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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that New York has more private sector jobs than at any point in state history and touted his regional economic development awards as a primary driver for the state's growth.

Not exact matches

The 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Amartya Sen, who defines economic development in terms of the free supply of basic necessities such as education and health care.

In 2016 the Prize was awarded to Venezuelan chef María Fernanda Di Giacobbe for her Cacao de Origen project, a network involving education, entrepreneurship, research and development around cocoa as a source of identity, culture and economic wealth in Venezuela.

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.

But the potential disbursement of funds through an arm of SUNY Polytechnic comes as economic development projects throughout the state are coming under scrutiny from federal investigators over how contracts are awarded.

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

As a result of the first two rounds of competitive awards, the State is supporting more than 1,450 regionally significant economic development and community revitalization projects that are creating new jobs for New Yorkers and generating investments that grow our economy.

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.

The winners would be announced in the fall, as part of the existing Regional Economic Development Council awards program.

The North Country garnered $ 64.9 million in state investment as part of last week's Regional Economic Development Council Awards.

«I thought it was gubernatorial of me more than presidential of me,» he said over the phone in an interview with Maria Bartiromo, a friendly interviewer who has served as the annual host of Cuomo's regional economic development grant awards show.

The initial project proposed for Lake Flower won $ 2 million in Empire State Development grant monies as part of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council awards in December of 2013.

The Governor's hype during the awards ceremony for the Regional Economic Development Councils this past December about the $ 785 Million in awards is somewhat disingenous as these funds would have been awarded to these projects in any event, in roughly the same proportions.

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Late last year, as part of the Regional Economic Development Council awards, the state said it would provide the money for a $ 3.2 million hemp processing plant to be owned by Southern Tier Hemp, a company co-founded and chaired by Michael P. Falcone.

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.

The state would not release its list of recusals for the current round of funding, saying in its rejection of a Freedom of Information Law request that «all aspects of pending applications, including information about recusals by members of the Regional Economic Development Council, is exempt from disclosure as it contains information that «if disclosed would impair present or imminent contract awards.»»

«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.

«The Department of Community and Economic Development has been accepting and reviewing all applications and is prepared to issue award letters as soon as possible once there's a budget,» he said.

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.

Amongst many honours, Jack is an Ashoka Global Fellow; was awarded as Time Magazine Hero of the Environment; Asian Development Bank's Water Champion Channel News Asia Asian of the Year; Reader's Digest Asian of the Year and Council Member to the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council for Water Security.

Jenny was the 2016 recipient of the Four Pillar Award from The Council for Quality Growth, which recognizes the pillars to be quality, responsibility, vision and integrity and celebrates her philanthropic endeavors as well as significant contributions to economic development in Metro Atlanta.