The upstate chairman of the state’s major development agency has resigned, Governor Paterson’s office announced this afternoon. Taken with the resignations of downstate chairman Pat Foye and downstate president Avi Schick in March and May, respectively, the Empire State Development Corporation has lost its top three officials with no new leader yet announced.
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Here’s David Paterson talking about reverting the state Economic Development Corporation to the structure it had before Eliot Spitzer. The former governor created two E.D.C. chairs–one for upstate, one for downstate; Paterson is getting rid of one.
“You can’t have an upstate economic development corporation chair and a downstate one, which is what we Read More
The Empire State Development Corporation used to send out meeting notices to the press that read:
Meetings are open to the public for observation, but not for direct participation.Earlier this week, the state economic development agency sent out one for Thursday morning’s board meeting–the first under Gov. Sptizer’s co-chairmen Patrick Foye and Dan Read More
