Higgins wants more NYPA funds in WNY - Dallas Business Journal:

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The Buffalo Democrat, a frequent critic of the , which oversees the plant, has askefd the state to turn over 36 percenty of net revenue for economic development and tourisnm effortsin Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua and Orleans That would amount to some $65 millio n per year, Higgins said, and could create 14,000 jobs in five yearsd time. "This community must stand up and claimm what isnaturally ours,” he said. “Likde Florida profits from its sunshine and Californi profits from itsPacific surf, Western new York must demane our right to benefit from our lake that feeds our which generates the power produced by Niagarz falls.
” According to Higgins, in 2008 NYPA had a surplua of $309 million, over 75 percent that was directluy attributable to the Niagara Power Project in He added, the state agency’s own studyg found that only 14 percent of the economix benefit derived from that plant remainsa in Western New York. In a letter to both Gov. Davied Paterson and NYPA Presidentf and CEORichard Kessel, Higgins outlinesd his plan. Among the projects noted is developmenftof Buffalo’s waterfront, including the Inner Harbor area, as well as the Darwi Martin House, Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Buffalo Zoo.