Let me start by saying that tax filings are a necessary evil. While you may just want to sweep the entire thought of your tax return under the carpet, my advice is: don’t. With the adage “pay me now, Read More
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Motivating Employees: Three Tactics to Get Desired Results
The most important asset contributing to a company’s productivity is the energy and efficacy of its employees. More than financial figures or public-image potency, employee productivity is crucial. Th Read More
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Why Owners Decide to Exit Their Business
Are you between the age of 45 and 55? Have you owned your business for 15 to 30 years? Is your personal net worth tied to the value of the business as a going concern? Does your company enjoy a strong Read More
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The income gap: Reframing the debate
In his January State of the Union address, President Barack Obama declared that the American dream was under siege. The president promised to shrink the income gap between rich and poor, calling it “t Read More
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Bravo! As I write this editorial, the pundits are 99 percent certain that our elected officials will present us with another on-time budget for New York State. Kudos to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for encourag Read More
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Reduce Your Tax Burden With the Proper Business Structure
Business owners can adopt a variety of legal structures, including a general partnership, limited partnership, registered limited-liability partnership (LLP), limited-liability company, C-corporation, Read More
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America Trusts Small Business as Key to Economic Recovery
The solution to America’s biggest challenge is small. Small business, that is. Most Americans know and understand that the only way to put the nation’s economy back on its feet is to put people back Read More
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Occupational fraud – It could happen to you
This article is part one of a three-part series. In this series, we will define occupational fraud, provide statistics of the incidence of fraud, identify red flags, and discuss types of fraud and the Read More
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My Pro-Growth Jobs Agenda for a Stronger Economic Recovery
Recently, our Republican Conference in the New York Assembly released its “revenue forecast” for the state. A revenue forecast is a lot like a weather forecast; it provides a snapshot of conditions to Read More
Opinion
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OPINION: Eviction Moratorium Extension Highlights Ugliest Parts of Albany The New York Legislature reconvened in Albany on [Sept. 1] to extend the state’s moratorium on evictions. The special session, which concluded after many New Yorkers had gone to sleep, was needed to e Read More
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OPINION: What it means to be an American What does it mean to be an American? I suspect each of us would answer this question in our own way, depending on our experiences. But there are features of the American identity, certain qualities of Read More
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OPINION: New York’s Public-Health Officials Must Regain the Public’s Trust After months of deceiving 20 million New Yorkers, former-Gov. Andrew Cuomo left office in disgrace. Among his many failures, Cuomo and his aides purposely hid the true impact of COVID-19 from the publ Read More
Business Mentors
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VIEWPOINT: How Resiliency & Reconnection Drive Our Community Forward There has been a lot written about how the past 18 months have been like nothing we’ve experienced efore, and while we hope that we never have to experience anything like the coronavirus pandemic aga Read More -
VIEWPOINT: Every business leader now has a new role: Healer-in-Chief A study released by the CDC in early July revealed some eye-opening statistics about frontline workers in my industry: • Since March 2020, respondents (health-care workers) reported experiencing trau Read More -
CEO FOCUS: GENIUS NY 5.0 Teams Work Toward Pitch Finals In mid-August, we announced the five new companies participating in the GENIUS NY program’s fifth round. These companies moved into CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden and put down roots in Central New York Read More
People on the Move
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People news: Boris joins Barclay Damon SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Barclay Damon announced Traci Boris has joined the firm as partner in its health care & human services and labor & employment practice areas. Read More -
People news: Berkshire Bank parent company names executive VP, head of retail banking Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) — the parent company of Berkshire Bank, which has a major presence in the Mohawk Valley — announced it has hired Lucia (Lucy) Bellomia as EVP, head of retail banking. Read More -
People news: Lyskawa joins Christopher Community as CFO SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Christopher Community, Inc. — a nonprofit development and management company providing affordable housing for low- and moderate-income people — recently announced it has hired Kyle Lyskawa as chief financial officer. Read More