Sentences with phrase «regional economic council»

Duffy, a former mayor of Rochester, said his job as the chairman of the governor's regional economic councils was that of a «convener» who nonetheless was able to establish contacts with the state's business community.

Striving for something more formal than the current system — in which individual companies negotiate with state Empire State Development Corporation officials — Cuomo said each of the 10 regional economic councils will develop a comprehensive plan and submit it to the state by November.

He would take that share away from legislators and put it in the hands of new regional economic councils led by Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy.

Interestingly, at the same time he was discussing the potential of firing thousands of people, which PEF has warned would negatively impact the state's economy, Cuomo touted the «bottom up» strategy of the regional economic councils he has tasked LG Bob Duffy with heading to create new private sector jobs.

At most stops one of Rosamilia's aides told Hochul how much government assistance — L.D.C. loans, grants from Cuomo's regional economic councils — the project got.

The governor's budget depends on programs to boost the Upstate economy with a mix of innovation grants, tax - free stores for local products and a third round of awards for regional economic councils.

Not exact matches

The unique Council partnership has resulted in a strategic approach to high tech economic development that involves matching funds research, workforce development and a marketing program leveraging governmental, corporate and economic development organization budgets on a regional rather than local basis.

As an initiative of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council in partnership with local economic development organizations, the Virtual Entrepreneur Center offers a catalog of local, regional and statewide business resources organized by county, plus profiles of local entrepreneurs to facilitate connections.

«President Seligman has had a profound effect on our local and regional economy as the leader of our largest employer and formerly as co-chair of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council.

At issue, though, is Duffy leading Gov. Andrew Cuomo's regional economic development councils which provide packaged state grants and credits to businesses.

The multiple standing ovations Duffy received at the Egg Theater underscored his popularity with both Cuomo staffers as well as the state's business community, who he has worked closely with as the chairman of the regional economic development councils.

What are you going to do about things like where you have people on regional economic development councils who have to disclose nothing, but may also have a pecuniary answer to what goes on.»

New York's 10 regional economic development councils will compete for more than $ 800 million in state economic development aid in the latest round of an initiative launched by Cuomo six years ago.

But this year, lawmakers are also trying to push Cuomo to accept some ethics laws regulating his office, including a measure that is designed to require those who serve on the governor's regional economic development councils to disclose * their * outside income.

This funding, awarded through the regional economic development council process, allows tourism assets across the state to make necessary brick - and - mortar improvements and deploy innovative marketing campaigns to increase visitors.

«Thanks to the efforts of our regional economic development council, central New York is currently undergoing an unprecedented transformation and revitalization,» Cuomo said in a statement.

Through his annual awards to regional economic development councils, Cuomo has also approved state grants of about $ 4 million to COR to demolish the former Kennedy Square housing project in Syracuse and about $ 4 million to COR to redevelop the former Mercy Hospital site in Watertown.

At stake is more than $ 800 million in funding that will be divvied up among regional economic development councils around the state, with some getting much large pieces of the pie than others.

Western New York is getting $ 62 million for approved projects in the latest round of state spending from the regional economic development councils.

But the governor called out the region's legislators for wanting to shift control of state economic development funding away from the regional economic development councils that Cuomo created and put the money back in the hands of the Senate and Assembly for them to dole out individually.

The scheme failed to deliver the flexibility regional economies need to become more competitive the evidence, based on research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) at Bristol University, shows.

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

«It took me doubly by surprise since I'm a member of the regional economic development council,» DeFrancisco said.

It is a charge he has leveled as legislators seek input into the state's regional council economic development program, which gets advice from panels of academic and business volunteers in doling out $ 750 million around the state.

Meanwhile, an existing state venture fund, known as Innovate NY, is the subject of a federal audit focused on a firm whose managing director served on Cuomo's 2010 gubernatorial transition team and on a regional economic development council.

Communities impacted by prison closures would be eligible to receive assistance from the regional economic development councils via a $ 100 million fund to, as the budget briefing book puts it, help them «end their reliance on incarceration as a major source of employment and economic sustainability.»

But lawmakers who support increasing oversight for the governor's pet projects like the START - UP NY program and the regional economic development councils in recent days have been more assertive, saying they can act on their own on the oversight issues, even with a potential veto by Cuomo.

-- The $ 130 million for the governor's regional economic development council's is IN, but it won't be taken from the Legislature's unspent member items.

Last summer, when Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the creation of ten new regional economic development councils, his emphasis was on competition.

No local officials hesitated when the governor offered Buffalo $ 1 billion, said Howard Zemsky, a developer who chairs the governor's regional economic development council for Western New York.

Cuomo's regional economic development councils, which have helped him spend $ 4.6 billion since 2011, are also ripe for change, lawmakers say.

«We're not well represented on the regional economic development councils,» White observed.

Leading figures in the Labour party will call on local councils across England to work together to create «regional economic powerhouses» in a bid to smooth out the «vast» wealth inequalities in the UK.

But Cuomo has almost militantly rejected the idea that this money should go to localities instead of being funneled through regional economic development councils that the governor controls.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's regional economic development council initiative started in 2011, and in the first year, the central New York area, includ...

We support an additional $ 150 million in capital funding and $ 70 million in Excelsior Job tax credits to be disbursed through the ten regional economic development councils (extending current state support levels.)

Awards of $ 10 million will likely be announced this summer to one municipality represented by each of the state's 10 regional economic development councils.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the strategy of empowering the councils to identify regional strategies a «point of inflection» that reverses 40 years of upstate economic decline.

The Co-Chair of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council, Joel Seligman, says the Finger Lakes application will focus not just on creating jobs and increasing regional wealth, but also lifting residents out of poverty.

Syracuse, N.Y. — An Internet marketing firm that wants to consolidate its expanding workforce into a single downtown Syracuse building is among 45 applicants seeking state financial assistance in the latest round of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's regional economic development council initiative.

She says, for example, Democrats would like to work with Governer Cuomo to continue his regional economic development councils that receive grants for local job creation projects.

The regional councils hand out around $ 750 million dollars in economic development grants each year.

Dr. Kress, a Rochester resident, currently serves on the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council, one of 10 such entities established by the Governor to develop regional economic development plans across the state for spurring jobs and capital inveEconomic Development Council, one of 10 such entities established by the Governor to develop regional economic development plans across the state for spurring jobs and capital inveeconomic development plans across the state for spurring jobs and capital investments.

The Adirondacks fall within three different regional economic development councils: Most of the region is covered by the North Country council, a portion falls within the Mohawk Valley council and nearly a quarter of the park is represented by the Capital Region council, which is where Warren, Washington and Saratoga counties reside.

The three regional economic development councils that touch the park were named «top performers» in 2013, funneling millions of dollars for economic development and infrastructure projects within the Blue Line.

The governor is funneling the money through the 10 regional economic development councils he appointed around the state, which he says have forged greater regional cooperation and ensured state investments are in sync with the priorities of local machers.

The Senate Republicans» budget plan also requires greater disclosure from Cuomo's regional economic development councils.

The seven regions that were not winners in the Upstate Revitalization Initiative or were not eligible to compete in it will still receive funding ranging from $ 83.9 million to $ 100.3 million in 2016 under Cuomo's regional economic development council program.

He knows the Wegman family, and installed company CEO Danny Wegman as the co-chair of a regional economic development council in the Finger Lakes.

The announcement comes as 10 regional economic development councils compete for tax credits and grants in order to develop job - creating ideas.