As the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Iona College celebrates the second anniversary of its founding, its new, modern space in the center of the campus reflects its transformational impact. On Thursday, September 12, Iona cut the ribbon on a spectacular, glass-enclosed space, which was added to Spellman Hall to accommodate the thriving [...]
The transformation under way along the I-287 corridor got a major boost this week as Simone Development Companies and Montefiore Health System -- both BCW members -- broke ground on a healthcare development that will change the way pediatric specialty care is delivered throughout Westchester County. Simone Healthcare Development, an affiliate of Simone Development Companies, [...]
The largest-ever capital plan in Metropolitan Transportation Authority history includes nearly $5 billion for Metro-North, an investment that will help open Manhattan's West Side to Westchester County commuters for the first time and fix aging track underneath Grand Central Terminal. The MTA’s five-year, $51.5 billion capital plan announced Monday will increase spending on infrastructure for [...]
Thirteen percent of bridges in the Hudson Valley are rated in poor condition, according to a study released by TRIP this week at a press conference with the Business Council of Westchester. The study by the Washington, DC based national transportation research nonprofit highlighted the need for repairs to bridges in Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, [...]
Dorf & Nelson recently became the first law firm and first private-sector business to be certified as a Gender Fair organization. According to the Rye-based firm, this certification puts Dorf & Nelson alongside large publicly-traded corporations such as Mastercard, JP Morgan Chase and Microsoft. Founded in 2014, Gender Fair promotes diversity and fairness in the [...]
As the county’s only business membership organization focused on economic development and advocacy, the Business Council of Westchester has joined with business groups throughout the state to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto legislation S.2844-B/A.486-B (SWEAT). This legislation, which allows for the creation of an “employee lien” is duplicative and unnecessarily onerous as there are [...]
Left to right: Manhattanville Interim Provost Louise Feroe; President/CEO of The Business Council of Westchester, Marsha Gordon; Director of Economic Development for Westchester County, Bridget Gibbons; Manhattanville President Michael Geisler; Manhattanville Board Chair Dwight Hilson; Associate Provost for Academic Innovation and Design Thinking at Manhattanville, Alison Carson; New York State Assemblymember, David Buchwald. [...]
Verizon and Altice USA have announced a partnership that will bring News12 to Verizon’s Fios cable system beginning in November. Early in 2020, Fios customers will also be offered i24News, an Altice news service covering international and national news, which has a U.S. operation while being based in Tel Aviv. They also will be offered [...]
Robert F. Weinberg, a visionary commercial and residential developer who over six decades transformed the landscape and economy of Westchester County as co-founder of the Robert Martin Company, died of natural causes at his home in Manhattan on Sept. 3, 2019. He was 90. Working side-by-side with his life-time business partner, the late Martin S. [...]
In a game changing announcement for the City of Yonkers, Lionsgate and Great Point Capital Management, a media-oriented investment fund run by Robert Halmi and Fehmi Zeko, are teaming to build a $100 million production facility in Yonkers. Situated on land near 1 Larkin Plaza near the Hudson River, construction of the site will being in November. [...]