[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="650"] From left, Alain E. Kaloyeros, president and chief executive officer of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, talks with Gov. Andrew Cuomo following the Aug. 20 nanotechnology announcement that General Electric and Austria-based AMS will locate in Marcy. To the governor's left are Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente and state Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, D-Utica.[/caption]

The Aug. 20 announcement that two major companies will put down nanotechnology roots in Marcy and eventually bring several thousand jobs into the region is an example of what can happen when political leaders put people over party.

It’s a direction we strongly encourage our representatives in Albany — and at all levels of government — to maintain.

During a visit last week with the O-D editorial board, Alain Kaloyeros, president and CEO of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, touched on many topics regarding the plan to develop the state’s nanotechnology corridor. But the one thing he insisted made it all come together was the united spirit that drove the process from Day One.

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By OBSERVER-DISPATCH

Posted Sep. 8, 2015 at 3:15 AM