Business Council Says Upstate Lags Behind in Business Growth

Robert G. Ortt

February 13, 2015

The Business Council of New York pointed out a handful of major challenges facing upstate businesses during a presentation hosted by USA Niagara. As a way to spark business development and create jobs in Western New York, Senator Ortt suggested extending the state’s brownfield remediation tax credit program, which expires at the end of this year. Read more online at Lockport Union-Sun & Journal’s website.

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Ortt Delivers a Total of $80K to Area BOCES & Cornell Cooperative

October 5, 2016

Pictured at Orleans County Cornell Cooperative Extension from left to right: Orleans County Cornell Cooperative Extension Executive Dir. Deborah Roberts; BOCES 2 Asst. Superintendent for Accountability, Assessment and Technology Dr. Michelle Ryan; BOCES 2 District Superintendent Jo Anne Antonacci; Senator Rob Ortt; and O/N BOCES District Superintendent Clark Godshall, Ed.D.

Ortt Delivers a Total of $55K to Niagara County Museums

September 30, 2016

Pictured at the Niagara Aerospace Museum from left to right: Niagara Aerospace Museum Manager Jason Parfinski; Niagara Aerospace Museum Librarian Ray Meissner; Old Fort Niagara Executive Dir. Bob Emerson; Senator Rob Ortt; Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum Board President Reanna Darone; Niagara County Historical Society Executive Dir. Melissa Dunlap; and Historical Society of North German Settlements in WNY John Schultz.

Ortt, Griffo Tour Niagara Power Project

September 29, 2016