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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's 'economic development' lesson for New York pols

 🍬 New York has seen big corporations leave — and it’s facing monster budget gap𝓰s for the coming years. It’s not hard to explain the difference.

Biden’🅠s book-cooking on migrants, fix the NEA’s outdated charter and other commentary

President Biden reports tha𝔉t his border security plan is working, when it reality the issue appears to be getting worse.

Memo to Gov. Hochul: Don't repeat SolarCity fiasco

Rational economic development strategy focuses on creating an attractive business climate — low taxes; reasonable and predictable regulations; reliable, lo💃w-cost power.

Supreme Court tosses fraud conviction🔥 of Andrew Cuomo pal Joe Percoco

The U.S. Sꩲupreme Court has tossed out the fraud conviction of Joseph Percoco, the one-time powerful top aide and longtime pal of ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Supreme Court likely to toss conviction of ex-Andre🍸w Cuomo crony

The US Supreme Court appe⛎ars poised to overturn the corruption conviction of a former top aide to ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a pair of "pay-to-play" fraud schemes.

Ex-Suny Poly prez released from prison after 'Buffalo Billion' conviction

Prisons records show K🍰aloyeros was cut loose on Saturday, July 2 along with three other men – Joseph Geraldi, Steven Aiello and Louis Ciminelli — implicated in the notorious scheme...

 SCOTUS agrees 😼to review corruption case against ex-Cuomo aide P☂ercoco

Joe Percoco was convicted for accepting more than $300,000 fro🅷m companies that wanted power from the former governor's administration.

Andrew Cuomo can't stop spinning self-serving lies

Disgraced ex-♔Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently took to the pages of the Daily News to claim New York would be 🐽far better off if he hadn't been forced out.

🍒  Buffalo billions: Hochul went $4B over budget to get Bills stadium, bail tweaks 🅺

༒ Gov. Kathy Hochul agreed to boost her proposed budget by $4 billion in exchange to help build a new Buffalo Bills stadium and slightly fix the bail-reform law, sources told...

Fed appeals c🐬ourt upholds bribery conviction of Cuomo aide Joe Percoco

 A federal 🌊appeals court in𝔉 Manhattan upheld the public corruption conviction of Joe Percoco, a former top aide and close personal confidante to disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Andrew Cuomo's long record of failing New York

𝔍Gov. Andrew Cuomo always painted himself as New York’s rock — the one guy who could keep the state together, the man holding off the lunacy of the far left,...

Good riddance to fake-moderate Cuomo, but beware hard left's pounce

As his own biggest fan, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the only ♔New Yorker who doesn’t seem to understand that he’s toast. Whether he preserves a scrap of grace♔ by stepping...

Anti-biz NY loses out again — as upstate chipmaker invests inꦛ . . . Singapore

Good news: Upstate chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries is investing $4 billion in a new factory. Bad news: The factory will be located in . . . Singapore. Not New York. 🦩

Lease out the Thruway: Better for NY than Cuomo's 'economic development' disasters

Gov. Cuomo is going to have to find some new tricks to plug the projected $14.5 billion hole in the sta𓆏te budget: 𝓡The $60 billion he’s begging Congress for is...

More 'Buffalo Billion' woes as audit finds Cuomo boondoggle a waste of tax money

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature program to revive the long-stalled upstate economy, the scandal🦹-plagued "Buf🌊falo Billion," has yet to produce promised jobs and was marred oversight failures that allowed tax dollars...

How Cuomo blew NY's high-tech success

If New York state government has had any real success wi✤th its economic development efforts over the last two decades, it’s in fostering a nanotech industry in the Capital area....

Cuomo hails new bid to remove taint of 'Buffalo Billion' failure

ALBANY — Following a failed economic development project that wasted millions of taxpayer dol🦂lars, an empty upstate-based field will finally gain a tenant state officials announced Monday. Over a six-year...

Cuomo's Buffalo Billion-tainted Tesla Solar City faces audit

Just when Gov. Andrew Cuomo thought he was done with "Buffalo Billion"... State C꧃omptroller Tom DiNapoli is conducting a sweeping audit of New York’s high-tech programs that will i𝐆nclude a...

New York is about to miss this greℱat chance to boost its economy

Gov. Cuomo’s 𓆏selection of Eric Gertler to head New York’s economic-development agency offers the state a golden opportunity to reji🌸gger its approach to the economy — and find new ways...

Cuomo gives SUNY audit power to comptroller in wake of 'Buffalo Billion' scandal

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo made good Friday on an agreement restoring the state comptroller’s pre-audit powers over economic development projects tied to the state and New York City uni♉versity systems —...