The New York State Senate today passed a 2018-19 budget plan that promotes affordability, opportunity, and security for all New Yorkers. This fiscally responsible plan keeps state spending within the two-percent cap and serves as a blueprint for the creation of a better budget and a stronger, safer, and more prosperous New York. It includes none of the new taxes and fees proposed by the Executive, but instead cuts taxes ...

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Ways and Means Committee Chair Helene E. Weinstein today announced the Assembly’s State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2018-19 Families First budget proposal of $170.2 billion. This proposal would make significant investments in education, identify essential, ongoing resources to fund the MTA, establish meaningful policies to confront sexual harassment and reform our criminal justice system ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $50 million for the “ROC The Riverway” initiative to transform the Genesee River and unlock the potential of Rochester’s waterfront. The Genesee River has long served as an economic engine, but for decades has been underutilized. Under the leadership of Governor Cuomo, and in partnership with the City of Rochester, the waterfront is poised for rebirth ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a 30-day budget amendment will be advanced to add 11 fentanyl analogs to the state controlled substances schedule and provide the New York State Health Commissioner the authority to add any new drugs that have been added to the federal schedule, to the state controlled substances schedule. These actions will support law enforcement in their efforts ...

At the direction of Governor Cuomo, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance today released a preliminary report to outline options for state tax reform in response to federal tax legislation. The report outlines a series of proposals for consideration and comment, including the potential to create additional opportunities for charitable contributions to New York State that would be deductible from ...

On Jan. 1, I was appointed as the incoming co-chair for the Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) of Central New York. As a member of the council since its inception in 2011, I am both honored and humbled to be taking on a leadership role with my co-chair, SUNY Upstate Medical University President Dr. Danielle Laraque-Arena. I am the president and CEO of MACNY – The Manufacturers Association. We are ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that more than $755 million in economic and community development funding has been awarded through Round VII of the Regional Economic Development Council initiative. A centerpiece of the Governor’s strategy to jumpstart the economy and create jobs, the Regional Councils were established in 2011 to replace the state’s old top-down approach to economic ...

Local middle school students are teaming up with students at Rochester Institute of Technology to create a therapeutic device for children with autism and other sensory challenges. Both the Kids Miracle Making Club and RIT’s Effective Access Technology program use technology to help people with physical or developmental challenges. In a pilot program launched just this fall, Access Tech students ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the grand opening of the Central New York Welcome Center inside Destiny USA, America’s sixth largest shopping center, in Syracuse. The Welcome Center, one of 11 being built throughout the state, advances the Governor’s commitment to continue growing the state’s tourism industry by promoting local attractions, food and beverage producers, and the region’s agritourism destinations ...