Sentences with phrase «far upstate areas»
Nevertheless, this Latino group sets a very good framework for Cuomo and the transtion team he put together that has Latinos from down state but few from the upstate region, and far upstate areas like Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo.
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A highly knowledgeable Senate insider said yesterday that «far more of the [GOP] members are in play than anyone realizes, including some surprising names from conservative upstate areas.»
Everyone from DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to Gov. Andrew Cuomo has insisted there was no way of knowing Irene would have such a significant impact on upstate while leaving far less of an imprint on downstate areas like Long Island.
Those proposals include a $ 500 million investment in broadband Internet access in rural upstate areas, the creation of an infrastructure bank, using $ 500 million from the state's surplus to further provide incentives to local governments to consolidate and share services and the Global NY initiative, meant to promote overseas trade of state businesses.
«Far more of the [GOP] members are in play than anyone realizes, including some surprising names from conservative upstate areas,» a «highly knowledgeable Senate insider» told Dicker.
So far, the governor has detailed plans to spend $ 3.3 billion: $ 1.5 billion will be doled out in a competition to spur economic development in three upstate regions; $ 1.3 billion will go to the Thruway Authority to help prevent toll hikes and offset the cost of building the replacement Tappan Zee Bridge; and $ 500 million will be used to build out broadband internet infrastructure in remote areas.
«New York needs to reform our brownfields program and any help that we get from the federal government to revitalize those areas will go that much further to restoring the upstate economy,» said Nadeau.
Sixty - five individuals from the New York area, including New York City, upstate NY, New Jersey, and Connecticut, attended the conference, plus representatives from as far away as Texas and Israel.