BCW Member Feeding Westchester and the Business Council of Westchester partnered on November 14 to host State Senate and State Assembly Westchester elected officials for a tour of Feeding Westchester’s expanded space in Elmsford and to discuss the upcoming state budget. Feeding Westchester CEO Karen Erren, partners and colleagues in the room highlighted the increased need throughout the County. Among the facts presented to the elected officials at the program: Along with the officials and their staff, representatives from Feeding NYS, Long Island Cares, Inc.-The Harry Chapin Food Bank and local partners participated in the event.  Attendees included Senate Majority Leader […]

The Business Council of Westchester honored the accomplishments of Hudson Scenic founder Neil Mazzella and outgoing Westchester County Executive and Congressman-elect George Latimer at its annual dinner. The November 14th event at the VIP Country Club in New Rochelle drew about 500 attendees who celebrated the BCW’s accomplishments, including a year of artificial intelligence-related programming; a State of the Economy series focused on transformational development; new start-ups joining the Westchester Innovation Network; the launch of the Westchester Clean Energy Action Coalition; and the debut of the BCW Podcast Network. “It’s a perfect time to celebrate the businesses, institutions and community-based […]

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined New York State Assemblymember MaryJane Shimsky and educators to encourage Pace University students to apply to the DoD Cyber Service Academy scholarship program, which provides full college tuition in return for public service in the Department of Defense (DoD) or the Intelligence Community (IC). Successful applicants will serve one year in the DoD or the IC as a civilian employee for each year of their scholarship.   “Thousands of unfilled DoD cyber positions leave our country with a severe shortage of personnel needed to protect the United States from adversaries like Russia. I developed the Cyber […]

With the holidays just around the corner, BCW Member American Christmas recently celebrated the grand opening of its popular Holiday Lane with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour. The event held November 7 was attended by local dignitaries, elected officials and Executive Directors of three nonprofit organizations that will benefit from 100% of the net ticket sales. Located at 30 Warren Place in Mount Vernon, American Christmas has been designing and installing the world’s most iconic holiday displays for over 50 years. In New York those include landmarks like Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, Macy’s, Cartier, Harry Winston, Ralph Lauren, […]

Everyone’s Earth, which creates consumer goods to improve life and the planet, has launched Cobi, the first 100% cotton, biodegradable dryer sheet. Offering consumers a more sustainable, eco-minded cleaning product choice, Cobi dryer sheets—named for the first two letters of cotton, and the first two letters of biodegradable—are made with all-natural, sustainably farmed U.S.-grown cotton without any plastic or synthetic materials. “Virtually all dryer sheets sold today are made from plastic and a cocktail of chemicals and toxins, many of which never break down, causing harm to you and your family’s health,” said Tom Kallish, founder of Everyone’s Earth. Kallish […]

The Business Council of Westchester’s Westchester Innovation Network (WIN) helped an edtech startup refine its business concept by working with a local nonprofit organization. Earlier this year the BCW WIN matched the startup Youthfully—now called Careerfully—with the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD) to evaluate a platform offering free on-demand virtual coaching tailored to high school students as they navigate complex college and career decisions. During the pilot, CEO and co-founder Joel Nicholson realized that his platform should expand to coach students from high school through university because of a growing need for a more personalized approach in higher education. […]