Sentences with phrase «economic development officials»

The training workshops are open to local economic development officials, municipalities, non-profits, businesses and members of the public.

Although those funding issues appear to have been corrected, economic development officials say executives in the tech world are still wary of what happened.

Messages left for city and county economic development officials have not yet been returned.

Lawmakers disagree with the rosy assessment of economic development officials.

The announcement set off a frenzy among economic development officials nationwide, all eager to lure the jobs and investment to their regions.

Lawmakers also questioned how economic development officials were calculating the success of the program.

Economic development officials also tend to favor known quantities looking to expand.

Work out to $ 2.4 million per job — an «astronomical» figure in the words of one local economic development official.

Public radio reporter Karen DeWitt (who is employed by WXXI News) asked the Democratic governor whether he was considering new policies in light of the national attention on sexual misconduct, as well as the recent resignation of a state economic development official who was under investigation for harassment.

Hoyt, a longtime Democratic lawmaker, served in the state Assembly from 1992 until 2011, when he became a top economic development official in the new Cuomo administration.

Earlier this month, Sam Hoyt, a former state assemblyman and top economic development official in the Cuomo administration, was fired after he was accused of sexual harassment by a state employee.

They indicated that those making calls over the weekend included Sam Hoyt, the former assemblyman and state economic development official who is now an Albany lobbyist.

A former economic development official in the Cuomo administration, former Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, is being sued for sexual harassment.

The Associated Press reports New York economic development officials announced Friday that production on «TMNT 2» will start in New York City next month.

New York projects it will double the amount of tax breaks offered under the Start - Up NY program, budget documents show, even as state lawmakers grilled a top economic development official over making the program more transparent.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo seemed to acknowledge Monday on a radio show that Apple is indeed behind a top - secret plan that has been pitched to state economic development officials for a 3.2 million - square - foot computer chip factory.

Top economic development officials from Connecticut, including University of Connecticut board of trustees chairman Larry McHugh, MetroHartford Alliance CEO and former gubernatorial candidate Oz Griebel, CBIA chief John Rathgeber, General Assembly commerce committee co-chairman Jeffrey Berger of Waterbury, commerce ranking member L. Scott Frantz of Greenwich, and Malloy's budget chief, Ben Barnes, were in attendance.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul in a Capital Tonight interview Tuesday defended the state's response to allegations of sexual harassment leveled against Sam Hoyt, a former regional economic development official who reportedly paid a $ 50,000 settlement to a woman accusing him of improper behavior.

Earlier this month, when state economic development officials announced recipients of some $ 82 million in state funding for projects in the Hudson Valley, Niagara's request for $ 10.8 million for construction of the proposed plant on an industrial site in the Town of Ulster was not on the list.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs continue to bring companies and jobs to New York, the state's top economic development official testified Monday as lawmakers questioned whether enough is being done to hold firms to their promises and to claw back taxpayer money when they don't.

The call comes after the Democratic - led Assembly on Wednesday grilled Gov. Andrew Cuomo's leading economic development official on START - UP NY and other projects aimed at stimulating job growth through state dollars and tax breaks.

GLENS FALLS — A pending merger between cable companies coupled with a $ 500 million state grant program now underway is likely to substantially boost Internet access in Warren County and elsewhere the Adirondacks, a leading economic development official said this week.

The state's lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, says «there's no tolerance for harassment in the workplace» in New York State following revelations that a former top Cuomo economic development official paid $ 50,000 to a woman who says he sexually harassed her.

State economic development officials approved spending an additional $ 25 million on business and tourism commercials despite an independent audit that found they had achieved nothing.

City economic development officials contacted the food conglomerate but weren't able to schedule a meeting before announcement that Oscar Mayer plant would close.

Cuomo on Sunday did say there was an «abundance of talent» interested in the attorney general position, and mentioned Leecia Eve, a former Cuomo administration economic development official, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, Long Island Congresswoman Kathleen Rice, Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who Cuomo called a «phenomenal public servant» and who Cuomo himself beat in a 2006 primary for attorney general.

Buffalo and Rochester submitted a joint bid to Amazon, and economic development officials indicated they plan to work together more in the future.

The tensions come just weeks before several former Cuomo associates, including former key economic development officials, go on trial on federal corruption charges for alleged offenses including bribery and bid - rigging.

In October, former top economic development official Sam Hoyt left the Cuomo administration after a sexual harassment lawsuit was filed against him.

Economic development officials see these as more than just life preservers, but rather transformative projects designed to reshape the upstate economy by «clustering» industries around one another with the hope that one day they can stand on their own when paired with workforce development efforts.

The New York State Attorney General's Office said a judge should dismiss a federal lawsuit against the state and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D - NY, connected to accusations of sexual harassment against a former high - ranking economic development official.

State economic development officials declined interview requests and provided only limited information.

State economic development officials only provided data to the comptroller's office for one of the programs covered by the ad spending, the Start - Up NY program.

I don't know that we're much better off than we've been, other than construction,» said James Allen, executive director of the Amherst Industrial Development Agency, one of the region's largest prominent economic development officials.

State economic development officials wanted to impose a costly labor agreement, holding up the project.

State economic development official Andrew Kennedy, appearing in Manhattan federal court, said he only had 20 minutes to fit a side trip to a Cor Development hotel project into Cuomo's Syracuse «Capitol for a Day» visit after an irate Percoco called during the governor's first event.

In 2010, state economic development officials commissioned a hotel consultant to assess the tourism market in Niagara Falls.

By Sean Ryan Business parks, tax breaks and other tried - and - true perks just aren't enough anymore, say economic development officials struggling for new ways to attract and retain companies.

A coalition of liberal groups will start a pressure campaign designed to warn against providing tax benefits and other inducements to Amazon as state economic development officials seek to bring the online retailer's next headquarters to New York.

The time Trump spends at Mar - a-Lago means clogged roads and strict security protocols that hurt local businesses and frustrate residents, though economic development officials are ecstatic over the free publicity provided by news reporters» live waterfront shots.

Economic development officials share Tarzia's sense that downtown Watertown has hit a turning point.

This week, Kennedy said he found new reason for optimism after discussing the building during a hearing with the state's chief economic development official Howard Zemsky.

North Country Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas said the firm is an example of one of the Canadian - based manufacturers economic development officials have prioritized attracting to the North Country as part of an emerging transportation and aerospace cluster.

In its bid to bring Amazon's HQ2 to New York City, economic development officials bragged about virtually everything the city has to offer.

New York state economic development officials did not respond to a question about whether Aetna and the state have discussed the future of the Manhattan headquarters.

It has also named new economic development officials after moving Andrew Kennedy from Empire State Development to Cuomo's office on the Second Floor.

The walls on the 55,000 square foot expansion started going up a few weeks ago, but company owners and state and local economic development officials still gathered Thursday at Currier Plastics in Auburn to throw some dirt around with gleaming shovels.

But while the strategy is getting a warm welcome in other communities, back home in Albany concerns are building about the urban residents it leaves behind, and economic development officials maintain that its very success so far is a compelling reason for more state investment.