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Taran Singh has joined Fust Charles as a tax associate. Singh earned his master’s degree in accounting and analytics from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Smita Sawant has joined Fust Charles as an audit associate. She earned her master’s degree in professional accounting from Syracuse University and a master’s of

Sean Coniglio has joined Fust Charles as an audit associate. Coniglio earned his master’s degree in professional accountancy from Marist College. He has experience in

Raj Kotha has joined Fust Charles as a senior audit associate. Kotha earned his master’s degree in accounting from the Rochester Institute of Technology and

Fust Charles announced Anshu Agarwal has joined the firm as an audit associate. Agarwal earned a master’s degree in accounting and analytics from the Rochester

Sciarabba Walker & Co., LLP has announced, effective Jan. 1, the appointment of Kathleen Torello, CPA, as the firm’s outsourced accounting manager. She joined the

Sciarabba Walker & Co., LLP announced that effective Jan. 1, Tom D’Alessandro, CPA, has been named head of the Tax Department, taking over from Chris

Sciarabba Walker & Co., LLP has announced the appointment of David Iles, CPA, and Chris Hart (pictured), CPA, as co-managing partners, effective Jan. 1. Iles

Hochul visits Upstate University Hospital with $200M earmarked for facility renovation
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday met with the leadership of Upstate Medical University to discuss the state’s $200 million investment for Upstate
Oneida County hotel business indicators were mixed in December
UTICA — Oneida County hotels had a mixed month of business performance in December, as measured by three key benchmarks. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) edged down 0.9 percent to 43.9 percent in the final month of 2024 compared to the year-prior month, according to a report from STR,
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UTICA — Oneida County hotels had a mixed month of business performance in December, as measured by three key benchmarks.
The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) edged down 0.9 percent to 43.9 percent in the final month of 2024 compared to the year-prior month, according to a report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel-market data and analytics company. For the full year, occupancy was off 0.1 to 60.4 percent.
Revenue per available room (RevPar), an important industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, rose 1.9 percent to $53.96 in December 2024 in the Mohawk Valley’s largest county versus December 2023. For all of 2024, RevPar gained 5.6 percent to $85.42.
Average daily rate (ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, increased 2.9 percent to $122.90 in Oneida County in December 2024, compared to the same month a year earlier. For the entire year, ADR went up 5.7 percent to $141.51.
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