In urban communities across the United States, Walmart is facing serious opposition to opening stores. This video shows how we are raising awareness about what Walmart would really mean for New York’s neighborhoods…
Testimony to the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees Budget Hearing on Economic Development From Nathalie Alegre, January 31, 2012 Good morning Sen. DeFrancisco, Assemblyman Farrell, and members of the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees. …
This report by Good Jobs First, a non-profit, non-partisan research center based in Washington, DC, analyzes the performance standards and enforcement policies of the states’ major economic development programs. The study shows that most states are highly inconsistent in how they monitor, verify and enforce the terms of job subsidies that cost taxpayers billions of dollars per year. New York State had one of the poorest track records, receiving a score of D+ and ranking 45th out of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
downloadALIGN joined with worker and community advocates to stand in solidarity with port truck drivers at Proud 2 Haul in Kearney, NJ. Two workers had just been fired for speaking out about wage theft at the company. We rallied with …
This report examines the performance of Industrial Development Agencies, or IDAs, New York’s main job creation tool and finds that IDAs are not living up to their job creation promises.
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