Good morning and a happy Monday. Here's some Trail Mix to kick off the week.
Cuomo's plan to build a massive convention center in Queens is dead.
The Innovation Trail sat down with the Secretary of Energy.
And: Farmers who had crops damaged by frost may be getting aid.
Government
The Innovation Trail's Marie Cusick sat down for an interview with Energy Secretary Steven Chu to talk about powering New York.
The governor's plan to build the nation's largest convention center in Queens has fizzled. It was a large part of Cuomo's State of the State address (Dana Rubenstein, Capital New York).
Business
North Country businesses say they're already feeling a positive impact from a new windmill project in the community (Brian Kidwell, Watertown Daily-Times).
New York consumer's confidence has risen to its highest level since 2007 (Eric Anderson, Times-Union).
The soon-to-be Trader Joe's in the Albany area has a target grand opening date (Lauren Stanforth, Times-Union).
The Democrat and Chronicle's Matthew Daneman has this profile of a Kodak spin-off that's now one of Rochester's biggest companies.
Odds and ends
Farmers hurt by frost after the warm spring may be getting some relief, reports the Post-Standard's John Mariani. The Innovation Trail's Matt Richmond reported on the problem earlier this year.
A new medical center in downtown Buffalo is hoping to turn research into treatment (Henry L. Davis, Buffalo News).
Rochester is getting an indoor professional football team (Alex Crichton, WXXI).
