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Rusin promoted to deputy chief of Syracuse Police Department
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A member of the Syracuse Police Department (SPD) since 2006 is now serving as its deputy chief of police. Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh and Syracuse Police Chief Joe Cecile promoted Mark Rusin to the role, the City of Syracuse announced Aug. 4. Rusin most recently served as detective sergeant. Rusin is known […]

Artz joins HH&K as special counsel in Binghamton
BINGAHMTON, N.Y. — Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP (HH&K) recently announced that Philip J. Artz has joined the law firm as a special counsel in its Binghamton office. Artz brings more than 40 years of legal experience. That includes all aspects of civil litigation, including personal injury and medical malpractice, commercial litigation, and estate/trust litigation,

Chemung Financial names Meade to board of directors
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG) announced that its board of directors has elected Joseph F. Meade IV to a seat on the board. Meade will stand for shareholder election of a two-year term at the banking company’s annual meeting of shareholders in June 2023. All directors of Chemung Financial also serve on

Visions CEO Muse receives AACUC Lifetime Achievement Award
ENDWELL, N.Y. — The African-American Credit Union Coalition (AACUC) recently announced Ty Muse, Visions Federal Credit Union (FCU) president and CEO, as the 2022 honoree of its Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement Award. The Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes “a credit union professional or volunteer whose career best embodies the AACUC’s mission to increase the

Empire Center names three policy fellows
ALBANY, N.Y. — The Empire Center recently announced it is expanding its research operations with the addition of three research fellows. Ken Girardin has been named the fellow for labor policy. He helped to produce the first independent analysis of New York’s property tax cap, which demonstrated the cap’s effectiveness and boosted efforts to extend

ERIN DAVIES has joined Hayner Hoyt as a creative manager. She brings a multitude of experience in the film industry and previously wrote, produced, and directed two award-winning documentaries, called “Fagbug” (2009) and “Fagbug Nation” (2014). Davies is a full-time artist, filmmaker, inspirational speaker and storyteller, speaking at over 300 businesses and schools. She received

C2C Construction Solutions LLC has hired BRAD SCHULTES as a full-time project manager/estimator. A graduate of SUNY Delhi’s construction technology program, he has more than 10 years of experience as a design build project manager/estimator. Schultes’ past positions in the construction industry include six years with a Syracuse–area design-build general contractor, as well as five

Watertown Pediatrics’ physician, JOSEPH C. GIANFAGNA will be joining the medical staff at Carthage Area Hospital’s Pediatric Clinic, beginning Sept. 6. He will serve as the pediatric medical director and will be seeing patients from Tuesday to Friday, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. each week. Dr. Gianfagna lives in Watertown with his wife Rachael and three

BENJAMIN FRUCE has joined Advanced Dental Arts, (ADA), as a full-time dentist. The practice is owned by Dr. Frank J. Fruce, his father and practice owner. Dr. Benjamin Fruce, a Fulton native, earned his degree in biology from Le Moyne College in 2017 and his dental degree from the University at Buffalo School of Dental

Oswego Health has added REWATI BHATTARAI as a new advanced practice provider at the Center for Gastroenterology & Metabolic Diseases. Bhattarai earned her bachelor’s degree in biology in 2015 at Syracuse University. In 2017 she attended Utica College’s Accelerated Nursing Program to earn her bachelor’s in nursing, before completing her master’s in nursing in 2020
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