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SYRACUSE — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar recently welcomed 26 new graduates from the 24th Basic School for New York State environmental conservation police officers (ECOs), including nearly a dozen grads from Central New York. As part of DEC’s Division of Law Enforcement, ECOs enforce the 71 chapters […]

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As part of DEC’s Division of Law Enforcement, ECOs enforce the 71 chapters of New York’s Environmental Conservation Law that protect natural resources and public health. The ceremony, held in Syracuse, celebrated the graduates who successfully completed an intensive six-month law-enforcement training academy in the classroom and in the field.

For the last six months, recruits were immersed in grueling training at the ECO training academy in Pulaski in Oswego County, the DEC said. The department’s Division of Law Enforcement trains recruits in conventional areas of law enforcement, such as criminal-procedure law and vehicle and traffic law, as well as specialized courses in the Environmental Conservation Law, wildlife identification, and wildlife forensics. The recruits also engaged in physical training, defensive tactics, firearms, and emergency-vehicle operations, among other courses. The 26 graduates will join the state’s force for a total of 290 ECOs statewide.

Upon graduation, DEC assigns recruits to patrol areas across the state. In 2023, DEC’s Division of Law Enforcement ECOs and investigators responded to nearly 31,000 complaints. Cases resulted in almost 16,900 tickets or arrests for violations ranging from deer poaching to solid-waste dumping, illegal mining, and excessive emissions violations.

The graduates of DEC’s 24th Basic School for ECOs include the following 11 from Central New York:

• Mykaela Barrett — West Winfield, Herkimer County

• Kevin Bayne — Horseheads, Chemung County

• Hannah Bieber — Whitney Point, Broome County

• Thomas Griffin — Liverpool, Onondaga County

• Anna Heckler — Sodus, Wayne County

• Keenan Holliday — Milford, Otsego County

• Juthamas Kraiprasert — Auburn, Cayuga County

• Jayson Maxwell — Newport, Herkimer County

• Bryan Noble — Canton, St. Lawrence County

• Thomas Nolan — Westmoreland, Oneida County

• Mitchell Seabury — Manlius, Onondaga County

“I congratulate this new class of New York State ECOs for enduring a demanding training regimen to join one of the most elite police forces in the nation,” Interim Commissioner Mahar said in a DEC statement. “As these new Officers begin their careers, I am confident they will each carry on the rich legacy of protecting New York’s natural resources and public health and safety by holding lawbreakers accountable for environmental crimes and making a positive difference in communities across the state.”

Hockey tournament generates huge economic impact for Oneida County

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UTICA — The IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship held in Utica from April 3–14, 2024 brought 70,000 more visitors to Oneida County and generated at least $3.4 million in consumer spending. That’s according to a recent report issued by Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. “Hosting the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship in

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“Hosting the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Utica was an incredible success for Oneida County,” Picente said in a statement. “With the tournament helping to attract 70,000 more visitors to our region and an economic impact far exceeding the county’s investment, this event not only showcased our community on the international stage, but also strengthened our local businesses and reinforced our reputation as a premier destination for world-class events. We are proud of the teamwork and hospitality that made this achievement possible.”

The 12-day sporting event is the premier international tournament in women’s ice hockey. It featured 10 women’s national hockey teams from around the globe that competed in 29 games at the Adirondack Bank Center and University Nexus Center. Canada won the title, defeating USA in the final.

Adirondack Sports Council — the firm Oneida County used to help organize, execute, and promote the hockey tournament, compiled the economic impact report.

Total attendance across all 29 hockey games was 68.840, with an average per-game attendance of 2,373. Attendance at the Subaru World Championship Village fan zone totaled 11,352.

The Adirondack Bank Center broke its modern-day attendance record twice during the tournament, which was the highest-ever attended in the U.S.

From March 1 to April 30, 2024, Oneida County drew 1 million visitors, or 70,000 more than the 930,000 visitors for the same period in 2023. In the same timeframe, the Adirondack Bank Center and University Nexus Center welcomed 21,600 more visitors than the previous year.

Hotel occupancy rates were also higher in April 2024 than April 2023, showing a 6 percent increase in demand, 9 percent bump in occupancy, 16 percent rise in daily rate, and 22 percent jump in revenue.

Based on an average per-person spend of $50 per game, the hockey tournament generated $3,442,000 in spending. Bed tax revenue increased 6.7 percent to $701,372 for the quarter when the tournament took place when compared to the previous year.

