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 […]

Westchester County’s ever-evolving hotel market was making headlines this week with the announcement that the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown has been sold for $40 million to a group of three entities that includes Taconic Capital Advisors, HEI Hotels & Resorts and Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation. The 444-room hotel, which is a BCW Member, will continue to operate under the Marriott flag and will be managed by HEI Hotels & Resorts. Taconic and HEI said the hotel will undergo a comprehensive $30-million renovation focused on all areas of the hotel. The Westchester market has lost nearly 1,200 directly competitive hotel […]

CW Golf 2021 | Photo by John Vecchiolla The Business Council of Westchester teams with Hospital for Special Surgery to promote wellness during its annual golf outing. The Business Council of Westchester has transformed its annual golf outing to the HSS Day of Wellness in recognition of sponsorship of the event by the Hospital for Special Surgery. The June 6 HSS Day of Wellness at the Scarsdale Golf Club will continue offering golf, while adding tennis, pickleball, yoga, guided meditation, entertainment, and more. “We are so fortunate to have HSS as a leading healthcare organization in Westchester,” says Dr. Marsha Gordon, BCW […]

The Arc Westchester has announced an innovative program to support young adults with developmental disabilities as they transition out of high school. Called the Transition Academy, it will deliver a coordinated, integrated set of transition and employment services to help young adults who have already transitioned out of high school, or are about to, create a person-centered adult life plan that includes both personal and professional development supports that meet the needs of transition-aged individuals, their families, and other professionals. “Over the next ten years, an estimated half a million young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will turn 21 […]