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Mayor Richards says Rochester has the lowest per capita rate of any upstate city for the state's aid to municipalities fund, which results in the city paying more for its schools than Buffalo, even though there are fewer students.

Not exact matches

In the summer of 2012, Efrem Weiss, the CEO of YouGift, a social - media site for gift giving, relocated his startup team from New York City to upstate New York to join a three - month accelerator program.

Platzer was running a kitchen in upstate Pennsylvania when on one of his trips home was given an opportunity for a job in the soon - to - open Atlantic City Casino industry.

Visit the stand to gather supplies for a barbecue, picnic, or a roadside snack, and make sure to grab extra to take back to the city with you: our favorite kind of upstate memento.

The city of Buffalo assesses the least expensive fines for parking tickets of any major city in upstate New York.

The hope for Senate Republicans in part is that a unified Senate Democratic conference could help pull the chamber toward the New York City center of power, diluting upstate lawmakers» influence (it's worth noting that Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the Democratic leader, is from a suburban district, not New York City.

The measure comes after Gov. Andrew Cuomo has traveled the state to call for a reduction in gang violence through the addition of State Police personnel in Suffolk County and a handful of upstate cities, including Albany and Rochester.

While New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg went out of his way to offer support to the governor and for his budget plan, Mayors of upstate cities, including Rochester Mayor Tom Richards, begged for a bail out.

The need for a study arose after the county began examining New York City's plan to reopen 23 of its shuttered Queens wells that dip into the aquifer system under geographic Long Island during its upstate aqueduct - repair project, Martins said.

«It's a real head - scratcher» as to why Republicans backed the legislation, which also included an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, the re-approval of local sales tax measures and several other measures aimed at upstate communities for flood relief.

Sen. Jim Seward, the Republican sponsor of the bill, had previously indicated this week he would want to see a vote on his version of the legislation, if anything to show a statement of support for allowing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in upstate cities.

When The New York Times Magazine asked Nixon the often - debated question of where upstate begins, the Democratic candidate cited Ithaca — about a four - hour drive from New York City and far beyond most commonly cited borders for the start of upstate.

The Comptroller's report documented these findings for New York City, while the report from the Fiscal Policy Institute notes the impact of these benefits across upstate New York.

Today, Governor Cuomo laid out an economic development plan for the City of Syracuse that invested in nano and UAS technology while bolstering upstate airport infrastructure.

A majority of New York City residents, suburbanites and upstate dwellers, as well a large swath of voters across all age groups, races and religions showed support for the initiative.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and education groups are seeking at least $ 125 million in the coming state budget for pre-K in each of the next two years to further expand the program to the city's suburbs and upstate.

Senate Republicans earlier this year were persuaded to return to Albany for an extraordinary session of the Legislature to extend mayoral control of New York City schools, which included a menu of upstate issues.

In February, for example, the Siena Research institute asked voters whether lawmakers should get a pay raise if they enacted ethics reforms; New York City residents said yes by a 50 percent to 48 percent margin, while only 34 percent of upstate residents agreed.)

Other Democrats took shots at the education portion of the bill, which shifted the regional tallies for charter schools between upstate and New York City, and offered up $ 250 million for private schools in prior - year reimbursements.

It renewed rent regulations for over a million apartments in New York City, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another yCity, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another yCity mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another ycity schools for another year.

The issues that were to be considered in December's special session are likely to become priorities again, with upstate cities clamoring for ride - hailing services and Mr. Cuomo eager to establish reforms to address scandals at the City University of New York, the State University of New York and his own office.

Former New York City Mayor Edward Koch embarked on a three - city tour of western and upstate New York to enlist support for reform of state governmCity Mayor Edward Koch embarked on a three - city tour of western and upstate New York to enlist support for reform of state governmcity tour of western and upstate New York to enlist support for reform of state government.

For the first time since 1982, when he lost a Democratic primary for governor after describing the lifestyle of upstate New Yorkers as «sterile,» the irrepressible elder of New York City politics was back in BuffaFor the first time since 1982, when he lost a Democratic primary for governor after describing the lifestyle of upstate New Yorkers as «sterile,» the irrepressible elder of New York City politics was back in Buffafor governor after describing the lifestyle of upstate New Yorkers as «sterile,» the irrepressible elder of New York City politics was back in Buffalo.

If there is no casino planned for the New York City area, and only ones upstate, voters downstate might not be in favor of the amendment, or simply be uninterested in the matter and skip the proposal altogether.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited three upstate cities Wednesday to unveil a plan that calls for the creation of tax - free zones for new businesses on college campuses in New York.

