YouthBuild students learn job skills, life skills while constructing Land Bank home JOHN CROPLEY / Gazette Reporter The YouthBuild Schenectady program usually splits its students between classroom and worksite. But on Monday it doubled up on the construction crew, trying to speed installation of a windproof outer layer on the house they’re building on Prospect […]
Read More →Rivers Casino & Resort to Take Office Space at Harbor Center in Mohawk Harbor
on November 6, 2017in Press Release
SCHENECTADY, NY — Rivers Casino & Resort is already having positive economic impact on its Mohawk Harbor neighbors by leasing nearby office space. Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady and The Galesi Group announced today that Rivers will be among the first tenants to move into Mohawk Harbor’s Two Harbor Center. Rivers Casino will be taking […]
Read More →Statewide ‘I Love New York’ Empire State Tourism Conference to Be Held at Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady
on November 2, 2017in Press Release
Three-day event will bring tourism industry from all corners of New York to Schenectady SCHENECTADY, NY – Discover Schenectady and Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady announced today that the New York State Tourism Industry Association (NYSTIA) has selected Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady as the site of the “I Love New York” Empire State Tourism […]
Read More →Schenectady County Retains Aa1 Moody’s Bond Rating
on November 2, 2017in Press Release
Highest Rating Held by Any County in NYS (Schenectady County, NY) Schenectady County is pleased to announce that we have once again retained our Aa1 bond rating. The Aa1 rating is the highest rating held by any county in New York State. There are only 4 of the 57 counties with this rating and will […]
Read More →CHRISTEN THE HARBOR’ CEREMONY MARKS THE COMPLETION OF THE MARINA AT MOHAWK HARBOR
on November 1, 2017in Press Release
Signature element of $480 million transformative mixed-use waterfront development is ready for public use and includes 50 boat slips, amphitheater, and kayak launch November 1, 2017, SCHENECTADY, NY— Galesi Group executives today were joined by community and business leaders to “Christen the Harbor,” marking the completion and opening of the signature marina at the transformative […]
Read More →Haylor, Freyer & Coon Inc. Announces Sixth Office Location at Mohawk Harbor in Schenectady, New York
on November 1, 2017in Press Release
Syracuse, N.Y., October 31, 2017 — The Board of Directors of Haylor, Freyer & Coon Inc. (HF&C) along with The Galesi Group today announced that the 90-year old Insurance and Risk Management Agency has selected Mohawk Harbor in Schenectady, NY for the company’s Eastern New York regional office. This sixth regional office location will enable HF&C […]
Read More →Schenectady County Officially Opens New DMV Location
on November 1, 2017in Press Release
October 31, 2017 (Schenectady, NY) Members of the Schenectady County Legislature and Schenectady County Clerk John Woodward today formally opened the new Schenectady County Department of Motor Vehicles located at 2025 State Street in Schenectady. The DMV location is a newly renovated former IHOP that had been vacant since 2014. “On average about 1,000 people […]
Read More →GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES COMMUNICATIONS TEST DESIGN, INC. EXPANSION IN GLENVILLE
on November 1, 2017in Press Release
Communications Electronics Company Doubled Initial Jobs Commitment, Employing More than 300 People CTDI Adding Nearly 40 Jobs at Second Schenectady County Facility October 30, 2017 – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Communications Test Design, Inc. is expanding its Capital Region operations into a second building at the Glenville Business and Technology Park in […]
Read More →Restaurateur planning Moroccan-style spa
on October 30, 2017in Press Release
Downtown Schenectady hammam would be expansion of Tara Kitchen’s cultural offerings BY JOHN CROPLEY | THE DAILY GAZETTE SCHENECTADY — The entrepreneurs behind the Tara Kitchen restaurants are preparing to expand their presentation of Moroccan culture beyond food with the opening next year of a hammam, a Moroccan-style spa. The project is a leap for Aneesa […]
Read More →CPC and Jay Street 118 LLC Announce Completion of $650,000 Project to Transform Vacant Seneca Block Building into New Mixed-Use Development in Downtown Schenectady
on October 27, 2017in Press Release
Schenectady, NY, October 26, 2017 – The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) and Jay Street 118 LLC, a development team comprised of principals Theodore Haber and Noah Smith, today announced the completion of renovation work at the five-story Seneca Block building at 118 Jay Street in Schenectady, NY. Located across from City Hall, the Seneca Block […]
Read More →