Sentences with phrase «upstate cities with»

Albany receives far less per capita in state aid than other upstate cities with similar social and economic problems, city officials have argued.

Not exact matches

Visit the stand to gather supplies for a barbecue, picnic, or a roadside snack, and make sure to grab extra to take back to the city with you: our favorite kind of upstate memento.

Senate Republicans were divided over whether to back the minimum wage increase, which hikes the pay floor to $ 15 in New York city and the suburbs and to $ 12.50 upstate, with future increases tied to an economic analysis.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has embarked on an unprecedented campaign to put the stamp of the State Police on New York City, rerouting troopers to city airports and toll plazas from upstate areas that rely on them and bewildering some of the officials charged with carrying out his ordCity, rerouting troopers to city airports and toll plazas from upstate areas that rely on them and bewildering some of the officials charged with carrying out his ordcity airports and toll plazas from upstate areas that rely on them and bewildering some of the officials charged with carrying out his orders.

A version of the Senate's anti-sanctuary city bill has already been approved last year, with votes from moderate mainline Democratic lawmakers, including Sens. Todd Kaminsky, George Latimer, Kevin Parker and Tim Kennedy (Democrats from upstate and suburban districts in the Assembly opposed the sanctuary state bill).

Heastie, meanwhile, insisted lawmakers were working to conclude the session on a productive note, with a number of outstanding issues on the table ranging from expanding ride - hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to upstate New York as well as mayoral control of schools in New York City.

But state Republican Chairman Ed Cox said the race will be a referendum on Cuomo, and said persistent problems with the New York City subways, uneven economic recovery in upstate areas and ongoing corruption trials involving Cuomo's close confidants are all working in the GOP's favor.

Business owners say that a session that saw the minimum wage increase, to eventually $ 15 an hour in New York City and $ 12.50 upstate, along with a phased - in partial paid family leave, will be costly to smaller employers who operate on the edge in a shaky economy.

While he has had success combining tea party anger with the upstate resentment of New York City, his campaign had to apologize after the revelation that he forwarded racist and sexually explicit e-mails to dozens of associates.

King recently expressed extreme frustration with the teachers union and school administrators in several large cities downstate and upstate, over what he said was a failure to come up with a teacher evaluation plan by a December 31 deadline, to meet requirements for the federal Race to the Top grant awards.

Heastie has a history of allying with Democrats from New York City, particularly his colleagues from the Bronx, and opposing requests from local government entities upstate.

In late December, the state's education commissioner froze some of the state's $ 700 million dollars in Race to the Top grants, saying some schools, including in New York City and several upstate cities, had not complied with the teacher evaluation requirements.

Business owners say that a session that saw the minimum wage increase to eventually $ 15 in New York City and $ 12.50 upstate, along with a phased - in partially paid family leave, will be costly to smaller employers who operate on the edge in a shaky economy.

The latest version had a three - tiered phase - in, with New York City hitting the mark first in three years, Long Island and Westchester County after six and upstate after about eight years, according to rank - and - file legislators.

In the past, the city's efforts to close state facilities have been met with resistance from lawmakers trying to protect jobs upstate.

Service will be offered by OneJet, with twice - daily flights to and from the upstate cities in the morning and evening.

«Again, New York City is critical in this effort as it is the largest population center for upstate tourism travel and the place most visited with over $ 50 million [sic] tourists per year.»

«Simple math tells you that 29 out of 63 is not a majority,» said Senator Rich Funke, an upstate Republican, who also called Mr. Cuomo's announcement «worst deal to take place in New York City since the Yankees» 10 - year deal with A-Rod.»

The capital city of Albany here in upstate New York has been bubbling harder than a still with a bumper crop of corn.

The issues that were to be considered in December's special session are likely to become priorities again, with upstate cities clamoring for ride - hailing services and Mr. Cuomo eager to establish reforms to address scandals at the City University of New York, the State University of New York and his own office.

The Democrat ratcheted up long - running conflicts with Mayor Bill de Blasio, the National Rifle Association, the federal government and upstate GOP Rep. John Faso — and initiated a bizarre new dispute with City Council Speaker Corey Johnson.

