Upstate NY: Stimulus creates only 3.5 jobs in Tier's 10 counties

By Doug Schneider
October 15, 2009

Federal contracts related to the president's economic stimulus program are creating or saving few jobs so far across Upstate New York.

In the 10 counties of the Binghamton-Elmira-Ithaca region, contracts for federal projects have created the equivalent of 3.5 jobs, the Associated Press found. Three counties in Pennsylvania's Northern Tier have seen a total of eight jobs created. the rest