After a career in law enforcement in New York City, where she fought corruption and trained others in crisis and conflict management, Joyce St. George moved to the Catskills region of upstate New York, where she has lived for the last 30 years.

If he believes that the state's tax structure is a job - killer and one of the chief reasons why upstate New York remains mired in a permanent recession, he ought to ask for broader tax cuts, including a decrease in the state's personal income tax rate, which tops out at nearly 9 percent (that does not include the additional tax burden placed on city residents, who pay up to 3.8 percent in personal income taxes.)

Governor Cuomo speaks in Albany at first event of three - city upstate bus tour, campaigning for his Women's Equality agenda

Tensions between upstate state senators and the mayor of New York City were highlighted during a budget hearing on aid to local governments in Albany when lawmakers questioned the mayor for more than five hours.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio helped raise funds for upstate races, giving Tkaczyk a lift (and later facing scrutiny over alleged violations of campaign finance laws).

The Thompson campaign has pointed out throughout the city comptroller's run for mayor that he has worked hard on environmental efforts, including attempting to stop natural gas drilling within or near the city's upstate watershed, which provides drinking water to the city's residents; calling for the preservation of wildlife space in the Ridgewood Reservoir; and issuing a report documenting the impact of airport congestion at the city's three major airports; and the rise in airport runoff, especially the flow from Kennedy Airport into marshes in Jamaica Bay.

And nothing underscores the latter more dramatically than last week's news from the US Census Bureau: Out - migration from New York, virtually all of it from upstate, outpaced immigration, virtually all of it to New York City, for the first time since Cuomo became governor.

The Syracuse mayor made a name for herself in political circles for being the Democrat brave enough to criticize Cuomo's policies and lack of attention to financially troubled (non-Buffalo) upstate cities, despite the fact that she was serving as his hand - picked state Democratic party co-chair.

«It's the reason Rochester and Monroe County are leading the state in private sector job growth, doubling the rate of expansion in New York City and Buffalo, and accounting for half of all job growth in upstate New York.»

Our analysis uses the same method: We define upstate as everything north of New York City except for Westchester County.

The campaign calls on Governor Cuomo and State Legislature for equal funding between the MTA for New York City and the state Department of Transportation upstate in next year's budget.

«Once MMA is legalized in New York and properly regulated by the State Athletic Commission, UFC plans to hold a minimum of 4 events per year for the next three years, with more than half of those events taking place in cities across upstate New York.»

But in this recent round of highway removals and transformations, you can see the kernel of a new economic development paradigm — for upstate cities especially.

The money was sent to the state in the wake of damaging storms Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Lee and meant to conduct a tourism campaign for the affected areas, which included swaths of both upstate New York and the New York City metropolitan area.

It also includes dairy farms and university cities, and in nonpresidential elections it leans Republican: 43 of 51 upstate counties voted for the Republican challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo two years ago, driven partly by opposition to tough new state gun restrictions he championed after the Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown, Conn..

«When we learned about struggling upstate power generators at a time when downstate was starving for electricity, we were astonished to find that NY was considering a 350 mile extension cord from Quebec to NY City that denies any NYS power generator an opportunity to compete,» said Ted Skerpon, President of IBEW Local 97 and Chair of the 15,000 member NYS IBEW Utility Labor Council.

Senator Daniel Squadron also took the opportunity to point the finger at Senate Republicans on rent reform, saying the conference of mostly upstate and suburban members shouldn't be calling the shots for an issue centered around residents in New York City.

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

Meanwhile, Lyft released an economic impact study of their service's potential for upstate New York cities.

Even though their ridership is nowhere near the Big Apple's, upstate New York's largest public transit face many of the same challenges their big - city counterparts at the MTA deal with on a regular basis, including aging infrastructure and increased demand for service.

In the wake of the deal for the New York City - based transit system, Gov. Andrew Cuomo now faces a rallying cry from upstate and Long Island: parity.

It has been speculated for some time that Cuomo would force Miner out of her political position, thanks to her criticisms of key elements of his agenda — especially where financially ailing upstate cities are concerned.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and a coalition of construction advocacy organizations on Thursday called for the state to boost spending for infrastructure projects, especially in upstate cities that have struggled to keep up with needed repairs.

The program began in 2005 with a goal of addressing crime in 17 upstate and Long Island jurisdictions which together account for 80 percent of the state's crime outside of New York City.

«For too long, too many of our City's young people have been shunted off upstate — hundreds of miles from family, school and community and far from the support they need to get back on course,» Bloomberg and Sharpton said.