The Westchester Innovation Network (WIN) recently launched its seventh City Labs project that matches Iona University students with Village of Mamaroneck officials to develop solutions for parking and traffic challenges in the village’s bustling downtown corridor. For the next six weeks, students from Iona’s Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation will immerse themselves in the community, working to create a comprehensive proposal for village officials. The students’ work will include a thorough review of the village’s Mamaroneck Greenway flood resiliency and environmental sustainability proposal. They will also engage directly with the community, conducting interviews with business owners, shoppers, residents, and […]

NYPA’s Current Headquarters at 123 Main Street, White Plains In what will be the first major commercial office building to be built in Westchester County in nearly a half-century, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) recently spent a likely record $30 million to acquire a pad site at the Hamilton Green development property in Downtown White Plains that will eventually be home to a new more than 350,000-square-foot corporate headquarters building. The big breaking news, which will be a major boon for the economy of Downtown Whtie Plains and Westchester County, was reported this week in Real Estate In-Depth, an […]

Rendering of New Self-Storage Facility in Mamaroneck Congratulations to BCW Member Murphy Brothers, which has begun the expansion of its self-storage facility at 426 Waverly Ave. in Mamaroneck with a 43,000-square-foot second section that will join with the existing 40,000-square-foot building. “Self-storage helps people manage their lives and the people in the village (of Mamaroneck) should be ecstatic that they’ll have a place to bring their items.” said Peter Ferraro Sr., CEO of the New York Self Storage Association at a recent groundbreaking ceremony for the $6.5 million project which was attended by local business leaders, officials, members of the […]

Glenn Pacchiana, President & CEO, Thalle Industries; Edward Cooke, Vice President, Westchester Putnam Building Trades and Business Agent Carpenters Local 279: Assembly Member MaryJane Shimsky; Assembly Member Chris Burdick; John Cooney Jr., Executive Director, Construction Industry Council of Westchester and Hudson Valley Inc.; Louis Picani, President Teamsters Local 456, and Jim Sasso, President, Operating Engineers Local 137. Improving the state’s transportation infrastructure continues to be one of the BCW’s top legislative priorities. The BCW is part of a statewide coalition urging the governor and legislature to include the funding in this year’s Executive Budget. On Wednesday, a coalition led by […]

More than 150 BCW members and guests were on hand Monday for a very special evening networking reception held at Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester Everyone enjoyed the evening’s fantastic food and drink provided by Garcia’s and event partner NY Hospitality Group & Caperberry Events as well as music by DJ Jon Strange. The event was sponsored by Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts, Progressive Computing and Webster Bank. It was the first time the BCW hosted an evening networking reception at the historic Capitol Theatre which in its heyday featured performances by rock legends such as […]

By Ashley Ranslow New York State continues to lose small businesses, the institutions that every community relies on for its tax base, jobs, charitable giving and bustling Main Streets. There are a host of challenges facing small, independent businesses, some more difficult to solve than others. But one glaring issue that epitomizes everything that is wrong with doing business in New York continues to go unaddressed: a 100-year-old weekly pay law now used as a hammer by plaintiffs’ attorneys to extort millions out of hardworking small business owners, particularly on Long Island and in New York City. The 100-year-old law […]