City Called on to Care for Seniors
Legislators & Advocates Call for Reforms at Economic Development Budget Hearing in Albany
Advocates Slam Shameful Subsidy Deal for UNFI & Whole Foods Mega-Warehouse
Dozens of community, labor and environmental activists gathered today to protest a new publicly-subsidized development in the town of Montgomery. They inducted organic food distributor United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) and its retail partner Whole Foods Markets into a virtual Corporate Tax Dodgers Hall of Shame (www.gettingourmoneysworth.org).
Regional Subsidy Spending High, Uncoordinated, Largely Failing to Create Jobs
In advance of an announcement about major new corporate tax breaks from New York’s Regional Economic Development Councils, ALIGN and the Getting Our Money’s Worth coalition released a new report that examines how New York’s economic development programs perform regionally, and whether they are succeeding in creating the jobs New Yorkers need.