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3 days ago
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Residents take home a piece of history as IBM buildings are demolished
ENDICOTT, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Endicott residents had a chance to take home a piece of IBM history on Wednesday. The Village hosted Old Building Group Brick Day. A pile of bricks was made available for people to take as souvenirs. They came from the demolition of the former IBM factory buildings at the corner of North Street and McKinley Avenue. Big Blue was founded in Endicott and was a fixture of the local community for nearly 100 years, employing as many as 20,000 workers at one time. David Brennan, who works for Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, says the brick is a great memento of our area's rich history of innovation. 'IBM is kind of what built Endicott. It is an integral part of our history, and to have a piece of what it was and a reminder of where it's going to go next is both optimistic and sentimental. It is just a good thing to have,' said Brennan. While IBM no longer has physical offices in our area, it still has some remote work employees. Demolition of the old factory buildings is nearing completion. Sneaker Drive honors the life of Noah Farrelly Residents take home a piece of history as IBM buildings are demolished Riley protecting Lisle dairy farmer betrayed by government Musicians from around the world celebrate Ukraine with free concert Rapist who killed Binghamton man in hit and run crash sentenced to prison Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Health
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STIC calls out NYS Health Department for CDPAP problems
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Disability advocates are taking little solace in saying 'I told you so' as the New York State Health Department has badly missed its target for transitioning home care workers and recipients. State Senator Lea Webb held a news conference on Monday at the Southern Tier Independence Center, or STIC, to call out the DOH for botching the CDPAP transition to a single financial intermediary. For months, STIC and others had warned that forcing hundreds of thousands of consumers and their care givers to make the complicated switch in just three months would leave vulnerable people without the care they need. The health department admitted on Monday that at least one fifth of the state's 250,000 consumers haven't signed up with the new FI known as PPL. But even those numbers are misleading because DOH lumps those who have initiated the process in with those who have completed it. 'Because of the lack of coordination, the Senator mentioned the lack of transparency, this has caused needless stress for care recipients and home care workers alike. There was a lot of misinformation at the beginning, there was a lot of fear, a lot of confusion,' said Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo. Joining STIC was joined by Finger Lakes Independence Center in Ithaca and Access to Independence in Cortland. All three described horror stories of dropped calls, long wait times, an ineffective online portal and a lack of call-backs. In the 11th hour, DOH announced a month-long grace period in which care givers could get paid for April retroactively if they register by the end of the month. 'Ultimately, when they have to make the difficult decision whether or not to continue to work without pay, and support their consumers, or find work elsewhere and leave the workforce, that is going to leave people with disabilities high and dry. They're going to end up in emergency rooms, hospitalized, institutionalized, or honestly worse,' said STIC Executive Director Jennifer Watson. In its news release, DOH failed to take accountability for the crisis and once again sought to blame some of the former fiscal intermediaries for spreading false information that confused consumers. NYS Budget Extender issued Stadium 138 takes on Binghamton Restaurant Week STIC calls out NYS Health Department for CDPAP problems Local law enforcement express support for Hochul's proposal to loosen discovery reforms Marijuana packaging plant could be coming to Broome County Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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07-03-2025
- Business
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Local climate change activists concerned over federal cuts
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Environmental activists are concerned about how federal cuts could impact efforts to combat climate change, to build out the clean energy jobs economy and the future of a battery research and manufacturing hub in Greater Binghamton. Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and State Senator Lea Webb joined the national organization Climate Action Campaign for a news conference in Binghamton yesterday. Lupardo and Webb say federal investments and tax incentives have helped create good paying jobs in manufacturing related to clean energy. They specifically cited the money that has helped to create the New Energy New York initiative that is working to build out a lithium-ion battery ecosystem in our area. Adam Flint, Director of Clean Energy Programs at the Network for a Sustainable Tomorrow says the cuts are short-sighted. 'We need the demand to increase by building out the market, building out batteries and, as has been said, for this country to take back in many ways technologies that we initiated many decades ago and unfortunately ceded to China and other places,' said Flint. Flint says his organization had been hoping to receive a $450,000 grant from the EPA to launch a program educating kids in K-12 schools about careers in the clean energy sector, but that funding has been put on hold. Binghamton veteran receives new roof from The Impact Project Tri-Cities Opera celebrates 75 years with Broadway tribute Super Cooper continues to save the day at 6th annual Cooperpalooza Lenten tradition returns to Saint Michael's Rec Center New York sues U.S. Education Department over $600m in cuts as feds slash $400m more for Columbia University Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