Sales tax revenue was $12,488,148 for the reporting period ending May 7, 2024, up 4.3 percent from $11,969,900 the year before. As of December 2024, the entire second quarter (when the tournament took place) was the highest performing quarter for sales tax at $50,538,142, up 3.9 percent from the same quarter in 2023.

Visitor data is attributed to Placer.ai and does not include international visitors. Hotel occupancy data was provided by Oneida County Tourism.

The full report is available online at https://oneidacountyny.gov/assets/IIHF-Final-Report.pdf.

Independent colleges generate $97B statewide economic impact

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Private, nonprofit colleges and universities have statewide economic impact of $97 billion, according to an economic impact study released by the Albany–based Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU). Institution impact comprises $70 billion of that, with student and visitor impact totaling $5 billion and academic medical center impact coming in at $22 billion, the

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Institution impact comprises $70 billion of that, with student and visitor impact totaling $5 billion and academic medical center impact coming in at $22 billion, the study showed.

Independent colleges supported 407,000 jobs in fiscal year 2022-2023, including 196,000 direct campus jobs that generated a payroll impact of $33 billion and about $2 billion in state personal income-tax revenue and state and local sales-tax revenue.

In the Mohawk Valley region, which includes Oneida, Herkimer, Otsego, Fulton, Montgomery, and Schoharie counties, the total regional impact is $641.2 million. That includes $572.5 million in institution impact and $68.7 million in student and visitor impact. Independent colleges support 4,000 jobs, including 2,000 direct campus jobs, with a total payroll of $219 million and personal and sales-tax impact of $14.9 million.

Hamilton College in Clinton announced it generates a total economic impact of $331 million, which includes spending on research and development, construction, technology, salaries, and other operating expenses along with student and visitor spending. It supported 1,800 jobs, including 900 jobs on campus, with a combined payroll of $117.3 million and a personal income and sales-tax impact of $8 million.

“Hamilton College has a very real direct economic impact on our communities in the Mohawk Valley every day,” Hamilton President Steven Tepper said in a news release. “As is true with other higher education institutions in our area, it also has a significant impact on the world through the businesses, innovations, and ideas advanced by its graduates over decades.”

Independent colleges in the Central New York region — Oswego, Cayuga, Onondaga, Cortland, and Madison counties — generated an economic impact of $3.1 billion on the region, including $2.8 billion in institution impact and $290.2 million in student and visitor impact. The colleges supported 18,000 jobs, including 9,000 direct campus jobs, with a payroll of $1.1 billion and $73.7 million in personal income and sales-tax revenue.

In the Southern Tier — Delaware, Broome, Chenango, Tioga, Chemung, Steuben, Schuyler, and Tompkins counties – independent colleges had a regional impact of $6.1 billion including $5.8 billion in institution impact and $304.5 million in student and visitor impact. They supported 35,000 jobs, including 17,000 direct campus jobs, with a total payroll of
$2.3 billion and tax impact of $155 million.

Independent colleges in the North Country — Lewis, Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Essex, and Hamilton counties — had a $606.5 million economic impact, including $543.5 million in institution impact and $63 million in student and visitor impact. They supported 4,000 jobs, including 2,000 direct campus jobs, with a payroll of $196 million and tax impact of $13.4 million.

The full study is available online at www.cicu.org/economic-impact/.

Founded in 1956, the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York represents the public policy interests of chief executives of the state’s independent colleges and universities and works to develop a consensus among membership and to advance higher-education policy.

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Binghamton University grad reopens Chroma Café & Bakery

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BINGHAMTON — Leighton Blackwood already had one successful food venture under his belt — the 2nd Heaven bubble tea store in the Marketplace at Binghamton University — and was looking to open another business when he came across the opportunity to purchase Chroma Café & Bakery. So, just three years after graduating from Binghamton University

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So, just three years after graduating from Binghamton University and opening his bubble tea shop, Blackwood took over Chroma, which he reopened this past July.

“It was perfect because it was turnkey,” he says of the café, located at 97 Court St. He had looked at a few sites around Binghamton before coming across the Chroma opportunity.

Blackwood hasn’t been going it alone though. Along with support — and recipes — from the previous owners, he is also a member of the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator, where he receives mentorship and participates in entrepreneurship programming, and utilized the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), located within the incubator.

Koffman and the SBDC helped Blackwood navigate issues like getting his business and sales-tax licenses as well as his health permit.

