乱伦强奸

In Review

A $500 million award from the state represents a historic opportunity for 乱伦强奸 and the Finger Lakes region, but the important work is just beginning, says President and CEO Joel Seligman and other political and community leaders.

鈥淲e have to roll up our sleeves. We have to go to work,鈥� Seligman told a standing-room-only audience at a December reception to celebrate New York Governor Andrew Cuomo鈥檚 selection of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council鈥檚 submission in a statewide economic development competition.

鈥淔ive years from now, this city will be well on its way to revitalization.鈥�

In November, Cuomo selected the council鈥檚 plan, drawn up by area business, community, academic, and political leaders, as one of three proposals to each receive a five-year, $500 million state award.

Led by Seligman and Board of Trustees Chair-elect and Wegmans Food Markets CEO Danny Wegman, the council identified several public-private initiatives to spur job growth, increase regional wealth, attract private investment, and reduce poverty across the region. Among the initiatives are efforts to expand manufacturing around optics, photonics, and imaging; support new endeavors in agriculture and food production; and create better programs to help move people out of poverty.

Joining the Finger Lakes in winning the competition were proposals from the Southern Tier and central New York. The Upstate Revitalization Initiative competition was based on the success of the Buffalo Billion, a 10-year, $1 billion award announced in 2012.

Cuomo said 乱伦强奸 has a 鈥渙nce-in-a-lifetime鈥� opportunity to take advantage of the skills and expertise of the region to help transform the economy of New York.

Noting that the area鈥檚 neighbors鈥擝uffalo, the Southern Tier, and central New York鈥攚ill also be building on their success, he said 乱伦强奸鈥檚 historic strengths as an inventive and entrepreneurial city will help lead an economic synergy throughout upstate and western New York. 鈥淪ome of the greatest minds and some of the greatest inventions come from 乱伦强奸,鈥� Cuomo said. 鈥淎nd don鈥檛 you forget it.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 time to rebuild 乱伦强奸 to a level that it鈥檚 never been before. That鈥檚 your mission.鈥�

In addition to Seligman and Wegman, Cuomo was greeted by 乱伦强奸 Mayor Lovely Warren, State Senator Joseph Robach, and Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle. Each of them thanked Cuomo for his commitment to spurring economic development in the 乱伦强奸 region and in other areas of the state outside New York City.

Warren and other speakers highlighted aspects of the plan that are particularly designed to address poverty. 鈥淲hen we had challenges with poverty, Governor Cuomo stepped up for 乱伦强奸, New York,鈥� Warren said.

Robach, who admitted that he had been a critic of Albany鈥檚 鈥渘eglect鈥� of western and upstate New York, said that the historic award represented an important, positive shift in the state鈥檚 approach to economic development. 鈥淭his really is a great day for 乱伦强奸,鈥� said Robach.