Robert Duffy

Exports and Generation Y, a recipe for upstate growth

Kate O'Connell — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:57:03 +0000

Boosting exports, focusing on homegrown New York businesses, and the importance of engaging with Generation Y. These were all topics of focus at the Accelerate Upstate 2.0 conference in Buffalo this week.

Lt. Governor says Senate should put aside partisanship

Karen Dewitt — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:08:27 +0000

New York’s Lieutenant Governor weighed in on the leadership fight going on in the state Senate, saying the senators should put aside partisanship and try to work together.

Cuomo rescinds food stamp fingerprint requirement

Karen Dewitt — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:14:38 +0000

Governor Andrew Cuomo, speaking by phone to a gathering of advocates for the poor, says he’s rescinded a 14-year-old state regulation that required food stamp recipients be subject to fingerprinting before receiving benefits.

“Poverty and hunger are not crimes,” said Cuomo. “So we shouldn’t treat the poor or the hungry as criminals.”

Work begins redeveloping Syracuse's Kennedy Square

Ellen Abbott — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:22:55 +0000

Construction is starting on Loguen's Crossing in Syracuse, a redevelopment project located on ten acres of the former Kennedy Square Apartment complex off East Fayette Street on the city's east side.

Gov. Cuomo, Public Employees Federation still working to avoid layoffs

Karen Dewitt — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:04:27 +0000

Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state worker union, the Public Employees Federation, are going down to the wire over a deal to forge a new contract agreement or face 3500 lay offs. As Karen DeWitt reports, it presents a dilemma for the governor, who might have to enact job cuts in a worsening recession.