Sentences with phrase «more jobs upstate»

Organized labor looks forward to working with Congressman - Elect Owens to bring more jobs upstate, reform our nation's broken health care system, and turn the page on the failed economic policies of the Bush Administration.»

Not exact matches

Heastie pointed to the Republican support for a subsidy aimed at bolstering upstate nuclear power plants, which is expected to add roughly $ 2 to the average utility bill as a sign some GOP lawmakers are open to tacking on more fees or taxes to help pay for a broader public benefit, such as preserving jobs.

A fairer, simpler tax code will lead to a stronger economy and more jobs for upstate New York.

In speeches upstate and in the New York City suburbs, Cuomo focused more on nuts - and - bolts job - creation programs, a new plan to reduce property taxes and building a biking and hiking greenway along the length and breadth of the state.

New York State had more jobs last year than at any time since the last recession, though upstate regions continue to struggle, according to a report on employment published by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office.

Probing more deeply into the data, the researchers said upstate was still experiencing weak growth in «middle - wage» jobs, reflected by a «limited bounce back in Education and Construction jobs coupled with ongoing declines in Administrative Support and Production jobs.»

Both culturally and economically, upstate New York has more in common with the Rust Belt, where deindustrialization has drained both jobs and people.

State lawmakers want to see more oversight of economic development spending after the arrests of nine people last week in an alleged widespread scheme involving bid rigging and bribery within key projects designed to spur job creation upstate.

Chris Churchill: «When Trump suggested last week that upstate New Yorkers move to where jobs are more plentiful, he wasn't entirely wrong.

President Donald Trump in a Wall Street Journal interview this week seemingly suggested residents in struggling upstate communities abandon their homes and move to more prosperous areas in order to get jobs — drawing concern from Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney.

In more bad economic news for upstate, the once - largest industrial employer north of Syracuse, Alcoa, announced it would idle one Massena smelting plant and permanently close another, causing the loss of close to 500 jobs.

More bad economic news for upstate: WYNIT Distribution, which has been in the Syracuse area since its founding in 1987, plans to move its headquarters and 68 jobs to Greenville, S.C., next year.

ALBANY — With elections over, a coalition of business groups announced its united opposition to a proposed minimum wage increase they say will cause job losses upstate at a time when more of its factories are closing.

Government jobs pay more than other jobs if you live upstate.

Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat who frequently claims to have «invested more in upstate New York than any governor in history,» was perhaps Dr. Kaloyeros's most ambitious partner yet, with plans to sprinkle Kaloyeros dust on Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester and other areas in desperate need of new jobs.

Although upstate regions continue to struggle, New York State had more jobs last year than at any time since the Great Recession, according to a new report on employment published Monday by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Cuomo says his administration will try to do a better job of linking upstate producers of alcoholic beverages with the lucrative New York City market, and will promote more tourism links.

The Start - Up NY program — which offered 10 years of freedom from income, business and other taxes to companies that sought to begin a business on a college campus — initially was a centerpiece of Cuomo's big plans for more jobs in upstate New York.

Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy, who has emerged as the leading defender of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's mandate relief proposals for struggling upstate cities, told Alan Chartock in an interview to air Friday that he would more than pleased with the pension smoothing proposal if he held his old job as the mayor of Rochester.

Sixteen years after promising 200,000 new upstate jobs during her first run for the U.S. Senate from New York — a promise she didn't come close to fulfilling — Clinton unveiled an analysis saying her economic plan would bring more than 640,000 new jobs to New York State, compared with 209,000 jobs that she said would be lost under Trump.

creating more non-productive Government jobs to boos jobs numbers is nothing more than shuffling the deck chairs on the sinking upstate NY Titanic

But like many upstate residents, Gravitt wants results from the enormous investment, including more training for real jobs — not pipe dreams.

Upstate is left out — it's thousands of jobs, it's more tourism, it's cost - savings — it's unfair to leave out upstate because remember: upstate matters.

A pledge of new investment from its parent company and news of a newly secured military contract have workers at Remington Arms a little more optimistic their jobs will be staying in upstate New York.

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.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- New York state had more jobs last year than at any time since the Great Recession, though upstate regions continue to struggle, according to a new report on employment published Monday by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Once heralded by the governor as a transformative way to bring down energy costs for consumers while increasing jobs at upstate power producers, the plan announced more than three years ago has produced little progress on a core initiative: a nearly $ 1 billion project to run AC transmission lines around Utica or the Catskills and down the Hudson Valley to meet downstate's growing power needs.

Poloncarz noted that Buffalo has added about 5,300 private sector jobs over the past year — more than any other upstate region — and that's not counting the Buffalo Billion, which isn't expected to generate jobs for another two years.

A quirk in the newly enacted minimum wage increase could mean that in upstate New York by the early 2020's, fast food workers could be paid significantly more than other low wage jobs, like being a home health care worker or a cashier in a grocery store.

If we had an 85 percent graduation rate and we were inching up toward 90 percent, if we didn't have the worst SAT scores among 50 upstate school districts, if we didn't have a Syracuse Teachers Union survey — the results of which revealed that 300 teachers reported being assaulted on the job and more than half feel threatened on the job, and 21 percent of their new teachers teaching from zero to five years leave in addition to more seasoned veteran teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not in that category.

Cuomo said he believes the ride - sharing services could create thousands of jobs, cut down on drunken driving and even boost tourism and attract more business and gatherings to upstate New York.

Percoco served as the governor's executive secretary, he is accused of taking more than $ 600,000 in bribes from an energy company that needed state approval to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley and an upstate developer that received several state contracts, as well as getting a job at the energy company for his wife.

But Cuomo spoke for more than an hour — starting with his jobs and economic development initiatives and laying out ideas on education, energy and upstate tourism — before getting into the meat of his gun - control proposals.

If more factory jobs open in eastern Brooklyn rather than upstate New York, Smitherman argued, it would help boost a stagnant local economy.