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Onondaga County hotels post nearly 23% occupancy rise so far in 2022
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels hosted substantially more guests in the first seven months of 2022 as the hospitality and travel and leisure industries fully rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report. The county’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) jumped 22.7 percent to 56.5 percent year […]
New York state home sales slide 14 percent in July
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 12,291 previously owned homes in July, down 14.1 percent from the 14,302 homes sold in July 2021 as the housing market continued to cool off. Pending sales fell more than 9 percent in the month, possibly foreshadowing further declines in closed sales in the next couple months. The
Central New York regions post job gains in the past year
Central New York’s regions generated job growth ranging between 1.2 percent and 3.3 percent in the last year, according to the monthly employment report for July that the New York State Department of Labor issued on Aug. 18. The Syracuse area gained 9,400 jobs between July 2021 and July 2022, an increase of 3.1 percent.
Jefferson County hotel- occupancy rate rises more than 6 percent in July
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Jefferson County hotels registered another increase in overnight guests in July compared to the same month a year ago. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 6.2 percent to 73.1 percent in the seventh month of the year, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel
Two Ithaca startups advance in Grow-NY competition
ITHACA, N.Y. — Two Ithaca–area businesses are among the 20 finalists in the running for the $1 million top prize in this year’s Grow-NY competition.
My Dream Summit included speakers, a gala, and networking
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Its website describes it as an event that “celebrates and elevates businesses and visionaries of color.” Hundreds of minority business owners and
Syracuse University to take over management of Marshall Square Mall parking lot
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse University parking and transportation-services office has assumed management of the Marshall Square Mall parking lot, located on East Adams Street.
People news: MV EDGE president selected for new AFRL Civic Leader Program
ROME, N.Y. — Steven J. DiMeo, president of Mohawk Valley EDGE, has been chosen by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to join its newly
New York’s local sales-tax collections rise 12% in July
ALBANY, N.Y. — Local sales-tax collections in New York state jumped 11.9 percent in July compared to the same month in 2021. That’s according to an analysis that New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued on Aug. 16. Overall, local sales-tax collections in the state totaled $1.8 billion, up $188 million compared to July of
North Point Defense awarded nearly $9.5 million contract from U.S. Air Force
ROME, N.Y. — North Point Defense, Inc. of Rome has been awarded a $9.46 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the Phantom Harvest Software prototype. This cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract provides for the development of an automated method for discovering actionable information within a large volume of network traffic, according to an Aug. 19
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