Sentences with phrase «from upstate regions»

Sitting in the front seat of a Lincoln sedan as it sped through the Southern Tier on a sunny, frigid Friday, the 46 - year - old Republican county executive of Westchester said that Cuomo had simply «managed the decline» of New York, and is a «creature» of a broken government that has presided over an outmigration of people and jobs from upstate regions like this one.

He added that it's important the next majority leader of the chamber be someone from the upstate region.

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.

Not exact matches

Other highlights from within the region: Upstate New York: The housing boom and bust largely bypassed upstate New York where construction activity is a relatively small part of the overall economy.

Cuomo proposed using some of a $ 4 billion surplus, which he acknowledged was a «one - shot» revenue source from numerous financial settlements, on infrastructure spending, education and for helping local governments find ways to share services as part of an overall economic development boost for the upstate region.

Heastie promised he would familiarize himself with upstate — both geographically, and from a policy standpoint — pledging a tour of the region as soon as he was able to break free from Albany.

The Albany - Schenectady - Troy region, which has benefitted from billions of dollars of state - subsidized high - tech investments over the past 20 years, had the strongest performance of the major upstate regions during Cuomo's first term — but still trailed the national and statewide growth rates for the four - year and one - year periods.

The downstate region, dominated by New York City, has been growing much faster than upstate (everything north of the metropolitan transportation district)-- and the slowest growing upstate metro areas are in Central New York and the Southern Tier, which would benefit most from the issuance of long - delayed state regulations allowing the use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas production.

From the shores of Lake Placid and Lake George to the stunning Adirondack high peaks, this upstate region offers endless adventure.

Albany will look at this and proposals from other six other upstate regions, to determine who will share $ 1.5 billion meant to invigorate a flagging upstate economy.

Cities and regions in New York state submitted four proposals in total — a downstate bid from New York City and Westchester County, an upstate bid from the greater Albany area, a joint bid from Buffalo and Rochester and a central New York bid from the Syracuse and the Mohawk Valley region.

During his remarks at the University at Albany, Cuomo — who delivered six addresses across New York between Monday and Wednesday, rather than deliver one address in the state's capital — touched on a number of topics relevant to both the Capital Region and the state at large, ranging from water infrastructure improvement to revitalization of upstate business.

four proposals in total — a downstate bid from New York City and Westchester County, an upstate bid from the greater Albany area, a joint bid from Buffalo and Rochester and a central New York bid from the Syracuse and the Mohawk Valley region.

A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found Gov. Andrew Cuomo with a 47 percent job approval from New York voters, with a negative 47 percent disapproval rating among voters in the upstate region.

The report from Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office comes as the state accepts applications from developers for a total of four casinos in three upstate regions, including the Hudson Valley - Catskills.

The «upstate region» defined here excludes Columbia County, whose northernmost point is only 20 miles from Albany.

Most of the support comes from the New York City region, with more upstate voters against the gun control provisions.

Cuomo proposed directing $ 1.5 billion in one - time surplus funds — won through settlements from big banks — to a competitive process in which three of seven upstate regions would win $ 500 million over the course of five years.

Two percent is from the New York City area, 5 percent from other upstate communities, and 3 percent from out of state, including the Washington, D.C., region.

Libous, a Republican from Binghamton, said having some sort of economic development for upstate New York — especially in the jobs - starved Southern Tier region, is paramount.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election victory did not come with help from large swaths of the upstate region.

The bill has picked up Republican supporters in the state Senate from across different regions of upstate New York as well as several GOP sponsors.

Tkaczyk is one of three Senate Democrats from different upstate regions facing stiff re-election challenges from Republicans today.

Assembly Democrats from north of the New York City region are concerned a potential minimum wage compromise could fall short for upstate.

The New York City region enjoyed 2.2 percent increase in job growth over the last 12 months, while upstate New York grew at a slower rate, statistics from the state Department of Labor found.

Four years after Cuomo promised a jolt to the upstate economy with the expansion of state - sanctioned gambling, state regulators gave licenses to three for - profit operators to open full - blown casinos in regions from the Finger Lakes to the southern Catskills.

The idea that upstate New York is a «vast» bucolic region of rural space and «some towns» didn't sit well with upstate - based political reporters and elected officials, who (including yours truly) snarked in almost disbelief response that a former U.S. senator from New York could be so tone deaf about the region that yes, does include «vast, rural» areas, but also cities and suburban communities.

Young children in Western New York suffer from the highest rate of lead poisoning in the upstate region — a rate that's more than three times higher than that in Flint, Mich., where a cost - driven switch to an alternate water system left 4 percent of children tested with signs of lead exposure.

Slowing sales tax revenue among upstate counties during the fourth quarter of 2013 is a sign the region's economy is stalling during the recovery, an analysis from Moody's on Tuesday found.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters in Buffalo that he was not «overly optimistic» after speaking with federal officials on receiving assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deal with the flooding across the upstate region.

A coalition of groups that support high - volume hydrofracking and gun rights are pushing a renewed effort to have the upstate region of the state break away from New York.

He is giving the tribes the next few weeks to settle disputes so that he could remove three vast regions from six upstate sectors that Cuomo would open for commercial projects that would be protected from competition for five years.

Job growth in the upstate region has dipped far below the national average, with a rate of 2.7 percent in growth from December 2010 to December 2016, compared to 11 percent nationally during that time.

Heastie is from the Bronx, but spent part of his first summer in his job traveling to upstate regions.

Their numbers track the first half of 2015, and show that most regions of the state, including upstate, grew slightly, with the exception of the Southern Tier, which showed a 0.1 % drop in job growth from January through June.

Maertz, an insurance litigation and trial attorney, said she wants to see more money come back to Suffolk from the state, adding that Long Island effectively is subsidizing other regions, especially New York City with the MTA payroll tax, as well as areas upstate.

Startup businesses in upstate New York, a region that sometimes struggles to attract big investors, are anxiously awaiting permission to begin soliciting funding from a new type of investor.

Their numbers track the first half of 2015, and show that most regions of the state, including upstate, grew slightly, with the exception of the Southern Tier, which showed a 0.1 percent drop in job growth from January through June.

«National economic growth slowed in 2016 and New York is not immune,» Morris Peters, a Budget Division spokesman said, «but under this administration unemployment is down in every region of the state, median household income growth is outpacing the nation as a whole, taxes are down for every New Yorker, and upstate is benefiting from the largest economic development investment in history.»

The plan is one of the most comprehensive yet from the Westchester County executive, who is challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bid for a second term, and highlights an issue that both candidates say is a top priority: how to boost New York's business climate and increase jobs, particularly in upstate regions grappling with decades of economic malaise.

A region of upstate New York came to be known as the «burned - over district» because so many movements, cults, evangelists, and enthusiasts had worked the area or emerged from it.

Dr. Sam Stewart is originally from the Hudson Valley region of upstate New York.

The original founders of Waukesha consisted entirely of settlers from New England, particularly Connecticut, rural Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, as well some from upstate New York who were born to parents who had migrated to that region from New England shortly after the American Revolution.

I had bruises on my stomach for a full year from missing the bunk — which, I suppose, was better than being attacked by a shark in my bedroom in upstate New York's dairy and grape - growing region.»