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Dermody launches new Custom Accounting Solutions service line
SYRACUSE — Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC (DB&B) announced it has launched a new service line, called Custom Accounting Solutions (CAS), “in response to a growing demand for back office accounting support.” Many back-office accounting operations “may be struggling” remotely right now and real-time data is “needed now more than ever,” DB&B contends. “We […]

Syracuse College of Law adds alum Palao-Ricketts to board
SYRACUSE — Syracuse University (SU) College of Law announced it has added Cisco Palao-Ricketts — a 2003 graduate and a partner at law firm DLA Piper in California — to its board of advisors. Palao-Ricketts becomes the first board member from the state of California, the school said in a July 7 news release. In recent
Survey finds growing issues facing internal-audit profession due to COVID-19
A few survey published by accounting and advisory firm Frazier & Deeter reveals that many internal audit teams are expanding their scope while reducing their resources as they help their organizations monitor risk in an era of unprecedented risk escalation amid the pandemic. Atlanta-based Frazier & Deeter, which says it’s one of the nation’s largest accounting and

Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York launches online application system
The Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc. (LASMNY) announced it has launched a new online application system open to residents of 13 counties across Central New York. This online prescreening system will give clients a “new way” to provide personal information about their civil legal matters, LASMNY says. LASMNY provides free civil legal information,

Mackenzie Hughes announces the addition of two attorneys
SYRACUSE — Syracuse–based law firm Mackenzie Hughes LLP on July 27 announced it has added two new lawyers, Joseph Farrell and Brandan Ray, to the firm. About Farrell Farrell has joined the law firm as a partner in its litigation department and will concentrate his legal practice on medical-malpractice defense. Farrell has been practicing law

Syracuse College of Law, RIT sign 3+3 admissions agreement
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse University College of Law and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have entered into a 3+3 admissions agreement for RIT

Three people die from COVID-19 in Oneida County in last day
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County on Monday reported three new COVID-19-related deaths, two of which were nursing-home residents. That brings the county’s total deaths to

Oneida County announces possible public exposure to virus at 4 area locations
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County officials on Thursday reported recent, possible public exposure to the coronavirus at four area locations, including a state park and

Syracuse among seven communities awarded state funding to address “pressing” municipal challenges
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse will use $200,000 for projects focused on algae-bloom monitoring and treatment as well as vacant structure monitoring and

Owner of Vernon Downs and Tioga Downs warns employees about possible termination in September
American Racing and Entertainment announced it has informed its more than 900 employees at both Vernon Downs and at Tioga Downs that they will be
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