Sentences with phrase «how economic development contracts»

He also wants to change how economic development contracts are awarded in his own administration, after a scandal that's led to several indictments of his former associates.

Regardless of what verdict the jury brings back in the case, Horner said the case shows how reforms need to be made on how economic development contracts are doled out.

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Republican lawmakers are also questioning the economic development process, saying a full, independent audit should be performed to assess how contracts were doled out.

But the potential disbursement of funds through an arm of SUNY Polytechnic comes as economic development projects throughout the state are coming under scrutiny from federal investigators over how contracts are awarded.

Another would create a database of deals, listing the status of all of the state's economic development contracts and measuring how successful they've been.

Recommendations on how to go forward with some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development contracts tainted by scandal have been delayed for another few weeks, the governor's economic development chairman said.

At the same time, Cuomo said the state could potentially adjust how it spends economic development money based on the findings of Bart Schwartz, the former prosecutor hired to review contracting in the program, which is under scrutiny by the U.S. attorney's office.

Cuomo's Buffalo Billion Under Federal Investigation: Federal investigators are looking into how contracts were awarded in Governor Cuomo's Buffalo economic development program.

Among the ideas excluded from any final budget deal: creation of a database that the public could search for how much every recipient of economic development spending got and how many jobs they created; end the ability by limited liability companies to skirt campaign donation limits; give back certain contract pre-approval powers to the state Comptroller, the state's fiscal watchdog; strengthen the state's criminal laws to better define bribery of public officials; and create an independent watchdog agency to police ethics issues in Albany.

Schwartz's office declined to respond to questions about whether he had a contract and how many staff he would bring to his review of state economic development programming.