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MVCC AIM, FuzeHub offering cybersecurity program to help defense-sector manufacturers
UTICA, N.Y. — New York’s defense-sector manufacturers can strengthen their cybersecurity protocols and meet federal compliance standards through a program that Mohawk Valley Community College’s (MVCC) Advanced Institute for Manufacturing (AIM) and FuzeHub are offering. The newly announced NY MEP cybersecurity-assistance program is designed for New York’s small- to medium-sized manufacturers that serve the U.S. […]
ESD: Application period for Genius NY’s fifth round continues through March 31
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Genius NY program is accepting applications for its fifth round through March 31. Empire State Development (ESD) describes Genius NY as “the world’s largest” business accelerator competition focused on unmanned systems. Genius NY stands for Growing ENtrepreneurs & Innovators in UpState New York. Tech startups focused on unmanned systems, internet of
The Tech Garden announces five new members
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Tech Garden on Dec. 8 announced five new firms have joined and will gain access to its business resources, free events, mentors, and funding opportunities. The organization’s new members include Aincobio, LLC. The firm is creating a machine for diagnostic laboratory directors in hospital-based labs to accelerate antibiotic-sensitivity testing from days
Syracuse area posts nearly 10% drop in manufacturing jobs in last year
The number of people employed in the manufacturing industry in the Syracuse metro area fell by 9.9 percent to 23,600 in November 2020 from 26,200 in November 2019, amid the coronavirus pandemic. That’s smaller than the 10.2 percent drop in total nonfarm jobs and 11.5 percent decline in total private-sector positions in the Syracuse region in
ERICA T. CLARKE was appointed by Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh to fill a vacant seat on the Syracuse City Court. A criminal-defense lawyer in Syracuse, she has worked in the local court system for the past decade. Clarke has experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and an assistant corporation counsel. She earned her juris doctorate
PETER FINNERTY has been appointed as acting Elmira city court judge, effective Jan. 1. He is a longtime local attorney and former Chemung County public defender. The appointment was made by Elmira Mayor Dan Mandell after former City Court Judge Otto Campanella vacated the office upon being elected to Chemung County Court. A full 10-year
Kirkland Art Center uses more than $1,500 grant for PPE to continue to offer arts programming safely
CLINTON, N.Y. — The Kirkland Art Center (KAC) announced it will use a $1,530 grant from the Jack and Trudy Owens Fund of the Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and related supplies. The PPE is needed to meet public-health requirements and continue to offer arts programming in
The December 2020 Zumper National Rent Report found the median rental price for most apartments in the Syracuse metro area was unchanged compared to the previous month, but down almost 6 percent from the year-prior month, The median rental price of one-bedroom apartments in the Syracuse region was $800 in December, the same price as
M&T Bank elects Godridge and Seseri to board of directors
BUFFALO, N.Y. — M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) announced it recently elected Leslie Godridge and Rudina Seseri to its board of directors. Godridge recently retired as vice chair and co-head of corporate and commercial banking at US Bancorp. She joined US Bancorp in 2007 as executive VP and head of national corporate special industries and
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County hotels posted an occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) of 37 percent in November, down 29.7 percent from a year prior, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. It was the biggest year-over-year decline in occupancy in the county since July as
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