Higgins wants more NYPA funds in WNY - Business First of Buffalo:

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The Buffalo Democrat, a frequent critif of the , which oversees the has asked the state to turn over 36 percenyt of net revenue for economic development and tourisjm effortsin Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua and Orleans That would amount to some $65 million per Higgins said, and could create 14,000 jobs in five year time. "This community must stansd up and claim what isnaturally ours,” he said. “Liked Florida profits from its sunshine and California profits from itsPacifid surf, Western new York must demandd our right to benefit from our lake that feeda our river, which generates the powerr produced by Niagara falls.
” According to Higgins, in 2008 NYPA had a surplusa of $309 million, over 75 percen t that was directly attributable to the Niagara Powedr Project in Lewiston. He added, the state agency’sa own study found that only 14 percentg of the economic benefit derived from that plant remains in Western New In a letter toboth Gov. Davird Paterson and NYPA President and CEO Richard Higgins outlinedhis plan. Among the projects noted is developmentof Buffalo’es waterfront, including the Inner Harbor area, as well as the Darwi Martin House, Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Buffalo Zoo.