While he is the titular head of ten regional
economic development councils around the state, agency aides do the bulk of the work.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
In designing the Regional
Economic Development Councils (REDCs)
around the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo did what all other governors before him had done.
The regional
councils hand out
around $ 750 million dollars in
economic development grants each year.
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 regional
councils hand out
around $ 750 million in
economic development grants each year.
Subsidy spending is largely uncoordinated, with the state's regional
economic development councils only coordinating
around 6 percent of the $ 7 billion spent each year in New York on corporate tax subsidies, the groups said.
From a statewide view, the most visible pieces of Governor Cuomo's regional
economic development councils revolve
around computer chip manufacturing and medical research.
In 2011, Cuomo created ten
economic development councils and stocked them with machers of business, real estate and higher education who he hand - picked from regions
around the state.
Boyle grilled Zemsky about the transparency of Cuomo's regional
economic development councils, which develop strategic plans and weigh in on how to spend
around $ 750 million worth of state subsidies.
Under Mr. Morrissey's leadership as Executive Director of the New Bedford
Economic Development Council for many years, New Bedford led all similar size cities from
around New England in new growth and private capital investment.
Fourth pillar: Launching a programme that seeks to include governments from
around the region in the network of experts that take part in the Global Future
Councils and, consequently, enhancing the event's role in supporting
economic development in those economies.