Rochester City Newspaper, By Mary Anna Towler, August 2, 2011. You can't exaggerate the seriousness of the Paetec sale and its threat to downtown Rochester. And so Governor Cuomo's focus on the state's economy comes at a crucial time. But you don't have to be as cynical as I am to be pessimistic about Cuomo's plan for New York State. His first step: 10 high-powered, regional economic development councils, plus one for New York City.
New York Daily News, by All Barbarino and Jake Pearson, July 29, 2011. After more than 100 uninvited community members RSVP'd to an exclusive breakfast with Walmart yesterday, store officials made a last-minute location change to avoid a spectacle. The Daily News reported this week the big-box store was courting select, mostly pro-Walmart East New York local leaders with a breakfast at the Lindenwood Diner - and angry opponents who didn't make the list bum-rushed the event.
The Journal News, by Jon Campbell, July 26, 2011. In the midst of an upstate swing that will bring him to Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse when the day is through, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the makeup of economic development councils in the Finger Lakes and Central New York regions this afternoon.
NY1, by Courtney Gross, July 28, 2011. Things got heated with Councilman Charles Barron outside a closed door meeting in Brooklyn Thursday morning. "They pay slave wages. They don't give you health care. They don't give you benefits. They hire you part time, so they are going to try to buy their way in," said Barron.
WGRZ, by Joseph Spector, July 27, 2011. Gov. Andrew Cuomo began rolling out his regional economic development councils on Tuesday, appointing a mix of leaders from business, unions, colleges and government to work together to revitalize the state's economy.