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Syracuse airport receives $2.5M in federal funding for project to bolster security operations
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Hancock International Airport is set to receive $2.5 million in federal-budget funding to enhance security through a consolidated airport operations command center project. The money comes from the $1.7 trillion spending bill recently passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden. The Syracuse airport will relocate security and communications […]

New seating in the works for JMA Wireless Dome
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The installation of upgraded chairback seating in the JMA Wireless Dome will happen in the months ahead, Syracuse University recently announced. Crews will replace bench seating throughout the venue’s 100, 200 and 300 levels, “resulting in added comfort and accessibility,” Syracuse contended in its Dec. 8 announcement. As a result, the university

Binghamton University awarded $60M to construct lecture hall, classroom building
VESTAL, N.Y. — The State University of New York Construction Fund (SUCF) has awarded Binghamton University $60 million for the design and construction of a new lecture hall and classroom facility on campus. The building will not replace the current lecture hall but will add to lecture and classroom space on campus, the school said

New York home sales keep falling in November
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 10,101 previously owned homes in November, down 23 percent from the 13,120 homes sold a year ago, continuing a string of closed home-sales declines in recent months amid tight inventory and higher interest rates. Pending sales in November also fell more than 22 percent, foreshadowing further drops in

ALBANY, N.Y. — A number of communities statewide will use funding totaling $11.6 million to complete projects that will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and help them

Anheuser-Busch InBev to install carbon-capture system at Lysander brewery, using state award
LYSANDER, N.Y. — Anheuser-Busch InBev will install a carbon capture and re-use system to capture 75 percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from its

Oneida County hotel-occupancy rate inches up in November
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) edged up 0.5 percent to 50.3 percent in November compared

Katko says more than $20 million approved for CNY projects in new federal budget
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Funding to improve rapid-transit services in Syracuse and money for the Food Bank of Central New York were part of more than

Oswego developer used National Grid grants for work on two projects
OSWEGO, N.Y. — National Grid (NYSE: NGG) says it awarded an Oswego developer two economic-development grants totaling $50,000 to support its work on two projects

Real-estate sales slow slightly to end year
“The bulk of the year was very similar to 2021,” says Jessica Dillenbeck, president of the Greater Binghamton Association of Realtors. The year, much like the preceding years, was marked by low interest rates combined with a shortage of inventory that made it a seller’s market. That lasted until summer when interest rates started increasing.
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