February, 14, 2013, by John Purcell, Schenectady Spotlight, GLENVILLE — The Town of Glenville hopes new businesses will come and be a part of its growth. At least, that’s the gist of a burgeoning plan to attract new businesses unveiled at a Town Board meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Town officials are hoping PC Public [...]

February 12, 2013, by Michael Goot, Daily Gazette, GLENVILLE — The town of Glenville is inviting businesses to “come be a part of” its growth. That’s the message developed by PC Public Affairs of Albany, which town officials hired last April at a cost of $12,000 to come up with a marketing plan for the [...]

January 29, 2013, Albany, NY – The New York School Bus Contractors Association responded to the Executive Budget proposal by offering proven cost-saving solutions to help the Governor and the Legislature put upwards of $100 million in funds for school transportation back into New York’s classrooms.  The president of the New York School Bus Contractors Association, [...]

November 30, 2012, Release by PC Public Affairs for Aqua Vita Farms – NYC-based non-profit GrowNYC’s distribution program, Greenmarket Co. will begin delivering to New York City restaurants an Aquaponic Lettuce Mix grown by Aqua Vita Farms in Upstate New York.  This one-of-a-kind product will begin appearing on plates throughout the city at restaurants focused on fresh, [...]

Oct. 8, 2012 DemocratandChronicle.com, Written by James Johnson Staff writer – There is a belief that enough passion exists to revive the summer Empire State Games.   More importantly, organizers of the next scheduled Empire State Games say that the financial means to bring back the state’s Olympic-style competition also exists. The Empire State Sports Foundation announced [...]

October 4, 2012, Rochester, N.Y. – Michael G. Carey, son of Governor Hugh Carey, today joined a host of athletes, sports dignitaries, and local elected officials to announce plans to bring back the Empire State Games through the creation of a new not-for-profit foundation, the Empire State Sports Foundation.   The private foundation has taken over [...]

August 1, 2012, Jacksonville, Florida – LBS South closes deal to become new distributor for IC Bus™ brand buses in Florida: Leonard family brings tradition of award-winning customer support and plans to expand operations There will be a new name in Florida for the sale and support of IC Bus™ brand buses, as LBS South today announced [...]

June 15, 2012, Albany, NY – PC Public Affairs reflects on a successful legislative session that included a number of victories for the New York School Bus Contractors Association; none more important than the extension of the student transportation request for proposal law for another five years. “We were more than pleased with our budget [...]

May 1, 2012, Albany – PC Public Affairs continues growth, expanding list of services and adding bipartisan expertise for its clients by adding communications strategist Cort Ruddy, a Former Hillary Clinton Speechwriter and Chief of Staff to Senator David Valesky to its team of public affairs professionals. Following several successful advocacy efforts for clients, Albany-based government [...]

April 26, 2012 — ALBANY, N.Y. — (As reported by YNN) The first of its kind, an electric school bus made its debut at the state Capitol. Even better, it is made in New York. The company behind it, Trans Tech Bus of Orange County, says the bus runs on two lithium-ion batteries.  The company [...]

April 7, 2012 – Firm picked to lure business to Glenville GlobalFoundries spinoffs sought, By Michael Goot, Gazette Reporter…Glenville is stepping up its efforts to attract spinoff business from the GlobalFoundries chip manufacturing plant by hiring an Albany-based marketing firm. Supervisor Chris Koetzle said marketing has been a goal of the town for the past few years. PC [...]

October 17, 2011 — PC Public Affairs announced today that it is helping Trans Tech Bus bring its first-in-the-nation electric school bus to the US market. The firm is providing strategic communications, government relations and business development services.  To see two of the stories that came as a result of the firm’s strategic communications services, [...]

August 15, 2011 — “I read this article in the Harvard Business Review and thought it would be an interesting read for anyone interested in developing and executing public affairs campaigns,” Andre Claridge, Managing Partner, PC Public Affairs.  PC Public Affairs has helped develop and execute large national and statewide grassroots and grass-tops initiatives.

June 24, 2011 — Albany, NY, after securing a resounding victory on a number of fronts during this year’s state budget process for the New York School Bus Contractors Association and New York Bus Distributors Association, the PC Public Affairs lobbying team immediately jumped into action to address a number of concerning proposals contained in [...]

June 6, 2011 — Albany, NY, PC Public Affairs helped make the Italian American Legislative Conference a huge success by hosting actor Chazz Palmenteri at this year’s events in Albany and Troy, NY. The New York actor, who is famous for writing and staring in the film “A Bronx Tale” among many others, received recognition for his [...]

March 31, 2011 — Albany, NY, Andre Claridge, Partner at PC Public Affairs announced late this evening that the State Legislature adopted a budget which excluded a number of Governor Cuomo’s budget proposals that would have significantly harmed the state’s school bus contractor and school bus distributor industries. “It was a hard fought battle,” said [...]

February 1, 2011 – Albany, NY, “Governor Cuomo’s Budget Address lays out some common sense solutions that will get spending under control and improve the efficiency of our government,” said Andre Claridge - Partner at PC Public Affairs.  “It will be a pleasure working with the Cuomo administration as we present our client’s proposals to help the Governor right [...]

December 7, 2010, — Kingston, NY, Andre Claridge, Partner at PC Public Affairs announced today that Armor Dynamics has started its contract with TARDEC to develop its proprietary energized armor system.  The funding was secured by Congressman Maurice Hinchey, member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Defense. 

September 2, 2010, Albany, NY — Andre Claridge of PC Public Affairs announced today that Governor Paterson has vetoed a bill that would have given NYS University Police Officers the right to transfer to other police forces and departments. “This is a major disappointment for the hard working men and women of the University Police Officers Union,” said Claridge. [...]

July 6, 2010 — Albany, NY, Andre Claridge, government relations representative for the New York School Bus Contractors Association (NYSBCA), released a summary of this year’s progress on a number of legislative and budget issues important to NYSBCA and the school bus contractor industry. “We made solid progress on a number of issues this year including [...]