WCNY, By Susan Arbetter, June 7, 2013. Tax Free SUNY zones. Start a business, build a business, open a business on or near a state university campus and the governor is ready to offer the experience tax-free. How does that make established businesses feel, or communities that would do without that revenue? Entrepreneurship or development mirage?
The Poughkeepsie Journal, By Joseph Spector, May 30, 2013. New York spends $7 billion a year in incentives to lure and keep businesses, a report Wednesday found, but the state doesn't adequately oversee how the money is spent. New York has more than 15 major economic development programs, the report from labor-backed groups said, yet many of them aren't closely monitored to ensure that companies are meeting job-performance goals.
ALIGN and the Getting Our Money’s Worth coalition released a new report today, which analyzes data from dozens of economic development programs, and, for the first time, examines in detail often unseen and uncounted state and local spending.
Syracuse Post Standard, By Rick Moriarty, May 29, 2013. New York spends $7 billion annually on dozens of economic development programs, but it has no way of knowing whether it's getting its money's worth, according to a report by a coalition of public policy experts, government watchdogs, labor unions and community organizations.