Sentences with phrase «says upstate residents»

But the state's junior Democratic senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, says upstate residents and businesses are at risk too.

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Reps. John Faso and Claudia Tenney — two upstate Republicans elected last year — said on Thursday they were also concerned with the impact on New York residents of eliminating deductions.

«The last thing upstate's economy, its employers or its residents can endure are any additions to our already suffocating tax climate,» said Greg Biryla, executive director of the economic advocacy group Unshackle Upstate.

Parment agreed with his fellow upstate residents, saying that hydrofracking could lead to energy independence for the country at a rate not seen since the Second World War.

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.)

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.

«Look, it's job creation, it's about the quality of residents and existing businesses and visitors for upstate New York and I believe a lot of my colleagues will work together to come up with the right framework for consumer protection and making sure the companies are held responsible,» said Sen. George Amedore, a Republican who represents a district west and south of Albany.

The results are drawing mixed reactions from upstate residents, most of whom said they were unaffected by the revitalization programs.

A company executive on Tuesday called on state lawmakers to pass regulations allowing Uber to expand throughout the state, saying the move could create thousands of jobs and provide a new alternative to millions of upstate residents.

Most recently, it came under scrutiny for what residents in upstate Hoosick Falls said was a delayed response in alerting them about elevated levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, an unregulated chemical used to make Teflon products, in their water.

«I urge leaders in Albany to convene hearings so that we can examine how officials at all levels of government have responded to contaminated drinking water in upstate communities and what must be done to restore access to clean water for residents in those communities,» she said in a statement.