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>> THANK YOU.
WE FACE TREMENDOUS DIFFICULTY
THIS YEAR IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK REMAINS A PLACE OF HOPE
AND OPPORTUNITY.
THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, WE HAVE
BEEN THE PLACE WHERE THE BEST
AND THE BRIGHTEST ACROSS THE
NATION AND IN OUR GLOBE COME TO
BUILD THEIR FUTURES.
TOGETHER, WE'RE MAKING NEW YORK
THE HOME OF INNOVATION AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP ONCE AGAIN.
THIS PAST YEAR, 1 IN 5 NEW JOBS
CREATED IN THIS NATION WERE
CREATED IN NEW YORK STATE.
[APPLAUSE].
OUR ECONOMY WAS HOME TO
7.3 MILLION PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS.
THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RANKED US AMONG THE TOP TEN
STATES TO BE BUSINESS IN.
UP 11 SPOTS TO THE PREVIOUS
YEAR.
STANDARD AND POORS RATING
COMMITMENT TO BALANCED BUDGETS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN NEW YORK IS
ON THE MOVE AND PEOPLE ALL OVER■
THIS NATION ARE TAKING NOTICE.
CEOs WHO ONCE LAUGHED AT DOING
BUSINESS IN NEW YORK STATE ARE
NOW GIVING US A SECOND LOOK AND
NOT LAUGHING ANY LONGER.
YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE MY WORD
FOR IT, PLEASE WELCOME GREG
HIGHLAND PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
VALUE TECH TO PROVIDE AN
OVERVIEW OF HIS WORDS.
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SINCE 1988.
IN ALL THAT TIME, WE'VE BEEN
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CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA AND TEXAS.
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HIGH-TECH BUSINESS FRIENDLY
CAPITAL.
BUT THEN I LEARNED AS MANY OTHER
COMPANIES ARE LEARNING, THAT NEW
YORK STATE IS RAPIDLY++pOGK■ BEG
THE PLACE TO DO BUSINESS.
WITH NEW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
POLICIES IN THE SPIRIT OF
INNOVATION, THAT IS A MAGNET FOR
START-UPS AND BUSINESS
EXPANSION.
LAST YEAR, GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO
AND THE LEGISLATURE ANNOUNCED
THE GLOBAL 450 RESEARCH OF
MANUFACTURING OF INTEL, IBM,
SAMSUNG AND GLOBAL FOUNDRIES.
THEY WOULD INVEST IN NEW YORK TO
CREATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF
COMPUTER CHIPS.
JUST YESTERDAY, THE GOVERNOR
ANNOUNCED AN ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENT BY GLOBAL FOUNDRIES
OF 2 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS TO
BUILD A NEW TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT CENTER THAT WILL
CREATE 1000 NEW JOBS.
[APPLAUSE].
THESE FIVE GLOBAL SEMI-CONDUCTOR
LEADERS THESE ARE ANY CUSTOMERS.
I WANT TO BE NEAR THEM.
WITH THE STATE'S NEW APPROACH,
NEW YORK IS THE RIGHT MOVE FOR
US TOO.
THEN I BECAME A BELIEVER.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE RELOCATING THE
LION SHARE OF OUR OPERATIONS ALL
OF OUR MARKETING, MANUFACTURING
AND DISTRIBUTION ALONG WITH OUR
HEADQUARTERS TO NEW■■■■■■■■■■■■
ARIZONA.
[APPLAUSE].
WE ARE EVEN MOVING OUR TESTING
LAB FROM CHINA AND MALAYSIA TO
NEW YORK.
UTICA,■■ NEW YORK.
THAT'S UTICA,
WHERE WE WILL NOT■■■■■■■■■■■■ O■
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EMPLOYEES.
VALUE TECH IS NOT RECEIVING ANY
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WE ARE GETTING -- [LOST AUDIO]