Sentences with phrase «upstate counties»

The provision takes the total available credit for filming in upstate counties to 40 percent, without altering the cost of the original credit program for taxpayers.

All but a handful of upstate counties have some form of public transit system, mostly buses.

The report from that weak sales tax receipts are a «credit negative» for upstate counties due to their dependence on the revenue for their operating budgets.

The three casinos represent the first phase of construction, which was aimed at upstate counties.

The $ 15 minimum wage is being phased in too slowly and it's unclear when it will cover upstate counties.

Residents in upstate counties, meanwhile, paid close to $ 8.4 billion in income taxes, or about 18 percent of the state total.

Malpass was endorsed last week by a slew of upstate county committees, including Wayne, Oneida and Essex.

He flatly predicted that Long, who has strong support from upstate county chairs and the backing of the state's Conservative Party, was not the best candidate to take on Gillibrand.

Making good on his promise to step up where the federal government refused aid, Cuomo announced $ 16 million in assistance to flood - stricken individuals in the Mohawk Valley and other upstate counties battered by recent storms.

And this was considered an impressive haul for the former law professor and corruption expert, who challenged New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary in 2014, winning many upstate counties in and around the 19th District.

DeFrancisco, a Syracuse Republican, has the backing of gun - rights advocates as well as large upstate county chairmen.

Sources say the leading plan would raise the current minimum wage of $ 9 per hour to $ 12.50 in upstate counties by 2021 followed by an economic study to determine whether the wage level should keep rising to an eventual cap of $ 15 per hour, possibly by 2023.

Collins said the move wasn't about exacting revenge on a political enemy and it was only to help struggling upstate counties with their portion of Medicaid costs.

And Erie is hardly the only upstate county where the fiscally and demographically absurd passes for near normal.

In 2014 many fracking opponents voted for Zephyr Teachout against Governor Cuomo in the Democratic primary, and Teachout won several upstate counties where fracking had been proposed.

But another contender, Gary Berntsen, has the support of four of the state GOP regional vice chairs and a number of upstate county chairs, too.

Police agencies on Long Island and in two dozen upstate counties issued 1,285 tickets and 1,416 warnings during a two - week pedestrian safety initiative earlier this summer, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said.

A number of upstate county executives, mayors and other officials over the weekend were ticked off that a Nixon campaign consultant defended the fledgling candidate's upstate cred by reportedly saying the actress recently stayed at a Skaneateles bed and breakfast, and took to Twitter to express their disappointment.

The proposed Senate maps also split several upstate counties into numerous districts, for example, Monroe County, which contains the City of Rochester, is split among four Senators, and St. Lawrence, Tompkins and Cayuga Counties are divided into three Senate districts The League of Women Voters called the new lines an «incumbency protection plan».

Brooks says the county provides the amount of money mandated by the state, and she says Monroe County is spending more than other upstate counties on those subsidies.

Police agencies on Long Island and in two dozen upstate counties issued 1,285 tickets and 1,416 warnings during a two - week pedestrian safety initiative earlier this summer.

The state investigation has focused on whether de Blasio or his aides violated state election law by funneling donations to Democratic candidates through upstate county committees during the party's ultimately unsuccessful attempt to control the State Senate.

As the largest upstate county in New York, I believe Erie County has a responsibility to make a statement on this issue and send a message downstate that this recommendation is worrisome and bad for the state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will today visit the three upstate counties selected for new casinos by the state's Gaming Facility Location Board.

Erie County's 254 arrests were the most among upstate counties.

An audit by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has found that hundreds of inmates in upstate county jails received more than $ 500,000 dollars in improper benefits.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office is looking into how money raised by de Blasio's team was funneled through several largely dormant upstate county committees to Senate Democratic candidates, including Tkaczyk, a tactic that potentially circumvented state contribution limits.

These included Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal's bill to add e-cigarettes to the state's indoor smoking ban, a proposal that would seal details of marijuana arrest records, and a bill that would expand film tax credits to more upstate counties.

WASHINGTON — A gargantuan tax cut for property taxpayers across upstate New York came one small step closer to reality Thursday as Senate Republicans revealed a health care reform bill that includes a provision that bars the state from charging upstate counties for a share of the cost of Medicaid.

«It was our intent to help upstate counties that had high unemployment and low median income,» Mr. Bonacic said.

Slowing sales tax revenue among upstate counties during the fourth quarter of 2013 is a sign the region's economy is stalling during the recovery, an analysis from Moody's on Tuesday found.

... But other issues — like the sales tax extensions for suburban and upstate counties set to expire in November — are highly likely to come up.

Five upstate counties already receive full funding for legal services from the state, the result of a lawsuit that state officials settled with the New York Civil Liberties Union in 2014.

Cuomo's popularity in upstate counties fell after the measure was approved.

Her BFF and crony, corrupt Chuck Schumer, has been as big a failure — and upstate county flybys won't hide that fact.»

He and Hochul made a strong showing there in the September primary, even as the governor did not do terribly well in other upstate counties against his opponent, Fordham Law School Prof. Zephyr Teachout.

And it is true that there is an additional 10 % film tax credit for certain upstate counties for qualified labor costs, not including Ulster or other Hudson Valley counties.

Some pro-Romney upstate county chairmen are so nervous that they've begun talking about sending an «uncommitted slate» of delegates to the GOP nominating convention if Gingrich wins Florida, in hope that a brokered convention would lead to the selection of a better candidate, a county chairman told The Post.

Flanked by good - government advocates County Executive Mike Hein on Wednesday, May 31 unveiled proposed legislation that would make Ulster the first upstate county to offer public matching funds for elections.

Many Republicans, the National Rifle Association and a host of upstate county legislatures are bent on repeal of the gun - reform bill, passed with great fanfare in January.

Cuomo's office in a joint statement with Senate leaders, including Republican Dean Skelos, touted the recent upstate jobs numbers that showed a 2 percentage - point drop in joblessness in upstate counties between December 2012 and December 2013.

De Blasio and his operatives made the decision — now under investigation — to heavily use upstate county party committees to raise money in 2014 for Senate Democrats only after they feared the governor was not prepared to spend what he promised, sources on all sides of the matter said.

It also includes dairy farms and university cities, and in nonpresidential elections it leans Republican: 43 of 51 upstate counties voted for the Republican challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo two years ago, driven partly by opposition to tough new state gun restrictions he championed after the Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown, Conn..

Flanagan's candidacy to succeed Skelos had been opposed by upstate county Republican chairmen as well gun - rights advocates, who had sought to mobilize around DeFrancisco.

«At least Collins is consistent in his glaring hypocrisy,» the editorial added, referencing Collins» proposed amendment that would have forced state taxpayers to pick up the tab that upstate counties now pay for a share of Medicaid costs.

She reports that some of the big checks that found their way into small upstate county political committees contained the words «donation per Mayor.»

An early test for the candidates came this month at the Democratic Rural Conference, where delegates from upstate counties conducted a straw poll for attorney general.

Onondaga County was not the only upstate county considering a raise for its top official in recent years.

Give upstate counties in New York relief from Medicaid payments: Lawmakers added a provision that would ban the federal government from reimbursing New York State for Medicaid funds raised by counties outside New York City.