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Justice Department awards Vera House grant to combat domestic violence
SYRACUSE — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded Vera House, Inc. a grant of $350,000 to support its work to combat domestic, dating,
State AG settles with dozens of CNY contractors over home-improvement law violations
Home-improvement contractors in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown, and Binghamton regions were among those reaching a settlement with the state over violations of New York’s law
Cuomo: change in fuel-tax law will improve cash flow for petroleum distributors
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a change in state tax law he says will benefit small-business operators selling heating oil and certain highway diesel-motor fuels.
Federal government runs a $98 billion deficit in July
The federal government ran a nearly $98 billion budget deficit in July, the U.S. Treasury Department reported Tuesday. Spending totaled $298 billion while tax receipts
First Niagara to pay former CEO Koelmel a severance of at least $3 million
First Niagara Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: FNFG) will pay former president and CEO John Koelmel a severance package of at least $3 million. The figure is
New York AG sues out-of-state firms for charging ‘exorbitant’ interest rates on Internet loans
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday announced that his office filed a lawsuit against two out-of-state companies for violating New York’s usury and
Schumer expresses support for preserving helicopter contracts at Lockheed’s Owego site
OWEGO — U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D–NY) today offered his support for planned defense contracts between the Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky team and the U.S. military.
ESD cites tax credit for increase in post-production hiring in New York
A year after a “strengthened” post-production tax credit went into effect, new data indicates the tax incentive has led to an increase of, on average,
Rural/Metro files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, local service to continue
SYRACUSE — Rural/Metro Corporation, a national provider of ambulance and fire-protection services for 700 communities, including several in Central New York, on Sunday announced it
Shulman joins Gilberti firm after exiting Scolaro firm
SYRACUSE — Attorney Barry Shulman, the former president and CEO of Scolaro Shulman Cohen Fetter & Burstein, P.C. in Syracuse, has joined the Syracuse law firm of Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C. He is serving of counsel with the Gilberti firm and isn’t part of the firm’s governance, he says. “I joined
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