The New York Observer » federal stimulus package http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:24:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ‘Ambassador’ Smith Heading to California ALBANY—State Senator John Sampson got to do most of the back room negotiating over the deficit package. Senator Malcolm Smith gets to go to California.

Smith, a Queens Democrat, will leave tomorrow for a three-day forum of the National Conference of State Legislators in San Diego, his spokesman Austin Shafran said. Smith will Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/ambassador-smith-heading-california The Slow and Steady Stimulus Package is Moving Down the Track, Or: It’s a Local, Not an Express At the start of my professional career, I worked for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and, like many, I found the federal government to be a source of both inspiration and frustration. It was frustrating because getting it in motion was like turning around a huge cruise ship (no, not the Titanic!). It Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/slow-and-steady-stimulus-package-moving-down-track-or-its-local-not-express Paterson Asks for $98 M. in Stimulus Money for Moynihan Station  The Paterson administration has passed Washington, D.C., the collection plate for Moynihan Station. Earlier this week, the state submitted an application for$98,281,730 in funds from the federal stimulus package out of a pot called “TIGER,” a program in which the Obama administration has broad discretion on how to dole out awards.

(The state’s reliance Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/5369/paterson-asks-98-m-stimulus-funds-moynihan-station State Applies for $98 M. in Stimulus Funds for Moynihan It’s official: The Paterson administration has passed Washington, D.C., the collection plate for Moynihan Station. Earlier this week, the state submitted an application for $98,281,730 in funds from the federal stimulus package out of a pot called “TIGER,” a program in which the Obama administration has broad discretion on how to dole Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/state-applies-98-m-stimulus-funds-moynihan Where Should Obama’s High-Speed Rail Money Go? Where, oh where, will President Obama spread billions in high-speed-rail money?

The question is on the minds of many in the transportation world these days—a first round of applications for federal stimulus money was due late last month—and now many have their own set of thoughts on the topic. Thursday morning, America Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/transportation-advocates-high-speed-rail-money-northeast-and-california-please Moynihan Going Express to Local, Through D.C. In September 2008, Governor Paterson strode into a Friday luncheon of the New York Building Congress, and pledged he would succeed where the past three people with his job have failed: His administration would carry out the long-desired but ever-elusive plan to expand Pennsylvania Station.

Now, with little heard on the topic since, it seems Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/paterson-turns-obama-moynihan-station Biden Will Come Upstate to Tout the Stimulus, With Murphy ALBANY—Vice President Joe Biden will travel to suburban Clifton Park Thursday for an event to tout the effects of the federal stimulus package, according to a press release.

The trip comes at a time when the effectiveness of the stimulus money is coming into question, and Biden is the man in front of the Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/4388/biden-will-come-upstate-tout-simulus-murphy New York Stimulus Counter: $3 Million Spent, Nearly $3 Billion to Go The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week posted its most recent numbers on state-by-state infrastructure spending in the federal stimulus package. The result: Money certainly doesn't get out the door quick. As of May 31, according to the committee, of the $2.86 billion going to New York State for Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/4224/new-york-stimulus-counter-3-m-spent-2861-b-go New York Stimulus Counter: $3 M. Spent, $2.861 B. to Go The state's spent $3.2 million of the nearly $2.9 billion it gets in federal stimulus Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/new-york-stimulus-counter-3-m-spent-2861-b-go Green Business and Sustainability Management Have Finally Arrived The $800 billion federal stimulus package is only slowly starting to kick in, and we see the President pushing to accelerate job creation over the summer. The good news is that a recent study of green jobs by the Pew Charitable Trusts indicates that the Administration’s focus on sustainability is sound economics- and the government Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/green-business-and-sustainability-management-have-finally-arrived G.E., Paterson, Smith, Others Announce Plans for New Plant Upstate NISKAYUNA—Flanked by government officials, including David Paterson, General Electric C.E.O. Jeff Immelt announced plans to build a $100 million battery manufacturing plant in the Capital Region. The new factory would make batteries developed using a nickel-sodium technology and could power hybrid cars, locomotives or other large equipment. A press release said that the investment was Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/ge-paterson-smith-others-announce-plans-new-plant-upstate G.E., Paterson, Smith, Others Announce Plans for New Plant Upstate NISKAYUNA—Flanked by government officials, including David Paterson, General Electric C.E.O. Jeff Immelt announced plans to build a $100 million battery manufacturing plant in the Capital Region.

The new factory would make batteries developed using a nickel-sodium technology and could power hybrid cars, locomotives or other large equipment. A press release said that the investment Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3503/ge-paterson-smith-others-announce-plans-plant-upstate Some Senate Dems Now Calling for Stimulus Transparency ALBANY—Several Democrats in the State Senate are today sending]]> http://www.observer.com/3384/some-senate-dems-now-calling-stimulus-transparency Some Senate Dems Now Calling for Stimulus Transparency ALBANY—Several Democrats in the State Senate are today sending a letter to David Paterson, calling on him to create an independent auditor to monitor the distribution of stimulus funds--and putting them on the same side as good-government groups and Senate Republicans who have already urged more tranparency in the process. "In the event additional federal Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/some-senate-dems-now-calling-stimulus-transparency D.O.T. Commissioner Astrid Glynn Will Step Down May 9 POUGHKEEPSIE—As Liz reported earlier, state Transportation Commissioner Astrid Glynn is resigning, effective in May. In an interview with the Times Union, Glynn said she is moving back to  Boston to be closer to family. A staff member at the Department of Transportation told me the resignation came as a surprise. In a statement, David Paterson Read More

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