Tagged: upstate

11:01am

Fri May 25, 2012
The Upstate Economy

Slow and steady: New York state job levels rise

Credit Michael Lokner / Flickr

New York state is on the brink of returning to pre-recession job levels, according to a new analysis from IHS Global Insight.

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3:50pm

Wed May 23, 2012
Politics

Senate candidate Wendy Long might have the upper hand in upstate NY

With a little more than a month to go before the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, recent polls show the three candidates vying for a chance to face Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the general election aren't well known, especially upstate.

One of those candidates is trying to change that.

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos is well known on Long Island; Congressman Bob Turner has a natural base in New York City; that leaves attorney Wendy Long with the rest of the state.

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