New York State Department of Labor
Division of Research and Statistics
120 Bloomingdale Road, Room 218
White Plains, NY 10605
914-997-8798
This briefing provides information on firm-specific hiring and layoff announcements in the Hudson Valley. The information in this report is derived from press releases, newspapers, business journals, newsletters and other public sources. It does not include all expansions and contractions in the region – only those for which public information has been obtained. An attempt is made to present only current information – events that have recently occurred or will occur in the near future.
Dutchess County
Asahishuzo International Company plans to build a $26.4 million sake brewery in Hyde Park. The company has recently submitted a preliminary application to the Dutchess County IDA, seeking a real property tax payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, mortgage tax exemption and sales tax exemption on building materials. The new brewery will be built on a former Stop and Shop supermarket site, not far from the Culinary Institute of America.
Orange County
Church Hill Properties plans to build a luxury hotel and conference center in Highland Falls. Plans call for a five-story, 122-room hotel that is expected to employ about 118 people. The developer is seeking a 10-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, mortgage filing fee and building materials sales tax exemptions from the Orange County IDA. The IDA board has accepted the application for the incentives and will conduct a public hearing before rendering a final decision. The new $79.5 million hotel will be built on the former Echo Hotel site on Route 9W.
Geritrex L.L.C., a manufacturer of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals and personal care products, is closing its operation in Mount Vernon in Westchester County and relocating to Middletown. The Mount Vernon plant will close effectively on June 30, 2018, and 26 employees will be laid off.
Middletown plans to hire more police officers. All potential candidates must pass the civil service test for Middletown police officer which will be held on September 15. The new officers will be needed to fill as many as 8 positions, including four vacancies and four new positions. The city of Middletown is also expecting retirements in the ranks of the police department, which could possibly open additional positions.
Medline Industries, America’s largest privately held medical supply distributor plans to build a large warehouse off Route 211 in the Town of Wallkill. Medline’s original proposal to build a warehouse in the Town of Hamptonburgh was rejected by the town board. The company has now proposed a $115 million, 1.3 million-square-foot distribution center on 105 acres of the former Golden Triangle project property. Medline has submitted its application for tax breaks to the Orange County IDA, seeking a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement and sales tax exemptions of more than $8 million. The medical supply distributor employs an estimated 340 people locally, and plans to add between 150 and 200 new jobs within five years of opening the new location in Wallkill. Company officials recently stated that they would move the warehouse to New Jersey or Pennsylvania if the IDA does not approve the tax breaks. Meanwhile, Medline’s management team has recently sold its distribution warehouse in Wawayanda, and plan to lease it until 2020 when they hope to move into their larger new facility.
Putnam County
Romania’s largest spirits producer announced plans to establish its first United States distillery in the Mid-Hudson Valley Region. The Alexandrion Group will invest more than $40 million on its new 120,000sq. ft. distillery and tasting room in the Town of Carmel. The distillery, scheduled to be completed in 2020, will produce premium spirits tailored for the U.S. market, such as whiskey, bourbon, gin, brandy, and vodka. Once in operation, the distillery will create about 102 jobs. Empire State Development offered the company up to $2.7 million in performance-based tax credits through the Excelsior Jobs Program.
Rockland County
Nothing to report.
Sullivan County
Resorts World Catskills is looking to hire more people. The casino, which opened earlier in the year hiring 1,500 employees, is recruiting to fill 500 more positions. Resorts held three job fairs – at SUNY New Paltz on June 18 and June 22, and at American Legion Post in Middletown on June 26. Resorts World Catskills is looking to hire full- and part-time positions in gaming, food and beverage, hospitality, security and other areas.
Construction recently begin on the Entertainment Village at the Resorts World Catskills resort in Kiamesha Lake. Plans for the project call for a 105-key hotel room and 50,000sq. ft. of retail and restaurant space. The building is scheduled to open in December 2018. No job numbers were announced.
