BCW member, the New York Medical College (NYMC), broke ground Tuesday on an expansion of a Simulation and Educational Facility at its Center for Disaster Medicine. The expansion will allow the center to strengthen its position as the optimal resource for providing essential disaster medicine training and education statewide. The enlarged facility will also help NYMC address climate change and empower resilient communities. “The Center of Disaster Medicine is continuing to develop programs so that if unfortunately, some of the predictions about global warming turn out to be true…we are prepared to deal with them,” said Alan Kadish, M.D., president […]

BCW member Wilder Balter Partners celebrated the opening of its new, 82-unit affordable housing development in Peekskill on Monday. The Chappaqua-based developer partnered with the Housing Action Council for the $51 million rental apartments project that will be accessible to households earning from 40% to 80% of the county’s Area Median Income (AMI). According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Westchester County’s AMI for 2023 is $102,800 for a single person and $132,150 for a family of three. William Balter, president of Wilder Balter Partners, told the Westchester County Business Journal that the project brings “much-needed affordable […]

The BCW kicked off a busy fall season in style this week with a very successful Evening Networking Reception held Wednesday at the beautiful Tarrytown House Estate on the Hudson. Overlooking the Hudson River, the elegant setting for the evening was spectacular and so was the great food, drink and networking. The more than 160 who attended the event represented a wide range of professions in finance, healthcare, real estate, not-for-profit and higher education to name a few. The event is just the start of a very busy season of programs for the BCW including the Annual Rising Stars Award […]

The BCW is pleased to announce the promotion of S amantha C pin to Events & Operations Manager and the arrival of K aleigh G arraffa, our new Administrative Assistant. S amantha will work with A manda DePalma and our team to produce great networking and professional development events for our membership, as well as oversee every aspect of the organization’s operations. S amantha has worked with the BCW since 2021, and she was a valuable team member as our organization pivoted to online meetings during the pandemic. S amantha is a graduate of Rider University with a BA in […]

Manhattanville College kicked off its fall semester with two major changes: a new President and encouraging enrollment numbers. As the college prepares to reinvent itself under its new President Frank Sánchez, Ph.D, the school welcomed more than 700 new undergraduate and graduate students this fall. The launch of a new online program in Family Nurse Practitioner in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, a new 4+1 accelerated program in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, the new Radiologic Technology program, Computer Science, Psychology, Nursing, Business, Education, and Fine and Performing Arts all contributed to the enrollment increase. The School of Education […]

As the home heating season begins, BCW Member Robison is offering its customers a new, cleaner form of heating oil that will help the environment and save them money. “Robison is proud to begin exclusively delivering B20 biofuel. We are amongst the first in the area to go above and beyond the required standard of B5 by offering B20, which will not be required by the state until 2030. This puts us years ahead of others. By using Robison, homeowners will be doing something for the environment and saving money at the same time,’’ said Dan Singer, President and CEO […]