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State awards Binghamton planning grant for study of Binghamton Plaza site
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Empire State Development has awarded the City of Binghamton a $75,000 grant for redevelopment planning at the Binghamton Plaza site under the
Broome County hotels post solid business gains in July
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels registered a slight rise in overnight guests in July, as two other benchmarks of business performance increased significantly more in the month. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county edged up 1.8 percent to 75.4 percent in the seventh month of 2025,
CNY jobless rates fall in July compared to a year ago
The unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions were all lower in July compared to the same month in 2024. The figures are part of the latest New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) unemployment data released on Aug. 19. Regional unemployment rates The jobless rate in the Syracuse
Five Star Bank parent reports nearly 32 percent drop in Q2 net income
WARSAW, N.Y. — Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI), parent company of Five Star Bank, recently reported net income of more than $17.5 million in the second quarter of this year, down 31.6 percent from $25.6 million in the second quarter of 2024. After preferred dividends, Financial Institutions’ net income available to common shareholders was almost
NBT Bank names commercial banking regional manager for CNY
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — NBT Bank has appointed Luke Fagan as commercial banking regional manager for the Central New York region. Fagan is based at NBT’s Syracuse financial center in the Post Building in downtown Syracuse, the Norwich–based bank announced. He will be tasked with helping lead and grow the bank’s team of local commercial bankers.
Binghamton University breaks ground on $5.6 million track-and-field project
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University on Tuesday broke ground on a $5.6 million project to revamp its track-and-field facility near the East Gym. The upgrades
State awards FAST NY grants to improve sites in Oneida, Oswego, Broome counties
ROME, N.Y. — New York State has awarded funding to sites in Oneida, Oswego, and Broome counties under the Focused Attraction of Shovel-Ready Tracts New
SUNY approves the next president of Binghamton University
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University has its next president following a Tuesday vote by the SUNY board of trustees. The system selected Anne D’Alleva as Binghamton’s eighth president. D’Alleva, currently the provost and executive VP for academic affairs at the University of Connecticut (UConn), is scheduled to begin her duties in Vestal on Nov. 1,
Bassett Healthcare Network awarded more than $7.6 million in grants to expand services
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — New York has awarded the Bassett Healthcare Network, based in Cooperstown, more than $7.6 million in grant funds through its Statewide Health
Anonymous donor gives Binghamton University $22 million for athletics program
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University says an anonymous donor provided $22 million “to enhance scholarship support for its NCAA Division I athletics programs.” At the
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