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Syracuse corporation counsel Price steps down, replaced by Smith
Price was appointed to the role of corporation counsel at the end of December after a 40-year career practicing business and corporate law. According to

Motorcycle shop owner sentenced to three to six years for failing to pay state taxes
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The owner of a motorcycle repair shop on Syracuse’s North Side has been sentenced to three to six years in jail for

Onondaga County Correction Department K-9s get protective vests
DeWITT, N.Y. — The dogs of the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit have a new layer of protection, thanks to an anonymous donor. The

People news: Dermody’s de Silva appointed chairman of committee for Board of Examiners
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — David de Silva — CPA and member/owner at Syracuse–based Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC — was appointed chairman of the State
Clinton orthopedic surgeon charged with workers’-compensation fraud
CLINTON, N.Y. — A Clinton surgeon faces more than 20 felony counts for allegedly billing the state workers’-compensation system for office work when he was

People news: Powers joins Mackenzie Hughes
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New lawyer Christopher Powers has joined the litigation and business departments of Mackenzie Hughes LLP and will concentrate his legal practice in

Dannible & McKee acquires Binghamton–area CPA firm
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Dannible & McKee, LLP, a Syracuse–based accounting firm, on Tuesday announced it had acquired an Endicott accounting firm in a deal that

Former owner charged with burglarizing business after it was seized by state for taxes
LENOX, N.Y. — Madison County Sheriff’s deputies arrested David T. Van Marter, the former owner of a chimney cleaning company, charging he burglarized the business

Steuben County restaurant owner admits to failing to pay more than $175K in sales taxes
A Steuben County restaurant owner has pleaded guilty for failing to pay more than $175,000 in sales taxes at two Sonora’s Mexican Restaurant locations in

ESD re-designates Syracuse’s College of Law as science and technology law center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The state has re-designated Syracuse University’s College of Law as a New York State Science and Technology Law Center (STLC). Empire State
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