Survivors of last year’s horrific fire at Tazreen factory in Bangladesh, which produced apparel for Walmart, joined U.S.-based workers from across Walmart’s supply chain to pressure the retailer to make necessary improvements to unsafe work conditions that can prevent future tragedies.
The Daily News, By Erin Durkin, April 15, 2013. Many Sandy victim families will be left with no place to go when the city pulls the plug on its hotel program at the end of the month, advocates warn in a new report. Some 592 families are still in hotels six months after the storm, according to the latest city data, and the city is trying to get them out and into other housing by the April 30 deadline officials have set to end the program. Advocates are urging the city to scrap the deadline.
Syracuse Post-Standard, By Rick Moriarty, April 8, 2013. A new state law bars industrial development agencies from assisting retail projects, but local officials say that won't stop them from giving tax breaks to projects like a proposed suburban Syracuse shopping center that will include Upstate New York's first Costco store. Mary Beth Primo, Onondaga County's economic development director, said the $50 million Township 5 project in Camillus would qualify for tax breaks under exceptions built into the law.
This morning, members of the Getting Our Money’s Worth Coalition responded to the Authorities Budget Office’s Multi Year Analysis of IDA Financial Assistance Practices.