Purchase College Entrepreneurs Relieve Parking Crunch at Westchester County Airport

MAY 15, 2012 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS | 0 COMMENTS

All it took was a scarcity of parking spaces at Westchester Airport, a half-empty parking lot and professor of entrepreneurship at Purchase College to come up with a plan that relieved airport parking congestion, created 21 new jobs, and brought $700,000 to the college’s coffers. And that was just in Year One.

A Great Tool to Compare Your Property and School Taxes with Others in New York

MAY 15, 2012 | GOVERNMENT REFORM, MANDATE RELIEF, NYS GOV'T, TAX REFORM | 0 COMMENTS

With New Yorkers voting on school budget propositions today, the Empire Center has released the latest data for its Internet-based tool -- BenchmarkingNY's Property Taxes by Location -- allowing taxpayers to... 

Forewarned Is Forearmed - About those 401K and 403B Plans

MAY 14, 2012 | BIZ TIPS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 0 COMMENTS

Are you in business? Do you have employees? Then listen up: There are new regulations governing 401k and 403b retirement plans. The IRS has just added 400 more auditors and … 

2012 Redistricting: Do You Know Who Your Candidate Is?

MAY 10, 2012 | NYS GOV'T, US GOV'T | 0 COMMENTS

Due to population changes, there will be 27 congressional districts for New York, a loss of two seats. This will shift all other districts...

Why We're Supporting FASNY'S Redevelopment Plans

MAY 09, 2012 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INT'L BUSINESS, REAL ESTATE, SEQRA | 0 COMMENTS

Tuesday, WCA's Board of Directors resolved to support the French-American School of New York's (FASNY) redevelopment plans to repurpose the former Ridgeway Golf Club in White Plains into a modern international school with a significant plan to maintain the site's open space.  The plan calls for...