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 ...

Delivering on his 2019 Justice Agenda first laid out in December, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced historic progressive accomplishments ushered in during this year’s Legislative Session – the most productive in modern political history. These sweeping reforms will ensure social and economic justice for all New Yorkers, address the devastating impact of climate change, support New York’s ongoing commitment ...

We are thrilled to welcome Anne Tarpinian to the Ostroff Associates team as our newest Senior Vice President. Her dynamic background in all branches of New York State government and substantial public policy experience will be an asset to our firm and help us continue to successfully serve our clients. Anne Tarpinian joins Ostroff Associates with 25 years of experience working as an attorney in both the private ...

Acting Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Linda A. Lacewell today announced new appointments to DFS’s Executive staff. “We welcome these talented, dedicated, and diverse individuals, with their invaluable government and industry experience, to the Executive Team at DFS,” said Acting Superintendent Lacewell. “I am proud to work together with our new team members as we work to accomplish the ...