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Colón Torres joins OCRRA board of directors
SALINA, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) recently announced Luis A. Colón Torres, of Syracuse, has joined its board of directors. Colón Torres is an entrepreneur in the trucking and food-services industries, OCRRA said in a release. He has extensive experience in transportation and logistics. Colón Torres was appointed to the board […]
New Oneida County grant programs to benefit small businesses, startups
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County has announced two new grant programs that could help area small businesses and startups. The county says $200,000 in microenterprise grants and $750,000 in Cares Act grants are available through Mohawk Valley EDGE. “These two programs will provide a huge benefit to the county’s business sector,” Oneida County Executive Anthony
Indium remembers board chair, Macartney, who died at age 79
CLINTON, N.Y. — The Indium Corporation of Clinton is mourning the death of William (Bill) Macartney III, chair of the firm’s board of directors, who died Sept. 14 from cancer at age 79. Indium announced Macartney’s death Sept. 22. Macartney was part of Indium for more than 50 years, having joined the company in 1967.
Upstate University Hospital suspends or fires 113 who didn’t comply with vaccine mandate
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital has suspended or terminated about 113 employees who didn’t comply with the state mandate to receive a COVID-19 vaccine
Dannible’s Lyon joins LAUNCH board of directors
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — LAUNCH, a nonprofit organization that supports individuals with cognitive deficits in Onondaga County, has added Samuel M. Lyon, a tax manager at Dannible & McKee, LLP, to its board of directors. Lyon will join 11 other directors providing strategic guidance and fiscal oversight for LAUNCH, which helps more than 400 people a
Clinton’s Ditch looking for recruitment sweet spot
CICERO, N.Y. — But for a lack of people working machines, Nicole McQuaid says that Clinton’s Ditch Cooperative Co. could be taking on more business. McQuaid is the HR manager at Clinton’s Ditch, a bottling plant in Cicero owned by PepsiCo that opened in 1968 and fills both aluminum cans and plastic bottles for Pepsi
State to provide more overtime pay for health-care workers at SUNY hospitals
New York State has launched a pilot program to provide nurses, other health-care professionals, and hospital employees at SUNY hospitals an overtime rate of up to two and a half times their normal rate of pay. Overtime is normally at one and a half times the hospital employees’ regular rate of pay, the office of Gov. Kathy
St. Joseph’s Health names new dean of College of Nursing
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health has concluded its search for a permanent dean for the St. Joseph’s College of Nursing, with the hiring of Lenore Boris. She succeeds Susan Berger, who has served as interim dean since April, per a Sept. 8 announcement from the health system. Berger resumes her role as the chairperson
Matthew House in Auburn adds two to board of directors
AUBURN, N.Y. — Matthew House — an Auburn nonprofit that operates a two-bed comfort-care home for terminally ill people in their final days of life — announced it has recently added two new members to its board of directors. Beth Burgmaster and Diane Lozowsky were inducted to the board for three-year terms. Burgmaster, a life-long
VIEWPOINT: Answering FAQs about NY Hero Act Compliance
New York employers are presently “activating” their HERO Act plans, after the New York State Department of Health (DOH) officially designated COVID-19 as a “highly contagious communicable disease that poses risk to the public health.” We have developed these FAQs to answer the urgent questions of our clients and Bond friends. New York recently issued additional
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