Sentences with phrase «struggling upstate cities»

Cuomo made appearances in Rochester and Buffalo to announce some high tech companies who have agreed to sign up for a tax free program for new or expanding companies in struggling upstate cities.

Cuomo made appearances in Rochester and Buffalo to announce some high tech companies that have agreed to sign up for a tax - free program for new or expanding companies in struggling upstate cities.

As a working teamster running for governor, I believe that state government ought to raise the living standards of working New Yorkers, especially in struggling upstate cities like Rochester and my home town of Syracuse.

Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy, who has emerged as the leading defender of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's mandate relief proposals for struggling upstate cities, told Alan Chartock in an interview to air Friday that he would more than pleased with the pension smoothing proposal if he held his old job as the mayor of Rochester.

For many struggling upstate cities, such contracts are a major expense, driving high property taxes.

By last month, when investigators subpoenaed Mr. Cuomo's office, the federal inquiry appeared to be focusing on the links between state officials and the sprawling investment New York has made, not only in Buffalo, but also in Syracuse and other struggling upstate cities.

Not exact matches

Public schools in the city of Yonkers will get an additional $ 25 million dollars in aid, but Cuomo had to abandon a last minute proposal to give an additional $ 75 million dollars to struggling upstate schools.

«When we learned about struggling upstate power generators at a time when downstate was starving for electricity, we were astonished to find that NY was considering a 350 mile extension cord from Quebec to NY City that denies any NYS power generator an opportunity to compete,» said Ted Skerpon, President of IBEW Local 97 and Chair of the 15,000 member NYS IBEW Utility Labor Council.

That's the general sense I got speaking with budget experts and financial watchdogs when it comes to struggling local governments and whether there are any parallels between the Motor City's bankruptcy and the troubles facing upstate cities like Rochester, Syracuse and Utica.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and a coalition of construction advocacy organizations on Thursday called for the state to boost spending for infrastructure projects, especially in upstate cities that have struggled to keep up with needed repairs.

They are upstate guys, from struggling former mill towns and diminished Rust Belt cities.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signaled he will join the discussion between the mayors of upstate New York's biggest cities on how to deal with their looming fiscal struggles.

Bob McCarthy notes that the Buffalo Billion was not only Cuomo's signature upstate economic development program, but also a potential vehicle for him to ride to higher office, arguing that he is capable of restoring struggling Rust Belt cities to their former glory.

Cuomo has been playing «Santa Claus» of sorts with grants awarded to revitalize struggling downtowns in small upstate cities.

The cap keeps taxes from rising as municipalities and school districts struggle with soaring pension costs, but the law doesn't cut property taxes, which Cuomo said Tuesday are «a crusher,» especially for homeowners in New York City's northern suburbs and upstate.

Republicans believe that coming corruption trials, continued service problems on New York City's subways and a struggling upstate economy give them an opening.