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Green National settles code violations at Syracuse properties
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Greenland Property Services, LLC, and its related entities (Green National), has agreed to address all its housing-code violations at its New York properties within 60 days. Under the agreement, Green National will pay a $300,000 penalty, of which all but $50,000 will be suspended if all terms of the agreement are fulfilled […]
Bond, Schoeneck & King names Donohue COO
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC recently appointed Bryan J. Donohue as its chief operating officer (COO), assuming administrative leadership of the 250-attorney law firm. Donohue comes to the Bond law firm from the Buffalo–based accounting firm of Freed Maxick, where he served as COO. In his new role at Bond, Schoeneck &
MCV Law elects Nicoletti, Stringham as firm partners
Stringham has been an attorney with MCV Law since 2010, per the firm’s website blog. A graduate of Western New England College School of Law, he manages the workers’-compensation practice at MCV Law. Stringham also serves as secretary of the Injured Workers Bar Association of New York and is a member of the Syracuse Occupational
Barclay Damon names Burch Syracuse office managing director
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Barclay Damon LLP has elected David Burch to the law firm’s management committee as managing director of its Syracuse office, effective Jan. 1. He took over the role from Gabe Nugent. Burch formerly served as Barclay Damon’s hiring partner. The law firm said it has now divided the hiring-partner role into two
NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT: Tackling COVID Fatigue in Your Administrative, Back-Office Staff
If you have attempted to schedule an appointment for your car, been but running errands, or have even just been to the drive-thru lane of your favorite fast-food joint lately, you have experienced the impact of the state of the 2022 job market. The shortage of workers we are experiencing spans across a broad spectrum
Local sales-tax collections rose 19 percent statewide in 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. — Local-government sales-tax collections rose 19 percent to $19.6 billion in 2021 from $16.5 billion in the prior year. That’s according to a report that New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released Feb. 9. The growth in collections represented the “highest annual increase on record after a historic low in 2020” when local
VIEWPOINT: Mandatory Arbitration of Workplace Sexual- Harassment Claims to be Prohibited
On Feb. 10, 2022, the United States Senate passed [by voice vote] H.R. 4445 — the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021,” also known as the “#MeToo Bill.” [Editor’s note: The U.S. House of Representatives approved the same legislation on Feb. 7, by a vote of 335-97.] The #MeToo
Dermody, Burke & Brown names two new principals
Tammy Reyes has joined the accounting firm as a principal in the tax department, and Travis Smith was promoted to principal in the audit & accounting department, the Syracuse–based firm said in a Feb. 14 news release. Reyes previously served as a tax partner with Mengel, Metzgar, Barr & Co. LLP in Rochester, per her
Oneida County supplies 60,000 COVID-19 test kits to local municipalities
UTICA , N.Y. — Oneida County says it has 60,000 test kits to supply to local municipalities on top of 46,000 it has already distributed
Roundabout in I-81 project will move; project will cost more, take longer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The roundabout near Dr. King Elementary School in the Interstate 81 (I-81) viaduct-replacement project will move to a different location, and the
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