“The economy of tomorrow is the clean tech economy,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in his state-of-the-state address in January. “We all know it – it’s a foot race and whatever state, whatever region gets there first wins the prize and we want it to be New York.”
Mr. Cuomo's plan includes a $1 billion "Green Bank" to boost clean economic development and $150 million annually for 10 years for installing solar panels on homes and businesses. That might help explain the state's jump from sixth place last year to fourth place in 2013 on Clean Edge's ranking.
