The Westchester County Office of Economic Development today announced a new program for county residents who may want to create home-based income streams or launch new businesses or nonprofits. Launch1000 is an innovative, fully remote, self-paced program designed to turn concepts and ideas into business plans and startups. With Launch1000, we hope to [...]
To protect local restaurants and consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Westchester County Board of Legislators passed a measure that caps the fees third-party delivery services -- like Grubhub, Uber Eats, Doordash and others -- can tack on to the purchase price of online orders. The measure passed the Board Monday night by [...]
RM Friedland, the largest privately held commercial real estate brokerage company in Westchester County, Wednesday unveiled its new, office suite in Harrison. As a demonstration of its belief in a resurgence in the office market, RM Friedland has signed a long term lease at this new 8,300 square-foot space at 440 Mamaroneck Avenue [...]
MediSprout, a leading telemedicine and virtual care platform company, announced record growth, new client adoption, and new features for its HIPAA-compliant virtual care solution, V2MD. Founded five years ago by neurologist and interventional spine specialist Dr. Samant Virk, the company saw a 10,587% year-over-year growth for its patient application and a 4,380% increase [...]
Marx Realty (OTC: MNPP), a New York-based owner, developer and manager of office, retail and multifamily property across the United States and division of Merchants National Properties, announced that Target and H&M have signed new retail leases at the rebranded Cross County Center (formerly Cross County Shopping Center) in Yonkers, NY. Target signed [...]
The Westchester Putnam Workforce Development Board has received CARES Act funding to assist employers in hiring new staff or bringing back laid off staff through its “EXPERIENCE WORKS” Program. This program provides paid employment to each participant from the agreement activation date until Dec. 30, 2020. The program is designed to provide timely [...]
The City of Peekskill Microenterprise Program is made possible through a $200,000 Community Development Block Grant from the New York State Office of Homes and Community Renewal. Through the program, the City of Peekskill is able to award $5,000 to $35,000 grants to private, for-profit businesses, located within the City of Peekskill. Priority [...]
Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator is a competitive entry, 6-month long program designed to provide entrepreneurship education and regional networking to seed-stage ventures preparing to build their teams and secure funds. Innovators with therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices, research tools, digital health and materials technology breakthroughs are invited to apply. You do not need to have already [...]
President Donald Trump praised BCW Member Regeneron for its REGN-COV2 treatment, a combination of two monoclonal antibodies, which is still in clinical trials. The treatment is designed to prevent the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. President Trump received the treatment last week, according to his physicians. The Tarrytown pharmaceutical company [...]
Marsha Rand, founder and President of Rand Realty, and Helen Hanna Casey, CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, announced Wednesday during a joint virtual meeting that the two real estate companies have joined forces in the creation of a new partnership in the Greater Hudson Valley region. The two company leaders made [...]