Protests delivered on FedEx plan
Albany Times Union, By Larry Rulison, June 22, 2011. Union officials gathered in East Greenbush on Tuesday to decry government subsidies being used to build the FedEx Ground distribution center along Route 4.
BUSY QUEENS CENTER MALL INTERSECTION TURNED INTO HUNT FOR GOOD JOBS
Community, faith and labor leaders held a rally and press conference in front of the Queens Center Mall today to protest the use of taxpayer dollars to subsidize projects that do not create good jobs or broader community benefits.
ADVOCATES IN 5 CITIES HUNT FOR THE MISSING JOBS PLAN
East Greenbush, Central Islip, Buffalo, Rochester, Queens, NY—Community, faith and labor leaders held rallies and press conferences in five cities around the state to protest the use of taxpayer dollars to subsidize projects that do not create good jobs or broader community benefits. As part of the statewide Getting Our Money’s Worth campaign, advocates gathered at wasteful development projects in their local communities, highlighted a new report, Seizing the Moment: How Regional Economic Development Councils Can Build a Good Jobs Economy, and called on state leaders to create a good jobs plan that improves upon current economic development outcomes.
Activists oppose Queens Center’s property tax subsidies
The Real Deal, By Adam Fusfeld, June 21, 2011. Community activists rallied outside the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst today to oppose the use of taxpayer money to fund projects that don't provide jobs beyond part-time, minimum wage ones. The mall was a chief target of the protesters, as it has received $48 million of property tax subsidies in return for jobs that primarily pay around $7.25 per hour, the federal minimum wage.
NY Looking For Jobs in All the Wrong Places?
Public News Service, by Mark Scheerer, June 21, 2001. The State of New York shouldn't go looking for jobs in all the wrong places, according to workers' rights and immigration activists. They're wary about plans in Albany to create regional economic development councils, and they're holding a news conference in Central Islip, outside a plant operated by the firm Cintas, charging it with exploiting workers and committing environmental violations.