Posts by System Administrator

Message from the President | June 2019 President/CEO A.J. Baynes While there are many struggles for a small business owner, the takeaway from our Small Business Awards Luncheon and Showcase is that our award winners are doing a great job navigating the challenging waters. They showed us how a lot of determination and a little…

Message from the President | July 2019 President/CEO A.J. Baynes The New York Legislature recently ended its session in usual fashion: into the wee hours of the morning. Policy approval always runs into overtime and waiting on the fate of bills critical to business can be daunting. I was pleased to see at the eleventh…

Message from the President | August 2019 President/CEO A.J. Baynes Is retail dead? I get asked that question a lot, especially as changes take place at well-known sites such as the former Northtown Plaza, the Boulevard Mall and the Eastern Hills Mall. The short answer is no. While there is no arguing the explosive growth…