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New York home sales fall again in August
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors closed on the sale of 13,693 previously owned homes in August, down 10.9 percent from the 15,367 homes they sold in August 2021. Pending sales in August also fell 5 percent, likely foreshadowing further declines in closed home sales in the next couple of months. Home prices across the […]
CNY areas post job gains in August compared to a year ago
The Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions generated job growth ranging between about 1 percent and 5 percent between August 2021 and this past August. That’s according to the latest monthly employment report that the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) issued Sept. 15. The Syracuse metro area gained 8,800 jobs

Proposed 2023 Oneida County budget has no tax hike
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. presented to the Oneida County Board of Legislators his proposed $493 million 2023 budget that

Micron Technology CEO says the Clay semiconductor plant will help grow U.S. memory production
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) CEO Sanjay Mehrotra says an “investment of this scale” is simply not possible without “significant” government and

Regional reaction to Micron Technology’s decision to build chip plant in suburban Syracuse
The Tuesday announcement from Boise, Idaho–based Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) that it plans to build a semiconductor campus in the town of Clay has generated

Micron Technology picks Clay commerce park for semiconductor-manufacturing campus
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) plans to invest up to $100 billion over the next 20-plus years on a semiconductor manufacturing campus

New role at Greater Binghamton Chamber focuses on placemaking to shape area’s public spaces
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce has created a new position within the Office of Placemaking Initiatives and hired Jim Reyen as

Hillside announces new minimum wage of $17 per hour, effective Oct. 8
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Hillside, one of the largest child-and-family-services organizations in the eastern U.S., has announced a new minimum wage of $17 per hour for

Syracuse and N.C. State kickoff time, channel set
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — No. 22 Syracuse will tangle with No. 14 N.C. State in the JMA Wireless Dome on Oct.15 in a kickoff set for

Cooperstown occupational safety and health center receives funding
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced it has renewed funding for Bassett Healthcare Network’s Northeast Center for Occupational
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