Sentences with phrase «upstate jobs programs»
The bulk of his new proposals focus on upstate jobs programs and tourism, like innovation hot spots, developing three casinos upstate, and promoting New York produced products.
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«The mayor can't place a monitor on the governor's decrepit state prisons, or his failing upstate jobs programs, or on the water supply in Hoosick Falls,» de Blasio's press secretary Eric Phillips said.
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«Our visionary agenda also seeks to bring good - paying jobs upstate through the Made by New Yorkers program to keep manufacturing jobs here and showcase products made in this state.»
Ken Girardin: «START - UP NY lost almost as many new job commitments as it added during 2016, signaling the end may be near for the economic development program that Governor Andrew Cuomo once touted as «the greatest economic savior» for upstate New York.»
Couldn't you describe universal pre-K as a government jobs program that employs thousands of upstate New Yorkers?
I Love New York The Governor Saturday also announced a revival of the long - running «I Love New York» advertising program, which he says has created 100 - thousand jobs upstate.
In speeches upstate and in the New York City suburbs, Cuomo focused more on nuts - and - bolts job - creation programs, a new plan to reduce property taxes and building a biking and hiking greenway along the length and breadth of the state.
And then there's the upcoming trials of his former close aide and upstate development executives that could expose unseemly practices in the state's job - creating programs.
«Ensuring the integrity of the contracting process for this program is paramount, so that the Buffalo Billion and Nano program can continue creating new jobs and revitalizing upstate's economy.»
Cuomo is quietly rebranding his Start - Up New York program that has aimed at creating jobs in upstate, but has been attacked as a failure by the governor's critics.
Only one company in the Capital Region enrolled in Cuomo's highly publicized upstate economic revitalization program created double - digit jobs in 2015, while the other eight created five jobs or fewer, according to newly released state data.
«A gaming resort development program to grow jobs upstate was an initiative of Governor Cuomo's, and we will work with all elected officials who support the measure to educate voters about the referendum.»
«Ensuring the integrity of the contracting process for this program is paramount, so that the Buffalo Billion and Nano program can continue creating new jobs and revitalizing upstate's economy,» David said.
«Population decline (upstate), economic stagnancy, failed jobs programs, highest tax burden in the nation, broken transit system, emboldened culture of corruption, secret government & your closest aide convicted for selling the office all challenge this self aggrandizement,» he wrote.
Governor Andrew Cuomo is quietly rebranding his Start - Up New York program that has aimed at creating jobs in upstate New York but has been attacked as a failure by the governor's critics.
The Start - Up NY program — which offered 10 years of freedom from income, business and other taxes to companies that sought to begin a business on a college campus — initially was a centerpiece of Cuomo's big plans for more jobs in upstate New York.
The investigation found the state's substantial investment in the upstate economy has not yet generated many jobs and that economic development programs suffer from a lack of transparency and objective analysis to determine their effectiveness.
The Start - Up New York program, which Cuomo said would «supercharge» the upstate economy by creating tax - free zones for businesses locating near college campuses, has been widely criticised for meager job creation despite heavy state spending to promote it.
«The integrity of the state's upstate programs, which are working to help transform the upstate economy and create jobs, is paramount,» Azzopardi said in a statement.
Proponents argued that the program would save thousands of job upstate, both those directly employed at the facilities as well as those who operate nearby businesses.
The Buffalo Billion program is intended to infuse $ 1 billion into the upstate economy and create 14,000 jobs, but has become the focus of a corruption investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who has issued subpoenas to major entities involved.
Boyle was referring to the federal investigation surrounding Cuomo economic development programs under Empire State Development designed to create jobs upstate.