This holiday season, Ostroff Associates has continued our longstanding tradition of giving back to our community by partnering with five local charities to make a difference in the lives of those in need in the Capital Region. This year, Ostroff Associates donated hundreds of food and household items, toiletries bus passes, toys, and winter clothing for men, women and children. In distributing our donations, we had the privilege ...

Rochester, NY, December 20, 2016 — United Way of Greater Rochester announced receipt of a $250,000 grant awarded through the Walmart Foundation’s State Giving Program to assist with its poverty reduction efforts through the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative (RMAPI). A ceremony was held at the Walmart Supercenter on Hudson Avenue in Rochester with New York State Assemblyman Joseph D. Morelle ...

After years of negotiations and bickering, the City Council on Thursday approved plans to allow a developer to buy the air rights from a crumbling pier in Hudson River Park for $100 million, money that would be used to keep the one-time cargo pier from falling into the water. In return, the developer — a joint venture of Atlas Capital Group and Westbrook Partners — obtained approvals for a vast, five-tower residential complex with retail ...

The Cayuga Plaza Apartments are being sold. The new owners plan to invest more than $5 million to upgrade the downtown Cohoes senior housing complex. “And they wanted to invest in our downtown. They believed in our mission,” Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse said. Morse made the announcement Tuesday, alongside the soon-to-be owners from Preservation Development Partners. The New York City-based group aims ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $2.8 million in NYSUNY 2020 awards for Binghamton University. The awards will support the development of a state-of-the-art renewable energy research and development facility. Once completed, the new facility will be used to promote energy efficiency by testing current research efforts that focus on battery life maximization. To further advance energy conservation ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that more than $700 million in economic and community development funding has been awarded through Round VI of the Regional Economic Development Council initiative. A centerpiece of the Governor’s strategy to jumpstart the economy and create jobs, the Regional Councils were established in 2011 to replace the state’s old top-down approach to economic development ...

Ostroff Associates has teamed up with local company Twill to provide warmth and inspiration to local friends in need this winter. At Ostroff Associates, we take pride in being from historic Albany, and are passionate about the community we live and do business in. That is why we have partnered with Twill to give back to the downtown Albany area. This fall we provided 150 individuals with warm fleece Twill blankets to extend ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced nearly $16 million to support three Rochester-based projects aimed at reducing poverty in the Finger Lakes region — Monroe Community College’s new Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center at Eastman Business Park, the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative’s new “Mentors for Success” pilot program, and the long-standing Hillside Work-Scholarship ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State is partnering with Walmart, Wegmans, FreshDirect and The Coca-Cola Company this Thanksgiving Week to help deliver meals to feed more than 35,000 people statewide. “Thanksgiving provides the opportunity both to reflect on what we are grateful for and to give back to our fellow New Yorkers,” Governor Cuomo said. “This partnership will provide families ...