Tag: New York
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires S.E.M. Security Systems
December 19, 2025SSN Staff
ATLANTA—Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has announced the acquisition of S.E.M. Security Systems, a security systems and fire alarm provider serving New Jersey and New York.
This acquisition further establishes Pye-Barker's security and fire alarm services in the Northeast, elevating customer experience and comprehensive fire and life safety for heightened community impact.
S.E.M. Security Systems provides security systems, intrusion detection, video surveillance, fire detection and...
Security on hold
May 7, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
After Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement this week restricting phone use in K-12 schools throughout New York State, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, it’s time to revisit a topic I addressed in a blog almost a year ago.
Hochul’s decree, which will take effect in the fall as part of the agreement on the FY 2026 State Budget, will see the implementation of bell-to-bell restrictions on smartphones throughout the entire school day. As a result, Hochul envisions “distraction-free”...
SIA supports California legislation providing retail security tax credit
March 25, 2025SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—On March 24, 2025, the Security Industry Association (SIA) testified before the California Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation in support of California Assembly Bill 976.
This legislation would establish a tax credit program for small retailers in disadvantaged communities who purchase or install security equipment.
The bill, introduced Feb. 20 by Assembly Member Anamarie Ávila Farías (D-15), would create a tax program modeled after New...
greensite acquires Snooper Security
January 31, 2024SSN Staff
RONKONKOMA, N.Y.—greensite, a commercial and residential, security and automation company, has announced the acquisition of Snooper Security.
It is the first acquisition of the year for greensite and part of a strategic growth plan to extend its services and expertise in the greater New York area, according to the company.
The acquisition increases greensite’s reach in western Nassau County, as well as other geographic areas. Snooper Security has...
SIA announces Securing New Ground 2019 speakers
October 11, 2019SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—Top c-level executives and security directors will headline at Securing New Ground (SNG) 2019, October 29-30 in New York City at the Grand Hyatt New York in Manhattan, with topics ranging from the humanity of security to consumer trends to managing corporate risk, and more.
“Each year, SNG gathers the brightest minds in the security industry and offers a carefully curated program that inspires these leaders about the potential of the global security industry,”...
Security upgrade in works for NYC Housing Authority
October 27, 2015SSN Staff
ALBANY, N.Y.—New York state will spend $42 million on security cameras and other security equipment targeted at cutting crime at New York City Housing Authority developments, according to report from The Associated Press.
The security upgrades will include interior and exterior lighting, intercoms, external doors and gunfire detection sensors, the report said.
Shootings and robberies at city housing developments were up between Jan. 1 and Oct. 11 compared to the same period last year, New York...
New informational sessions to be offered at ISC East
November 11, 2014SSN Staff
NEW YORK—ISC East announced an addition to the educational program at this year's conference: a multi-session program called “Demystifying the Mass Evacuation and Notification Market.” This free program will be held Nov. 19 during the 2014 ISC East conference at New York's Javits Center.
The three one-hour sessions—“Understanding and Defining the Market,” “Building for the Future,” and “Plans in Action,”— are intended to help attendees...
New York fire sprinkler laws to help public, industry
September 10, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
PATTERSON, N.Y.—New fire sprinkler legislation signed into law this summer in New York state will not only protect the public but could lead to increased business and perhaps state licensing for sprinkler contractors, according to a National Fire Sprinkler Association spokesman.“It's a step forward,” Dominick Kasmauskas, New York regional manager for the NFSA, which is based here, said regarding the two new laws signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in August.One requires landlords to include...
Amherst Alarm takes 'deliberate' path to success
July 30, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
AMHERST, N.Y.—Amherst Alarm, one of the nation's leading alarm companies, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. CEO Tim Creenan credits his company's long-term success to its "slow and deliberate" approach to business.
“We've kind of had slow, steady, controlled growth over the years, where we didn't, [for example], jump from 100 accounts to 10,000 accounts or something crazy like that, [which is] unmanageable,” Creenan, who co-founded Amherst in 1984,...
Development continues on WTC security system
October 20, 2011Martha Entwistle
WEST POINT, N.Y.—The tenth anniversary of 9/11 has come and gone without incident at the new World Trade Center site, but the development of the security system is a work in progress, Lou Barani, WTC security director told a crowd of more than 120 ASIS members and guests on Oct. 18.
Barani was the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Mid-Hudson ASIS chapter, which took place at a rustic lodge on the campus of West Point Military Academy.
Called SAPS [Situational Awareness Platform...