Economic Development

As a small business owner myself, I know full-well how economically challenged upstate New York State is. The economic policies of our state government in Albany are not good and they're making life here in Broome County much harder than it should be. That having been said, I still get up every morning and begin looking for economic opportunities for the people of our community, because expanding the economic pie makes everyone happier.

Blighted EJ building on North Page Ave, Endicott. Now demolished.

Making Room for New Business

Old buildings often stand in the way of new development. Such was the case of the old EJ building across from West Endicott Park. This landmark building went from being a pillar of the community to a boat anchor. It took Broome County years of legal wrangling, but we were finally able to wrestle the blighted property from its absentee landlords and sell it to National Pipe for $100,000. National Pipe then built both a manufacturing plant and its headquarters there.

BC Transit Real-Time Location App

After three years of work, BC Transit finally has a free, mobile app that allows riders to see where buses are in real-time. Thus making it a lot easier to use our important public transit system. Read more...

BC Transit's Where's My Bus App

Evolution Jets Contract

I'm happy to announce that Evolution Jets will be leasing a 28,000-square foot hanger at Greater Binghamton Airport. The five-year agreement will bringing 20+ jobs to Broome County and has the possibility of being extended 3 times after that.

SUNY-Broome Culinary School

Thanks to joint county-state efforts, the former Carnegie Library on Exchange Street in downtown Binghamton will be brought back to life as the SUNY Broome (BCC) Culinary Arts Center. As a restaurant owner myself, I'm very happy to see food playing such a large roll in the redevelopment of our economy.

SUNY-Broome Culinary School

Dick's Sporting Good Distribution Center opens in Conklin

Dick's Distribution Center Opens

Dick's Sporting Goods started in Broome County and now the nation's leading sporting goods retailer will open a 650,000-square-foot distribution center in Conklin, which will create over 450 new jobs. I'm proud of the County's development efforts to help make this happen.

Dark Fiber Comes to Broome County

High speed internet is the basis for high‐tech jobs. That's why I’m excited that Broome County has entered into an agreement to route the latest, extremely high-bandwidth, “dark fiber” network through our county.

Dark Fiber in Broome County