Lionsgate Studio Developer Discusses Vision for Making Yonkers Hollywood on Hudson

In a highly entertaining and informative conversation with BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon, Great Point Studios President and CEO Robert Halmi discussed his vision for bringing Lionsgate Studios to Yonkers and his plans for transforming Yonkers into “Hollywood on Hudson”. Halmi was the special guest at the BCW’s Annual Dinner held Wednesday at the VIP Country Club in New Rochelle, attended by more than 500 BCW members and guests. Halmi, a Westchester County native, explained that he chose Yonkers to build three film and television production studio campuses—one of which houses Lionsgate—because the city lies within a critical 25-mile […]

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Tompkins Community Bank Power Breakfast: Positive Workforce Culture – Learn from Westchester’s Top Business Owners

CLICK HERE to watch Tompkins Community Bank Power Breakfast: Positive Workforce Culture – Learn from Westchester’s Top Business Owners.

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BCW Partners with Winter Wonderland to Promote Innovative Jobs Initiative

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Andrus Meets with Legislators to Showcase Important Work 

BCW member Andrus welcomed New York State legislative leaders and senior staff to its Yonkers/Hastings campus on Thursday to showcase the agency’s important work with children. Andrus—a member of the BCW’s Legislative Enhanced Advocacy Program—addresses the behavioral health, educational, and wellness needs of children, youth, and their families. The nonprofit provides services to young people at 34 school-based and other locations across Westchester, touching an estimated 9,200 lives. The elected officials who attended and met with Andrus president and CEO Heath Bloch were: Assemblyman Gary Pretlow County Legislator MaryJane Shimsky County Legislator Jewel Williams Johnson The award-winning Orchard School offers […]

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Headhunter Campaign Adds New Partners

The BCW’s new workforce attraction campaign featuring Westchester’s Ultimate Headhunter – the legendary Headless Horseman – has added two new partners. The Picture House and Westchester’s Winter Wonderland will allow the BCW to deliver messages about the headhunting campaign to their audiences. At The Picture House, audiences at the nonprofit’s five theaters in Pelham and Bronxville will see messages about the campaign before movies begin. At Westchester’s Winter Wonderland, families driving through the holiday attraction in Valhalla will see a message about the campaign. Visitors to The Picture House and Westchester’s Winter Wonderland will come face-to-face with the campaign’s “silent […]

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WIN Innovator Huntress Successfully Tests Cybersecurity Solution

The Westchester Innovation Network’s match of Huntress and BCW Member Progressive Computing successfully beta tested a new cybersecurity product. Huntress—an innovative provider of cybersecurity solutions for small and medium-sized businesses—markets cybersecurity technology that monitors behavioral data and relies on analysts to investigate potentially malicious behavior. During the four-month beta test, Progressive Computing, a Yonkers-based managed service provider, bundled Huntress’ Process Insights—an advanced endpoint detection and response solution—into its managed platform of cybersecurity solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses. “Smaller businesses may feel immune from cybersecurity threats, thinking they are too small to really matter to thieves, but thieves are savvier […]

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