Tag: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) will...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that several major state-chartered banks have agreed to waive a number of...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today directed New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) to grant temporary student...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Queens Midtown Tunnel, which was flooded...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced extensions provided by the State Liquor Authority and the Department of...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that several major state-chartered banks and mortgage servicers have agreed to offer...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State has received approval from the U.S. Department...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed an Executive Order that declared certain conditions caused by Hurricane Sandy...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that non-profit organizations are continuing to load and distribute food and...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that a comprehensive effort to secure additional utility crews to assist...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- N.Y. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today formally requested the maximum authorized federal reimbursement for federal aid in New...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that MTA bridges are open to emergency personnel only, effective immediately. That...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday ordered the state's Office of Emergency Management to prepare for the potential...

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced he will close seven New York state prisons, fulfilling his pledge to consolidate the state's correctional facilities based on a declining inmate population and providing significant savings to New York state taxpayers.

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Norampac, a division of the Cascades packaging and paper products company, will build a new facility in Niagara Falls, creating 108 new jobs. The company will invest $430 million in a new, state-of-the-art facility to manufacture "green" packaging material. Empire State Development, together with a number of state and local entities, put together an incentive package to attract Norampac to expand in the Niagara Falls region.

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Friday (June 24) announced passage of legislation that address many of New York's most pressing and longstanding issues, including the greatest expansion of rent regulations in 40 years and the first ever cap on property taxes in the state.

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Friday (June 24) announced passage of the Marriage Equality Act, granting same-sex couples the freedom to marry under the law, as well as hundreds of rights, benefits, and protections that have been limited to married couples of the opposite sex.

ALBANY, N.Y. /New York Netwire/ -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a revised and expedited timetable for completing the New York State Capitol restoration project following a review by the new management team at the Office of General Services.