Sentences with phrase «signature economic initiative»

Miner is erecting barriers to a project that was the signature economic initiative of her first term, a project she executed after years of failure by previous mayors.

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The Portland Oregonian reported that United Methodist leaders abandoned an attempt to gather signatures for a referendum on video poker because the proposed initiative could have forced tribes to give up their lucrative video games, and the tribes claimed that this was unfair to Native Americans struggling for economic growth.

Federal investigators subpoenaed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's «executive chamber,» the term for his office, seeking records and other materials related to the governor's economic - development issues, especially the «Buffalo Billion,» a signature Cuomo initiative to encourage the development of hi - tech firms in the Buffalo area.

While job promises still have to be realized, the governor touts his signature economic development initiative, launched in 2013, as a success nearly every time he visits Western New York.

Then the prosecutor took direct aim at Cuomo's signature «Buffalo Billion» economic - development project — and seems to have extended that probe to the multibillion - dollar SUNY Poly nanotech initiative, which dates to the Mario Cuomo administration.

Bharara's public - corruption indictment of the governor's erstwhile alter ego, Joseph Percoco, was not only a personal humiliation; it also underscored the all - but - fatal fissures in Cuomo's signature upstate economic development initiatives.

While Cuomo is not accused of wrongdoing and isn't expected to testify, the charges against Percoco have damaged both his image as a reformer and one of his signature policy initiatives, the investment of billions of dollars in public money in to upstate economic development programs.

And in June, the two Syracuse defendants, real - estate developers from Buffalo, and former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros will stand trial on corruption allegations related to the Buffalo Billion, one of the governor's signature economic development initiatives.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced $ 10 million from his signature economic development initiative to help several cities near Buffalo as part of the Buffalo Billion II North Tonawanda, Dunkirk, Gowanda and Lackawanna will each get $ 2.5 million to...

Starting with the Buffalo Billion and now Phase II of the governor's signature economic development initiative, the state has made Western New York a priority for roughly the past half a decade.

That's just a sample of the hundreds of projects funded by one of Cuomo's signature economic development initiatives, a system of 10 regional councils that develop plans based on regional strengths and compete for state funding — more than $ 4 billion so far.

Acting under the auspices of the Cuomo - controlled SUNY system, Kaloyeros ran the governor's signature economic development initiatives through several semi-private companies, including the Fort Schuyler Management Corporation.

This program, a signature Cuomo economic development initiative dating from 2011, has a track record, but just try getting an honest count of jobs created out of either the REDC or its enabler in Albany, Empire State Development.

Bharara's office is still looking into Cuomo's signature «Buffalo Billion» upstate economic development initiative to see if there was any bid - rigging.

He panned Cuomo's economic development strategy and one of his signature initiatives, the regional councils, that develop plans for investing millions of state funds to support projects across New York.

By «a lot of issues» Cuomo seems to have meant the debacle unfolding from his signature economic development initiatives.

Bart M. Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor, is to conduct the review; it involves the Buffalo Billion, a signature Cuomo administration program meant to revitalize that long - suffering city, and other elements of the governor's nanotech initiative, on which he has hinged much of his upstate economic policy.

Putting aside the emergency measures responding to the economic crisis, Obama's signature initiatives have been a health - care bill modeled on Mitt Romney's and a cap - and - trade bill modeled on George Bush Sr.'s.