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St. Joseph’s Health offering voluntary buyouts to about 300 employees

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health is offering about 300 eligible employees voluntary buyouts in an effort to reduce its staff. Read More
Upstate Medical University names Green chief of cardiac surgery

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University has named Dr. G. Randall Green division chief of cardiac surgery. Green will also serve as co-director of the Upstate Heart Institute and associate professor of surgery. Read More
Hutchins named director of three of Rome Memorial Hospital’s primary care facilities

ROME, N.Y. — Kristen Hutchins has been named director of Rome Memorial Hospital’s primary care facilities in Rome, Camden, and Boonville, the hospital announced. Read More
Oswego Health Foundation announces new board officers, member

OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the health system, recently announced its board officers and a new board member. Read More
Cuomo: $80M available in next round of Restore NY initiative

The fifth round of the Restore NY Communities initiative will begin on Sept. 15. The next round will have $80 million in funding available to further New York’s rehabilitation efforts, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a news release issued Thursday. Read More
Former Rome councilman pleads guilty to stealing more than $19K in unemployment benefits

ROME, N.Y. — A former Rome city councilman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $19,000 in unemployment-insurance benefits over an 11-month period. Read More
Rome Memorial Hospital’s sleep-disorders center earns five-year accreditation

ROME, N.Y. — The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has renewed the five-year accreditation for the sleep-disorders center at Rome Memorial Hospital (RMH). Read More
New apartment and townhome community in Utica formally opens Thursday afternoon

UTICA, N.Y. — Deerfield Place, a new multi-family apartment and townhome community in Utica, formally opens with a ribbon-cutting event on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. It is located at 1 Patriot Circle on the north side of Utica. Read More
State announces health-insurance rate increases for 2018

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (Excellus BCBS) will increase its health-insurance rates 8.9 percent in 2018 for those with plans through their employer in the small-group market. Read More

Health Care & Education

St. Joseph’s Health offering voluntary buyouts to about 300 employees SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health is offering about 300 eligible employees voluntary buyouts in an effort to reduce its staff. Read More
Upstate Medical University names Green chief of cardiac surgery SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University has named Dr. G. Randall Green division chief of cardiac surgery. Green will also serve as co-director of the Upstate Heart Institute and associate professor of surgery. Read More
Hutchins named director of three of Rome Memorial Hospital’s primary care facilities ROME, N.Y. — Kristen Hutchins has been named director of Rome Memorial Hospital’s primary care facilities in Rome, Camden, and Boonville, the hospital announced. Read More

Construction, Design & Real Estate

Cuomo: $80M available in next round of Restore NY initiative The fifth round of the Restore NY Communities initiative will begin on Sept. 15. The next round will have $80 million in funding available to further New York’s rehabilitation efforts, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a news release issued Thursday. Read More
New apartment and townhome community in Utica formally opens Thursday afternoon UTICA, N.Y. — Deerfield Place, a new multi-family apartment and townhome community in Utica, formally opens with a ribbon-cutting event on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. It is located at 1 Patriot Circle on the north side of Utica. Read More
JAS Recruitment moves headquarters to Salina SALINA, N.Y. — JAS Recruitment has moved its corporate headquarters to a 4,000-square-foot space at the Salina Meadows Office Park at 301 Plainfield Road in Salina. It previously operated in a nearly 2,200-square-foot location at 100 Metropolitan Park Drive in Salina. Read More

Manufacturing & Engineering

The Raymond Corp. expands to meet forklift demand GREENE — The sun was shining brightly in the town of DeWitt on June 9 as Michael Field, CEO of The Raymond Corp., welcomed the assembled company employees, politicians, media, and friends to a ceremony. Read More
Seven area startups working in Upstate’s medical device innovation challenge SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Seven startups with medical devices and service proposals are participating in what’s being called the “medical device innovation challenge.” Read More
DoD awards Quanterion nearly $48M contract for cyber-security center operations UTICA — The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) information-analysis centers (IAC) has awarded Utica–based Quanterion Solutions Inc. a more than $47.6 million contract. Under the contract, Quanterion wi Read More