Union Edge, Hosted by Charles Showalter, July 8, 2011. Our first guest is Matt Ryan of Align: the Alliance for a Greater New York, which is part of the Walmart Free NYC Coalition. He discusses why and how they're trying to keep Walmart out of NYC.
NY1 Noticias, hosted by Philip Klint, July 8, 2011. Philip Klint dialoga con la activista Maritza Silva Farrell sobre su oposición a la presencia de Walmart en Nueva York.
Whatever your politics, this actor made a delightful fool of himself doing this 4-1/2 minute video. And some folks at the Capitol clearly had a good time playing along.
Capital Tonight, By Liz Benjamin, June 23, 2011. Long Islanders are anxious for Cuomo to release details on his regional economic development councils.
Newsday, By James T. Madore, June 21, 2011. Unions, liberal groups and religious leaders stepped up a campaign Tuesday to have state officials hold businesses accountable for creating jobs in return for tax breaks and other incentives.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.