“It seems really daunting in the beginning,” he says of the business process.

Blackwood was familiar with the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator because his first college job was at a startup company that launched at the incubator. During his time there, he got to know Eric Krohn, director of business incubation programming.

When he first had the idea for 2nd Heaven, he went to his mentor Krohn for help, and “the rest is history.” Blackwood says.

Running Chroma is just a bit different than a bubble tea shop, he acknowledges. The café serves an array of sandwiches, while the bakery offers bread, cookies, pastries, cinnamon rolls, conchas, and custom orders. It wholesales pastries and breads to Binghamton University, providing a nice stable base income, Blackwood says.

The café and tea shop also cross-sell, with the café offering bubble teas and the tea shop selling pastries from Chroma.

Blackwood employs three bakers, one barista, and one cook at the café, and between 15 and 17 part-time student employees at the bubble tea shop.

“This is just the beginning,” he says. He hopes to expand the café menu soon, as well as launch at the farmer’s market in January, providing another location for people to grab some Chroma breads and pastries.

New York home sales slip nearly 5 percent in November 2024

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ALBANY — New York realtors closed on the sale of 8,660 previously owned homes in November 2024, a decline of 4.6 percent from the 9,079 homes they sold in November 2023. However, pending sales rose almost 4 percent in the 11th month of 2024, which could foreshadow increases in closed home sales in the next

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ALBANY — New York realtors closed on the sale of 8,660 previously owned homes in November 2024, a decline of 4.6 percent from the 9,079 homes they sold in November 2023.

However, pending sales rose almost 4 percent in the 11th month of 2024, which could foreshadow increases in closed home sales in the next couple of months. That’s according to the November housing report that the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR) issued on Dec. 19.

“Inventory of homes for sale across New York State dropped to the lowest point since March while interest rates continue to inch closer to seven percent,” NYSAR said to open its housing report.

NYSAR cites Freddie Mac as indicating interest rates in November “climbed once again,” averaging out to 6.81 percent on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. That’s nearly a half point higher than the 6.43 percentage rate in October, yet still lower than November 2023, when rates were standing at 7.44 percent.

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Pending home sales in New York state totaled 7,874 in November 2024, an increase of 3.6 percent from the 7,602 pending sales in the same month in 2023, according to the NYSAR data.

The total inventory of homes for sale in the Empire State totaled 26,152 in November 2024, down 11.3 percent from 29,499 in the year-prior month.

New listings of homes for sale also fell in the second to last month of 2024, slipping 8.6 percent to 8,455 from 9,252 in November 2023.

The months’ supply of homes for sale at the end of November 2024 stood at 2.9 months, down about 12 percent from the 3.3 months of supply a year earlier, per NYSAR’s report. A 6-month to 6.5-month supply is considered a balanced market, the association stipulates.

With such tight inventory, home prices continued to rise precipitously. The statewide median sales price in New York state jumped 9.5 percent to $405,000 in November 2024, compared to the November 2023 median sales price of $370,000.

All home-sales data is compiled from multiple-listing services in New York, and it includes townhomes and condominiums in addition to existing single-family homes, according to NYSAR.

OPINION: The Mainstream Media’s Heyday is Over for Good

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Independent press and citizens take the lead in reporting the truth The election of President Donald J. Trump eight years ago after an election season riddled with false narratives that he was “unelectable” caused a radical shift in the way Americans view the objectivity of the press. During and after Trump’s first term, the press

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Independent press and citizens take the lead in reporting the truth

The election of President Donald J. Trump eight years ago after an election season riddled with false narratives that he was “unelectable” caused a radical shift in the way Americans view the objectivity of the press.

During and after Trump’s first term, the press continued to vilify the president to such a degree that even moderates and independents lost trust in the media’s objectivity.

For many Americans, seeing the mainstream media’s blatant bias against Trump was the impetus for them to begin looking into alternative news — and views — and scrapping their allegiance to the mainstream media and the mainstream political system.

Four years after Trump won the presidency the first time, a slew of misinformation about the coronavirus further deteriorated public trust in the mainstream media.

Then, mid-election this year, the public learned that President Joe Biden was in fact, not well enough to run for reelection — and by the looks of it hadn’t been well enough to run the country for months at minimum.

The press, it seems, had managed to keep Biden’s deteriorating health hidden from a majority of Americans until a politically opportune moment when they unveiled Biden’s successor, Kamala Harris. However, that strategy proved to be a failing one.

