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Broome County COVID Recovery Fund launches
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Agency, in partnership with Broome County, has launched the Broome County COVID Recovery Fund (CRF) to assist small businesses impacted by
Unplugged Gaming leases nearly 14,000 square feet in Manlius
MANLIUS, N.Y. — Unplugged Gaming recently leased 13,860 square feet of retail space in the Manlius Mart Plaza at 315 Fayette St. in the village of Manlius. Bill Evertz and Chris Savage from Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company helped arrange the transaction, representing the landlord. Manlius Realty LLC owns the shopping center, according to Onondaga
New York milk production falls nearly 2 percent
New York dairy farms produced more than 1.27 billion pounds of milk in December, down 1.7 percent from nearly 1.3 billion pounds in the year-prior month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Milk production per cow in the state averaged 2,055 pounds in December, off 0.7 percent from 2,070 pounds in the
Uncle, nephew team up to operate Brewerton Ace Hardware store
CICERO, N.Y. — With spring right around the corner, the Brewerton Ace Hardware is gearing up for its first full year in business. The 9,400-square-foot store opened its doors last June at 9655 Brewerton Road in Brewerton (town of Cicero). Jeff Parzych and his nephew Austin Parzych operate the store in a family effort. The idea
New York business leaders expect conditions to improve in next 6 months
New York business leaders “generally” expect conditions to improve over the next six months. That’s according to firms responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s January 2022 Business Leaders Survey. It’s a survey the New York Fed distributes the day after it distributes the monthly Empire State Manufacturing Survey. The survey’s index for future
Oneida County’s hotel occupancy soars nearly 53 percent
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotels attracted a large increase in guests in December compared to a year prior as they continued to rebound to pre-pandemic levels. The county’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) jumped 52.6 percent to 43.7 percent in December from the year-ago month. That’s according to a
New York home sales slide nearly 15 percent in December
ALBANY — New York realtors sold 13,649 previously owned homes in December, down 14.6 percent from the 15,974 homes sold a year ago, as inventory continued to fall. However, pending sales rose 4 percent in December, which points to a rise in closed home sales in forthcoming months. The data comes from the New York
Area expert offers tips to minimize cyberthreats
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — The legions of employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic brought cybersecurity front and center as a business concern, and it’s an issue business owners need to address no matter where their employees are working from these days. In the early days of the pandemic as employers shifted to a heavily
Jefferson County hotels see 68 percent increase in occupancy in December
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Hotels in Jefferson County saw a flood of guests in December compared to the year-prior month, continuing the lodging industry’s bounce back from the pandemic, according to a new report. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county climbed 68.4 percent to 41.3 percent in December,
Schumer visit to JMA Wireless spotlights region’s tech push
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York region’s technology push was front and center as U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) and U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves visited the new Syracuse location for JMA Wireless on Jan. 24. The new 5G (fifth generation) manufacturing facility that JMA Wireless built at 140
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