Regional Council Award Winners

NEW YORK CITY—More than 1,000 projects across New York State were awarded $755 million in economic and community development funding. On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced winners of the 2017 Regional Economic Development Council Competition.

New York City received $64.8 million to support 121 projects. Below are three of the award winning projects:

B. New York City was awarded $1.9 million to be the flagship US location of B. Amsterdam, the largest startup tech incubator in Europe. It will provide flexible workspace and consulting assistance to foreign tech companies, starting businesses in the US. The grant will support a $28 million construction renovation to build the incubator, with a 2018 completion date.

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Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.