UTICA — ConMed Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CNMD) board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents per share, payable on July 8 to all shareholders of record as of June 17. At its current stock price, that equals an annual dividend yield of about 1.8 percent.

In New York state, 19,122 people filed for new unemployment-insurance benefits in the week ending May 11, up from the year-to-date low of 18,627 claims filed the week before, according to U.S. Labor Department data issued Thursday. 

SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center today announced the opening of its office of patient experience, which focuses on all patient interactions throughout its system of care.