White Plains, NY
Business
Latimer Signs Lease For $1.2B, 60-Acre Biotech Center Bringing Thousands Of Jobs To Westchester Latimer Signs Lease For $1.2B, 60-Acre Biotech Center Bringing Thousands Of Jobs To Westchester
Latimer Signs Lease For $1.2B, 60-Acre Biotech Center Bringing Thousands Of Jobs To Westchester County Executive George Latimer has officially signed the lease for a biotech center that will bring thousands of jobs to the Westchester area, he announced during his annual speech to members of Westchester County Association on Thursday, Jan. 10 at the Westchester Marriot in Tarrytown. The biotech center, authorities say, will bring 8,000 permanent jobs as well as 4,000 construction jobs to the area. Worth $1.2 billion, the 99-year lease with developer Fareri Associates is for 60 acres of land in Valhalla owned by the county on the Grasslands campus near Westchester Medical Center. The bi…

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by Valerie Musson
Bridgeport, CT
News
Bridgeport To Get $14.6M For Infrastructure, Economic Development Projects From State Bridgeport To Get $14.6M For Infrastructure, Economic Development Projects From State
Bridgeport To Get $14.6M For Infrastructure, Economic Development Projects From State The state bond commission has officially approved a $14.6 million award the City of Bridgeport to be used for infrastructure and economic development. Mayor Joe Ganim attended the Tuesday, Dec. 11 state bond commission meeting, and a number of projects’ funding has already been approved. The Sikorsky airport will receive $7 million in infrastructure improvements, and the Congress Street Bridge will get $3.7 million for reconstruction. Additionally, $2.28 is allocated to supporting Bridgeport’s “coastal resiliency.” The approved bonding also allocates $1 million to the demolition of the for…

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by Valerie Musson
Stamford, CT
Business
Surprise, Surprise: Amazon Plans To Split HQ2 Between Two Cities, One Could Be NYC, Report Says Surprise, Surprise: Amazon Plans To Split HQ2 Between Two Cities, One Could Be NYC, Report Says
Surprise, Surprise: Amazon Plans To Split HQ2 Between Two Cities, One Could Be NYC, Report Says Speculation has swirled since September 2017 when Amazon, the Seattle-based global giant Internet retailer, announced it was seeking proposals from cities and metropolitan areas across North America to compete for its second headquarters. The 500,000 square-foot facility known as HQ2 was expected to include $5 billion in private investment and create as many as 50,000 new high-paying jobs. But now comes a dramatic plot twist. Call it HQ2 times two. The Wall Street Journal is reporting Amazon will evenly split its second headquarters among two cities, dividing the number of jobs …

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by Joe Lombardi
Ossining, NY
Politics
Lost $10M State Grant, Late Campaign Finance Reports Spark Debate In Ossining Mayoral Race Lost $10M State Grant, Late Campaign Finance Reports Spark Debate In Ossining Mayoral Race
Lost $10M State Grant, Late Campaign Finance Reports Spark Debate In Ossining Mayoral Race Mayoral candidates in the Village of Ossining clashed over the village's inability to receive a $10 million state economic redevelopment grant. On her website, Ossining Mayor Victoria Gearity claimed that village Trustee Omar Herrera, who is challenging her for mayor on Tuesday, Nov. 6, jeopardized the village’s chances of being awarded a Downtown Revitalization Initiative Grant from the MidHudson Region of the Regional Economic Development Councils (REDC). Earlier this year, Herrera proposed a building moratorium for Ossining. “The REDC will only entrust $10M to a community with leader…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
Lifestyle
Cashless Tolling To Go Live At Toll Barrier In Hudson Valley This Week Cashless Tolling To Go Live At Toll Barrier In Hudson Valley This Week
Cashless Tolling To Go Live At Toll Barrier In Hudson Valley This Week Cashless tolling will go live in the Hudson Valley this week following an announcement by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The transition to cashless tolling will begin late Thursday night, Sept. 27 into Friday morning, Sept. 28, at the Harriman Toll Barrier in Orange County, Cuomo said Tuesday. The transition at Harriman is meant to help ease traffic and spur economic development around the Woodbury Premium Outlets area, the governor said.   "Cashless tolling at the Harriman toll plaza will ease congestion for millions of motorists each year and help strengthen the region's economy by providing gr…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mount Vernon, NY
Politics
Mount Vernon Mayor Proposes $116M City Budget Mount Vernon Mayor Proposes $116M City Budget
Mount Vernon Mayor Proposes $116M City Budget Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas has proposed a $116 million 2019 budget that will represent a $100 property tax increase while maintaining essential services in the city. Last week, Thomas presented a $160,009,845, which “pays for services, invests in productivity, revenue generation and infrastructure,” while staying under the state’s mandated tax cap of 2.7 percent. It is an increase of approximately 4 percent from the 2018 adopted budget ($111,247,888) and would include the appointment of 18 new staff positions within the city. Thomas noted that the tax increase would work out to appro…

