Governor Outlines 2021 Agenda And Releases Full Agenda: Reimagine | Rebuild | Renew
By Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Office
021 State of the State Book Available Here
The Governor s Agenda is Focused on Defeating COVID-19 and Reopening the State Safely; Jumpstarting the Economy; Creating a Fairer, More Just State; Leading the Development of the Green Energy Economy; and Building and Strengthening the State s Infrastructure
Proposals Include the Largest Off-Shore Wind Program in the Nation; Five Dedicated Port Facilities to make New York a Global Wind Energy Manufacturing Powerhouse; Building a Green Energy Transmission Superhighway; Creating a new 1,000 person Public Health Corps; Safely Reopening Businesses and Bringing Back the Arts; Legalizing Adult-Use Cannabis and Online Sports Betting; First-in-the-Nation Affordable Internet for All; Expanding Early Voting; and $306 Billion Infrastructure Plan - Largest in the Nation - to Update Airports and Transportatio
NorthJersey.com
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not hold back in his grandiose unveiling of his vision for a $306 billion statewide infrastructure plan during his State of the State address Thursday, invoking Shakespeare, Mark Twain and former state Govs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and DeWitt Clinton of New Deal and Erie Canal fame, respectively.
But he did hold back details, opting instead to broadly reiterate in his fourth State of the State speech this week that New York will climb out of this pandemic and its economic fallout by building bigger and better and laying the foundation for our future with a priority of expanding access to mass transit.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to invest $306 billion worth of projects around New York state, although Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties were not among the places announced for new development.
On Thursday, Cuomo gave his fourth State of the State address, which lasted around 30 minutes. In it, he complained about the inequity of New York having to fund the federal government. “New York is tired of subsidizing other states with our tax dollars,” he said. “We subsidize 42 states. … Basic fairness is all we ask but basic fairness we demand.”
From there, Cuomo said he wants the public sector to spur on the private sector by doing a number of projects. He cited Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted between 1933 and 1939, as his guide.
NorthJersey.com
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not hold back in his grandiose unveiling of his vision for a $306 billion statewide infrastructure plan during his State of the State address Thursday, invoking Shakespeare, Mark Twain and former state Govs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and DeWitt Clinton of New Deal and Erie Canal fame, respectively.
But he did hold back details, opting instead to broadly reiterate in his fourth State of the State speech this week that New York will climb out of this pandemic and its economic fallout by building bigger and better and laying the foundation for our future with a priority of expanding access to mass transit.
arrow Cuomo also wants to acquire the MSG Theater to create a new entrance to Penn Station on 8th Avenue. Governor s Office
Quoting Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday unveiled a wide-ranging infrastructure vision that he argued would not only improve rail, air, and bus travel but also save New York from economic depression and prepare it for the next century.
His $306 billion-dollar plan focused on Midtown, and projects largely dependent on layers of slow federal and city bureaucracies. But if they came to pass they could fundamentally change the city.
The governor said he plans to “acquire” a square block to build a new station called Penn South, which would service NJ Transit train travel. Those trains would arrive on new tracks made possible by a new tunnel running under the Hudson River as part of the long-delayed Gateway Project.