Sentences with phrase «failed economic development program»

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

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Another set of big - ticket Cuomo priorities was already baked into this week's budget «extender» bill: nearly $ 15 billion in capital appropriations for purposes ranging from basic infrastructure (highways, transit) to a $ 400 million second phase of Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative, a $ 700 million «community healthcare capital investment» in Brooklyn, and more 8 - figure allocations to the kind of «economic development» programs that have failed to rejuvenate Upstate.

Governor Cuomo is making some changes to prevent any future bid rigging in some of his major economic development projects, but critics on both the left and the right say the governor is failing to address the bigger picture — whether the $ 8.6 billion dollars» worth of programs are an effective use of public monies.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Fidevelopment programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Fingeprograms that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the FiDevelopment Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the FingePrograms · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

After a stint as The News» computer assisted reporting editor, Heaney joined the paper's newly formed investigative reporting team and produced a series of investigations related to economic development, including the city's squandering of federal block grant funds, and, with colleague Patrick Lakamp, the failings of the state Empire Zone program.

It concludes that, in retrospect, it is shocking that the Economic Development Zones program was established in 1986 only three years after the failed Job Incentive Program was closed to new enprogram was established in 1986 only three years after the failed Job Incentive Program was closed to new enProgram was closed to new entrants.

The governor has also introduced several major economic development programs that have failed spectacularly.

The governor wasted no words in blaming a downstate - dominated Legislature for failing to quickly embrace the $ 500 million program he hopes will continue the «unprecedented progress» of economic development in Buffalo — what he labels the most significant in half a century.

Donnelly's view of redevelopment as an «effective economic development tool» is contradicted by overwhelming evidence that the corporate welfare program fails to create jobs or stimulate local economies.

Cuomo's main economic development program has come under fire in recent years from political opponents and government watchdog groups who say it's not transparent enough and fails to attain job - creation goals.

According to a report released on the heels of the Comptroller's visit to Rockland, Empire State Development (ESD), New York State's chief economic development agency, failed to meet more than half of the reporting requirements for tax credit and job creation programs, diminishing transparency and accoDevelopment (ESD), New York State's chief economic development agency, failed to meet more than half of the reporting requirements for tax credit and job creation programs, diminishing transparency and accodevelopment agency, failed to meet more than half of the reporting requirements for tax credit and job creation programs, diminishing transparency and accountability.

One report is actually a pointed analysis of the recently enacted state budget, with a warning of economic troubles ahead, and the other an unflattering portrait of how the governor's economic development engine, Empire State Development, which handles billions, has systematically failed to meet statutorily mandated reporting requirements for a vast array of programs and idevelopment engine, Empire State Development, which handles billions, has systematically failed to meet statutorily mandated reporting requirements for a vast array of programs and iDevelopment, which handles billions, has systematically failed to meet statutorily mandated reporting requirements for a vast array of programs and initiatives.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli once again on Wednesday chided the handling of economic development programs by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, releasing an audit chastising Empire State Development for failing to meet reporting requirements for tax credit and job creatiodevelopment programs by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, releasing an audit chastising Empire State Development for failing to meet reporting requirements for tax credit and job creatioDevelopment for failing to meet reporting requirements for tax credit and job creation programs.

The inquiry into the Democratic governor's upstate economic development programs turns in part on whether Mr. Percoco and his wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, failed to properly disclose income they received from companies that were doing business with the state.

But the conference, which the governor's aides said was the first of many to be held around the Upstate area, also gave Cuomo the opportunity to defend his economic development programs from critics who have said the programs have failed to create significant numbers of Upstate jobs.

«The governor's entire economic development program is corrupt or failing,» Cox said.