When the D.C.-based subsidy watch group Good Jobs First released its analysis recently of the $1.2 billion that New York State hands out in tax breaks to private industries each year, one item stood out: $621 million in subsidies for … Continue reading
When Governor Cuomo called in to NY1 on the afternoon after Election Day to recount the “good conversation” he had had with our surprise president-elect, he made clear that he felt the downside of a Trump administration (as he put … Continue reading
Of the many, many strong feelings people have about the looming Trump administration, few are related to potential infrastructure policy. In fact, the president-elect’s position on the matter—as he inimitably declared in his acceptance speech, “We’re going to rebuild our … Continue reading
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is wearing two hats at the moment. On the one hand, he’s running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, on a platform of being the guy who successfully reined in state spending, beating public employee unions … Continue reading
Sometime in the next few weeks, a state supreme court judge could issue the first of several rulings on a legal challenge to FreshDirect’s plan to open an 11-acre headquarters in the Port Morris section of the Bronx, which would … Continue reading
As part of City Limits’ series on what New York is getting itself in for with its next governor, I look at Carl Paladino and Andrew Cuomo’s job-development plans (but mostly Cuomo’s, because Paladino had to leave the story early … Continue reading
I went to a city hearing on giving tax breaks to an alleged union-busting firm for new office space, and more or less lived to tell the tale: Meetings of the Industrial Development Agency – the city agency in charge … Continue reading