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New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces $200 million grant program to attract high-tech industries across the state

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The grants will be disbursed through Empire State Development (ESD), the umbrella organization for New York’s two principal economic development financing entities: The New York State Urban Development Corporation and the New York Job Development Authority.

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Ellsworth testifies for NYC

Architecture Here and There

I’m an economist and I specialize in economic development. I believe that the project concept and the choice of project site violate the UDC [Urban Development Corporation] Act [of 1968]. I’m Lynn Ellsworth, a coordinator of the Empire Station Coalition.

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Rooted in Place: 6 Reasons Design Workshop Is the World’s Hottest Landscape Design Firm

Architizer

By establishing physical and visual connections to surrounding neighborhoods and destinations, it added significant value to the nearby Historic Warehousing District and laid a realistic urban framework that the marketplace could support.

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