Opinion
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OPINION: Assessing the $212 billion state budget for 2021-2022 After a delay lasting a week longer than the due date demanded of us by state law, legislators recently passed the state budget mostly along party lines in Albany. With a $212 billion total, an all-ti Read More -
OPINION: What Do We Mean When We Talk About the “Common Good”? I have always been impressed that the preamble to the Constitution begins, “We the People of the United States.” We’ve heard the phrase so often that we don’t even stop to think about it. But as the p Read More
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OPINION: Ending Restaurant Restrictions is a Step in the Right Direction But more must be done for industry New York small-business owners and employees received some long-awaited good news recently from Albany as two burdensome restrictions hampering restaurants and bars Read More
Business Mentors
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VIEWPOINT: 3 Things Your Communications Team Should Do Now There is no handbook explaining how to balance marketing, media relations, internal communications, and keeping other stakeholders informed during a pandemic. But fortunately — thanks to tools we alre Read More -
VIEWPOINT: 4 Inner Strengths That Can Help You Survive Pandemic-Year Losses When the pandemic sent the nation into a shutdown last year, plenty of Americans found themselves jobless and in need of quick solutions to stay financially afloat. Some scurried to online job sites Read More -
VIEWPOINT: Updated Guidance on Tax Credits Under the American Rescue Plan Under the American Rescue Plan (ARP), certain private-sector and governmental employers may claim refundable tax credits which provide reimbursement for the cost of providing Families First Coronaviru Read More
People on the Move
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M&T Bank names Gorczynski CNY regional president as Naples retires SYRACUSE, N.Y. — M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB), which holds the most deposits and is the largest small-business lender in the region, announced it has named Steve Gorczynski, its new Central New York regional president. Read More -
LAURA MATTICE LAURA MATTICE has been promoted to CRA and community development officer at Community Bank, N.A. In her new role, she will be responsible for developing and administering all aspects of the bank’s eff Read More -
KYLE VANDERLIP KYLE VANDERLIP has been named new director of the Jim Dooley Center for Early Learning by Finger Lakes Health. She replaces Kathy Brown Ryrko, who served as director of the center since it opened in 1 Read More