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Report: ESD fails to fully evaluate most of its economic development programs (access required)

Empire State Development spends nearly $2 billion annually in taxpayer money for loans, grants, tax credits and other incentives to companies and projects, but fails to properly evaluate most of its programs to determine if they actually are boosting the ...

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Upstate United suggests using federal funds to provide unemployment insurance relief to businesses (access required)

Upstate United, a nonpartisan pro-taxpayer organization, has published a fact sheet detailing what it says is a potential $9 billion tax increase for employers statewide. Troubling Trends — New York’s $9 Billion Unemployment Insurance Crisis makes the case for the ...

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State comptroller’s audit follow-up finds issues with Pittsford budget process (access required)

The village of Pittsford has demonstrated limited progress implementing corrective actions with regard to its budget, a follow-up audit from the state comptroller’s office shows. In a previous report issued in July 2017, auditors identified problems with the board’s oversight ...

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Report: Bridges need $27.4 billion in repairs

A new report from released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli estimates that bridges in New York need $27.4 billion in repairs. Although the cost estimate is very large, the report found the number of “structurally deficient” locally-owned bridges ...

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