Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.

People news: Slocum-Dickson adds physician to pediatric department
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Slocum-Dickson Medical Group has announced the addition of physician Elaine Tsukayama to its pediatric department effective Nov. 13. Dr. Tsukayama is
Tompkins Financial to pay quarterly dividend of 60 cents on Nov. 15
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) recently announced that its board of directors has approved payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend of 60 cents a share for the latest quarter. The dividend is payable on Nov. 15, to common shareholders of record on Nov. 7. At Tompkins Financial’s current stock price, the

S.E.E.D. Planning Group names head of financial planning division
SALINA, N.Y. — S.E.E.D. Planning Group, LLC recently announced it has promoted Jeff Chase to head of the firm’s financial planning division. He currently works from the firm’s office on Elwood Davis Road in the town of Salina. Since joining the firm in 2020, Chase has spent the last two years working alongside the S.E.E.D.
Oneida County hotels post slight rise in guests in September
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) edged up 1.1 percent to 67.1 percent in September from the year-prior month. That’s according to a recent report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel-market data and analytics company. Year to date through September, occupancy was up 1.5 percent to 61.8
CNY region jobless rates rise in September versus a year ago
Unemployment rates are rising slightly from low levels in all six Central New York sub-regions, according to a recent state report. The jobless rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira areas were all higher in September compared to September 2022. The non-seasonally adjusted figures are part of the latest New York

Viewpoint: Clinton native serves with a Navy tilt-rotor aircraft squadron
Lt. j.g. Ian Foxton, a native of Clinton, in Oneida County, serves the U.S. Navy as a member of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30 located in San Diego, California. Foxton joined the Navy four years ago. Today, Foxton serves as a naval aviator at Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron 30. “I joined the Navy because

New SUNY Poly president outlines plans for college
MARCY, N.Y. — He may be nervous about his upcoming first Mohawk Valley winter, but Winston Oluwole Soboyejo is anything but anxious about his new role as SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s seventh president. Soboyejo began in the post on Oct. 2, succeeding Officer-in-Charge Andrew Russell. After serving as a professor at Princeton University for about 17

MVCC names conference room after trustee emeritus
ROME, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) Foundation hosted a ceremony on Nov. 2 to name the conference room in the Plumley Complex at the college’s Rome campus after Russel C. Fielding, a trustee emeritus and 2023 MVCC Hall of Fame inductee. Fielding named the foundation in his will when he died in

State pension fund commits $50M to NY small business investment fund
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Common Retirement Fund has committed $50 million to a private-equity fund that will support small businesses across New York, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, trustee of the Common Retirement Fund, announced Nov. 7. The private-equity fund will be managed by Hamilton Lane, which is headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

City of Syracuse joins multi-city suit against Hyundai and Kia following rash of car thefts
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse announced it has joined a lawsuit against the manufacturers of Hyundai and Kia cars, saying those cars are
Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.