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Gov Crowns NYPH Center of Excellence in White Plains. Money Hunt Over?
Posted on Thursday, January 09 @ 09:53:39 EST by jfbailey
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WPCNR ALBANY BEACON SENTINEL. By John F. Bailey. January 9, 2003:Though Governor George Pataki called for cuts to deal with the state's projected $10 Billion Dollar shortfall, in his State of the State Address Wednesday in the capitol, biotech research and development across the state apparently will not be cut or affected if he has anything to say about it.
The Governor called for "expansion" of his biotech initiative, and New York Presbyterian Hospital in White Plains was named as one of its newest beneficiaries.
The Governor specifically named New York Presbyterian Hospital and its affiliate campuses as a “Center of Excellence," saying that such centers needed to be “nurtured” indicating by inference that the multi-millions in state development funds the hospital has been lobbying for were definitely still in play, and could be expanded.
The Governor’s unequivocal signal that his biotech, hi-tech money pipeline was still going to flow with state cash indicates that the White Plains biomedical research center/proton accelerator money hunt appears to have borne fruit based on the Governor’s own speech.
After detailing biotech center success stories around the state, Governor Pataki stated,
“We need to continue our momentum by expanding our Empire State High Tech Corridor,” the Governor declared. “Therefore, we are moving forward with additional Centers for Excellence – in Westchester with leading research institutions like New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell and Columbia University, New York Medical College and industry and university collaboration are essential to our goal of creation of a new economy in New York.”
The governor went a step farther saying that “all thse new programs and initiatives…are loaded with incredible potential,” and that, “They need to be nurtured with the same energy that was used to conceive and attract them.”
The governor’s speech may be viewed in its entirety at www.state.ny.us.
The New York Presbyterian Hospital biotech and proton accelerator project is currently under scrutiny in New York State Supreme Court with attorneys arguing over whether Concerned Citizens for Open Space has the "standing" to file their Article 78 action.
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