Sentences with phrase «economic development program known»

Zemsky answered questions for over two hours from Democratic and Republican Assembly members, who wanted to know why the economic development program known as Start UP, which offers a ten - year tax break for new high tech businesses who locate on college campuses, is seeming to take so long to begin.

Democratic and Republican Assembly members asked Howard Zemsky why the economic development program known as Start - Up NY — which offers a 10 - year tax break for new high - tech businesses that locate on college campuses — is seeming to take so long to begin.

That includes the former head of SUNY Polytechnic, Alain Kaloyeros, who is accused of bid - rigging in connection with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development program known as the Buffalo Billion.

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Zemsky grew testy when he was questioned about an economic development program in Buffalo known as 43 North.

Asked about the possibility of the much sought - after economic development program for SUNY Buffalo known as UB2020, Cuomo said he would continue to fight for its approval, which would grant autonomy in certain areas for the campus.

Last year, he delayed reporting data on his pet START - UP NY program, which we still know little about, and details about the «Buffalo Billion» economic development project have been anything but forthcoming.

[140] Money from New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo through a program known locally as «Buffalo Billion» has brought new construction, increased economic development, and hundreds of new jobs to the area.

«We have real needs for economic development in upstate New York, as everybody who lives here certainly knows first hand and as the data shows, and unfortunately the programs that have been paid for with our tax dollars are not showing any appreciable economic development for upstate,» Miner said.

This was the governor's goal all along — to eliminate the transparency, the public's right to know how the program was working,» said Schimminger, chairman of the Assembly Economic Development Committee.

On the tests administered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, known as the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the math performance of U.S. 15 - year - olds trails that of their peers in most other industrialized nations.

This statement became known in education policies through the influential McKinsey & Company report entitled How the World's Best Performing School Systems Come Out On Top.3 It has since appeared in the 2012 reports of the Program for International Student Assessment — by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-- as well as several policy reports and documents.

The Program for International Student Assessment, commonly known as PISA, was administered to 15 - year - olds in 65 countries and school systems by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris - based group that includes the world's wealthiest nations.

Did you know: Ann Arbor has its own economic development program named SPARK that supports high tech and innovative businesses in the area.

This is Professor Heckman's well - known analysis of the Perry Preschool program, its economic benefits and the value of investing in quality early childhood development.

And we are, through the implementation, systematically, of special programs and policy initiatives, seeking to improve economic independence for our indigenous peoples to overcome inequalities which we know continue to exist in some areas, and we have targeted those areas of greatest need, particularly health, education, housing, employment, and economic development opportunities as areas in which we can move forward.