UAW hopes Sen. Schumer will use stimulus package to keep New Process Gear open
November 25th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Breaking News, Business News, City News, Government, Politics, Regional News
Syracuse - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer thanked local United Auto Workers leaders for attending his news conference today on congressional plans to revive the nation's economy with a $500 to $700 billion stimulus package. But Schumer did not talk at...
DestiNY USA: “It’s very big and very green”
November 25th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Business News, City News, Destiny USA, Green news, Politics, Regional News
Syracuse - At a news conference today, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer boasted about a handful of Central New York businesses that may benefit from federal aid and tax breaks for businesses that create green jobs. First he named C&S Companies,...
Schumer promises stimulus package will help Central New York economy
November 25th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Cayuga County, City News, Cortland-Tompkins counties, Government, Green news, Madison County, Oswego County, Politics, Regional News
Syracuse, NY -- A $500 to $700 billion stimulus package that President-elect Barack Obama is pushing to revive the economy could bring $70 to $90 million to Central New York for infrastructure and green energy projects, relief for local governments,...
Cuomo: Affordable Furniture chain misled customers on prices
October 24th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Crime & Safety, Government, Politics, State News
Shoppers who thought they found great deals at the Affordable Furniture store on Erie Boulevard were actually getting duped, not getting a bargain, according to state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo announced today that his office ordered the Utica-based furniture...
Syracuse congressional candidates’ job creation plans criticized
October 13th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Cayuga County, Government, Politics, Top News
Syracuse - After 20 years in Congress, Jim Walsh believes that the quickest and most effective way to create jobs is not by changing the nation's tax code or funding new billion-dollar programs. A congressman's best tool to stimulate job...
Third-party candidate Howie Hawkins excluded from 25th Congressional debate
October 9th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Breaking News, Business News, City News, Government, Green news, Politics
Syracuse - Democratic congressional candidate Dan Maffei and his Republican opponent Dale Sweetland will discuss issues affecting businesses at a public forum at noon today, but the sponsors are not allowing third-party candidate Howie Hawkins to participate. The Greater Syracuse...
Clinton says she’ll vote for bailout bill
September 30th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in 61079, Breaking News, Business News, City News, Government, Politics, Regional News, State News, Top News, top business
New Yorkers could be hurt more than residents of other states if the federal government does not pass the bailout, she says.
Bailout protestors offer Congress humidifiers, ThighMasters
September 29th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Breaking News, Business News, City News, Government, Politics
Syracuse - About two dozen Central New Yorkers protesting the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street investment banks brought a broken humidifier, ThighMaster, printer and other unwanted merchandise this afternoon to the federal building in Syracuse to sell to Congress....
Poll: New Yorkers want millionaires taxed more
August 6th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Government, Politics, State News, Top News
A poll finds 78 percent of New Yorkers favor raising the income tax on New Yorkers who make $1 million or more a year as a way to get out of the state's fiscal crisis. The poll shows support for...