Sentences with phrase «economic development programs»

The governor's budget office has said the data will be collected as part of a broader report on economic development programs.

The governor's push for reform comes as the federal probe of his own economic development programs continues.

Critics of the governor's economic development programs say there's more that he can do to get out from under the scandal.

The audit is the third this summer to fault economic development programs run by the Democratic governor's administration.

They built a database that tracked nearly 16,000 subsidy deals involving 12 of the state's largest economic development programs and and locally controlled industrial development agencies.

Part of the solution is in more effective economic development programs.

But in other parts of the state, we are focusing on finding large scale economic development programs that jump start a regional economy.

All federal, state, and local agencies are resource partners in the effort so that a single contact can uncover all relevant economic development programs.

Strong health, education and economic development programs built on 26 years of relationships and collaborations link the center with the surrounding community.

The state's economic development programs continue to be a priority, with the governor proposing $ 750 million for existing initiatives.

She said some of the money could come from cutting the estimated $ 8 billion spent each year on economic development programs.

Bharara also is investigating Cuomo's office, looking into potential conflicts of interest and improper bidding in a signature state economic development program in Buffalo.

But his office has also been probing the governor's signature «Buffalo Billion» upstate economic development program for possible bid ridding.

«Initially I was a skeptic, and I think that the process has proven to be very, very effective,» said Brian McMahon, executive director of the New York State Economic Development Council and a 35 - year veteran of economic development programs in the state.

Cuomo similarly empowered Alain Kaloyeros, the former head of the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, to run his signature economic development programs upstate.

A former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joe Percoco, is under federal investigation for reportedly failing to properly report income as broader scrutiny from the U.S. attorney's office is placed on the governor's signature economic development program for western New York, the Buffalo Billion.

The windfall was carved up in a variety of directions, including a $ 1.5 billion upstate economic development program as well as funding for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project.

He said the name change was intended to align with other economic development programs also called Excelsior, the state motto.

The ethics agreements would also come amid a swirling series of investigations into economic development programs backed by the state, as well as a former top aide to Cuomo and confidant, Joe Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe.

Many of those illegal acts, the complaint alleges, involve the governor's much touted Upstate economic development programs, including the Buffalo Billion.

Below is a listing of funding levels for key economic development programs contained in the 1999 - 2000 State Budget.

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta has given assurances that government will do whatever it takes to protect its socio - economic development programs from collapse.

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.

DiNapoli's office is pushing to once again review state contracts for major economic development programs; a power taken away in 2011.

Charlotte Keith of Investigative Post discusses her most recent story of the Buffalo Billion economic development program with WBFO.

«We have said for several years that the best economic development program the state passes is balancing the budget without more harmful tax increases,» Brennan said.

In May, the governor's multi-billion dollar economic development programs will be the focus of a corruption trial centering on the former head of those programs, former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros.

He proposed another $ 20 billion for Upstate in new economic development programs, but with no details and no money in the budget.

ALBANY — Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, a GOP candidate for governor who has been critical of state economic development programs under Gov. Cuomo, personally benefited from a lucrative pre-Cuomo tax break he voted to enact.

He says, Albany's $ 3.5 million investment in the University at Buffalo's technology - based economic development programs created 372 new jobs, last year alone.

The investigations into SUNY Polytechnic and economic development programs like the Buffalo Billion shouldn't stop state investment into growing private - sector jobs, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Tuesday said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office has launched its own inquiry into Buffalo Billion contracting, hiring former federal investigator Bart Schwartz, who has the power to review contracts under the western New York economic development program before they are formally approved.

The Commission completed its report on Governor Cuomo's $ 8.6 billion worth of economic development programs just before U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued criminal complaints against nine people, several of them close to Governor Cuomo.

It is one of ten statewide councils formed at the request of the Cuomo administration that is vying for $ 200 million in competitive funding for local economic development programs to re-energize the state's economy.

The two top former legislative leaders face retrial on corruption charges, and officials involved in Cuomo's signature Buffalo Billion economic development program go to court in the spring.

De Blasio is under investigation for a variety of political fundraising efforts (the Cuomo administration, too, faces an investigation over economic development programs upstate).

«It's my job to make sure the issues and concerns facing the North Country are heard loud and clear so that our schools, hospitals and economic development programs get the funding they need,» Jones said in a statement.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Mayor Stephanie Miner said Syracuse leaders will put a proposal before Gov. Andrew Cuomo by Thanksgiving for a state - funded economic development program on par with the «Buffalo Billion,» Cuomo's high profile initiative in Western New York.

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.

«I support what I call jump start economic development programs around the state.

ESD president and CEO Howard Zemsky, testifies during a legislative hearing at the LOB on Gov. Cuomo's economic development programs Wednesday August 3, 2016 in Albany, NY.

As investigations surrounding economic development programs continue to swirl in New York, Republican state lawmakers yesterday made a renewed push for oversight of spending that's meant to create jobs.

For state lawmakers and some budget hawks, START - UP New York is a controversial economic development program in need of scrutiny.

But the public attack on Cuomo's pet economic development program shows a streak of independence in an election year.

This isn't the first time the Cuomo administration has rebranded a failed economic development program: in 2014, its

He says statistics don't bode well for the economic future of the state, despite the dozens of economic development program promoted by the Cuomo administration in recent years.

In May, the governor's multi-billion-dollar economic development programs will be the focus of a corruption trial centering on the former head of those programs, former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros.