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KeyBank parent names Family Wealth business leader
NEW YORK, N.Y. — KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), parent company of KeyBank, announced that Robert Weiss has joined as head of its Key Family Wealth business unit. He will be tasked with growing Key’s ultra-high net worth client segment. He is based in New York City and reports to Key Wealth President Joe Skarda. Weiss brings […]
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NEW YORK, N.Y. — KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), parent company of KeyBank, announced that Robert Weiss has joined as head of its Key Family Wealth business unit.
He will be tasked with growing Key’s ultra-high net worth client segment. He is based in New York City and reports to Key Wealth President Joe Skarda.
Weiss brings to his role more than 20 years of senior leadership experience in wealth management, according to a KeyCorp news release. He joins Key from First Republic, now part of J.P. Morgan Wealth Management. There, as regional business leader across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Weiss was responsible for overall growth, product strategy, and business-development planning.
Prior to First Republic, Weiss worked at SunTrust, where he established and led the Northeast Private Wealth Division. He also held leadership positions at Alliance Bernstein and was global head of Advice Lab for J.P. Morgan, where he led a team of wealth-management subject-matter experts to create and deliver intellectual capital to clients. Weiss earned an MBA in finance from the University at Buffalo.
Key Family Wealth, the multi-family office division of Key Private Bank, is one of the largest and oldest multi-family offices in the country — managing about $23 billion in assets under management.
KeyCorp’s roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial-services companies, with assets of about $190 billion as of Sept. 30, 2024. KeyBank is ranked No. 2 by deposit market share in the 16-county Central New York region.

Cayuga Health of Ithaca, Arnot Health of Elmira affiliate as Centralus Health
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca–based Cayuga Health and Arnot Health of Elmira on Tuesday formally announced their new affiliation, which will now operate under the name

Syracuse attorney among five elevated to Barclay Damon partnership
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A lawyer based in the Syracuse headquarters is among five attorneys Barclay Damon LLP has elevated to partner at the firm. Ross Greenky is a member of the firm’s labor & employment practice area. The additional four attorneys elevated to partner are in the Albany or Buffalo offices, the law firm said.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A lawyer based in the Syracuse headquarters is among five attorneys Barclay Damon LLP has elevated to partner at the firm.
Ross Greenky is a member of the firm’s labor & employment practice area. The additional four attorneys elevated to partner are in the Albany or Buffalo offices, the law firm said.
Greenky concentrates his practice on counseling employers regarding workplace issues, and he routinely handles audits and investigations from the New York State Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Labor, as well as the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs.
Greenky also litigates employment-related matters in federal and state courts and before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the New York State Division of Human Rights.
Based in Syracuse, Barclay Damon has about 300 attorneys with additional offices in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, New Haven, New York City, Rochester, Washington D.C., and Toronto.

Hochul proposes $110 million to build, repair child-care facilities in New York state
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul will propose a $110 million Child-Care Construction Fund to build new child-care facilities and repair existing sites, “making

SRC partners with Japanese firm to deploy radar system in Japan
CICERO, N.Y. — SRC, Inc. on Monday announced the first deployment of its Gryphon R1410 radar system in Japan, in partnership with Nippon Kaiyo Co.,

Attorney in Harris Beach Murtha’s Syracuse office elected to partner
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An attorney in the Syracuse office of Harris Beach Murtha is among the nine lawyers elected partners in the newly combined firm. Joseph Frateschi is a member of Harris Beach Murtha’s public finance and economic development practice group and municipalities and local agencies industry team, per the firm’s announcement. Frateschi has experience
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An attorney in the Syracuse office of Harris Beach Murtha is among the nine lawyers elected partners in the newly combined firm.
Joseph Frateschi is a member of Harris Beach Murtha’s public finance and economic development practice group and municipalities and local agencies industry team, per the firm’s announcement.
Frateschi has experience as a transaction counsel on real property, intellectual property, and corporate matters. He also advises municipal agencies and public-benefit corporations on a range of issues under New York municipal law.
He serves as bond counsel and issuer counsel on taxable and tax-exempt bond financings undertaken by local issuers. He also serves as special-transaction counsel on large projects throughout New York state.
The law firm Harris Beach Murtha formally launched operations on Jan. 2. It resulted from the combination of Pittsford–based Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP, which became official on Jan. 1.
The combined firm has more than 250 lawyers, including 150 partners working across 16 offices in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia.

Deer management in the city of Syracuse begins this week
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse’s deer-management program begins this week (Jan. 6-10) and will continue through March. Qualified wildlife managers from the U.S.

Arleo Eye Associates joins Cayuga Health System
LANSING, N.Y.— Arleo Eye Associates, which is based in the village of Lansing, is now part of Ithaca–based Cayuga Health System, effective Jan. 1. The

Harris Beach Murtha formally launches new, combined firm
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — The new law firm Harris Beach Murtha on Thursday announced that the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP is now complete. The firms announced their intent to combine in early May 2024 and started operating as one firm as of Jan. 1. Harris Beach, which is headquartered in suburban
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. — The new law firm Harris Beach Murtha on Thursday announced that the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP is now complete.
The firms announced their intent to combine in early May 2024 and started operating as one firm as of Jan. 1.
Harris Beach, which is headquartered in suburban Rochester, has offices in Syracuse, Ithaca, and other locations in New York. Murtha Cullina operated offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and White Plains in Westchester County.
The combined firm has more than 250 lawyers, including 150 partners working across 16 offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia.
Harris Beach Murtha “offers clients greater strength and reach through added geographies and expanded services,” the firm said in its announcement.
The new firm serves clients in more than 20 major areas of law across a “multitude of diverse industries.”
Chris Jagel will serve as the CEO of Harris Beach Murtha, and Andy Corea, who served as Murtha Cullina’s managing partner for four years, will serve on the firm’s management committee.
“Harris Beach Murtha unites the strengths of two firms, both deeply embedded in the communities we serve, and extends our capabilities and reach,” Jagel said in the firm’s announcement. “The combination has already created synergies that enhance our ability to deliver exceptional results. We serve our clients and prospective clients with high-quality, tailored and new legal services in more locations, all while preserving our commitment to excellence and the unique culture that sets us apart.”
The firm’s lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout New York State in Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, New York City, Saratoga Springs, Long Island and White Plains: Connecticut in Bantam, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford; as well as in Boston, Massachusetts, Newark, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.

Valley Health Services seeks LPNs and CNAs at hiring event
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Valley Health Services is hosting a hiring event for licensed practical nurses (LPNs), certified nursing assistants (CNAs), and CNA trainees on Jan.
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