On Wednesday, News 12 broadcast a feature on one of the BCW’s Westchester Innovation Network (WIN) partnerships. ConConnect will begin its first partnership with the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers to encourage tenants to sign on to the justice-tech platform that connects formerly incarcerated men and women with services, education, and employment nationwide. “I was in the shelter for formerly incarcerated one day on LinkedIn on my cell phone. I fell in love with the network and literally I said, ‘Oh, I’ve got to rebuild this for people like me,’” said ConConnect founder Andre Peart, a Yonkers […]

Leading developers offered viewpoints on the competitive advantages of building in Westchester and the challenges in getting projects approved at the BCW’s State of the Economy Series virtual program held on Wednesday.   The webinar featured discussion about positive municipal leadership in the cities of New Rochelle, White Plains and Yonkers that has enhanced these communities’ ability to compete with New York City for new residents, jobs, and investment.   “I’m sure you have all noticed the changing skyscape and landscape of Westchester County cities and village and towns,” said BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon. “These leaders in Westchester […]

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As part of the continuing roll-out of the Westchester Innovation Network (WIN), on Wednesday, the BCW’s board members had their first virtual meeting with the nine innovator companies selected by WIN to partner with Westchester businesses so far. The Founders of the WIN companies described their products or service and they outlined some of their goals; many of the partners expressed the desire to find new markets for their service or to validate their product concepts in real-world settings. Launched in December, WIN is a program aimed at driving economic development and growth within Westchester County by reaching out to […]

The Business Council of Westchester supports Governor Kathy Hochul’s recommendation for improving the state’s bail reform laws. In an op-ed that ran this week in The Daily News, Gov. Hochul outlined a sensible and reasoned approach to this important issue. “In 2019, the state Legislature enacted landmark reforms to our bail laws. The goal of these changes was to overhaul a system where race and access to money all too often determined whether defendants would be locked up before facing trial. These disparate outcomes, which disproportionately impacted Black and Brown communities, were not only fundamentally unjust, but undermined trust in […]

BCW Member NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital announced this week that Paul Dunphey has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the hospital. The hospital said that in his new role, Dunphey will continue to champion bringing expert health care to Westchester through NewYork-Presbyterian’s vast resources including world-class physicians from NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dunphey joined NewYork-Presbyterian in 1990 and has held a number of leadership roles in operations, finance, and quality with progressive responsibility. He also successfully led the Ambulatory and Community Care Network (ACN) for the entire NewYork-Presbyterian enterprise for the past 31 years. He will […]