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Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the announcement of the Regional Economic Development Awards on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, in Albany, NY.

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On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week, van Houten won the Fortune Award for Circular Economy Leadership for his pursuit of a circular economy — development without waste.

On April 28, 2009, the Bloc's critic for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Jean - Yves Laforest, introduced a motion in the House of Commons calling for the feds to negotiate in good faith with the Government of Quebec to resolve the dispute, demanding a compensation package prorated to that awarded Ontario.

Anyone with a professional culinary career — regardless of their culinary culture and nationality — can win this award, based on their work in fields such as culinary innovation, health, nutrition, education, the environment, the food industry, social or economic development, among others.

Cuomo has been talking about reforming economic development contract awards in his administration, following federal criminal charges against nine people — one a former top aide — on bribery and bid - rigging charges in connection with the Buffalo Billion and other projects.

Citi FM was awarded for supporting the tourism industry and creating awareness on how the industry can contribute to the socio - economic development of the country.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a 2017 Regional Economic Development Councils Awards ceremony in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017.

The groups urged bans on a pay - to - play culture in Albany to limit political donations by firms seeking state contracts, closing a loophole heavily used by Cuomo and others that allow limited liability companies to skirt donation limits to politicians by private companies, creation of «truly independent» ethics oversight agencies, a public, searchable database of state economic development deals and creation of «clean contracting» systems to govern awards of state contracts.

This comes on the back of not - always - successful attempts from the coalition to award powers, particularly over local economic development, to the eight «core cities» outside London.

Governor Andrew Cuomo then handed out the awards himself, as each regional economic development council took their turn on stage and were congratulated.

Cuomo, meanwhile, touted on Wednesday the regional economic development plans, which he framed as an effort to give more control to local officials, even as the awards themselves are determined by the state.

While they may disagree on many policy issues Miner and DeFrancisco agreed on the need to invest in aging infrastructure such as pipes and roads and faulted Cuomo's efforts to boost the upstate economy, which include tax breaks for start - up companies and competitive regional economic development awards.

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When reporters asked the governor on May 25 in Syracuse about economic development contract awards to politically connected campaign contributors — a matter that's at the heart of the federal probe — Cuomo said SUNY made those decisions, not him.

A request for bids on the tanks went out in December 2015, the same month the Finger Lakes region was awarded $ 500 million in economic development money from the governor's Upstate Revitalization Initiative competition.

Cuomo will announce the awards for the Regional Economic Development Council and Upstate Revitalization Initiative on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Albany.

Aubry, a Queens Democrat who chairs the Assembly's Corrections Committee, expressed concern over the lack of information on how, exactly, the regional economic development councils proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo would be awarding cash to communities that lose prisons.

Reports on the latest questions about a possible special session, the results of this year's Regional Economic Development Council awards, State Education Commissioner John King leaving for DC, and congressional staffers showing support for Eric Garner's and Michael Brown's family.

At 8 p.m., Hochul is a guest on YNN's «Capital Tonight» to discuss the economic development award winners.

Robert Pasinella, executive director of the Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency, which awards tax breaks to encourage economic growth, told The Alt on Monday that he had had a preliminary discussion with Bryce about a potential incentive package related to the building, but had said that any financial assistance would depend on dollars invested and jobs created and that he'd need to see the project.

In other Niagara news, the plant plan was not on the January 28 list of projects awarded Start - UP NY status by state economic development officials.

Up to $ 720 million in state tax credits and grants, to be awarded through a fifth competition among 10 Regional Economic Development Councils with a focus on key industries

Cuomo on Wednesday speaking the annual Regional Economic Development Awards once again railed against the tax plan, calling it akin to an «economic civil warEconomic Development Awards once again railed against the tax plan, calling it akin to an «economic civil wareconomic civil war.»

Governor Cuomo has been talking about reforming economic development contract awards in his administration, following federal criminal charges against nine people, one a former top aide, on bribery and bid rigging charges in connection with the Buffalo Billion and other projects.

WBFO Albany correspondent Karen Dewitt reports on Wednesday's statewide economic development awards.

Deutsch also said his group favors easing up on the approximately $ 9 billion that state and local governments are spending to support economic - development awards that have benefited private industry.

