Utica Assemblyman Brindisi Intrigued By Upstate Economic Development Competition

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Ian Pickus

Published January 17, 2015 at 12:34 PM EST

The Capital Region has remade itself as an important a high-tech hub, and much has been made of Buffalo’s revitalization. But what about the Mohawk Valley? News this week of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Upstate Revitalization Plan — a competition among seven upstate regions for $1.5 billion in economic development, with three ultimate $500 million winners — has Utica-area Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi cautiously optimistic. The 119^th District Democrat spoke with WAMC’s Ian Pickus.