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Owner renames Waterloo Premium Outlets as Finger Lakes Premium Outlets
JUNIUS, N.Y. — Waterloo Premium Outlets has a new name and is now operating as Finger Lakes Premium Outlets, with the name effective Dec. 8. The moniker change will “better reflect the region and complement the other attractions in the area,” Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG), the shopping center’s owner, contended in its announcement. […]

New automated retail lounge opens at Syracuse airport
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA) this week unveiled a new automated retail lounge at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR). The new

New lounge and sports book set to open at Turning Stone
VERONA, N.Y. — Turning Stone Resort Casino will formally open NY Rec & Social Club at 4 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 18. A week of

More affordable housing announced for Utica
UTICA, N.Y. — More housing is coming to Utica. On the heels of the groundbreaking at Artspace Utica Lofts, Mayor Robert M. Palmieri and Gillian

New York’s minimum wage to increase Jan. 1
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s minimum wage on Jan. 1 will increase to $15-per-hour for much of the state and $16-per-hour in New York City,

Mohawk Valley Health System generates $1 billion in economic activity
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System’s (MVHS) hospitals generated $1 billion in economic activity through jobs and the purchase of goods and services, according

Fort Drum, base in Germany selected to house U.S. Army’s multi-domain task force
FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Fort Drum has been selected to house the U.S. Army multi-domain task force (MDTF) #2, along with the Army base in

AAA Western and Central New York CEO to retire at end of 2024
AMHERST, N.Y. — Anthony Spada, president and CEO of AAA Western and Central New York, announced he will retire from AAA on Dec. 31, 2024,

New York home sales fall nearly 14 percent in October
But pending sales rise in the month ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 9,733 previously owned homes in October, down 13.9 percent from the 11,298 existing homes they sold in the year-prior month. This marked the 26th straight month in which closed sales fell on a year-over-year basis, according to the October monthly housing
Oneida County hotels see a rise in guests in October
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) increased 3.3 percent to 68.5 percent in October from the year-ago month. That’s according to a recent report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel-market data and analytics company. Year to date through October, occupancy was up 1.7 percent to 62.5 percent.
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