Sentences with phrase «which economic development incentives»

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Since January, «Republicans for Cuomo» — a group chaired by Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone — has held at least three events at which the governor pitched potential G.O.P. supporters, wooing them with talk of spending and tax cuts and economic development incentives.

Krueger recalled that the ill - fated Empire Zones program, which was created by former Gov. George Pataki in 1999 (it actually morphed out of the New York State Economic Development Zones) ended up being an ill - conceived boondoggle that gave away millions of dollars worth of publicly - funded incentives and tax breaks to businesses that pledged to create jobs and then often didn't make good on those promises.

Robert Pasinella, executive director of the Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency, which awards tax breaks to encourage economic growth, told The Alt on Monday that he had had a preliminary discussion with Bryce about a potential incentive package related to the building, but had said that any financial assistance would depend on dollars invested and jobs created and that he'd need to see the project.

Astorino criticized Cuomo's economic development approach — he said he would scrap START - UP NY, a system of tax - free zones rooted in state university campuses — and said he would focus more on major regulatory changes than direct incentives, which he questioned because «the government gets to pick and choose winners... that's how we stay at the bottom.»

The purpose of the program is to provide to education paraprofessionals a system of career development which is based upon education and training advancement, and to furnish economic incentives to encourage excellence among education paraprofessionals.

The difference highlights an opportunity for economic development that escaped Michigan when GM decided to have the Volt's lithium - ion cells manufactured overseas (a point lost in many early reports, which hailed the move as a major Michigan win), rather than in its home state — despite up to $ 335 million in tax incentives for battery development, manufacture, and assembly.

The arguments for the proponents are said to be that (i) access to outside capital permits economies of scale, infrastructure and specialization, (ii) non-lawyer ownership is an avenue not just to economic capital but also to «high - value employee with different skills sets», (iii) outside investment allows consumers better information and quality of service by the development of brands which provide consumer information and an incentive to ensure quality and (iv) a business offering multiple types of services can provide services with greater convenience and efficiency.

Dunn, affiliated with CoreNet Global Mid-Atlantic Chapter, was instrumental in the development of the Bossier City (LA) Integrated Technology Center (ITC) in which state and city partnerships leveraged economic development incentives to create more than 800 jobs in the technology workforce.