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Crews to begin first phase of State Fair orange parking lot construction this fall
GEDDES, N.Y. — Crews will begin work on a $27 million project to “upgrade and improve” the 65-acre Orange parking lot at the State Fairgrounds
HealtheConnections moves to new office in Syracuse’s Franklin Square
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — HealtheConnections, which operates one of the state’s eight regional health-information exchanges (HIE), has moved to a new office in Franklin Center at
New York manufacturing index climbs to highest level in three years in October
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index rose six points to 30.2 in October, its highest level since 2014. The index fell less than

N.Y. Mets says purchase of Syracuse Chiefs is a bit of a “homecoming”
SYRACUSE — In their inaugural year of baseball in 1962, the New York Mets had the Syracuse Chiefs as their Triple-A affiliate. “So this is
Imperium3 New York to set up lithium-ion battery giga-factory in Endicott
ENDICOTT — A consortium of businesses, led by three Southern Tier companies, plans to establish research and development and production operations at the Huron Campus
Trade group touts gaming industry’s impact on small-business job growth
The casino-gaming industry supports 50,000 small-business jobs nationwide and “thousands” of them are in New York, the Washington, D.C.–based American Gaming Association (AGA) said during

Oneida Nation training table-game dealers for Point Place Casino in Sullivan
SULLIVAN — Central New Yorkers interested in training to be among the first table-game dealers at the upcoming Point Place Casino were scheduled to begin
Tioga Downs prepares for new hotel opening in November
NICHOLS — The owner of Tioga Downs says he plans to open the 161-room hotel that’s under construction in early November. The venue will open

Cortland, Watertown win $10M in state funding in downtown revitalization initiative
New York has awarded both the cities of Cortland and Watertown $10 million in funding and investments in the second round of the downtown revitalization
State to spend $25 million to rebuild lock O-7 on Oswego Canal
OSWEGO, N.Y. — New York has plans for a $25 million project to reconstruct a “critical” lock along the Oswego Canal that was built in