YO1 Luxury Nature Cure Catskills, a high-end wellness center, celebrated its grand-opening on June 21, 2018. The new 68,000sq. ft. retreat center features 131 guest rooms, 36 multi-use therapy rooms, an indoor theater, a fitness center, a juice bar, and a 5,000sq. ft. indoor pool. YO1 is a wellness destination created to detox, revitalize and educate guests on holistic health and wellbeing. The center, the first luxury nature cure destination of its kind in America, is located at the old site of Kutsher’s hotel in Monticello (Sullivan County). YO1 caters to upper-class guests, with minimum rates of $850 a night per person, and rates for two people starting at $1,275 per night. The resort hired an estimated 140 people for its grand-opening and expects that number to grow to about 200.
Ulster County
Nothing to report.
Westchester County
Breslin Realty Development Corp., the developer behind the construction of the Lowe’s store in Yorktown, is eying a grand-opening in 2019. The $70 million project calls for the developer to build a 124,000sq. ft. Lowe’s store and three other businesses, ranging from up to 4,000sq. ft. to 15,000sq. ft. at the former site of Yorktown Country Inn. The Yorktown location will be the company’s second store in Westchester County. Last year, Lowe’s opened a new 70,000sq. ft. store at the Ridge Hill complex in Yonkers.
Five Below, the discount retailer plans to open its first store in Yonkers in the fall. Five Below has signed a lease to occupy 11,994sq. ft. space at the Central Plaza shopping center. The discount retailer is one of the fastest growing retailers in the country with more than 630 stores in 32 states. Five Below expects to open 125 new stores this year. No job numbers were announced.
Hollister is opening a new store in Yonkers at the Cross-County Center. Hollister is part of Abercrombie & Fitch company, selling clothes, shoes and accessories for teens and young adults. The new store is schedule to open in the summer. No job numbers were announced.
Mission Taqueria, a new Mexican fusion restaurant recently opened in Pleasantville. The menu includes seafood, steak, salads, tacos and rotisserie chicken, along with a variety of gluten-free options. The restaurant was launched by the owners of another popular eatery, 105-Ten Bar & Grill, in Briarcliff Manor. No job numbers were announced.
Mountainside, a Connecticut-based addiction recovery business, plans to open a 4,200sq. ft. outpatient center at the Chappaqua Crossing. The outpatient center will provide highly individualized addiction treatment services, in addition to individual and group counseling, family and couples counseling, psychiatric services and health and wellness education. No job numbers were announced.
Dutchess County
GlobalFoundries recently started some layoffs aimed at reducing about 5 percent of its worldwide workforce of 18,000 employees. The job cuts are part of a companywide initiative to improve the competitiveness of its cost structure and minimize redundancies that have accrued from previous mergers and acquisitions. A significant portion of the cuts would come from a voluntary separation program. The company has not specified how many jobs will be lost in its facilities in East Fishkill in Dutchess County and in Essex Junction in Vermont. The East Fishkill location is one of the company’s three manufacturing facilities in the northeast corridor, which also includes a facility in Malta in Saratoga County.
Orange County
Nothing to report.
Putnam County
Nothing to report.
Rockland County
Nothing to report.
Sullivan County
Nothing to report.
Ulster County
Nothing to report.
Westchester County
Exelon, an energy provider company, filed a WARN notice with the NYS Department of Labor on June 27, 2018 in anticipation of a mass layoff. The company will lay off 25 of the 52 employees that works in its Valhalla office. A total of 24 employees will be laid off on September 24, 2018, and one employee on October 31, 2018.
Geritrex L.L.C., a manufacturer of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals and personal care products filed a WARN notice with the NYS Department of Labor in anticipation of a mass layoff. The company is closing its operation in Mount Vernon and relocating to Middletown. The Mount Vernon plant will close effectively on June 30, 2018 and a total of 26 employees will be laid off.
Hawthorne Cedar Knolls, the embattled residential treatment center with a history of security problems, announced that it is closing the facility this summer. The facility will lay off 107 workers. Employees will be losing their jobs as the site closes in phases, ending August 31. Cedar Knolls plans to move its residential youth services to a new program in the Bronx and is actively engaged in helping to place those affected by the layoffs to roles in the new facility. The residential treatment center is operated by the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services.
Nothing to report.
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