A proposed Lysander data center is still moving through Onondaga County's local site-plan review even though Executive Order 62's statewide pause on new 50-megawatt-plus facilities remains in effect -- proof the EO doesn't touch the local approvals that actually decide whether a project gets built. WSTM

Naugatuck, Connecticut officials are floating a data center on the old Uniroyal tire site but say they want $14 million a year in local revenue before they'll clear it -- a preview of the municipal price tags that could shape which CT sites actually break ground. Hartford Business Journal

New Jersey's count of towns that have locally banned AI data centers is closing in on 40, per New Jersey 101.5 -- another data point in the patchwork our own coverage has been tracking since the state's ban count first neared that number last week. New Jersey 101.5

State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez is publicly pushing Gov. Hochul to sign Albany's data-center reporting bill, which has sat unsigned while Executive Order 62's building pause runs with no fixed end date. Spectrum News NY1

The Greyson, a residential tower in Jersey City's Journal Square, says it's past 60% leased as it opens its amenity floor -- a leasing signal worth watching against the borough's construction-financing pipeline. Yield PRO

The New York Times reports City Hall's housing math is leaning harder on office-to-residential conversions, the same pipeline our own permit tracking has shown moving in fits and starts rather than a steady flow. The New York Times

A new Center for Public Enterprise analysis tries to size the multifamily projects that are entitled but not yet permitted -- the same gap between filing and shovel our own permit data watches for on the NYC side. Center for Public Enterprise