Eight years after Trump entered the political scene, he won a sweeping victory in 2024 with the popular vote on his side for the first time for a Republican candidate in 20 years, despite the barrage of mainstream polls and press coverage alleging that Americans wouldn’t elect Trump twice.

Trust in the mainstream media as an objective source of truth is deeply broken. Ratings for MSNBC and CNN have plummeted in the weeks following Trump’s decisive victory on election day. MSNBC’s prime-time ratings have fallen by half compared to pre-election numbers.

American’s trust in mainstream media is at a record low, according to multiple reports. A YouGov poll released [recently] finds a mere 8 percent of Americans strongly agree the media “generally acts in the best interests of Americans.” The poll shows Americans say by a margin of 23 points — 58 percent to 35 percent — the media does not generally act in the best interests of Americans.

The media is third from the bottom out of 23 industries that Americans were asked to rank, with only the tobacco and gambling industries ranking lower. Yes, Americans think less of the news media than they do of the pharmaceutical, advertising, and social media industries.

This was far from always true. According to Gallup’s tracker of public trust in the media going back to the 1970s, public trust has eroded decade by decade. In 1976, the data shows 76 percent of Americans had a good or fair amount of trust in the media, but that is now down to just 31 percent, the lowest number on record for Gallup. The second lowest number on record for public trust in the media was 32 percent — right after Trump won the 2016 election, despite the mainstream media hailstorm against him.

Without the mainstream media, where will Americans turn for news? Many Americans largely tune out the mainstream news networks and newspapers, especially when they consistently come up wrong or blatantly biased against alternative views.

This has given rise to a slew of independent online journals and magazines, as well as a web of influential podcasters and commentators.

The rise of independent voices on platforms like YouTube, TikTok, X, and Truth Social alone presents a huge challenge to mainstream news networks, but they sealed their own fate of descending into obscurity with their blatant disregard for the truth.

Bill Wilson was a founding board member and former president of Americans for Limited Government (ALG), a conservative 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that says it is dedicated to restoring constitutionally limited government, allowing individuals to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. This article is drawn from ALG’s Daily Torch publication.

OPINION: Constitutional checks & balances were made for this moment

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Donald Trump will return to office [on Jan. 20], and his plans and policies for his second term are dominating the news. It’s a good time to remind ourselves that we have elected a president, not a king. We can thank the Founding Fathers for that. The president of the United States has enormous power,

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The president of the United States has enormous power, but it is not unlimited. The Constitution establishes a system of separation of powers, delegating the executive authority to the president, the legislative to the Congress, and the judicial to the Supreme Court and lower courts.

It also includes checks and balances to ensure that no branch becomes too powerful. Presidents can veto legislation that they don’t agree with; Congress can override the veto with a two-thirds vote by the House and Senate. Federal courts can declare laws unconstitutional. If presidents get truly out of line, they can be impeached and removed from office.

America’s founders were especially suspicious of executive power. The new nation was born out of a revolution inspired by resentment of that kind of authority. The Declaration of Independence lists 27 grievances against King George III, accusing him of “repeated injuries and usurpations” and a pattern of “absolute tyranny.” The founders didn’t want to replace one tyrant with another.

Article II of the Constitution says the president can make treaties and appoint all “officers of the United States,” but only with the advice and consent of the Senate. In practice, that means Trump’s choices for cabinet secretaries and other top government positions need to be vetted by Senate committees and confirmed by a majority of the Senate.

Trump, of course, hasn’t shown much interest in the niceties of shared governance. With his background as a private-sector dealmaker, he’s used to doing what he wants. Many of his proposed appointments suggest he values personal loyalty over qualifications and experience.

Fortunately, some members of Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, have pushed back. Trump did win the election, and he deserves a degree of deference in assembling his administration. But that doesn’t mean Congress should look the other way when there are obvious problems. Some historians argue that Trump is exactly the kind of demagogue the founders were most concerned about when they imposed limits on presidential power.

Over time, many of those limits have weakened as American presidents assumed more authority. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected an unprecedented four times and greatly expanded the federal government in response to the Great Depression and World War II. The rising importance of foreign affairs has kept presidents at center stage for decades. We live in the era of what the historian Arthur Schlesinger called the imperial presidency.

It’s not surprising that presidents grab power if it’s available. In my view, however, it’s unfortunate when Congress lets this happen. Yes, America needs a strong president; but we also need a Congress that will accept the responsibility the Constitution gives it. Congress, after all, is the branch of government that is closest to the people. Its members are accountable to the voters of their districts and states.

