Sentences with phrase «rural upstate areas»

The first issue activists and mostly Republican legislators point to is the SAFE Act, the 2013 gun control bill that split voters and lawmakers from rural upstate areas from their brethren in New York City and its suburbs.

Those proposals include a $ 500 million investment in broadband Internet access in rural upstate areas, the creation of an infrastructure bank, using $ 500 million from the state's surplus to further provide incentives to local governments to consolidate and share services and the Global NY initiative, meant to promote overseas trade of state businesses.

Inmates are, generally, from urban downstate areas that elect Democrats but are incarcerated in rural upstate areas that elect Republicans.

Not exact matches

• Chuck Schumer has not been effective in creating good paying jobs especially in upstate New York or in addressing the depression level economy of many of our rural areas and western and northern tier areas of New York.

Maragos said Schumer has «not been effective in creating good - paying jobs especially in upstate New York or in addressing the depression - level economy of many of our rural areas and western and northern tier areas of New York.»

The idea that upstate New York is a «vast» bucolic region of rural space and «some towns» didn't sit well with upstate - based political reporters and elected officials, who (including yours truly) snarked in almost disbelief response that a former U.S. senator from New York could be so tone deaf about the region that yes, does include «vast, rural» areas, but also cities and suburban communities.

Teachout was able to run a stronger - than - expected turnout in rural and upstate areas based on in part an active environmental campaign opposed to hydrofracking and Cuomo's strained relationship with public workers unions.

The competitive primary season has driven the candidates to fight for delegates across New York City, its sprawling suburbs and rural areas upstate.

«As I travel throughout out State and talk to upstate New Yorkers, I have become even more aware of the drastic economic plight of the cities and rural areas of upstate,» Coffey said.

He is proposing to use $ 1.5 billion for an upstate economic development competition, send $ 1.3 billion to the Thruway Authority to defray the cost of the Tappan Zee replacement bridge and spend $ 500 million to develop high speed internet connections in rural areas.

While Clinton won out over Trump in Onondaga County in the primary elections, upstate and central New York had a more mixed voting record, according to Politico, with the rural areas providing much of the Republican support.

-- $ 400 million for health care capital projects in rural, upstate areas and to encourage mergers between small and large hospitals.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo continued the roll out of his 2015 agenda Tuesday with details of an infrastructure plan that includes upgrading New York City region airports to providing broadband for upstate rural areas.

Every year, between 400 and 600 New Yorkers contract Lyme disease, caused by bacteria in certain ticks, mostly by visiting rural areas upstate and in Connecticut, Bassett said.

In a statement, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D - Rochester) said the amendment is «a gimmick, and nothing more than pure political cover for wavering New York Republicans that know the Republican healthcare plan would devastate our state, especially upstate rural areas.»

The law has proven highly - controversial, especially in upstate and rural areas.

They are also growing in inner - ring suburbs and rural areas, from Montgomery County in suburban Washington, D.C., to Broome County, N.Y., in rural upstate New York.