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Gift shop at Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts to formally reopen Saturday
LITTLE FALLS — The Selective Eye, a gift shop in the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts (MVCA), will celebrate its grand reopening on Saturday,
NY Attorney General sues FedEx over untaxed cigarettes
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced his office has filed a $70 million lawsuit against Federal Express (FedEx) Corp. (NYSE: FDX) for “unlawfully”
First Niagara names Saffire EVP of commercial financial services
BUFFALO — First Niagara Financial Group (Nasdaq: FNFG) has appointed Joseph Saffire to serve as executive vice president (EVP) of commercial financial services. Saffire brings
NY State of Health says 812,000 have signed up
More than 812,000 New Yorkers had enrolled for health-insurance coverage through NY State of Health, the state’s health-insurance marketplace, as of 9 a.m. Sunday morning.
Outlining the Priorities for a Final State Budget
As New York legislative leaders representing both the Assembly and Senate discuss and debate their goals for the upcoming state spending plan, with an April 1 deadline looming, a number of ideas have been put on the table. I recently urged my legislative colleagues to consider the following items that have statewide ramifications. Final budget
New York’s unemployment rate holds at 6.8 percent in February
New York state’s unemployment rate stayed steady at 6.8 percent in February, holding at its lowest level since December 2008. That’s according to preliminary figures
NYPA updates strategic plan, calls for modernizing NY’s power system
The New York Power Authority (NYPA), the statewide public-power utility, on Wednesday announced an updated strategic plan, which includes the state’s power infrastructure. The plan,
New York’s initial jobless claims fall by 11 percent in latest week
The number of people applying for new unemployment-insurance benefits in New York state in the week ending March 15 declined by 2,155, or nearly 11
Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to host ACC Tournament in ’17, ’18
Syracuse University will return to New York City for men’s college basketball post-season tournament games for at least two years later this decade. Brooklyn’s Barclays
Cuomo pushes property-tax plan in DeWitt
DeWITT — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo today outlined his proposal to cut property taxes during a visit to the DeWitt Community Room. Cuomo also
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