Sentences with phrase «in upstate regions»

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.

Lower unemployment in upstate regions, too, is attributable to the decline in population and a constricted job market.

Astorino, in his address, went through a litany of complaints he's often cited on the campaign trail: New York's high tax and regulator climate as well as historic economic troubles in upstate regions like the Southern Tier.

Challenges still remain for school districts in New York, especially in upstate regions.

Just 15 % of new Yorkers still smoke, many more in the upstate regions than downstate and New York City, which has been a leader in anti smoking efforts.

In January, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an Upstate Revitalization Initiative through Regional Economic Development Councils as a separate competition for development monies in upstate regions.

Meanwhile, Governor Andrew Cuomo continues to push for a much higher minimum wage — even in upstate regions where median hourly wages are generally $ 16 to $ 17.

The proposed minimum is even further out of line with prevailing wages in upstate regions.

Bloomberg has largely avoided commenting on local politics, though he has allowed aides, such as Wolfson, to occasionally defend his record, and did criticize Governor Cuomo earlier this year for his decision to ban hydrofracking statewide and allow casinos in upstate regions.

Granted, Turner has name recognition problems of his own, especially in the upstate region.

Supporters of the expansion of gambling in New York point to the positive economic impact it could have for the state and its potential for job creation, especially in the upstate region.

The Senate is narrowly divded 32 - 30 and with so many prisons in the upstate region, the law will have a major impact on the size and shape of state legislative boundaries.

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.

Rallies or demonstrations were held in a half - dozen swing state Senate districts on Long Island and in the upstate region.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled an agreement with major technology firms that will result in a $ 4.4 billion investment in New York and create or retain about 6,900 jobs in the upstate region.

Lawmakers have already agreed to seven casinos in the upstate region.

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.

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.

The report is sure to provide more fodder for business groups who say New York and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have made some strides in tax policy, but haven't done enough to retain jobs, especially in the upstate region.

New Yorkers voted yes to Proposition 1 on ballots yesterday, authorizing seven non-Indian casinos to be built, mostly in the upstate region.

Rome is hidden away in the upstate region, just north of Utica and east of Syracuse.

Greenville (/ ˈɡriːnvɪl /; locally / ˈɡriːnvəl /) is the county seat of Greenville County in the upstate region of the state of South Carolina, in the United States.

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• Ryan Neal, a devoted First Things reader (a pleonasm, I realize), would like to start a ROFTERS group in upstate South Carolina, which South Carolinians will recognize as the region encompassing Clemson, Greenville, Anderson, and Spartanburg.

I am trying new dishes for 1922 Starkey House Bed & Breakfast located in the Finger Lakes Region of upstate New York.

Replacing outdated, polluting manufacturing with an environmentally conscious natural and organic foods manufacturing plant is a welcome change for the region, and Hudson River Foods co-founders Donna and Dan Ratner are committed to their new home and in helping to drive jobs and economic growth in the upstate New York region.

To support the supply and distribution of its products throughout the country, Chobani will rebalance and optimize the production of its yogurt between its facilities in upstate New York and Twin Falls, increasing production in Twin Falls given its design, size and innovation capability while Chobani's New York facility will remain the key manufacturing and distribution hub of Chobani's important and strategic East Coast region.

I remain committed to securing a budget that brings ridesharing upstate, rejects millions in proposed taxes and fees, and fully - funds our region's top priorities, like job training, education, and public safety.»

The Capital Region is an oasis of population growth in upstate New York since 2010, according to the most recent estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

How can a seemingly solid business like Tops Markets, with a strong market share in the Buffalo Niagara region and a solid presence across upstate New York, be in such financial trouble?

But the state is hosting several key races for the House of Representatives in several upstate regions and on Long Island.

Facing declining membership in many regions of upstate New York, veterans and fraternal clubs are pushing state leaders for help by allowing revenue - boosting video - gaming machines.

As he undertakes a tour of different upstate New York regions, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in an interview on Tuesday said Gov. Andrew Cuomo assured him a component of the SAFE Act would ultimately be put in place despite a two - way agreement with Senate Republicans.

The region's economic development plan was one of three big winners in Cuomo's competition to invest $ 1.5 billion in upstate.

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.

At a ceremony in Syracuse Sunday to commemorate the region's success, Cuomo said this investment in upstate rights a wrong.

These projects will deploy broadband across nine REDC Regions, addressing unserved and underserved areas in every upstate county as well as Long Island.

This lack of broadband coverage was most acute in the eight upstate REDC Regions.

As Amazon considers its top 20 proposals for its second North American headquarters without any upstate regions in the running, the next giant on the economic development horizon is Apple.

Trump intends to nominate Acting U.S. Attorney Grant Jaquith to serve as the top federal prosecutor in a 32 - county region of upstate that includes Syracuse.

E.J. McMahon: «Last week, (Cuomo) staged a series of upstate ribbon - cutting events in which he touted an economic turnaround in the region.

Cuomo gave a positive outlook for upstate and double downed on his commitment to investing in the region.

While Times Union Center is hosting the first upstate UFC competition, other leagues or promoters of the sport also are looking at coming to various venues in the region.

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.

His final selection was seen as a concession to the state's senior senator, Chuck Schumer, who wanted a low - profile politician who wouldn't dim his own star power, as well as a sop to the upstate region in a state where nearly all of the political power was concentrated in New York City.

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.

In a statement provided by his office, Cuomo said the Governor's Challenge will tout the Finger Lakes region and upstate New York's assets.

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Astorino campaigned heavily on allowing hydrofracking in upstate New York, especially in the jobs - starved Southern Tier region.

In 2013, the state Legislature at Cuomo's urging approved the SAFE Act, a package of gun control measures that has proved to be controversial for gun owners, especially in parts of the upstate regioIn 2013, the state Legislature at Cuomo's urging approved the SAFE Act, a package of gun control measures that has proved to be controversial for gun owners, especially in parts of the upstate regioin parts of the upstate region.