … or, better still, to The Marketplace. That's what owners of a 120-acre parcel at the center of I-84 and I-87 in the town of Newburgh are hoping for.

Key and Union State set to join financial forces
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

Key Bank will soon double its footprint in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley after acquiring the holding company for Union State Bank.

IBM to girls: Tech is exciting
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

With the idea of growing and maintaining an interest among teenage girls in the field of technology, IBM conducted its fourth annual “Exite” camp last week at its Yorktown facility.

IBM layoffs are blip in the valley's economy
By LYNN WOODS

IBM Corp.'s latest round of layoffs isn't expected to have much effect on the local economy, according to one industry expert.