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Performance bonds are a familiar tool in the construction industry – particularly on public works and larger private projects. Their purpose is to provide an owner or upstream contractor with a guarantee that a contractor is not getting in over its proverbial head and will actually complete the job at the cost originally contracted.

YONKERS, NY—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor arrived here in mid-September to celebrate the opening of the Yonkers Public School District’s newly constructed school named in her honor.

ALBANY—In public, Gov. Kathy
Hochul has repeatedly said her order to
pause congestion pricing was motivated
by economics, not politics. But behind
the scenes, her lawyers are claiming
the debate over the controversial tolling
program does in fact live in the “political
realm.”

ALBANY—The New York State Thruway Authority announced on Sept. 10 the reopening of the newly renovated Sloatsburg Service Area located on I-87 northbound between exit 15A (Sloatsburg – Suffern – NY Routes 17 North & 59) and exit 16 (Harriman – US Route 6 – NY Route 17) in Rockland County.

NEW YORK—In advance of the New York City Labor Day Parade, on Sept. 7, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed eight pieces of legislation aimed at protecting New York State’s workforce as well as improving their ability to grow and prosper in New York State.

NEW YORK— The Metropolitan Transportation Authority released its proposed 2025-2029 Capital Plan on Sept. 18, outlining a $68.4-billion investment in the region’s subways, buses, railroads, bridges and tunnels over the next five years.

MONTICELLO, NY–The veteran Sullivan County politician and businessman Anthony “Tony” Cellini passed away on Sept. 6 at the age of 83.

Did you apply for the Employee Retention Credit over the last few years only to face daunting delays? ERCs were a refundable tax credit introduced by the U.S. government to help businesses keep employees on their payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act from March of 2020.

NEW YORK— Expecting to see green, New York City officials are seeing red instead.
Approved by voters statewide in 2022, the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act allows the state to borrow $4.2 billion to pay for big projects, such as stormwater and wastewater systems, green buildings, coastal protections and electric school buses.

WASHINGTON—As employment opportunities in the sustainable energy sector advance, elected officials representing New York State announced $3,828,000 in federal funding for the Educational and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electrical Industry to help establish a Global Wind Organization onshore and offshore wind safety training facility in Walden, NY (Orange County) to train New Yorkers for careers in clean energy.