The top leadership of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority provided BCW members with an insightful overview of the MTA’s post-pandemic plans to restore regular service including adding 66 trains to Metro-North’s weekday schedule on March 27. MTA chair and CEO Janno Lieber and Catherine Rinaldi, president of Metro-North Railroad and interim president of Long Island Rail Road, described their agency’s post-pandemic plans at the BCW’s Political Leadership Series program held on Monday. Besides adding 66 trains to the weekday schedule, the executives described how they are prioritizing increased ridership, enhanced rider safety, luring hybrid workers and replacing infrastructure essential to safely […]

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Congratulations to Michael Murphy, Director of New Project Development for Murphy Brothers Contracting, who was awarded the BCW’s prestigious Ambassador of the Year Award. The award was presented Tuesday evening at the BCW’s New Year Bash held at the Marriott Westchester in Tarrytown. Michael is a longtime BCW member and BCW Ambassador for three years. Murphy Brothers Contracting of Mamaroneck is known throughout the Westchester, lower Hudson Valley, southern Fairfield region for award-winning commercial and residential projects. The company was recognized by the BCW as the Small Business Success Hall of Fame award in 2013. The company is also members of […]

More than 50 business organizations statewide, including the Business Council of Westchester, sent a letter to Albany lawmakers this week urging the State to allocate at least two to three billion dollars to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund to address the increased taxes on all businesses and the state’s outstanding debt. “Nearly two years after the start of the pandemic, employers, particularly small businesses, continue to face unprecedented challenges. Every sector and industry are confronted with severe labor shortages, rising inflation, and supply chain disruptions while also managing the losses, uncertainty, and unpredictability stemming from COVID-related restrictions and ever-changing public […]

Healthcare leaders featured on the BCW’s State of the Economy: Healthcare webinar on Wednesday discussed a range of issues affecting their industry including how all employers must pay more attention to their workers’ wellbeing to prosper and attract new talent. Charlotte Ostman, CEO of the Mental Health Association of Westchester, told attendees that healthcare employers must now consider mental health and employment policies that they historically did not, such as a flexible schedules, remote work and fair compensation for staff who have endured “vicarious trauma” from seeing patients, clients and co-workers suffer through the pandemic. Ostman noted that employers must […]

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