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ROBERT EASTERLY has joined Barclay Damon as a senior property tax consultant. Easterly is a member of the law firm’s property tax & condemnation and energy practice areas. He is located in the firm’s Syracuse office. Easterly, a former real property manager for Brookfield Renewable Partners and other independent power producers, has rejoined Barclay Damon […]
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ROBERT EASTERLY has joined Barclay Damon as a senior property tax consultant. Easterly is a member of the law firm’s property tax & condemnation and energy practice areas. He is located in the firm’s Syracuse office. Easterly, a former real property manager for Brookfield Renewable Partners and other independent power producers, has rejoined Barclay Damon after a six-year hiatus. He has more than 30 years of experience in the energy and utilities industry and focuses on property taxation, valuation, and mergers and acquisitions. Easterly uses his civil-engineering background and former operations and project experience with energy assets to offer clients a unique perspective on the valuation of generation facilities, the law firm said.

LORNA OPPEDISANO recently joined Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) as the project manager for events and programs. A storyteller at heart, she’s thrilled to be a part of the team connecting the past with the present in her hometown. Prior to OHA, Oppedisano most recently worked at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology
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LORNA OPPEDISANO recently joined Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) as the project manager for events and programs. A storyteller at heart, she’s thrilled to be a part of the team connecting the past with the present in her hometown. Prior to OHA, Oppedisano most recently worked at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) as director of development. While she’s spent much of her life in Syracuse, she truly fell in love with the region when she began her professional career here at Syracuse Woman Magazine, where she served as editor for three years. Oppedisano holds a bachelor’s degree in magazine journalism from S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Cushman Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company announced that MICHAEL DeLANEY has joined its Syracuse office as a commercial real-estate agent. DeLaney’s focus with Cushman Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage will be in the acquisition, disposition and redevelopment of retail and multi-unit properties. He previously worked in the insurance and financial services field. DeLaney has a degree from the University at
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Cushman Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company announced that MICHAEL DeLANEY has joined its Syracuse office as a commercial real-estate agent. DeLaney’s focus with Cushman Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage will be in the acquisition, disposition and redevelopment of retail and multi-unit properties. He previously worked in the insurance and financial services field. DeLaney has a degree from the University at Buffalo and resides in Syracuse.
Tops Friendly Markets — a full-service grocery retailer across upstate New York, northern Pennsylvania, and Vermont — recently promoted RON SMITH to senior maintenance and energy specialist. He has been with Tops since the Penn Traffic acquisition, holding many roles over his 27-year career, providing both inside and in-field support to the stores. He is
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Tops Friendly Markets — a full-service grocery retailer across upstate New York, northern Pennsylvania, and Vermont — recently promoted RON SMITH to senior maintenance and energy specialist. He has been with Tops since the Penn Traffic acquisition, holding many roles over his 27-year career, providing both inside and in-field support to the stores. He is a valuable resource in the company’s maintenance department. In his new role, Smith will assist with the supervision of the maintenance staff and coordination of department activities, as well as taking the lead on special assignments to allow the maintenance department to operate more efficiently. He will also assist in tackling the massive changes facing the industry with refrigeration and regulatory changes spurred on by climate-change laws. Smith and his wife and sons are residents of Chittenango.

Nascentia Health names president of health plans
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Nascentia Health, one of Central New York’s largest home health care agencies, recently announced it has promoted Joseph Twardy to president of health plans and chief administrative officer. In his four-year tenure with Nascentia Health, he has played “a pivotal role in transforming” the health plan division, making it the highest-performing upstate
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Nascentia Health, one of Central New York’s largest home health care agencies, recently announced it has promoted Joseph Twardy to president of health plans and chief administrative officer.
In his four-year tenure with Nascentia Health, he has played “a pivotal role in transforming” the health plan division, making it the highest-performing upstate New York managed long-term support and service (MLTSS) health plan, the organization contended in a news release. Twardy previously served as Nascentia Health’s executive VP of health plans.
In his new role, Twardy will oversee a comprehensive portfolio of health plans, including Medicaid managed long term care, Medicaid Advantage Plus (a fully integrated dual Medicare and Medicaid product for the most at-risk New Yorkers), Medicare dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNP), and Medicare institutional special needs plans (I-SNPs) health plans.
Twardy’s prior experience before Nascentia Health includes leading MLTSS plans at Fidelis Care (now part of Centene) and holding VP positions at Ellis Medicine and Hospital. He has also served as the president and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Service of Northeastern NY.
Nascentia Health says it offers in-home skilled nursing and therapies and home health aides. Across the state, Nascentia provides managed long-term care in 48 counties and Medicare Advantage plans in 15 counties. Founded in Syracuse in 1890, the agency today has more than 500 employees in offices in Syracuse, Rome, Rochester, Buffalo, and Albany.

Former Utica School superintendent, board president charged with misuse of taxpayer funds
Karam and LaPolla were both charged with fourth-degree grand larceny and public corruption. Karam was also charged with additional counts of fourth-degree grand larceny, public

Hochul signs bill to streamline payments to ambulance-service providers
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul this week signed a bill that will streamline payments to ambulance-service providers. The measure “authorizes payments to nonparticipating or

KeyBank honors Syracuse–area business owner at annual Key4Women awards
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — KeyBank has honored a town of Salina business owner as its 2023 Key4Women Achieve Award winner. KeyBank’s Key4Women Syracuse chapter recognized Susan

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Firms from Ithaca and Poughkeepsie, two from Ontario, and companies from Georgia and the United Kingdom won prize money in this year’s

People news: M.A. Polce promotes Figueroa
ROME, N.Y. — M.A. Polce, a managed IT and cybersecurity-services provider, has announced the promotion of Javier Figueroa to the role of cyber and information
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