The New York State Public Service Commission has authorized the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to reallocate more than $29 million toward certain renewable energy technologies that have experienced an increase in demand.
According to the State Labor Department, the New York State economy added 23,800 private sector jobs in April.
Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced that $9 million in Public Safety Answering Point grants have been awarded to 24 counties through the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Office of Interoperability and Emergency Communications.
The Fifth Annual Bike to Work Day for Otsego County will be held Wednesday with check-in sites at more than 20 locations countywide.
New this year, organizers of the event – Otsego Regional Cycling Advocates, a committee of Otsego County Conservation Association (OCCA) – have joined forces with the National Bike Challenge, presented by the League of American Bicyclists.
The New York State Common Retirement Fund has reached a milestone. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Monday that the fund was valued at an estimated $160.4 billion, an all-time high.
The New York State Fairgrounds will host one of the largest cancer-fighting fundraisers in the region on Saturday when the Susan G. Komen Foundation's 2013 Central New York Race for the Cure returns.
A day after a summit on tourism in New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo has returned to highlighting the need to build casinos in New York.
Cuomo says the tourism industry employs 700,000 people, and adding casinos could lead to an economic boom for the state.
According to an audit conducted by the State Comptroller, New York State health insurance provider Empire BlueCross BlueShield overpaid hospitals by nearly $490,000 for special medical items such as implants, drugs and blood, including more than $77,000 to just one hospital, over a six month period.
State Senator James Seward announced Thursday that the 2013-2014 state budget includes, at his insistence, $100,000 to protect New York farmers through continuation of the highly successful New York Rollover Protection System Rebate Program.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's sixth annual report examining the performance of the state's IDAs found improved reporting of data but recommended that IDAs do more to objectively weigh incentives against economic benefits to communities and evaluate projects receiving tax and other breaks.
