New York taking applications for $760 million in project subsidies
Got a development project that you think deserves a state subsidy? The state is accepting applications. Empire State Development, the state’s economic development arm, on Monday opened the application...
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Spoils of the Sea Elude Many in an Alaska Antipoverty Plan
But pollock was also meant to be a savior, part of a Washington-backed antipoverty plan aimed at residents here on Alaska’s mostly undeveloped west coast. A generation ago, organizers envisioned...
View ArticleAndrew Cuomo’s casino charade
A proposition intended to overturn New York’s constitutional ban on casino-style gambling will be on the November ballot — described by Gov. Cuomo as a linchpin component in his economic-development...
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Developers, activists team up against Council construction bill
Big real estate developers, affordable housing builders and minority activists are teaming up to fight a Council bill they say will stymie local employment and economic development in the outer...
View ArticleCity receives the least of Cuomo’s grant money
The state is handing out $715.9 million in economic-development grants — and New York City is getting the least of any region, officials announced Wednesday. The city’s share came to only $57.4...
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