Will Brunelle
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State announces $16.7M in grants for economic development projects
ALBANY — The state will award a total of $16.7 million to 25 different economic development projects around the state, including $5 million for Central New York’s “GENIUS NY” business competition, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. The GENIUS NY competition is run by the CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity, a 12-county economic development group based in Syracuse, and aims to fund… → Read More
Hochul: Attempt to control of Women's Equality Party an 'affront to women'
Called efforts to 'hijack' Cuomo-created party 'unfair' → Read More
Start-Up NY has yet to deny an application, records show
ALBANY — Empire State Development has yet to reject a company for participation in the state's Start-Up NY program. In June, POLITICO New York filed a Freedom of Information Law request seeking all applications that had been rejected for membership. ESD, the state's primary economic development agency, responded that there had been none. That means the 128 companies participating in the program… → Read More
M.T.A., Port get $11.1 M. boost in FEMA funding
The agencies will get $42.9 million overall, for security and anti-terror upgrades → Read More
State names new head at Dannemora prison
Michael Kirkpatrick, a 30-year corrections veteran, will take over the facility's operations → Read More
StartUp N.Y. official says slow start was no surprise
Executive vice president on Cuomo's 'brilliant' approach to economic development → Read More
Watchdog group highlights cost of benefits bills
Budget commission: bills cost state $140 M. → Read More
Upstate taxi operators assail 'unfair' taxi-app bill
ALBANY—An upstate coalition of taxi and for-hire transit operators has again denounced a bill that would legalize taxi app companies in upstate New York, arguing that the legislation gives the firms an unfair competitive advantage and compromises passengers' safety. In a memo released on Thursday, Kevin Barwell, president of the Limousine, Bus and Taxi Operators of Upstate New York, said that… → Read More
State legislators call for registry of animal abusers
Advocates and their four-legged friends rally in Albany → Read More
Lyft allies makes end-of-session push for upstate taxi apps
Lyft Public Affairs Director David Mack says the company is → Read More
Bill would amend provisions of SAFE Act
Legislation would exempt gun owners’ personal data from the public record → Read More
State offers few specifics for Cuomo's $1.5 B. competition
SARATOGA SPRINGS—Governor Andrew Cuomo’s $1.5 billion Upstate Revitalization Fund competition presents a "wonderful opportunity" for the state's 10 regional economic development councils, according to James Barba, co-chair of the Capital Region council. But Barba's colleagues on the regional council received little specific guidance about the competition during a meeting Thursday with Empire… → Read More
Empire Center sues M.T.A. for payroll records
The lawsuit alleges the M.T.A. is always slow to release the records when the Empire Center requests them each year. → Read More
Transit advocates deliver book to Cuomo and Legislature
Riders Alliance tells tales of delays and disruptions → Read More
E.S.D. to commit $25 M. to Open for Business ad campaign
Appropriation comes two months after another $25 million was earmarked for the same purpose → Read More
Lawmakers side with DiNapoli on E.S.D. ad campaigns
Boyle, Schimminger agree Empire State Development needs firmer metrics for measuring success of ads → Read More
Court of Appeals sides with Soares in Occupy Albany case
The Court of Appeals upheld Albany District Attorney Daid Soares' right not to prosecute protesters arrested during Occupy Albany → Read More
New York companies come up short at TechCrunch Disrupt
Despite five New York companies getting an invite to compete for the $50,000 grand prize, the check ultimately went to California-based Liquidity → Read More
Fiorina touts business background at TechCrunch
The Republican presidential hopeful and former HP C.E.O. said her experience makes her uniquely qualified → Read More
F.C.C. chair praises Comcast's 'responsible' merger decision
Comcast’s decision to back off of its proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable was “a pretty responsible decision,” Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler said during a Monday appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt. Discussing the decision, and net neutrality issues as a whole, Wheeler said that the sheer volume of public comments submitted to the F.C.C. throughout the course… → Read More