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New York state existing home sales plunge in January
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state realtors closed on the sale of 7,420 previously owned homes in January, down 34.3 percent from the 11,300 homes sold in the year-ago month. It marks the lowest number of homes sold in a month since May 2020, according to the monthly housing report that the New York State […]

Applications for new Lewis County vacant-property program due in April
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — Applications for the first round of Lewis County’s new vacant-property revitalization program are due in early April. Lewis County business developers say the newly launched initiative is a one-time grant program that seeks to provide “support, resources, and connections” for proposed projects. Naturally Lewis, in partnership with Lewis County, is targeting vacant

NYS Labor Department finalizes farm-worker OT regulations
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State will start lowering the overtime pay threshold for farm workers next Jan. 1, reducing it to 56 hours from the current 60. The process will continue with the overtime threshold limit going down by four hours every other year until reaching 40 hours in 2032. That’s when farm workers

JCC to expand program awarding credits for learning outside class
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Jefferson Community College (JCC) says it will build on its prior learning assessment (PLA) program of granting college credits for demonstrated learning outside the traditional classroom. That could include military experience, on-the-job training, apprenticeships, and industry certifications, SUNY Chancellor John King, Jr. said in a Feb. 15 announcement at Jefferson Community College.
New York onion production fell 7 percent in 2022
A recent government report found that New York onion production fell an estimated 7 percent to 2.52 million cwt (hundredweight) last year from the 2021 production estimate. That’s according to a Feb. 15 report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New York Field Office. The average yield per acre was estimated at 400 cwt
New York milk producer prices fall 4 percent from prior month
Milk prices at the producer level in New York state remained elevated in the latest month but prices tempered from previous months. New York dairy farms were paid an average of $24.90 per hundredweight of milk in December, down 4.2 percent from $26 in November, but were still 13.2 percent higher than the $22 average in December

Oneida County names Kaleta director of economic development
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County has appointed Shaun Kaleta as the county’s new director of economic development. Kaleta started in his new role on Feb.

Career fair planned at Herkimer County Community College on March 22
UTICA, N.Y. — Herkimer County Community College will hold its annual career fair, featuring more than 60 employers from various industries, on March 22 from

State awards $19 million in revitalization funding to Mohawk Valley communities
The Town of Kirkland and Village of Clinton will receive a shared $10 million in funding from the sixth round of Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI)

People news: Ongweoweh promotes Haddock to director of global operations
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ongweoweh Corporation, a Native American-owned pallet-management company, announced it has promoted Matt Haddock to director of global operations. In his new role,
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