Cuomo also spoke to reporters after his announcement alongside Howard Zemsky, the Empire State Development president tasked with
overseeing economic development spending, and Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney.
The good - government group Reinvent Albany on Monday issued a memorandum in opposition to a bill backed by Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein that would create a chief procurement officer to
oversee economic development spending.
Not exact matches
Chaired by Michael Horgan, the C.D. Howe Institute's Fiscal and Tax Competitiveness Council
oversees research and
development of policy recommendations to foster effective and efficient
spending and tax programs, and ensures that Canadian fiscal policy supports
economic dynamism and sustainable income growth.
Procurement reform in particular would have re-authorized Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to
oversee spending for major
economic development projects that use non-profit entities affiliated with SUNY as a pass through.
An effort in the past legislative session to reform how
economic development money is
spent, disclosed and
overseen fell short at the Capitol, but good - government and budget reform groups aren't giving up.
He also restated a plan to provide free tuition to students whose families earn less than $ 125,000 and wants to
spend another $ 750 million on
economic development through regional councils, which Senate Republicans have pledged to
oversee more closely in the coming months.