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The Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence & Innovation is an annual award, established in 1997 through an endowment, to recognize best practice models in the field of aging and public health. By providing national recognition to these programs, Archstone Foundation hopes that it will enable these model programs to be replicated, and to continue to be evaluated in an effort to enhance innovative services for ...

This is a philosophy that our friend Rick Ostroff lives by, and quite frankly, so do we. As a life long resident of the Capital Region and someone who has successfully navigated life’s twists and turns, we are drawn to his story and what we can learn from it. Today, Rick owns Ostroff Associates, one of the leading government relations firms in New York since 1995. Their areas of expertise include but are not limited to ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the expansions of two industry-leading companies in Syracuse located in the Central New York Region that will grow the region’s economy. Bankers Health Group, LLC will relocate and consolidate several of their Central New York operations in Syracuse to a newly constructed facility located at 300-324 Spencer Street. JMA Wireless committed to move the ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (WRGB) – Two heavyweight fundraisers went toe to toe Thursday for a very good cause. The Great Bartender Challenge was held at Frog Alley Brewing in Schenectady. It featured the two co-chairs of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk, which is coming up in October. Bill Lia of the Lia Auto Group and Rick Ostroff of Ostroff Associates have helped raise millions of ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the six winning companies of the 76West Clean Energy Competition, one of the largest competitions in the country that supports growing clean energy businesses to foster economic development. Pittsburgh-based Optimus Technologies, which manufactures biodiesel fuel systems for diesel trucks that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel costs, was named ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the nomination of Eric Gertler to serve as President and CEO of Empire State Development (ESD), New York State’s chief economic development agency. Mr. Gertler, who is currently the Executive Chairman of U.S. News & World Report and has been on the board of ESD since June 2018, will assume his role effective September 3, 2019. He will replace Howard Zemsky ...

Diana Ostroff has never taken a political science course. The managing director at Ostroff Associates, the seventh-largest lobbying firm in the state, always thought she’d be working at a corporation. Now, more than 25 years later, she’s built a wide-ranging client list that includes Walmart, FedEx and the state association representing tombstone manufacturers. Her firm earned $6.38 million in lobbying compensation last year ...

In the latest issue of Currents, the official publication of FISCA, Ostroff Associates’ Senior Vice President Kate Corkery examines actions being undertaken by state and local governments in response to the growing interest in the cashless business model ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed legislation to establish an up to 30-day waiting period for individuals who are not immediately approved to purchase a firearm through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (S.2374/A.2690) and to close existing statutory loopholes to prohibit ownership or sale of a bump stock (S.2448/A.2684). This legislation builds on New York’s strongest in the nation gun laws ...