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New York business leaders expect conditions to improve in next 6 months
New York business leaders “generally” expect conditions to improve over the next six months. That’s according to firms responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s January 2022 Business Leaders Survey. It’s a survey the New York Fed distributes the day after it distributes the monthly Empire State Manufacturing Survey. The survey’s index for future […]
Oneida County’s hotel occupancy soars nearly 53 percent
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotels attracted a large increase in guests in December compared to a year prior as they continued to rebound to pre-pandemic levels. The county’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) jumped 52.6 percent to 43.7 percent in December from the year-ago month. That’s according to a

New York home sales slide nearly 15 percent in December
ALBANY — New York realtors sold 13,649 previously owned homes in December, down 14.6 percent from the 15,974 homes sold a year ago, as inventory continued to fall. However, pending sales rose 4 percent in December, which points to a rise in closed home sales in forthcoming months. The data comes from the New York

Area expert offers tips to minimize cyberthreats
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — The legions of employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic brought cybersecurity front and center as a business concern, and it’s an issue business owners need to address no matter where their employees are working from these days. In the early days of the pandemic as employers shifted to a heavily
Jefferson County hotels see 68 percent increase in occupancy in December
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Hotels in Jefferson County saw a flood of guests in December compared to the year-prior month, continuing the lodging industry’s bounce back from the pandemic, according to a new report. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county climbed 68.4 percent to 41.3 percent in December,

Schumer visit to JMA Wireless spotlights region’s tech push
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York region’s technology push was front and center as U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) and U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves visited the new Syracuse location for JMA Wireless on Jan. 24. The new 5G (fifth generation) manufacturing facility that JMA Wireless built at 140

Binghamton, Cornell to use $1.6M federal grant to attract international businesses to Southern Tier
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University will use a federal grant of $1.6 million to help attract international companies to the Southern Tier and upstate New

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A new report from CenterState CEO finds 68 percent of nearly 200 area companies surveyed expect an increase in jobs and hiring

Southern Tier group receives $50K grant for broadband expansion
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded Southern Tier 8 Regional Board a $50,000 grant to expand and connect Binghamton, Endicott, and Johnson

Greater Oneida Chamber of Commerce names president
ONEIDA, N.Y. — The Greater Oneida Chamber of Commerce has named Rachel Siderine president of the chamber for 2022-2023. Siderine is manager of AmeriCU Credit
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