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by Zak Failla
Armonk, NY
Business
Westchester County Association Rebrands Itself For First Time Since 1950 Westchester County Association Rebrands Itself For First Time Since 1950
Westchester County Association Rebrands Itself For First Time Since 1950 The Westchester County Association has completed a years-long transition from a leading business membership organization to Westchester’s most powerful economic development entity. On Monday, Sept. 10, to better reflect its policy and action-oriented identity, the Westchester County Association unveiled its first major brand realignment since its founding in 1950.  The new brand emphasizes the WCA’s heightened focus on its high-level advocacy – which has long differentiated the organization within Westchester’s business community – and sets the stage for a series of major new economic devel…

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by Jon Craig
White Plains, NY
Politics
Cuomo Campaign Is Trying To Get This Molinaro TV Ad Pulled, Report Says Cuomo Campaign Is Trying To Get This Molinaro TV Ad Pulled, Report Says
Cuomo Campaign Is Trying To Get This Molinaro TV Ad Pulled, Report Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s re-election campaign has filed a cease-and-desist letter to television stations trying to have his Republican challenger's new ad pulled from the air, claiming it is “false, misleading and defamatory” because the news article cited does not say that Cuomo himself is being probed as part of the Crystal Run investigation. Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, Cuomo's GOP opponent, unveiled the TV ad this past weekend slamming Cuomo of New Castle about corruption convictions involving some top state aides and advisers. “It is false, cheap and nasty,” Cuomo campaign spoke…

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by Jon Craig
Stamford, CT
Business
Group Of Stamford, Greenwich, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield Leaders Names Martin As Chairman Group Of Stamford, Greenwich, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield Leaders Names Martin As Chairman
Group Of Stamford, Greenwich, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield Leaders Names Martin As Chairman The Fairfield County Five, an economic development group that arranges business outreach events to educate those out­side Connecticut, selected Stamford Mayor David Martin as its acting chairman on July 23. The year-old regional marketing initiative is led by the mayors or first selectmen and economic development leaders of Fairfield, Greenwich, Norwalk, Stamford and Westport. “We’re not an official body,” Stamford Director of Economic Development Thomas Madden said in this Westfair Online article. "When we launched last year it was as a pilot project — ‘Can we work together and pull s…

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by Jon Craig
Greenwich, CT
Politics
Greenwich's Stemerman Says He Puts Action Ahead Of Politics In Governor's Race Greenwich's Stemerman Says He Puts Action Ahead Of Politics In Governor's Race
Greenwich's Stemerman Says He Puts Action Ahead Of Politics In Governor's Race This is another in a series of Daily Voice articles profiling candidates for governor.  As a youngster, David Stemerman has fond memories of Connecticut as a state perfectly situated between two major cities -- New York and Boston -- that people didn't just want to drive through, but loved to visit and make a home.  Massachusetts was nicknamed "Taxachusetts," and its tech companies were relocating until a series of Republican governors turned the Bay State's economy around, from Stemerman's perspective. Today's Connecticut, the Republican candidate for governor says, is better-kn…

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by Jon Craig
White Plains, NY
Politics
Corruption Probes Won't Hurt Re-Election Chance, Cuomo Says Corruption Probes Won't Hurt Re-Election Chance, Cuomo Says
Corruption Probes Won't Hurt Re-Election Chance, Cuomo Says t’s not the governor -- just associates and appointees surrounding him. Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New Castle continues to distance himself from a federal corruption scandal that has tarnished the reputation of his economic development projects, according to media reports.  Cuomo argues that a series of guilty verdicts won’t hurt his chance of re-election in the fall. “I think there has never been a suggestion that I did anything wrong,” Cuomo said in Brooklyn, according to this article in the New York Post. “Can we do more checks and balances? Yeah, we always can, but you will always have some…

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by Jon Craig
Fairfield, CT
Business
Accounting Firm Adding 110 Jobs By Opening Office In Fairfield County Accounting Firm Adding 110 Jobs By Opening Office In Fairfield County
Accounting Firm Adding 110 Jobs By Opening Office In Fairfield County An accounting firm will be bringing more than 100 new jobs are set to come to Fairfield County over the next several years. Connecticut Gov. Daniel Malloy announced on Monday that KPMG, the audit, tax and advisory firm, is bringing an estimated 110 jobs over the next five years in a brand new Stamford Office on Washington Boulevard. Malloy said that the company recently signed a long-term lease and plan to renovate the space in advance of opening up next spring. KPMG has had a presence in Stamford for nearly four decades and currently employs 315 people at its location at their base on 300…

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by Zak Failla