It also allocates $ 303 million to complete a new tunnel linking New York City to its upstate drinking water reservoirs, $ 571 million for bridge maintenance and repair, $ 1 billion for roof repairs at the New York City Housing Authority, $ 478 million to bring more public ramps into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, $ 5.2 million for bullet - proof window inserts on NYPD patrol cars and $ 275 million to upgrade a police shooting range in the Bronx.

Another focus is Alain Kaloyeros, founding president and chief executive officer of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which he began under the current governor's father, former Governor Mario Cuomo, and which has been credited with spurring the high tech industry in Albany and other upstate cities.

Most of the support comes from the New York City region, with more upstate voters against the gun control provisions.

Raj, a bald smooth - talking public corruption hunter, was teamed with an unlikely partner, an upstate Orthodox Jew known as «Mo,» who was already well known in the New York City and Rockland County political scene.

Cuomo also said he didn't initially want the program to include New York City and Long Island because «their economy has been doing well» compared with depressed upstate.

Regionally, more voters in the suburbs of New York City — 68 % — approve of Mr. Cuomo's tactics compared with those in New York City and upstate.

Filling the budget holes of upstate cities can't be done with such legerdemain.

«Once MMA is legalized in New York and properly regulated by the State Athletic Commission, UFC plans to hold a minimum of 4 events per year for the next three years, with more than half of those events taking place in cities across upstate New York.»

The backing of the wage floor on the federal level comes after New York's state budget in April approved a measure to increase the state's minimum wage in New York City and the suburban counties to $ 15 over the next several years (upstate hits $ 12.50 and is then subject to an economic formula with the goal of eventually hitting $ 15).

Meanwhile, a majority of upstate voters support the ban, 56 percent to 20 percent, with a similar margin in New York City, the poll found.

Brindisi will be right at home raising campaign cash with Cuomo and elite liberal millionaires from New York City who have more in common with Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco than the people of upstate New York,» said Raychel Renna, Tenney's campaign manager.

So you have no problems with upstate TEAPub Senators making DeBlasio and NYC into the bogeyman at campaign time while taking huge piles of NY City real estate / developer money to assure they screw over renters in the five boroughs?

The latest filings with the state Board of Elections show the independent expenditure committee backed by New York City landlords has spent $ 323,782 on key upstate Senate races.

But the UFC has over the years funded a campaign and lobbying effort to bring the sport to the New York City and upstate markets, with the company planning an event later this year at Madison Square Garden.

The current minimum wage of $ 9, which was adjusted on Jan. 1 following a phase - in that began with a 2013 agreement, doesn't help most New Yorkers cover basic costs even in upstate cities like Buffalo, they write.

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.

Even though their ridership is nowhere near the Big Apple's, upstate New York's largest public transit face many of the same challenges their big - city counterparts at the MTA deal with on a regular basis, including aging infrastructure and increased demand for service.

There's a growing urban winemaking movement in New York City, with eight official wine producers in the five boroughs, though most make their wine in facilities upstate.

As New York City contends with a fraying subway system, focus is turned to upstate lawmakers in Albany, who are not as familiar with mass transit as their downstate counterparts.

He said after the news conference on the ethics deal that tying the cap to expire alongside rent control for New York City — effectively wedding a downstate concern with an upstate issue — won't hinder the passage.

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.

The program began in 2005 with a goal of addressing crime in 17 upstate and Long Island jurisdictions which together account for 80 percent of the state's crime outside of New York City.

But the complaint also offered an unflattering view of Mr. Cuomo's preferred method of upstate development, which combined Dr. Kaloyeros's vision of high - tech hubs in faded Erie Canal cities with the university's ability to initiate large construction projects with less oversight than state agencies.

The push for a tax cap seemed to come from two fronts: upstate lawmakers who were wondering why Mr. de Blasio didn't have to scrimp and save to stay under the property tax cap the way their towns do, and downstate politicians from parts of the city where homeowners say they are fed up with increasing property tax bills.

The project was unpopular with New York City Democrats, who referred to it as «Dewey's ditch» and the «enemy of schools», because the Thruway disproportionately benefited upstate.

The Utica project was merely one chunk of the multibillion - dollar investment with which the Cuomo administration has pledged to seed nanotechnology and high - tech industries in upstate cities starved for economic growth.

Rosenthal's city roots are a sore point with upstate farmers who've clashed with her on animal rights legislation.

That begins with allowing companies like Uber and Lyft to begin operations on upstate cities, where economies have sputtered for decades.