Business subsidies opposed
Buffalo News, December 21, 2011. A group seeking reform of state business subsidies called for the end of a Rochester company’s tax abatements Tuesday because it plans to close a Tonawanda warehouse and move the jobs.
National Coalition of Environmental, Labor, Community & Faith-based Organizations Applaud Senator Gillibrand for her Leadership on Clean Ports Act
Legislation Would Restore the EPA Award-winning Los Angeles Clean Truck Program and Empower Port Agencies to Implement Similarly Effective Clean Air Programs Across the Nation
On the heels of massive protests that exposed an industry responsible for dirty air and dead-end jobs on the docks, Sen.…
Karp wants bigger incentive to come to LI
Newsday, By James T. Madore December 16, 2011. A Queens-based maker of metal doors and bathroom stalls is seeking more tax breaks to stay in New York State. Karp Associates Inc. and its sister company, Flush Metal Partitions, have asked the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency to give them a more generous property-tax abatement than was offered in March.
Getting Our Money’s Worth Coalition Members Respond to New York’s Ranking of 43rd in Economic Development
This afternoon, members of the Getting Our Money’s Worth Coalition commented on Good Job First’s new report, Money for Something: Job Creation and Job Quality Standards in State Economic Development Subsidy Programs, which ranked New York State 43rd.
Report: NY scores low on economic development subsidies
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.