The state proposed to give developers a $ 1.5 million grant — awarded through a system of regional economic development councils that Gov. Andrew Cuomo created in 2011 — as well as a $ 15 million forgivable loan that was drawn from a state fund which Republican senators created to support projects on Long Island.

He also will hit on New York's economic progress in terms of added private - sector jobs and lower unemployment, his affinity for the Regional Economic Development Council (for which he is proposing another round of awards worth $ 750 million) and some sort of regionally focused plan for the Albaeconomic progress in terms of added private - sector jobs and lower unemployment, his affinity for the Regional Economic Development Council (for which he is proposing another round of awards worth $ 750 million) and some sort of regionally focused plan for the AlbaEconomic Development Council (for which he is proposing another round of awards worth $ 750 million) and some sort of regionally focused plan for the Albany area.

The group also won significant state economic development monies on Dec. 8 with a $ 498,825 grant award from the North Country Regional Economic Development Council to rehabilitate camp infrasteconomic development monies on Dec. 8 with a $ 498,825 grant award from the North Country Regional Economic Development Council to rehabilitate camp infrdevelopment monies on Dec. 8 with a $ 498,825 grant award from the North Country Regional Economic Development Council to rehabilitate camp infrastEconomic Development Council to rehabilitate camp infrDevelopment Council to rehabilitate camp infrastructure.

«This prestigious Best of Show award, combined with the recent marketing awards from the New York State Economic Development Council, reaffirm that our Intellectual Capital campaign is right on target in aggressively positioning Westchester as a great place to do business,» said Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino.

• When Justin Esarey, an assistant professor of political science at Rice University in Houston, Texas, applied for an NSF grant, he was careful to follow a directive from Congress «that any awards made by NSF's division of political science must foster national security or economic development,» wrote Mervis on ScienceInsider.

Deputy Peter Ferbrache, President of the Committee for Economic Development said: «Guernsey prides itself on its high standards of accommodation, service and quality and we are delighted to see how the results of the C. I. Travel Group Hotel Awards recognise and reflect this.»

Situated in City and Suburban — a mostly distressed inner city district where exclusion from economic advancement is palpable — Arts on Main is an award - winning development that has uplifted the area through cultural projects and spaces.

The Contemporary Austin is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department; a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts; a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities; and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Watermill Center's programs are made possible by awards from American Chai Trust, the Cowles Charitable Trust, the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, the Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation, Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, JAF Foundation, the Jerome Robbins Foundation, Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, The LLWW Foundation, mediaThe Foundation Inc., The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, The Nightingale Code Foundation, The Robert Lehman Foundation, May & Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, The Royal Danish Consulate General, The Suffolk County Office of Economic Development, The Suffolk County Office of Film and Cultural Affairs, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Leila & Mickey Straus Family Charitable Fund, the Town of Southampton, Trust for Mutual Understanding, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust.

Arvizu serves on a number of Boards, Panels and Advisory Committees including the American Council on Renewable Energy Advisory Board; the Energy Research, Development, and Deployment Policy Project Advisory Committee at the Harvard Kennedy School; the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Alternative Energies; the Singapore Clean Energy International Advisory Panel; the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III; the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Corporation; and the Colorado Renewable Energy Authority Board of Directors.

I have been on several community Boards over the years, including the Ottawa Carleton Economic Development Corporation, the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce (and was granted a Volunteerism award) and the National Capital Region YMCA - YWCA (and served as Chair).

He is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and serves on a number of boards and committees, including the Australia Pro Bono Centre.In 2009, Ed was presented with an Australian Leadership Award, and in 2017, he was recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.From 2010 - 2016, Ed was chief executive of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, a leading non-profit organisation that promotes human rights through strategic litigation, policy development and education.Ed was previously a Senior Lecturer at UNSW Law School, a research director at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and a solicitor in private practice.

August 16, 2011 12th - Annual H. Bruce Russell Global Innovator's Award Competition Brings Corporate Real Estate's Best to Emory University Corporate real estate and economic development's best and brightest converged at Emory University August 9 -10, for CoreNet Global's 12th annual H. Bruce Russell Global Innovator's Award (GIA) competition, which brought eight competitors from around the world to present on cutting - edge economic development, technology, project management and development and workplace innovation.