New York has seen big corporations leave — and it’s facing monster budget gaps for the coming years. It’s not hard to explain the difference.
on a solar plant in Buffalo in an infamous deal the Buffalo Billion , that produced more criminal scandals than economic development.
It’s handed out billions to the film and TV industry, apparently on the theory that no one would want to film in iconic New York City without a bribe.Some of the state’s “investments” have virtuallyto do with economic development: Wealthy Zip codes get checks for parks, splash pads, turf fields, etc., the state spent $125,000 for “an educational oyster garden” in Queens, $350,000 for dog runs, $15 million for an film hub that flopped, $300,000 to move a barn . . .
Back in 2006, Gov. George Pataki gave money to a cheese museum, even after bashing just such help for
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