Cuomo, IBM set to unveil deal-Dutchess County

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Joseph Spector, Wires

ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo and IBM are set to announce a major economic-development agreement on Monday that would preserve jobs in the Hudson Valley and expand the company's high-tech footprint in New York.

The agreement includes a commitment from IBM to keep at least 3,100 high-tech jobs, mainly in Dutchess County, through 2016, administration officials told Gannett's Albany Bureau.

The job commitment includes an increase of 750 positions that were largely lost through downsizing last year. The employment agreement is for jobs in the semiconductor sector and related fields, administration officials said.

It largely impacts the facilities in East Fishkill and Poughkeepsie, but also at IBM's Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, location and in the Albany area.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2014/02/23/cuomo-ibm-set-to-unveil-deal/5768961/

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