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North Point Defense wins nearly $10M contract from U.S. Air Force

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ROME, N.Y — North Point Defense, Inc. in Rome has been awarded a more than $9.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop highly flexible software-based applications to perform real-time digital-signal processing of complex radio waveforms. The software solutions will enable processing of existing and future communication signals without the need for changes

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Lockheed Martin elects Yarrington to board of directors

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Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), a defense contractor with a major presence in Central New York, recently announced that its board of directors has elected Patricia E. Yarrington to the board. Yarrington recently retired as Chevron Corporation’s chief financial officer, following 38 years of work. At Chevron, Yarrington served as VP and treasurer from 2007

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New York maple-syrup production fell 20 percent this year

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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York maple-syrup production fell 20 percent to 647,000 gallons this year, amid a shortened season, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of maple taps was estimated at 2.9 million in 2021, up 4 percent from last year. Yield per tap fell to 0.223 gallons per tap

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Utica College master’s degree program in nursing earns accreditation

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UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College announced that the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Board of Commissioners has granted initial accreditation to its master’s degree program in nursing for five years. Utica College’s post-graduate Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) certificate program also won accreditation for the same period. “The Utica College programs were reviewed under

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State program seeks to get local workforce involved in I-81, other CNY projects

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SYRACUSE — It’s a program that seeks to make sure Syracuse–area workers benefit from the Interstate 81 (I-81) viaduct removal and other infrastructure projects in Central New York. The New York State Department of Labor, New York State Department of Transportation (DOT), and other agencies are spearheading a $1 million initiative called “Workforce Forward: Syracuse,”

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SYRACUSE — It’s a program that seeks to make sure Syracuse–area workers benefit from the Interstate 81 (I-81) viaduct removal and other infrastructure projects in Central New York.

The New York State Department of Labor, New York State Department of Transportation (DOT), and other agencies are spearheading a $1 million initiative called “Workforce Forward: Syracuse,” the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

The program seeks to connect workers to training opportunities and “good-paying,” short-term and long-term infrastructure jobs in and around Syracuse, Cuomo’s office said. Working with organized labor and other job-training organizations, the state Labor Department will host job fairs and conduct marketing and outreach to recruit unemployed and underemployed workers for area infrastructure projects.

The “Workforce Forward: Syracuse” initiative will build upon the state’s existing relationships with CNY Works — the local workforce-development board — and other regional training providers, including labor unions, BOCES and local colleges and high schools. BOCES is short for Board of Cooperative Educational Services.

The state Labor Department will also be hiring additional outreach staff and stationing personnel at locations in “neighborhoods of highest need,” including with organizations such as Jubilee Homes and Syracuse Community Connections (the former Southwest Community Center).

Additionally, the state Labor Department — with support from DOT and other partner agencies — will conduct outreach and marketing activities related to regional infrastructure careers.

Beyond the Interstate 81 project, the initiative will also seek to recruit and provide training for workers at other Central New York infrastructure projects, like state DOT highway projects and other municipal projects. For individuals for whom direct infrastructure or construction work is not desired, state Labor Department staff will help connect them to alternative training and career options, Cuomo’s office said.

Crockett named president and COO of Mower agency; Mower remains chairman and CEO

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It’s a move that Mower describes as a “structured agency leadership transition for future growth.” Mower — a Syracuse–based advertising, marketing, and public relations agency — on June 17 announced that Stephanie Crockett has been named the firm’s president and COO. Crockett assumes the president’s title from Eric Mower, who remains chairman

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It’s a move that Mower describes as a “structured agency leadership transition for future growth.”

Mower — a Syracuse–based advertising, marketing, and public relations agency — on June 17 announced that Stephanie Crockett has been named the firm’s president and COO.

Crockett assumes the president’s title from Eric Mower, who remains chairman and CEO of the agency that he has guided since 1968.

Crockett, who joined the agency 17 years ago, most recently served as executive vice president, managing director. In the role, Crockett served as part of senior leadership; the Syracuse-region market leader; manager of the client-services team; and as head of the agency’s energy and sustainability practice, per an agency news release.

“This is an important day in the future of our agency. It represents a key step in the transition of the firm to the next group of leaders who will drive the growth of Mower during the coming decades,” Mower said. “Stephanie is the best person to write the next chapter at our company. She has the trust of both our staff and our clients. Her leadership has been key to the resurgence of our Syracuse office and growth of our Energy and Sustainability specialty.”

