October 2016

Snow Dragon, i3Assemblies join START-UP NY program

Snow Dragon Corp. and i3Assemblies Inc. are among 39 startup companies that have joined the START-UP NY program. START-UP NY stands for SUNY Tax-free Areas to Revitalize and Transform Upstate NY. Read More

WCNY Public Media hires Geiger as VP, COO

WCNY Public Media has announced the hiring of Chris Geiger to the “newly created role” of executive VP and COO, effective Tuesday. Geiger formerly served as president and CEO of the three local televi Read More

F.O.C.U.S. board of directors adds five new members

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse board of directors has named five executives to its ranks. Daniel Feng, a past president, returns to the board. Joining for the first time are Micha Read More

Miner announces winners of Civic Data Hackathon: Syracuse Roads Challenge

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner (at the podium) on Thursday announced the winners of the City’s Civic Data Hackathon: Syracuse Roads Challenge. The City had partnered with the Syracuse University Schoo Read More

HP executive to keynote MedTech’s upcoming CCX Conference

Dr. Ali Tinazli, global head of health-care and life-sciences strategy at Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) headquarters in Palo Alto, California, will keynote MedTech Association’s 3rd annual Connected C Read More

New York’s weekly jobless claims decline in latest week

The number of people filing initial claims for unemployment benefits in New York state fell nearly 7 percent to 15,911 in the week ending Oct. 22 from 17,033 the week before. That’s according to a Read More

State Inspector General: Psychiatric nurse arrested for using forged doctor note to take time off work

Russell Angell (Photo provided by the New York State Police) MARCY, N.Y. — A psychiatric nurse at the Central New York Psychiatric Center is under arrest, accused of using a forged doctor’s certifica Read More

State finishes $8 million bridge replacement on I-81 in Tully

Photo credit: Andrew Cuomo Twitter feed TULLY, N.Y. — New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the completion of an $8 million project to replace the northbound and southbound bridges carryi Read More