A U.S. District Court judge shot down legal challenges by Assemblyman David Townsend and several others to the placement of 13,000 acres of land into trust for the benefit of the Oneida Indian Nation.

Sales of previously owned single-family homes in New York State plummeted nearly 40 percent in January from December.

Sales of existing single-family homes in New York climbed 21 percent between December 2008 and December 2009 to more than 7,100, according to the latest statistics from the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR).

For the full year, New York realtors sold more than 77,000 existing single-family homes, a decline of 3 percent from the more than 79,000 homes sold in 2008
 

CAZENOVIA -- Kurt F. Wendler and Gregory S. Widrick, managing partners of Sphere Development LLC, left their jobs at Syracuse-based mall developer The Pyramid Companies in May 2006 to start their own commercial real-estate firm.
 

Gov. David A. Paterson signed into law a bill that will increase the availability of rehabilitation tax credits to developers of New York historic structures.

The new bill increases the New York Historic Tax Credit to 20 perce