SYRACUSE — ADHD & Autism Psychological Services and Advocacy PLLC recently purchased the 11,134-square-foot office building located at 1031 East Fayette St., in Syracuse for more than $1 million.

Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company announced that 1031 E Fayette Associates sold the property in June for $1,018,000. Christopher Savage and Samuel Vulcano of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage represented the buyer in the transaction.

ADHD & Autism Psychological Services and Advocacy says it provides outpatient mental-health treatment for individuals ages 2 years and older, including assessment for developmental disabilities, especially ADHD and autism spectrum disorders. It also has a Utica location in addition to the one in Syracuse.

WARSAW, N.Y. — Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI), parent of Five Star Bank, will pay a quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents a share per common share outstanding for the latest quarter. 

The banking company said it will pay the dividend on July 2, to shareholders of record on June 14.

The dividend is the same amount that Financial Institutions paid last quarter, when it boosted the payment by one cent over the prior quarter.

Five Star Bank, based in Warsaw in Wyoming County, has more than 50 branches throughout Western and Central New York. Its CNY branches include offices in Auburn, Geneva (2), Seneca Falls, Elmira (2), and Horseheads.

Financial Institutions and its subsidiaries employ about 700 people.

SALINA — EDOS Manufacturers Reps, Inc. recently leased about 12,000 square feet of industrial warehouse space at the Salina Industrial Powerpark at 1 General Motors Drive.

Paul Mackey and John Clark of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company represented the landlord, Racer Trust, in this transaction, according to a news release from the real-estate firm. Donald O’Leary represented the tenant.

EDOS Manufacturers Reps is a wholesaler of heating and plumbing products across New England and upstate New York. The Granby, Massachusetts–based company was founded in 1975.

Regional job growth numbers were mixed                

Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown-Fort Drum, Binghamton, and Elmira regions declined in May compared to a year ago, while the jobless rate in the Ithaca area was unchanged.

The figures were part of the latest New York State Department of Labor data released on June 25. 

On the job-growth front, the Syracuse, Watertown–Fort Drum, Ithaca, and Elmira regions gained jobs between May 2018 and this past May.

Bucking the trend, the Utica–Rome and Binghamton areas lost jobs in the same period.

That’s according to the latest monthly employment report that the New York State Department of Labor issued June 20.

Regional unemployment rates

The jobless rate in the Syracuse area was 3.7 percent in May, down from 3.9 percent in May 2018.

In the other CNY areas, the unemployment rate in the Utica–Rome region fell to 3.9 percent from 4 percent; in the Watertown–Fort Drum area, it dipped to 4.5 percent from 4.8 percent; the rate fell in the Binghamton region to 3.9 percent from 4.2 percent; it was unchanged in the Ithaca metro area at 3.2 percent; and the rate fell in the Elmira region to 3.8 percent from 4.4 percent in the year-earlier period.

The local-unemployment data isn’t seasonally adjusted, meaning the figures don’t reflect seasonal influences such as holiday hires.

The unemployment rates are calculated following procedures prescribed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the state Labor Department said.

State unemployment rate

New York state’s unemployment rate rose from 3.9 percent to 4.0 percent in May. The state unemployment rate was higher than the U.S. unemployment rate of 3.6 percent in that month.

The May statewide unemployment figure of 4 percent was down from 4.2 percent in May 2018, according to department figures.

“The slowdown this month in New York State’s labor market reflects the weak national jobs report in May, as private-sector payrolls in the U.S. increased by less than 100,000, when a gain of 200,000 is more typical. The state’s monthly jobs data can be volatile and are subject to revision as more information becomes available. As a result, it is necessary to observe several months of data before establishing a trend,” the state Labor Department noted in its June 20 report.

The federal government calculates New York’s unemployment rate partly based upon the results of a monthly telephone survey of 3,100 state households that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts.

May jobs data

The Syracuse region gained 6,200 jobs in the past year, up 1.9 percent.

The Utica–Rome area lost 900 jobs, a decrease of 0.7 percent; the Binghamton region shed 800 jobs, a decline of 0.8 percent; the Watertown–Fort Drum area gained 300 jobs, an increase of 0.7 percent; the Ithaca region picked up 1,600 positions, a rise of 2.4 percent; and the Elmira area added 100 jobs, up 0.3 percent.

New York state as a whole gained more than 95,000 jobs, an increase of 1.0 percent, in that 12-month period. The state economy lost nearly 14,000 jobs, a 0.1 percent dip, in May compared to April, the labor department said.