LoHudBlogs: Biden, Cuomo to be Rochester on Monday
Vice President Joe Biden will be in New York on Monday for an announcement in New York City and Rochester to announce that the region won a nationwide competition as the site for an Institute for Manufacturing Innovation.
The Rochester announcement i s expecte d to be a boon for the region and create a growing consortium between the Albany-based nanocenter and the Rochester-area technology sector.
Sen. Chuck Schumer b roke t he news yesterday to Gannett’s Washington Bureau that New York had won the highly competitive contract that said Wednesday he learned of the decision from high-level Obama administration officials and sources in Rochester.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo will join Biden at a formal announcement Monday morning in Rochester.