Sentences with phrase «regional economic development official»

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul in a Capital Tonight interview Tuesday defended the state's response to allegations of sexual harassment leveled against Sam Hoyt, a former regional economic development official who reportedly paid a $ 50,000 settlement to a woman accusing him of improper behavior.

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness on Monday announced they are collaborating with other state and regional economic development officials to submit a proposal to Amazon.

Not exact matches

Striving for something more formal than the current system — in which individual companies negotiate with state Empire State Development Corporation officials — Cuomo said each of the 10 regional economic councils will develop a comprehensive plan and submit it to the state by November.

Cuomo, meanwhile, touted on Wednesday the regional economic development plans, which he framed as an effort to give more control to local officials, even as the awards themselves are determined by the state.

No local officials hesitated when the governor offered Buffalo $ 1 billion, said Howard Zemsky, a developer who chairs the governor's regional economic development council for Western New York.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the success of the state's sixth regional sustainability conference, which brought together community development experts, local elected officials and business leaders to share successful economic growth strategies in the Finger Lakes Region.

An Oneida spokesman said tribe officials have reached out several times seeking meetings with high - level members of the Cuomo administration, and also asked to be included on one of the regional economic development councils, but have yet to receive a response.

«SUNY Poly's narrowly focused on some very high - profile tech projects, but for someone to say economic development, broadly speaking, has been turned over to to someone at SUNY Poly is just incorrect,» Mr. Zemsky said, citing the governor's efforts to involve regional officials in economic planning and to spread state funds across thousands of smaller economic development projects.

ROCHESTER - An official in local and regional economic development will be leaving for a job in Rochester.

Administration officials have said that contracts are vetted by various agencies, including the attorney general's office, the comptroller, federal transportation officials and regional economic development councils that Cuomo created to involve local officials and business leaders.

Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, a Democrat from Buffalo who chairs his chamber's economic development committee, supported the funding for Western New York but has been pushing other reforms, including a measure that would require members of the regional councils to formally file financial disclosure forms currently required of lawmakers and other officials.

While it's unclear whether UAlbany's East Greenbush campus would be considered for the new Wadsworth lab if funding were approved, officials there have envisioned developing the campus into a biosciences hub that would drive regional economic development.

Still, the change in Penn Yan has been significant enough to attract the attention of regional leaders, who recently asked local officials to share their experiences at a meeting of the New York State Economic Development Councils in Albany.

ESD president Howard Zemsky said recently that it makes decisions about which projects to fund based on discussions with local officials and the regional economic development councils.

The 10 regional councils, made up of local officials, business executives and representatives from colleges and universities, compete to win state funding for their economic development plans.

ALBANY — New York City's regional economic development council is entering a fourth competition for state funding with no designated chairs, people on the council said, leaving state officials to steer the ship as a key deadline for applications approaches.