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COUNTY LEARNS TODAY IF $1/2 BILLION ON WAY Municipal and business leaders from across New York State have gathered at The Egg in Albany at this hour to learn which three of seven Regional Economic Development Council’s will share $1.5 billion from Governor Cuomo’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative. Otego County is in the six-county Mohawk Valley REDC, one of the seven contenders, and local officials attending include Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz and Caroline Lewis, SUNY Oneonta’s economic developer. The winners of…
Otsego Among Counties Vying For $1.5B In New Ec-Dev Funds Governor Cuomo, in Rochester today, announced seven Upstate economic-development regions – including the Mohawk Valley, which includes Otsego County – can compete in a $1.5 billion Upstate New York Economic Revitalization Competition. This competition will replicate the successful Buffalo Billion initiative, a program that focused on jumpstarting the economy of the entire Western New York region. The proposed competition uses the Buffalo Billion’s model in an effort to drive community revitalization, job…
Cuomo: Fracking Decision Due By Year’s End Gov. Andrew Cuomo today said on WAMC’s “The Capitol Pressroom” he expects a decision on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas will be made before the end of the year, suggesting that the Department of Health’s fracking review will reach some sort of determinative conclusion, lohud.com is reporting.…
Tax Abatements Will Be Considered To Repair Deteriorating City Homes ONEONTA – Common Council, meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, will consider adopting a local law providing tax abatement to those seeking to rehabilitate deteriorating housing in the city. Local regulation was enabled by a state law, initiated by Mayor Dick Miller, that was shepherded through the state Legislature by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and signed by Governor Cuomo. The proposal was an outgrowth of Mayor Miller’s 2012 Housing Summit…
In Turnaround, Cuomo Loses Upstate That He Won In 2010 SYRACUSE – Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo lost 43 Upstate counties, including Otsego. He won only eight, according to an analysis from the Syracuse Post-Standard. In 2010, he won 37 Upstate counties, including Otsego, and lost only 13. “Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo ran for a second term as the first state leader in decades who paid attention to Upstate New York,” the Post-Standard reported. “But on Tuesday, Upstate voters did not…
200+ Audience’s Rousing Applause Greets Zephyr Teachout At Foothills…
Cuomo Challenger Zephyr Teachout Wins Applause For Liberal Message…
Seward Bill To Expand Coverage For Treatment Of Heroin Abuse Part Of Package Cuomo Accepts ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward’s bill to improve insurance coverage for substance-abuse treatment is part of a package of heroin-fighting bills legislative leaders and Governor Cuomo agreed on today. “My bill improving access to insurance coverage for those seeking addiction treatment, along with additional measures crafted by the Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction, have been high priorities during the final…
OBAMA MENTIONS ‘COOPERSTOWN’ MULTIPLE TIMES IN NATIONAL SPEECH LISTEN TO OBAMA’S COOPERSTOWN SPEECH…