Matthew Hamilton reports on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's latest budget gimmick. Well, it is actually the same "Hunger Games" budget marketing plan where instead of making careful behind-the-scenes decision on what to fund, Cuomo has turned the same process into something with an announcement of winners "American Idol"-style. Upstate airports are the latest to get the treatment, with the Albany International Airport, Columbia County Airport, and Freehold Airport (in Greene County) among the local airports competing to make the "top five" and get $40 million each for improvements. The full list of airports in the "competition" are:

Facility Name—County
ADIRONDACK REGIONAL AIRPORT—FRANKLIN
AKRON AIRPORT—ERIE
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT—ALBANY
ARGYLE AIRPORT—WASHINGTON
BUFFALO AIRFIELD—ERIE
BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT—ERIE
BUFFALO-LANCASTER REGIONAL AIRPORT—ERIE
CAMILLUS AIRPORT—ONONDAGA
CANANDAIGUA AIRPORT—ONTARIO
CATTARAUGUS CO-OLEAN AIRPORT—CATTARAUGUS
CHAUTAUQUA CO/ DUNKIRK AIRPORT—CHAUTAUQUA
CHAUTAUQUA CO/JAMESTOWN AIRPORT—CHAUTAUQUA
COLUMBIA COUNTY AIRPORT—COLUMBIA
COOPERSTOWN-WESTVILLE AIRPORT—OTSEGO
CORNING-PAINTED POST AIRPORT—STEUBEN
CORTLAND CO-CHASE FIELD AIRPORT—CORTLAND
DANSVILLE MUNICIPAL Airport—LIVINGSTON
DUTCHESS COUNTY AIRPORT—DUTCHESS
ELMIRA CORNING REGIONAL AIRPORT—CHEMUNG
FINGER LAKES REGIONAL AIRPORT—SENECA
FLOYD BENNETT MEMORIAL AIRPORT—WARREN
FRANKFORT- HIGHLAND AIRPORT—HERKIMER
FREEHOLD AIRPORT—GREENE
FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT—FULTON
GENESEE COUNTY AIRPORT—GENESEE, NY.
GRANVILLE AIRPORT—WASHINGTON
GREAT VALLEY AIRPORT—CATTARAUGUS
GREATER BINGHAMTON AIRPORT—BROOME
GREATER ROCHESTER INT’L AIRPORT—MONROE
GRIFFISS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT—ONEIDA
HAMBURG INC—ERIE
HAMILTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT—MADISON
HORNELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT—STEUBEN
ITHACA TOMPKINS REGIONAL AIRPORT—TOMPKINS
JOSEPH Y RESNICK AIRPORT—ULSTER
KINGSTON-ULSTER AIRPORT—ULSTER
LAKE PLACID AIRPORT—ESSEX
LE ROY AIRPORT—GENESEE
LEDGEDALE AIRPARK—MONROE
LT WARREN E EATON AIRPORT/CHENANGO CO—CHENANGO
MALONE-DUFORT AIRPORT—FRANKLIN
MASSENA INT’L – RICHARDS FIELD—ST LAWRENCE
NIAGARA FALLS INT’L AIRPORT—NIAGARA
NO BUFFALO SUBURBAN AIRPORT—NIAGARA
OGDENSBURG INT’L AIRPORT—ST LAWRENCE
ONEONTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT—OTSEGO
ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT—ORANGE
OSWEGO COUNTY AIRPORT—OSWEGO
PENN YAN-YATES COUNTY AIRPORT—YATES
PERRY-WARSAW AIRPORT—WYOMING
PINE HILL AIRPORT—ORLEANS
PISECO AIRPORT—HAMILTON
PLATTSBURGH INT’L AIRPORT—CLINTON
POTSDAM MUNICIPAL/DAMON FIELD—ST LAWRENCE
RANDALL AIRPORT—ORANGE
ROYALTON AIRPORT—NIAGARA
SARATOGA COUNTY AIRPORT—SARATOGA
SCHENECTADY COUNTY AIRPORT—SCHENECTADY
SCHROON LAKE AIRPORT—ESSEX
SIDNEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT—DELAWARE
SKANEATELES AERO DROME—ONONDAGA
SKY ACRES AIRPORT—DUTCHESS
SOUTH ALBANY AIRPORT—ALBANY
SULLIVAN CO INT’L AIRPORT—SULLIVAN
SYRACUSE HANCOCK INT’L AIRPORT—ONONDAGA
TICONDEROGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT—ESSEX
TRI-CITIES AIRPORT—BROOME
WARWICK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT—ORANGE
WATERTOWN INT’L AIRPORT—JEFFERSON
WELLSVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT—ALLEGANY
WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT—WESTCHESTER
WHITFORD’S AIRPORT—CAYUGA
WILLIAMSON-SODUS AIRPORT—WAYNE
WURTSBORO-SULLIVAN CO AIRPORT—SULLIVAN