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Schumer wants feds to stop countries from laundering steel through Mexico to avoid tariffs
AUBURN, N.Y. — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) on Monday called on the federal government to “strike while the iron is hot” to stop China and other countries from laundering steel through Mexico to avoid tariffs. Schumer’s call comes “on the heels of the Biden administration announcing historic, new rules to protect the […]
Binghamton woman sentenced for grand larceny after collecting dead relative’s pension
BINGHAMTON — A Binghamton woman was sentenced to five years of probation after fraudulently collecting her deceased father-in-law’s pension payments, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Broome County District Attorney F. Paul Battisti announced. Joy LaBarr, 58, must also pay full restitution of $32,000 after pleading guilty to third-degree grand larceny earlier this
People news: Barclay Damon adds new associate in Syracuse office
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Barclay Damon announced it has added Keyashia Willis as an associate in its restructuring, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, and commercial-litigation practice areas with a primary office in Syracuse. In this role, Willis assists attorneys in those practice areas in a wide range of matters. Prior to joining Barclay Damon, Willis served as
DiNapoli audit finds poor financial management by CNY Regional Market Authority board
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York Regional Market Authority’s financial position has “deteriorated,” and the cash available to pay operating costs “declined”‘from fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 to FY 2022-23. That’s according to an audit that New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapolireleased on Tuesday. The Central New York Regional Market operates at 2100 Park St.
Law firm with New England, White Plains offices to combine with Harris Beach
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A law firm with offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and White Plains in Westchester County is combining with Rochester–based Harris Beach PLLC, which has offices in Syracuse, Ithaca, and other locations in New York. The new combined firm with Murtha Cullina LLP — “which will be a powerhouse in the region’s legal industry”
Comptroller audit addresses lax accounting in Chenango County town
LINCOLN, N.Y. — Recent audits by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office found some accounting shortcomings in the town of Lincoln in Madison County, where a former town clerk was arrested for stealing from the town, according to the audit reports. The first audit, which covered Dec. 1, 2017, through June 1, 2022, found
New state budget includes funding for the Empire AI consortium
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State has established Empire AI as part of the newly enacted state budget. Empire AI is described as a “first-of-its-kind consortium to secure New York’s place at the forefront” of artificial intelligence (AI) research, the office of Gov. Kathy Hochulannounced on Monday. The consortium will leverage a $275 million state
Former Utica school superintendent sentenced for public corruption charges
UTICA, N.Y. — Former Utica City School District superintendent Bruce Karam has been sentenced to pay more than $160,000 in restitution to the school district
Barclay Damon adds IP attorneys to its office in New Haven, Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Syracuse–based Barclay Damon LLP says a five-person intellectual property (IP) team of attorneys has joined its patents & prosecution; intellectual property
State comptroller audit finds Town of Guilford in Chenango County did not develop realistic budgets
GUILFORD — A recent audit by the office of New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli showed the Town of Guilford board failed to develop realistic budgets, underestimating revenue, and not using the appropriated fund balance. That resulted in an unrestricted fund balance in the general and highway funds that exceeded the town’s fund-balance policy
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