Economic Rebound in Albany
$4.5 billion worth of ‘Excellence’
There was a good deal of skepticism when former Gov. George E. Pataki and legislative leaders announced in 2001 that the University at Albany would become the state’s new Center of Excellence in nanotechnology, which involves the ability to manipulate matter at the atomic scale. (Updated: 06/25/08 3:55 PM )
Welcome to Bruno country, built by generosity
Thank-yous to Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno are not hard to find. He is honored for his largess (with taxpayers’ money) in ways normally reserved for philanthropists or war heroes. (Updated: 06/25/08 3:39 PM )
Upstate Boomtown, with a Capital A
ALBANY — Yes, there is an economic success story in upstate New York. Certainly not in Buffalo. Nor Rochester. Nor Syracuse. Welcome to the closest thing upstate has to a boom area: the Albany-Troy-Saratoga region known as the Capital District. (Updated: 06/25/08 3:56 PM )