Besides her work with Mower, Crockett is active in a number of professional, business, and community organizations. She currently chairs the board of directors of the United Way of Central New York and is a member of the CenterState CEO board of directors. A graduate of SUNY Geneseo, prior to joining Mower she had marketing roles at agencies and on the client side.

“Mower has been fiercely independent for 53 years and we see unlimited opportunities for continued growth of an integrated communications firm like ours that brings together strategic insights and digital marketing strengths across all channels,” Crockett said. “Eric created something rare in building a multi-city destination agency that attracted clients and employees looking for alternatives to the holding company firms. The challenge for the next group of leaders is to build upon this success during a time in our industry when employee dynamics and client-agency relationships are changing. Mower is well positioned to advance in this new environment because of our ability to evolve and build upon on a foundation of core values.”

The balance of the agency’s executive leadership team remains in place, including Doug Bean, vice chairman; Chris Steenstra, chief administrative officer; Cheryl Duggan, CFO; Doug Kamp, chief creative officer; and Rick Lyke, executive vice president, managing director, public relations and public affairs.

“We’ve always embraced a consultative, collaborative management approach and this team has worked well together for many years,” Mower said.

New Crouse Health center for addiction-treatment services begins operations

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — After a year of construction, Crouse Health’s new Bill and Sandra Pomeroy Treatment Center at 2775 Erie Blvd. East in Syracuse has started operations. The two-story, 42,000 square-foot facility replaces the 100-year-old former location of Crouse’s outpatient-treatment services at 410 South Crouse Ave., which the program had “outgrown,” per a Crouse Health

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — After a year of construction, Crouse Health’s new Bill and Sandra Pomeroy Treatment Center at 2775 Erie Blvd. East in Syracuse has started operations.

The two-story, 42,000 square-foot facility replaces the 100-year-old former location of Crouse’s outpatient-treatment services at 410 South Crouse Ave., which the program had “outgrown,” per a Crouse Health news release.

The Hayner Hoyt Corporation was the contractor for the project, and King + King Architects designed the building. ASM Engineering and Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt, both of DeWitt, handled engineering duties on project. Pyramid Brokerage of Syracuse worked with the hospital to identify potential site locations for the new facility providing addiction-treatment services (ATS).

The New York State Department of Health and Empire State Development Corporation awarded Crouse Health $17 million to purchase the land and pay for the construction project. Local individuals and foundations have also made donations to assist Crouse in “growing some of the unique offerings and activities that are hallmarks” of its addiction-treatment programs.

The William G. Pomeroy Foundation made a special donation in support of the new facility. Besides naming the building, the donation created a dedicated endowment within the Crouse Health Foundation to “permanently provide support for the unique offerings and activities that are hallmarks” of Crouse’s program.

“For nearly 60 years, Crouse has worked to remove the stigma of addiction and provide personalized treatment,” Bill Pomeroy said. “We are proud to support this important program, with the deepest respect for the courage and commitment of all its patients and staff.”

“With the opening of the Bill and Sandra Pomeroy Treatment Center, we remain committed to our mission to expand access to care and ensure delivery of high-quality, holistic addiction and mental health services in our community,” Kimberly Boynton, CEO of Crouse Health, said.

Benefits of new location

The new location will allow Crouse to expand the integration of medical services, including primary care, with a “holistic, uplifting healing” environment that will lead to improved treatment and recovery outcomes for patients.

“One of our main goals with the new location was to expand access to services and increase outpatient capacity in a welcoming, safe and nurturing environment,” Dr. Tolani Ajagbe, medical director for Crouse’s addiction treatment services, said.

The increased square footage will enable Crouse to provide treatment and recovery services for more than 300 additional patients annually.

Crouse’s outpatient programs serve patients from 23 counties in New York State, with the majority coming from Onondaga, Madison, Oneida, Cayuga, Oswego and Jefferson counties.

In 2020, the service logged more than 151,000 patient visits. Crouse targets all segments of the population including adults; adolescents; pregnant and post-partum women; seniors; developmentally delayed/brain injured patients; patients involved in the criminal justice system; and those with co-occurring mental health and substance use issues.

Crouse says it has seen a “significant increase” in overall outpatient admissions over the past five years, “driven largely” by the increase in opiate-use disorders; in 2020, it accounted for 53 percent of all Crouse ATS admissions.

“With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the number of overdoses has increased significantly across the U.S. and here in Central New York,” Ajagbe noted.

