Sentences with phrase «other upstate»

The economic - development chief said he has a team looking at how to change the governance structure over SolarCity and the other upstate projects.

Erie County joins other upstate counties, including Niagara, Monroe, Allegany, Chautauqua and Onondaga counties that have accredited jails.

The attorney is assigned to look into the Buffalo Billion program and other upstate economic development initiatives that have fallen into the crosshairs of federal prosecutors, according to Schwartz's contract with the Executive Chamber released on Friday.

She then hosted a listening session at Fort Drum with officials from the Pentagon and three other upstate New York members of Congress.

She says 50 % of children in Syracuse and Rochester live in poverty, with the other upstate cities not far behind.

Possibly as soon as July 4, ride - hailing services including Uber and Lyft are expected to be available in Buffalo and other upstate communities.

Bill Clinton was stumping in Albany, Syracuse and other upstate cities this past week.

Brooks says the county provides the amount of money mandated by the state, and she says Monroe County is spending more than other upstate counties on those subsidies.

And Griffo, like members of the Business Council of New York State and other upstate lawmakers, expressed fear that taking on the money - losing Canal Corp. could hinder the Power Authority's ability to keep generating low - cost electricity.

Miner said the city's fiscal problems are similar to what other upstate municipalities face.

But they sought to make clear there had been no mistakes made prior to their vote last year, and that there would be no thought given to allowing any other upstate casinos.

Guidepost Solutions was retained by Gov. Cuomo last year to probe the «Buffalo Billion» and other upstate projects.

A two - year budget bill passed in February calls for an additional $ 4 billion in building improvements at veterans health facilities in the 2019 fiscal year, too, thereby doubling the chance that the improvements in Buffalo and at other upstate VA facilities will take place soon, said Schumer, a New York Democrat.

Cuomo was also asked about the federal investigation into the Buffalo Billion initiative and other upstate development deals, and whether members of his administration had been contacted.

That's the type of potential economic impact that the Cuomo administration sees in other upstate areas, which it is now showering with money — despite the fact that they have no signed tenants.

Since that December day in 2012, when he and Cuomo administration officials described to a reporter the role that Albany Molecular Research Inc. would play in anchoring the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, SUNY Poly has continued to be a partner in other upstate technology initiatives, including the new $ 600 million photonics research initiative announced earlier this summer in Rochester and the plans for a $ 2 billion analog chip fabrication facility at SUNY's Poly Marcy Nanocenter complex in Utica.

Washington County's decision means they join several other upstate counties — including Warren County — who passed similar resolutions.

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.

The two ride - hailing services are now prohibited from operating outside the New York City area and have long wanted state permission to move into Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester and other upstate cities.

With $ 9 billion in investment by GlobalFoundries at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in Malta already in its hands, the Cuomo administration has been quietly planting the seeds for similar investments in other upstate regions.

The unemployment rate also compares favorably with those in most other upstate cities, with only Glens Falls, at 5.3 percent, and Ithaca, at 4.8 percent, posting lower rates than the Capital Region.

Albany receives far less per capita in state aid than other upstate cities with similar social and economic problems, city officials have argued.

After criminal charges against Kaloyeros and Percoco were unsealed in September, Cuomo declared the Utica fab — and SUNY Poly's other upstate projects — would be transferred to the Empire State Development corporation.

Other upstate cities have similarly lost residents over the past four years: Rochester decreased by 0.28 percent to 209,983; Syracuse fell 0.62 percent to 144,263; Binghamton decreased 2.27 percent to 46,299; Utica fell 0.68 percent to 61,332; and Poughkeepsie decreased 6.79 percent to 30,513.

While Cuomo has seized upon every hiccup at the Indian Point nuclear plant downstate to amplify his calls for its closure, he has touted the benefits of the FitzPatrick plant and other upstate nuclear power generation.

He says several other upstate cities already have new stations.

A «jobs tour» will include similar events in other upstate cities.

The Capital Region will compete against six other upstate councils (not including Buffalo Billion recipient Western New York) for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's latest competition, which will coincide with the fifth iteration of his annual Regional Economic Development Council awards.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's probe involves the Buffalo Billion project and other upstate economic development programs.

The parents and children in Utica and seven other upstate school districts involved in the so - called «Small Cities Lawsuit» say their fight for obtaining more education funding is not done yet.

He and six other upstate members of Congress, including Dan Maffei, Bill Owens and Tom Reed, signed a letter to the assistant secretary of labor for OSHA asking for consideration.

State government, which keeps track of such things, ranks Ulster County lower in its proportion of land in farms than most other upstate counties.

Other the upstate women mayors — Albany's Kathy Sheehan and Rochester's Lovely Warren — did easily cruise to re-election, both of them netting a second, four - year term.

Felony bid - rigging charges filed Sept. 22 against SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros, lobbyist Todd Howe and developers in other upstate cities have brought a new round of scrutiny to the college's shadowy contracting practices as Cuomo's administration scrambles to reconfigure who oversees the state's major economic development projects.

Cuomo told The Buffalo News the city is deserving because it has «unique needs,» and he recognized there would be the inevitable complaints from other upstate communities.

He plans to replicate the «Buffalo Billion» economic development initiative in other upstate cities through the creation of the Upstate Revitalization Fund.

Making good on his promise to step up where the federal government refused aid, Cuomo announced $ 16 million in assistance to flood - stricken individuals in the Mohawk Valley and other upstate counties battered by recent storms.

In May, Reed and other upstate Republicans voted for the House's version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The state budget office on Tuesday provided a chart that suggested the state aid Albany receives as Aid to Municipalities (AIM) funds, plus the $ 15 million it receives in payment for Empire State Plaza being off the tax rolls, and the additional $ 12 million it received in the budget deal brings Albany more in line with other upstate cities.

For months, the spokesman for the state Gaming Commission had repeatedly indicated that the license for Montreign and two other upstate casinos would be issued by Dec. 31.

Miller said the other upstate nuclear power plants, Nine Mile Point facility in Oswego County and Ginna in nearby Rochester, performed similarly.

News that the wells contain PFOA, a cancer - causing substance produced by factories that made Teflon, came at a time when the town seemed poised to join the revival that has taken place in other upstate towns in and around the Hudson Valley.

As the mayor has pointed out many times before, other upstate cities get much more funding, a problem exacerbated by the fact that a majority of property in Albany is tax - exempt.

«The planned upgrades of our Niagara Power Vista and two other upstate visitors centers are the latest examples of the importance that the Power Authority places on being an integral member of the communities where our hydroelectric plants are located,» said John R. Koelmel, NYPA chairman.

Other upstate regions that performed well were Central New York, the Southern Tier and the Mohawk Valley, all with annual increases exceeding 4 percent.

In the meantime, ride - hailing companies will be in Buffalo and other upstate communities promoting their arrival and making residents aware of the official launch.

In May, he and other upstate Republicans voted for the House's version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The other upstate casinos under development are Rivers in Schenectady; del Lago in Tyre between Rochester and Syracuse; and Tioga Downs in the Southern Tier community of Nichols.

Investigators from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office are examining an iPhone belonging to Alain Kaloyeros, the president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute and a key figure in the federal probe of the Buffalo Billion and other upstate economic development projects.

Two percent is from the New York City area, 5 percent from other upstate communities, and 3 percent from out of state, including the Washington, D.C., region.