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Proposed FABRIC Act seeks to boost garment-workers’ rights
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) on Sept. 14 announced the re-introduction of her labor bill, the Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act.
VIEWPOINT: New NYS Labor Law Shines Light on Employee-Driven Innovation
On Sept. 15, 2023, New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an amendment to a New York Labor Law that would invalidate certain intellectual-property provisions
Tenney pushes bill to help tiny firms to offer retirement plans
It’s a proposal to incentivize micro-businesses with fewer than 10 employees to adopt retirement plans, helping more workers save for retirement. U.S. Representative Claudia Tenney
Ask Rusty: About Federal Taxation of Social Security Benefits
Dear Rusty: Why are my Social Security benefits being taxed at all? The Social Security FICA payroll taxes taken out of my paycheck while I
Syracuse accounting firm FustCharles opens new office in Rochester area
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Syracuse–based accounting and advisory firm FustCharles announced it has opened a new office in the Rochester area. The decision to open the
People news: Upstate Medical names assistant VP for internal audit and enterprise risk management
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — William G. Veit has been named assistant VP for internal audit and enterprise risk management at Upstate Medical University. He also serves
Hamilton College event on Nov. 1 focuses on nation’s energy system
CLINTON, N.Y. — Hamilton College’s Common Ground series presents “The U.S. Energy System” on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the college’s chapel. American
Binghamton wins federal tech hub designation for battery research, manufacturing
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University’s New Energy New York (NENY) project has secured a federal tech hub designation, which was created in the CHIPS &
State awards funding to 36 upstate New York airports for improvement projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Airports serving Syracuse, Rome, Oswego, Ithaca, Watertown, Elmira, and Binghamton are among 36 public-use airports across New York state awarded state funding
People news: Dermody, Burke & Brown names tax senior associate
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC announced it has recently hired Julia Salmons as a tax senior associate in its Syracuse office.
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