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Downtown Committee annual meeting includes project-investment update, awards
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Downtown Syracuse had a total of 20 projects worth more than $180 million in downtown investment that created seven new Class A

Schumer outlines vision for Congress harnessing AI’s benefits, limiting its harms
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) on Wednesday outlined his vision for how the U.S. Senate can harness the potential of artificial intelligence (AI)

Food Bank of CNY has specific goals with expansion project
VAN BUREN — The Food Bank of Central New York wants to increase storage, reduce waste, and increase capacity with its expansion project. The organization

Revitalization expert from Baltimore is DIA’s new CEO
ITHACA, N.Y. — Nan Rohrer has spent more than two decades in Baltimore, Maryland helping lead downtown/neighborhood revitalization and economic development efforts and will bring

SUNY Broome, Jefferson Community College have new leaders
The next president of SUNY Broome Community College will begin his new duties in a matter of days, while the new president of Jefferson Community

New SUNY Oswego president starts in mid-August
OSWEGO — The man who the SUNY board of trustees has selected to serve as the next president of SUNY Oswego will begin his new

CNY Community Foundation leadership search in progress
SYRACUSE — A search firm and a search committee are working to find candidates to become the next CEO of the Central New York Community

Survey: New York state manufacturing activity rises modestly in June
New orders and shipments were again factors as the general business-conditions index of the monthly Empire State Manufacturing Survey bounced back into positive territory in

Onondaga County accepting applications for its hospitality tourism support initiative
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon on Wednesday announced that the application process is now open for a program that the county is

Elmcrest Children’s Center director to retire, successor named
Riposa brings a leadership background in nonprofit, for-profit, and government entities, including as a health-services administrator in correctional health care and, most recently, as COO