Stockade Strategies is proud to work closely with Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation (HVEDC), the Mayor’s Office, and City government to help position Yonkers for external funding opportunities, like New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI).

We're thrilled to see our clients at Historic Huguenot Street receive this funding from the New York State Council on the Arts! Their new Visitor and Education Center will help to better preserve and interpret the unique history of one of New York's most significant historic preservation resources.

The State will soon launch a consolidation funding window for nonprofit grant programs. This will open the window for grant applications in the economic development space, creating much-needed opportunities for people who want to live and work here.

IBM announced plans to invest more than $10 billion in quantum computing over the next five years, funding research and development, capital expenditures, manufacturing scale-up, ecosystem partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions.

The Hudson Valley’s private-sector job count rose by 7,500, or 0.9 percent, for the 12-month period ending April 2026, reaching 850,300 jobs, the highest employment count on record for the region. According to New York State Department of Labor analyst Johny Nelson, growth was broad-based, with eight of nine sectors posting year-over-year gains.

WMCHealth cut the ribbon on the renovated and expanded Behavioral Health Center of Excellence at MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie, increasing inpatient behavioral health capacity from 40 to 60 beds while awaiting final regulatory approvals.

This is an incredible resource for the young people of Ulster County. They will have access to state-of-the-art tools to help them prepare for jobs in fields that will withstand the shifts in the labor market due to emerging AI.

Very exciting news for our client Archtop Fiber! This restructuring will allow the company to invest more capital into constructing its best-in-class fiber network throughout the Hudson Valley, delivering some of the world's fastest broadband speeds for our businesses and residents.

Thank you, Mayor Steve Noble, and all of the other participants for your leadership. SEQRA reform is needed to move important investments in our communities, like affordable housing projects, forward in a timely manner.

If we're going to effectively address the affordability crisis in New York and the Hudson Valley, we need to make it less costly to invest in housing, jobs and infrastructure. SEQRA reform is a good step in that direction

New York’s economy is becoming dangerously over-reliant on the service sector, with over 85% of our jobs now tied to industries like healthcare and education that are heavily dependent on government funding and shifting economic cycles. We need our state and local leaders to stop the decline of goods-producing sectors by making New York more competitive for manufacturing and technology investments.

This survey raises serious concerns about the business climate in NY and the Hudson Valley, particularly as we are, like the rest of the country, confronting an affordability crisis for many of our residents. It is critical that political/business leaders in the region, and across the state, work together to develop actionable strategies that can turn the tide of historically low survey numbers.