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Area localities get Climate Smart Community project funds
Communities in Central New York, the Mohawk Valley, and the Southern Tier were among those recently awarded funding from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC’s) Climate Smart Communities grant program. In all, $11 million went to municipalities as part of the $196 million in Regional Economic Development Council awards, Basil Seggos, commissioner of […]
Federal-spending plan includes funding for Syracuse projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Construction-job training efforts and police-body cameras are earmarked for federal funding in the recently signed fiscal year 2022 spending plan. That’s according to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.), who announced the funding March 10. President Joe Biden signed the measure into law March 15
CenterState CEO, Mohawk Valley partners submit application for Build Back Better Regional Challenge
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO and a group of regional partners have submitted a phase-two application for the Build Back Better Regional Challenge (BBBRC). BBBRC
Schumer: Federal government to soon “green light” I-81 viaduct-replacement project
He spoke at Forman Park at 717 E. Genesee St., just east of the elevated highway in downtown Syracuse. “With I-81 the subject of our
Former nonprofit executive pleads guilty to embezzlement
In her plea before Onondaga County Court Judge Thomas Miller, Goddard admitted to stealing $650,809.32 from H.O.M.E. from January 2014 through September 2018. She has
Katko: N.Y. lawmakers urge Commerce Secretary to establish semiconductor center in the state
The programs — which were authorized by the CHIPS for America Act — would support semiconductor manufacturers by advancing research on semiconductor technology. “In light
EPA “proposing to add” closed Cayuga County landfill to Superfund National Priorities List
VICTORY, N.Y. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday said it is “proposing to add” the Brillo Landfill in the Cayuga County
CNY regional jobless rates continued to fall in January versus a year ago
ALBANY, N.Y. — Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions all declined in January compared to the year-ago month
Horseheads business owner pleads guilty to criminal tax fraud
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. — The owner of Spotts Innovations, Inc. pled guilty to felony criminal tax fraud after an investigation of sales-tax collections at the business,
Housing project announced for Binghamton’s North of Main neighborhood
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — An $8.4 million affordable housing development is on the way in Binghamton’s North of Main neighborhood. The North of Main Revitalization project,
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