Sentences with phrase «after upstate lawmakers»
Days after upstate lawmakers expressed concerns over the Port Authority's study of a 1,500 - mile perimeter rule that restricts the distance of flights out of LaGuardia Airport, a top Delta Air Lines executive sought to soothe them in a letter to Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle.
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After lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on expanding ride - hailing apps to upstate New York and passed limitations on Airbnb advertising rentals, Gov. Andrew Cuomo acknowledged on Wednesday the need to make room for emerging technologies, but also protect legacy businesses.
State lawmakers want to see more oversight of economic development spending after the arrests of nine people last week in an alleged widespread scheme involving bid rigging and bribery within key projects designed to spur job creation upstate.
AG Andrew Cuomo, who is upstate today to announce an investigation into predatory health care lending, weighed in during a stop in Buffalo on the Senate's action (and inaction) on some key policy measures before lawmakers departed Albany last night — presumably not to return until at least after the Sept. 14 primary.
Flanagan, a Long Islander, is potentially heading to friendly territory with a stop at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown: Seward, after all, was one of several upstate Republicans to back his bid for majority leader over Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse lawmaker.
The agreement comes after Flanagan, a Long Island lawmaker, had pledged to upstate members and Republican county leaders, to enact SAFE Act in part to alleviate concerns he had supported the measure in 2013.
Lawmakers are holding the forums after contamination of municipal drinking water has been found in upstate communities, including Hoosick Falls, Petersburgh and Newburgh.