Report: CNY region unemployment rates much lower than a year ago in May

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Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, and Elmira regions remained in single-digit figures in May and were much lower compared to a year ago with the impact of layoffs in the COVID-19 pandemic. The figures are part of the latest New York State Department of Labor data released June 22. In addition, the Syracuse

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The figures are part of the latest New York State Department of Labor data released June 22.

In addition, the Syracuse and Utica–Rome regions gained jobs in five-digit figures between May 2020 and this past May.

At the same time, the Watertown–Fort Drum, Binghamton, Ithaca, and Elmira regions gained jobs in four-digit figures in the same period.

That’s according to the latest monthly employment report that the New York State Department of Labor issued June 17.

Regional unemployment rates

The jobless rate in the Syracuse area was 4.9 percent in May, down from the 12.7 percent figure in May 2020.

The Utica–Rome region’s rate was 5.1 percent, down from 12.1 percent; the Watertown–Fort Drum area’s number fell to 4.8 percent from 12.5 percent; the Binghamton region’s rate was 4.8 percent, down from 12 percent; the Ithaca area’s number hit 3.6 percent, down from 8.7 percent; and the unemployment rate in the Elmira region was 5.2 percent in May, down from 13.8 percent in the same month a year ago.

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 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 8.2 percent in April to 7.8 percent in May, according to preliminary figures released by the New York State Department of Labor.

The 7.8 percent unemployment rate was higher than the U.S. unemployment rate of 5.8 percent in May.

The May statewide unemployment figure of 7.8 percent was down compared to the 15.7 percent figure reported in May 2020, according to department figures.

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 more than 26,000 jobs in the past year, an increase of about 10 percent in the past year.

The Utica–Rome metro area gained more than 10,000 jobs, an increase of about 9 percent; the Watertown–Fort Drum area gained 4,400 jobs, up about 12 percent; the Binghamton region picked up nearly 8,000 jobs, an increase of 9 percent; the Ithaca area gained 4,200 jobs, a rise of about 8 percent; and the Elmira region gained 3,000 jobs in the past year, an increase of about 10.0 percent.

New York state as a whole gained more than 893,000 jobs, an increase of about 11 percent, in that 12-month time period.

The number of unemployed New Yorkers decreased over the month by 38,500, from 774,900 in April to 736,400 in May 2021, the department said.

SUNY approves annual pay, benefits increase for Upstate Medical’s teaching, research-center nurses

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SYRACUSE — More than 1,600 teaching and research-center nurses at Upstate Medical University are set for an annual pay and benefits increase. SUNY-system administration has approved the increases. Recognizing the “tireless commitment” of the nursing staff, SUNY and Upstate Medical University worked with the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) to finalize the agreement,

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SYRACUSE — More than 1,600 teaching and research-center nurses at Upstate Medical University are set for an annual pay and benefits increase.

SUNY-system administration has approved the increases. Recognizing the “tireless commitment” of the nursing staff, SUNY and Upstate Medical University worked with the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) to finalize the agreement, SUNY said in a news release.

SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras; Upstate Medical President Dr. Mantosh Dewan; and Wayne Spence, president of PEF, acknowledged the nurses’ work during the June 17 announcement held outside Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse.

The increase in compensation is part of SUNY’s and Upstate Medical’s efforts to increase the retention of nurses. The raise provides between $2,000 and $3,500 additional compensation a year for nurses, SUNY said.

Under the leadership of Nancy Page, Upstate’s chief nursing officer, Upstate Medical’s nurses “went above and beyond the call of duty” during the pandemic, some traveling to the hardest-hit areas in New York City and Long Island for “long stretches of time,” SUNY said.

“This has been an amazing year for our nursing staff,” Page said. “We cared for COVID patients, helped our fellow nurses at [Stony Brook], and achieved one of the highest accolades — Magnet designation — for our nursing care and quality. Nurses at Upstate have gone above and beyond every day with their time and commitment to Upstate and our patients.”

In April 2020, 46 nurses helped SUNY’s hospital in Stony Brook University as more patients needed care from the disease. As cases increased in the Central New York region later on, it was “all-hands-on-deck” helping patients, testing individuals, and eventually providing the COVID-19 vaccines as they became available.

“During the pandemic, Upstate demonstrated why SUNY has the most talented health professionals in the world, especially our nurses,” Malatras said. “The nurses at Upstate Medical are our heroes every day, and we can’t thank them enough — they are the heartbeat of healthcare. And, while we are pleased to provide this annual pay and benefits increase, we will continue to seek ways to reward their excellence. My thanks to President Dewan and PEF President Spence for their partnership in making that happen.”

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