A new report by Pattern for Progress finds that declining birth rates and outward migration are two key reasons behind the labor shortage in the Hudson Vally.  Pattern for Progress CEO Adam Bosch said the report was put together to better understand the hiring difficulties throughout the region and provide local leaders with actionable ideas. …

Around 170 Vietnam War veterans from the Hudson Valley region were honored for their services during a ceremony at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center on April 2. It is the second such event in the region, which will be hosted annually until 2025 to honor as many veterans and surviving family members as possible, according…

An average worker cannot afford market-rate apartments in Orange County, New York, in 2022, according to a newly released report by Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress. To afford a one-bedroom apartment in the county, which has a fair market rate of $1,107, a renter must have a regular 40-hour-a-week job that pays over $20 an…

Five-term Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) is seeking reelection in his Aug. 23 Democratic primary by touting his record as a moderate dealmaker who can win competitive elections in a swing Hudson Valley congressional district won by former President Donald Trump in 2016. Maloney, a self-described “gay guy with an interracial family,” has represented New…