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NEW YORK, May 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Facebook and Handy understand the power of local commerce and its impact on building communities. Today, Handy is announcing an integration to make it easier for millions of shoppers to book a Handy local service professional directly through Facebook Marketplace. To use the feature, simply search for services like cleaning, handyman, furniture assembly, or smart home setup ...

The roll-out is a milestone for hydrogen vehicles, which are emission-free but have struggled to attain the success of hybrids and plug-in electric vehicles. That’s largely because there isn’t a network of hydrogen filling stations. Now the technology is catching on in forklifts, buses and other vehicles that return to a central fueling depot. “This is one way we’re working to revolutionize transportation,” Mitch Jackson, chief sustainability ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today launched Round VIII of the Regional Economic Development Council initiative, officially kicking off the 2018 competition for more than $750 million in state economic development resources. The Consolidated Funding Application will open to applicants on May 1, enabling businesses, municipalities, not-for-profits and the public to begin applying for assistance from dozens ...

The Office of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Partnerships at Binghamton University opened its Southern Tier Clean Energy Incubator building Wednesday. The incubator currently has nine clients, including winners of the 76West Clean Energy Competition, which is a $20 million competition and support program administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Current clients ...

Two warring factions of Democratic lawmakers have agreed to reunite and end seven years of infighting, a significant political realignment that ends an arrangement that had helped give Republicans a foothold of power in Albany. An alliance in the State Senate between Republicans and a renegade of group of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference was formed during Gov. Andrew ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the highlights of the FY 2019 Budget. The Budget builds on the state’s record of delivering for New Yorkers by making the highest ever investment in K-12 education, enacting a nation-leading women’s agenda, advancing 21st century transportation solutions, protecting taxpayers against federal tax changes, strengthening the middle class, and making strategic investments ...

COLONIE — Capital Region manufacturers having trouble finding skilled workers can now get help through a new apprenticeship program. The Center for Economic Growth is partnering with the Manufacturers Association of New York on the initiative to help companies train new workers. At too many companies, organizers say, the manufacturing workforce is aging, and there are not enough young workers with the skills ...

The New York State Senate today passed a 2018-19 budget plan that promotes affordability, opportunity, and security for all New Yorkers. This fiscally responsible plan keeps state spending within the two-percent cap and serves as a blueprint for the creation of a better budget and a stronger, safer, and more prosperous New York. It includes none of the new taxes and fees proposed by the Executive, but instead cuts taxes ...

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Ways and Means Committee Chair Helene E. Weinstein today announced the Assembly’s State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2018-19 Families First budget proposal of $170.2 billion. This proposal would make significant investments in education, identify essential, ongoing resources to fund the MTA, establish meaningful policies to confront sexual harassment and reform our criminal justice system ...