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House approves Tax Cut and Jobs Act: How CNY representatives voted
Here’s how the representatives from the five Congressional districts that include portions of Central New York voted: Voting Yes John Katko (R, NY-24) Tom Reed
Greater Utica Chamber honors 2017 Business of the Year Award winners
UTICA, N.Y. — First Source Federal Credit Union and the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory are among the five 2017 Business of the Year Award winners

New York manufacturing index slips in December
The results of the December survey indicate that business activity “continued to grow at a solid clip” for New York manufacturers, the Federal Reserve Bank

State awards $300 million to CNY, Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier, and North Country for REDC projects
New York State awarded Central New York, Mohawk Valley, Southern Tier, and the North Country a total of more than $304 million in the seventh
State awards Downtown Committee $500K grant for development projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The state has awarded the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc. a $500,000 grant through the New York Main Street program, its sixth

CenterState CEO announces six finalists in Genius NY 2.0
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO has announced the six finalists in the second installment of Genius NY, a business-accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Syracuse Technology

Siena survey: 61 percent of New Yorkers plan to spend the same on holiday gifts this season
“With a majority of New Yorkers saying that their finances are about the same as a year ago, it’s not surprising that most hope to

State opens Central New York Welcome Center at Destiny USA
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York State on Wednesday opened the Central New York Welcome Center inside Destiny USA. The welcome center features regionally specific elements,
Leadership Greater Syracuse announces Class of 2018
DeWITT, N.Y. — Leadership Greater Syracuse (LGS), a nonprofit offering a yearlong civic-engagement training program, has announced its 54-person class of 2018. The DeWitt-based organization

Ithaca–based law firm Blumkin & Finlay joins Coughlin & Gerhart
Joy A. Blumkin and Marcie A. Finlay have become “of counsel” to Coughlin & Gerhart and will remain in their current offices in the Gateway
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