James Madison wrote that “the accumulation of all powers … in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self–appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” As Trump takes office and tries to implement some of his more extreme campaign promises, we should look to Congress to maintain balance.

Lee Hamilton, 93, is a senior advisor for the Indiana University (IU) Center on Representative Government, distinguished scholar at the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, and professor of practice at the IU O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Hamilton, a Democrat, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years (1965-1999), representing a district in south-central Indiana.

Entrepreneur Jeff Knauss set to be youngest Crystal Ball honoree

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SYRACUSE — The 48th recipient of the annual Crystal Ball Award from the Central New York Sales & Marketing Executives (CNYSME) will be the youngest person yet to be bestowed this honor. CNYSME selected Jeff Knauss, 38, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who lives in Skaneateles. CNYSME will present the award to Knauss during

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SYRACUSE — The 48th recipient of the annual Crystal Ball Award from the Central New York Sales & Marketing Executives (CNYSME) will be the youngest person yet to be bestowed this honor.

CNYSME selected Jeff Knauss, 38, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who lives in Skaneateles.

CNYSME will present the award to Knauss during the Crystal Ball and Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards event, which is set for Thursday, May 15, 2025, at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown.

Described as an “enduring symbol of the organization’s mission,” the Crystal Ball is awarded annually by CNYSME to a CEO, president, or director of a Central New York business in recognition of their contributions to the sales and marketing profession and for their endeavors in the areas of community development and support.

Knauss started as the CEO and co-founder of Digital Hyve, a Syracuse–based digital-marketing firm. He is currently a partner and investor in 13 businesses ranging from various startups focused on medical research, professional networking, mobile-payment apps, commercial real estate, three restaurants (Hidden Fish, Clover’s, and XO Taco), diversity recruitment, and e-commerce.

Knauss tells CNYBJ that he was both “surprised and extremely honored” when told CNYSME had selected him as the Crystal Ball Award recipient, adding that it “feels surreal.”

“The incredible people who have won before me. I know the prestige that this award carries and the level of excellence that the people that have been awarded in the past rise to,” he says in a Dec. 20 phone interview. “Many of them are my friends, and many of them came before me and have built incredible things in Central New York”

When Knauss first moved to Central New York from the Finger Lakes area, he didn’t know anyone. He started working at CNY Central (the branded name of TV stations WTVH-5, WSTM, and CW6) and part of his job was to get to know people, he says. The first organization that he joined was CNYSME. Knauss worked on the group’s committees and served on its board of directors for a few years, and even helped with past Crystal Ball Award efforts.

And as he noted in the CNYBJ interview, “to have it all come full circle is pretty cool.”

Knauss also tells CNYBJ that he’s been working on an artificial intelligence (AI)-based project that will be launching early in 2025. “It’s been what I’ve been obsessing over for the last year,” he notes.

In the CNYSME announcement, Knauss discussed his philosophy and perspective on entrepreneurship.

“Entrepreneurship isn’t just about growing businesses — it’s about uplifting those around you, fostering innovation, and giving back to the communities that support us. This award is a reflection of the collective effort of every team, mentor, and partner I’ve been lucky enough to have had along the way. I’m proud to be part of a region that embraces entrepreneurship and philanthropy so deeply, and I’m committed to using this recognition to further those ideals,” he said.

CNYSME’s leader lauded Knauss for personifying what the Crystal Ball Award is all about.

“Jeff embodies everything the Crystal Ball Award represents. Not only his contributions to the sales and marketing community throughout Upstate New York, but to his relentless dedication to philanthropy and giving back,” Charles Harkola, president of CNYSME, said in the organization’s announcement. “He is a premier example of what leaders can and should aspire to and we’re excited to present him this year’s Crystal Ball.”

In addition to the Crystal Ball, local companies will award Sales and Marketing Excellence Awards to their top performing sales and marketing professionals within their organizations. Proceeds from the event will go toward Jeff Knauss’s charity of choice, South Side Community Growth Foundation, as well as scholarships to local students pursuing education in the sales and marketing fields, CNYSME said.

Oneida County hotel business benchmarks improve in November

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UTICA — Oneida County hotels enjoyed a strong month in November, as three key indicators of business performance improved. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) edged up 2.2 percent to 56.3 percent in the 11th month of 2024 compared to the year-prior month, according to a report from STR, a

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