Sentences with phrase «week economic development spending»

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The back - and - forth came after DiNapoli issued a pair of reports this week critical of economic development spending and the agreed - upon state budget, questioning the transparency commitment in the Cuomo administration.

Lawyers representing six of the defendants have spent the past several weeks in a new letter - writing campaign to a federal judge seeking dismissal of the bid - rigging corruption charges leveled against individuals involved in several major upstate economic development programs, including the mega-construction project at Tesla's Riverbend site in South Buffalo.

State lawmakers want to see more oversight of economic development spending after the arrests of nine people last week in an alleged widespread scheme involving bid rigging and bribery within key projects designed to spur job creation upstate.

Cuomo spent a week in January rolling out his ambitious budget agenda, which contained plans for a new criminal justice system for teens who commit serious crimes, and a major upstate economic development program.

Cuomo for the last several days this week has toured the state to promote spending on a variety of projects and economic development efforts.

In his budget released last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed spending $ 30 million of state money on an economic development project in Onondaga County.

JAMESTOWN - Area residents wanting to offer input on how the city should spend a $ 10 million economic development grant will have one final opportunity to do so later this week.

ALBANY — Both houses of the Legislature will approve separate state budget plans this week permitting Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to spend $ 500 million on a new round of Buffalo Billion economic development programs in Western New York.

With just three weeks to go until the April 1 budget deadline, Cuomo revealed granular details of his $ 10 billion spending plan for upstate, which includes two economic development competitions that would award approximately $ 90 million apiece to the 10 regions of the state.

Last week, the state Legislature approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo's request to spend about $ 6.5 billion on a grab bag of economic development projects and business tax breaks — ... (read more)

He said he will spend 80 percent of his time on economic development and the first step was his cost - cutting budget approved last week without a tax increase.

Decrying a state that has lost its ambition for transformative projects like the Erie Canal, the governor has spent the past week traveling the state and announcing major infrastructure, transportation, and economic development plans.

The governor has spent the past week rolling out pieces of his agenda, including events and announcements over the weekend, largely focused on infrastructure, but also criminal justice reform, the minimum wage, economic development, and more.