J5314-2011 Actions

• Jun 12, 2012: ADOPTED
• Jun 12, 2012: REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION
• Jun 8, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE

J5314-2011 Text

 ATIVE  RESOLUTION  honoring  Philip A. Crotty upon the occasion of
 tirement after many years of distinguished service to  the  Orange
  Industrial Development Agency

 S,  This  Legislative  Body seeks to acknowledge those individuals
 professional lives and civic endeavors serve to enhance the  stat-
  the State of New York; and
 EAS,  Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
 ng traditions, this Legislative Body  is  justly  proud  to  honor
  A. Crotty upon the occasion of his retirement after many years of
 guished  service to the Orange County Industrial Development Agen-
 d
 EAS, Philip A. Crotty was commissioned as a  member  of  the  Army
 e  Officer Training Corps, Fordham University, in 1964; he retired
 2 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel,  United  States  Air  Force
 e; and
 EAS,  A  graduate  of both Fordham University and Pace University,
  A. Crotty continued on to earn a Juris Doctor degree from Hofstra
 sity in 1973; and
 EAS, Philip A. Crotty served in private practice until 2005  as  a
 ng partner of Duggan, Crotty, and Dunn, P.C.; furthermore, between
 nd 1980 as well as between 1996 and 2005, he served as a municipal
 ey for the Town of New Windsor, New York; and
 EAS, Since 2005, Philip A. Crotty has rendered faithful, conscien-
  and  valuable service to the Orange County Industrial Development
 , serving with loyalty, honor  and  distinction  as  the  agency's
 ey; and
 EAS,  During his tenure with the Orange County Industrial Develop-
 gency, Philip A. Crotty designed an innovative payment-in-lieu  of
  (PILOT)  program  for attracting businesses to Orange County from
 oring States and foreign countries, resulting in the  creation  of
 han one thousand new and high-paying jobs; and
 EAS,  Philip A. Crotty also conceived the idea of an Orange County
 ss accelerator to attract and  assist  entrepreneurial  companies;

 EAS,  In  2011-2012, Philip A. Crotty introduced the Orange County
 rial Development Agency and SUNY Orange to a critical program  for
 ng  hi-tech,  advanced  manufacturing  to  students of all ages in
  County; he also obtained funding for a  pilot  project  involving
 erized-numerically-controlled machines; and
 EAS, In his official acts, Philip A. Crotty was governed by a keen
 of duty and always showed a unique grasp of human problems; and
 EAS,  With  him  throughout  have been his wife, Laurie, and their
 hildren and five grandchildren, all of whom feel privileged to  be
  of his life and rejoice in his many achievements; and
 EAS,  During his tenure with the Orange County Industrial Develop-
 Agency,  Philip  A.  Crotty  earned  the  admiration,  esteem  and
 ion of his colleagues; now, therefore, be it
 LVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 Philip A. Crotty upon the occasion of his  retirement  after  many
  of distinguished service to the Orange County Industrial Develop-
 gency; and be it further
 LVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
 d to Philip A. Crotty.