Sentences with phrase «economic development competition»

It's only been a little over a week since the state legislature approved an upstate economic development competition in the budget, but central New York community leaders are already beginning to try to figure out their entry.

DHCR told the Times Union that the highest - scoring project in the Mohawk Region's economic development competition in 2013 didn't get the tax credits because the developer was already busy with two other DHCR - funded projects, while the next two proposed high per - unit costs.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, a longtime Cuomo ally, defended the state's economic development competitions such as the Upstate Revitalization Initiative in light of federal scrutiny of the governor's Buffalo Billion and other projects.

ECONOMY: $ 750 million for more regional economic development competitions and $ 100 million for another round of downtown revitalization funding.

The new upstate contest and the regular economic development competition were «separate but parallel processes,» Hickey said.

He's also not a fan of the Regional Economic Development competition.

Senate leaders want to shrink Cuomo's $ 1.5 billion economic development competition by about half and instead create a fund that allows communities to apply for help in fixing infrastructure.

Cuomo, a Democrat, proposed directing $ 1.5 billion to an upstate economic development competition — on Wednesday he said he was «open» to a request from several of his allies in business to increase that figure — and earmarked $ 1.3 billion for the state Thruway Authority, the «vast majority» of which will go for work on the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney is defending the state's economic development competitions such as the Upstate Revitalization Initiative, which pitted different regions of the state against each other for financial aid.

The Finger Lakes region, which includes the Rochester area, was one of the five «top award» winners of New York state's annual regional economic development competition.

Offering his second preview of this week's combo State of the State address and executive budget proposal, Cuomo on Thursday pitched the economic development competition in Rochester, where the other speakers offered a preview of the sort of fulsome praise for the governor we can expect to hear from local officials throughout the process.

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Before his fall, Skelos and other Republicans said the fund was going to be used for projects in their Long Island base — which they would help designate — and privately explained that they inserted it into the budget to offset $ 1.5 billion that Gov. Andrew Cuomo was directing to an economic development competition for upstate areas.

It is the latest fine levied against a financial giant that will come on top of multi-billion dollar settlements that provided the state with a windfall spent in a variety of areas, including shoring up the state Thruway Authority and a $ 1.5 billion economic development competition upstate.

Cuomo, a Democrat, has proposed directing $ 1.5 billion of the surplus funds to an economic development competition among seven upstate regions.

The final budget is expected to include the governor's plan to allocate $ 1.5 billion, from $ 5.4 billion from bank settlement funds, for an economic development competition where seven regions in the state would compete for three awards of $ 500 million in economic aid paid over the course of five years.

Over the past week, Cuomo has announced or confirmed several other pieces of the agenda, including an upstate economic development competition, tax breaks for small businesses, a new affirmative consent policy for college campuses, and a trade mission to Cuba.

Things are a little different this year on the economic development competition front.

The Syracuse Post-Standard calls Cuomo's latest tax relief plan «timid,» though it thinks his $ 1.5 billion upstate economic development competition is «bold.»

Delivering the response for the Senate Republicans, freshman Sen. Rich Funke, of Rochester, took swipes at two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top policy initiatives — the $ 1.5 billion upstate economic development competition and the $ 1.66 billion property tax relief plan — saying his conference wants to make sure all regions of the state benefit equally from the 2-15-16 budget.

The Assembly does not make any revisions to the economic development competition, but Speaker Carl Heastie says that could change as budget talks progress.

Senate Republicans have also rejected Cuomo's plan to hold an economic development competition for the troubled upstate region.

He is proposing to use $ 1.5 billion for an upstate economic development competition, send $ 1.3 billion to the Thruway Authority to defray the cost of the Tappan Zee replacement bridge and spend $ 500 million to develop high speed internet connections in rural areas.

The lieutenant governor for New York says the state has money for infrastructure investment in sources other than the economic development competitions.

With just three weeks to go until the April 1 budget deadline, Cuomo revealed granular details of his $ 10 billion spending plan for upstate, which includes two economic development competitions that would award approximately $ 90 million apiece to the 10 regions of the state.

Cuomo is directing $ 1.5 billion to an upstate economic development competition, $ 500 million to develop broadband internet and $ 1.3 billion to the state's Thruway Authority.

He cites as an example a $ 1.5 billion economic development competition that he convinced the legislature to approve, even though some lawmakers object that only three of the state's seven regions will get to share the money.

It had broad criteria for spending — eligible projects in New York City or Long Island need to «create or retain private - sector jobs» and «enhance the environment and quality of life for New York State residents» — but was included to offset $ 1.5 billion that Cuomo sought for an economic development competition upstate.