Posts Tagged New York
One City Sets an Example for Tracking Local Pandemic Spending
New York State Website Makes it Impossible to Track COVID Spending
5 Questions with Tom Speaker: New York Breaks Up With Opportunity Zones
Reinvent Albany, a nonprofit that advocates for transparent, accountable, effective New York government, recently celebrated a major victory when the State Assembly voted to decouple from federal Opportunity Zone tax breaks. Policy Analyst Tom Speaker talked to Good Jobs First about why this is such a big deal.
New York is First State to Report GASB 77 Subsidy Data
September 29, 2017
Hundreds of local governments have already reported their tax revenue losses associated with corporate subsidies. In late July, the State of New York became the first state to do so, in their Basic Annual Report, a publication that precedes the state’s more comprehensive CAFR report
Subsidies and Corruption in New York
The leaders of both chambers of the New York State Legislature have been indicted on criminal charges, accused of using their power and influence to improperly assist major real estate developers. That assistance turns out to revolve around a controversial subsidy program known as 421-a.