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This company got the most IDA benefits--and its not GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries Inc. computer-chip factory in Saratoga County does not receive the most benefits from the Capital Region's industrial development agencies, or IDAs. In 2011, anyway, that title went to a gas-fired generating plant in the town of Athens, in Greene County. The plant received benefits from the Greene County IDA worth $25.8 million, tops of all of the roughly 450 IDA-backed ...
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Saratoga Springs financial advisor establishing $5 million fund for startups
Robert Manasier , managing director of Diamond Point Advisory Group in Saratoga Springs, NY, is looking to raise $5 million to support the entrepreneurs coming out of the state's universities. Manasier was one of the organizers ...
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Citing union rule Albany County scraps bids for SCCC work
SCCC chairwoman Denise Murphy McGraw has said she's worried about "crippling" delays. Albany County says that re-bidding will not prevent renovations from beginning in June or July, as originally ...
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Mild relief in Capital Region unemployment
Unemployment in the core Capital Region dropped last month to its lowest point since the start of the recession. The unemployment rate stood at 6.5 percent, the state labor department says. That's lower than the U.S. and statewide rates. It's also better than nine of the 10 other metro areas upstate (except for the much smaller market of Ithaca, ...
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Survivor tales emerge from rubble of tornado-ravaged Moore Okla.
Moore, Okla. -- Teachers are being hailed as heroes Tuesday for saving the lives of their pupils as a deadly twister bore down Monday on two elementary schools in Moore, Okla. Sixth-grade teacher Rhonda Crosswhite told viewers on NBC's "Today" how she and some students braved the storm that destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary School, ...
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Geddes police investigate robbery at Bank of America
Geddes, NY -- Geddes police are investigating a robbery at the Bank of America on Onondaga Boulevard this morning. Around 10:15 a.m., a man walked into the bank and handed the teller a note demanding money, Geddes Police Chief Vic Gillette said. The suspect did not display a weapon and no one was injured in the incident. A customer and a delivery man were inside the bank at the time of the ...
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Police defend officer who shot NY college student
CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME -- In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rebello is shown. Police said Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High ...
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Iconic Clubs Team Up to Grow US Soccer League
Major League Baseball's New York Yankees and English Premier League football club Manchester City are joining together to enter an expansion team in U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS). The new team will be named New York City Football Club and expects to begin play in 2015 as MLS's 20th franchise. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said "this is a transformational development that will ...
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Muppets creators items head to NY museum
NEW YORK (AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens.Muppet creator Jim Henson's family is donating about 400 puppets, costumes, props and other items to the Museum of the Moving Image.Mayor Michael Bloomberg was on hand for the announcement Tuesday.The museum plans to build a new gallery to house the new contributions. The city is ...
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Knicks unsure about Stoudemires role
New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire argues with referee Monty McCutchen after being called for a technical foul during the first half of Game 4 of an Eastern Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Indianapolis. The Pacers won 93-82. (AP Photo/Darron ...
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Date set to determine if slay nanny fit to stand trail
A June 24 date has been set for an open court hearing to determine if accused killer nanny Yoselyn Ortega is mentally fit for trial.Ortega, 50, is charged with the October bathtub slashing murders of two Upper West Side children in her care. Lucia Krim perished at age 6; her little brother Leo, died at her side at age 2.The hearing date was set this morning, as Ortega appeared briefly before ...
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New York City FC has Manchester City and the New York Yankees as backers but there are still big obstacles
Manchester City and the Yankees have agreed to invest $100m in a new MLS team, New York City FC, but making the 20th team a success will require much ...
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Climate change will push up New Yorks heatwave deaths
Radley Horton of Columbia University in New York and colleagues have now calculated the net effect. They matched daily temperature data for Manhattan with death rates between 1982 and 1999 to estimate how sensitive the city's population is to temperatures, then used future temperature forecasts to estimate future death rates. In all their 16 models, temperature-related deaths increased ...
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Knicks Unsure About Stoudemires Role
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Tickets on sale now for annual Great Seneca River Duck Race
One duck leads the race during the Great River Duck Race in this undated file photo. The duck won the first place in the race. The annual duck race will take place in June. Tickets for ducks are on sale ...
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Three bank robberies in two weeks around Syracuse Crime database
E-mail staff writer Douglass Dowty and he'll check into it. For the last week fully reported in the Crime Database -- May 6 to 12 -- there were 241 serious crimes. Here's the breakdown: Aggravated assaults: 16 Robberies: 7 Burglaries: 42 Larcenies: 165 Car thefts: 8 The database includes a record of aggravated assaults, arsons, burglaries, all larcenies, murders or attempted ...
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Syracuse area unemployment dropped in April
In this April photo, people wait in line before the Dr. King Career Fair at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. The Syracuse area added 3,500 nonfarm jobs in April. U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than first ...
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Yanks Manchester City awarded MLS expansion team
Yankees president Randy Levine (left) with MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano. Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced today that a partnership of global sports powers, Manchester City Football Club and the New York Yankees, has acquired the League's 20th expansion club. The new team will be named New York City Football Club (NYCFC) and expects ...
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Protesters at capitol call to repeal NY gun law
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A few hundred people have gathered at New York's state capitol building in Albany to press for repeal of the state's tough new gun ...
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4 falcon chicks living on NY-NJ bridge are banded
NEW YORK (AP) -- Four falcon chicks that live on the George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to New Jersey have gotten identifying bands around their ...
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A few strong storms later today live chat at noon about Moore Oklahoma tornado
There is a chance for one or two thunderstorms to develop this afternoon and this evening over Central New York. There may not be many, but the ones which do develop, could be pretty strong. There are a number of things going on which may help to produce some thunder. One is a front stalled just to our north. It is the dividing line between temperatures which are in the 50s and 60s across ...
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Proposed changes to key Manlius project draw fire
The new developer for Manlius' Madison Row project is facing opposition from some village residents who object to some of the proposed changes, including a new Kinney Drugs with a drive-thru pharmacy pick-up window. Former village and planning board members say the original Madison Row project called for the KeyBank, which is now on the site, to be the project's anchor. Now Kinney ...
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Syracuse development agency considers taking Hotel Syracuse by eminent domain
Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse city officials are giving serious thought to taking ownership of the closed Hotel Syracuse via eminent domain. The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency spent an hour huddled with its lawyers behind closed doors Tuesday morning discussing the possible use of its eminent domain powers to acquire the historic downtown hotel. Ben Walsh, the agency's executive ...
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Reminder I-81 open house at Oncenter today from 330 to 8 p.m.
Don't forget about today's "I-81 Challenge" open house on the future of Interstate 81 through Syracuse. The state Department of Transportation and Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council ...
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Oneida Nation land wont be taxed Read the full Oneida-New York settlement here
New York and the Oneida Indian Nation, officials gave just the bare outlines. But starting Monday, the review of the full, 79-page agreement began by a committee of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. On May 28, the Oneida County Board of Legislators will tackle the agreement. One thing not mentioned last week is that Oneida nation land won't be taxed, and the counties can't ...
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New York's community gardens creating tension once more
Community gardening in New York is under threat again, but what are the ideas and opinions surrounding this ongoing battle between the people and the city?
Community gardening is a well-known term and idea in New York City thanks to the much-publicized opposition between former Mayor Giuliani and members of the New York City public, who brought a lawsuit to have the gardens protected. The issue was eventually resolved when Mayor Bloomberg replaced Giuliani and introduced the Garden Settlement of 2002. Read more
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