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Work underway on Rome Health’s surgical center, ICU addition
ROME — Rome Health says work on the Kaplan Center for Surgical Services and ICU (intensive-care unit) construction project “is really starting to take shape,” per an April 15 announcement on its website. The milder weather in February gave the crew from the Hayner Hoyt Corporation of Syracuse a window of time to excavate the […]
St. Elizabeth campus reuse meeting set for May 7
UTICA, N.Y. — The second public forum regarding the reuse of the former St. Elizabeth Medical Center campus on Genesee Street is scheduled for Tuesday, May 7 at 6 p.m. in the Sinnott Family-Bank of Utica Auditorium at Munson, 301 Genesee St. in Utica, the city announced. City representatives, members of the planning effort’s steering
Raymour & Flanigan now owns Northern Lights in Salina
Plans a new store in the shopping center SALINA — With its purchase of the Northern Lights shopping center in the town of Salina, Raymour & Flanigan Furniture and Mattresses has plans to open a retail store there. But the retailer tells CNYBJ that it hasn’t set a timeline
NYS Secretary of State Rodriguez to begin new role with DASNY in May
ALBANY — The man who currently serves as New York’s 68th Secretary of State will begin a new role in early May. The board of directors of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) has appointed Robert Rodriguez as acting president and CEO. Rodriguez will begin his new duties at DASNY on
Madison County receives $2 million grant for healthy housing program
WAMPSVILLE — Madison County Public Health (MCPH) has received a $2 million grant from the Healthy Homes Production Grant Program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help mitigate housing-related hazards that can contribute to childhood diseases and injuries in low-income households across the county. “This grant will make it possible
Commerce Dept. starts work on finalizing funding for Micron projects
CLAY — The U.S. Department of Commerce is working on a due-diligence process on Micron Technology’s (NASDAQ: MU) planned projects in both the town of Clay and in Idaho. Micron has reached a $6.1 billion preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) funding agreement with the Commerce Department under the federal CHIPS & Science Law. The PMT
UTICA — Integrated Community Alternatives Network (ICAN) is expanding eastward with a new office in Amsterdam, the organization recently announced. The move is part of ICAN’s mission to “Keep Families Together” by providing individualized and non-traditional services to at-risk individuals and families. ICAN held a ribbon cutting with the Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce
AmeriCU’s 2023 highlights included expansion, renovations
ROME — AmeriCU Credit Union in July 2023 announced its largest expansion into 15 additional counties across the North Country, Mohawk Valley, Central New York, and Southern Tier communities of New York state. The credit union says it has expanded its field of membership into 24 counties to “promote financial education, stability, and growth.” The
New York home sales resumed their decline in March
Inventory hits another record low ALBANY — New York homes sales resumed their decline in March after a one-month reprieve in February. New York realtors sold 6,685 previously owned homes this March, down 14.2 percent from the 7,790 homes they sold in the year-ago month, according to the monthly housing report that the New York
Walsh releases Syracuse housing strategy that calls for “difficult and disruptive choices”
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh on Wednesday released the Syracuse Housing Strategy, which his office describes as a “multi-year framework for improving housing conditions in the City of Syracuse.” The strategy calls for “additive new work that builds on major initiatives” currently underway. They include the Resurgent Neighborhoods Initiative, the East Adams neighborhood
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