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Cuomo announces plan to create 119-mile travel corridor in Adirondacks to boost tourism
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo last week announced the final plan to govern the use of the 119-mile travel corridor from Remsen in Oneida County to
Community Bank announces quarterly dividend, annual meeting results
DeWITT, N.Y. — Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) announced that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 31 cents a share on its
Haylor, Freyer & Coon’s MacDonald elected IIABNY vice-chair
DeWITT, N.Y. — The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) recently elected Richard MacDonald to a one-year term as vice-chair and secretary-treasurer
Some CNY areas gain jobs, some lose them in last year
The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, and Watertown–Fort Drum regions gained jobs in the past year, while the Ithaca and Binghamton areas shed positions in the same period.
Kost Tire to pay nearly $300,000 to settle state AG accusations over customer oil-change fees
Kost Tire Distributors, Inc. will pay the state of New York almost $300,000 to settle accusations that it collected a fee from consumers that state
New York manufacturing index plummets back to negative territory in May
Manufacturing activity in New York state contracted in May after two months of expansion, according to results of the latest Empire State Manufacturing Survey issued
Upstate Medical to use nearly $200,000 in NSF funding to fight Zika virus
Upstate Medical University will use almost $200,000 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to “treat, prevent and understand” the Zika virus. Researchers
MAS to retain, add jobs after getting state contract extension for Hudson Valley service
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Medical Answering Services, LLC (MAS) will continue providing Medicaid-transportation services to the Hudson Valley region. The New York State Department of Health
Chemung Canal Trust CEO Bentley to retire at year’s-end, COO Tomson to succeed him
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Ronald Bentley, CEO of Chemung Canal Trust Company and Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG), plans to retire on Dec. 31. Upon his
New York jobless claims jump nearly 80 percent in latest week
The number of people filing applications for unemployment benefits in New York state soared 79 percent to 33,159 in the week ending May 7 from
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