Sentences with phrase «upstate energy jobs»

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At the time, the governor characterized the deal as «an enormous win,» advancing clean energy goals as well as being a none - too - subtle move to save good - paying jobs and tax revenue in long - suffering upstate communities.

One of the nation's leading energy - industry executives is blasting Gov. Cuomo for denying upstate New Yorkers thousands of jobs with his «shortsighted» refusal to permit drilling for natural gas.

Once heralded by the governor as a transformative way to bring down energy costs for consumers while increasing jobs at upstate power producers, the plan announced more than three years ago has produced little progress on a core initiative: a nearly $ 1 billion project to run AC transmission lines around Utica or the Catskills and down the Hudson Valley to meet downstate's growing power needs.

Cuomo has said supporting the upstate nuclear plants will help meet the state's renewable energy goals and save hundreds of jobs.

Percoco served as the governor's executive secretary, he is accused of taking more than $ 600,000 in bribes from an energy company that needed state approval to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley and an upstate developer that received several state contracts, as well as getting a job at the energy company for his wife.

But Cuomo spoke for more than an hour — starting with his jobs and economic development initiatives and laying out ideas on education, energy and upstate tourism — before getting into the meat of his gun - control proposals.