Sentences with phrase «name of economic development»

In the name of economic development, the political powers are instituting technological apparatus to suppress the people to prevent their participation and to control and manipulate their consciousness and opinion on the political matters.

«It's just another sad chapter in the ongoing saga of the Legislature's failure to exert any control over this ongoing waste in the name of economic development,» said E.J. McMahon, executive director of the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank.

The billions Cuomo has showered on friends and supporters in the name of economic development will begin to produce a few jobs upstate.

It also offers clues to why characters like Gov. Cuomo's recently convicted top aide, Joe Percoco, and indicted former SUNY Polytechnic boss Alain Kaloyeros felt free to engage in dubious dealings in the name of economic development.

New York is spending more than ever in the name of economic development — $ 8.6 billion last fiscal year alone, according to an estimate by the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonpartisan group that tracks state spending.

These important gains should not be sacrificed in the name of economic development.