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VIEWPOINT: Efficacy of grantor trusts under proposed tax law
Focusing on provisions that affect estate-planning strategies In September 2021, the U.S. House says and Means Committee released draft legislation intended to raise revenue to fund the proposed trillion-dollar budget-reconciliation bill (originally proposed at $3.5 trillion, but now set to be scaled down). Included in the draft legislation are numerous proposals that would affect both personal and […]

SU College of Law offers free bar-prep course to students
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse University (SU) College of Law has partnered with legal-education nonprofit AccessLex Institute to offer AccessLex’s interactive Helix Bar Review prep course for free to all Syracuse law students. Helix Bar Review is a bar-review program that offers students full access to the program during their third year of law school,

People news: Bonadio adds health-care veteran to compliance division
The Bonadio Group says it has hired Matthew Babcock as a principal specializing in health care in its compliance-solutions division working from the Albany office.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County will host another COVID-vaccine booster clinic, is planning for a new community-testing location, and has concerns about virus clusters in

Rome man charged with multiple burglary and weapons felonies
ROME, N.Y. — The New York State Police on Wednesday arrested a Rome man for stealing five handguns, a shotgun, and a rifle from

Comptroller says Medicaid billing errors cost state more than $1.5 billion
“Troubling errors like the ones routinely identified by my auditors are extremely costly. They can also put patients at risk,” DiNapoli said in announcing the reports. “By not fixing problems with the Department of Health’s eMedNY system and other issues, hundreds of millions of dollars more in taxpayer dollars could be misspent and unqualified providers

U.S. Senate confirms Freedman as first female U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York
Besides earning a degree at Syracuse University, Freedman is also a graduate of New York Law School. She previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney

Tessy Plastics employee dies after driving into pond at Elbridge plant
ELBRIDGE, N.Y. — A Tessy Plastics employee died Tuesday morning after having a medical emergency as he arrived at work and driving into a pond

McMahon seeks $85 million aquarium project in Syracuse’s Inner Harbor
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon wants to build an $85 million aquarium project at the Syracuse Inner Harbor. “We’ve been working on

U.S. House member, a Binghamton University graduate, to address Class of 2020 commencement
VESTAL, N.Y. — A member of the U.S. House of Representatives who graduated from Binghamton University in 1992 will be the keynote speaker at the
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