Politics On The Hudson, By Jon Campbell, December 14, 2011. New York received a D from Good Jobs Now in the group’s annual report card, which was released today. That places the state in a tie for 43rd in the country.
Buffalo News, By Matt Glynn, November 18, 2011. The Clarence Industrial Development Agency on Thursday approved a sales tax break to support a restaurant opening on Transit Road.
Brooklyn Downtown Star, By Lisa A. Fraser November 16, 2011. On Thursday, November 10, a group of nearly three-dozen protesters with the Alliance for a Greater New York (ALIGN), Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) and the Occupy Wall Street movement gathered in front of JP Morgan Chase at MetroTech Center to demand “good jobs, not giveaways.”
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 15, 2012. The port is an environmental asset for New York. On balance, it pollutes less than other ways of transporting goods to our region. But the port is a dirty business for the Columbia Waterfront and Red Hook. One of our biggest problems is port truck pollution.
The Daily Gazette, By David Lombardo, November 14, 2011. Based on statistics released by the state Comptroller’s Office for the year 2009, the Alliance for a Greater New York and the Buffalo based Coalition for Economic Justice put out a report detailing what they characterized as useless tax incentives by IDAs. IDAs are local economic development agencies that are able to provide incentives to companies that promise expansion or job creation.