Initiative: Industrial Development Agencies

February 2025

Testimony

Budget Testimony/Taxes: Protect School Revenue from Corporate Handouts, More Transparency for Film/TV Tax Credit Read more February 2025

Testimony

Budget Testimony/Housing: End NY’s Opportunity Zone Tax break, Stop IDAs from Unconstitutional Housing Projects Read more February 2025

Testimony

Budget Testimony/Econ Dev: NY Must Stop Wasting $4.5B/Year on Useless Corporate Subsidies Read more June 2024

Subsidy Sheet

Subsidy Sheet: IDAs don’t work, waste public funds, are corruption prone Read more June 2024

Subsidy Sheet

Subsidy Sheet: NYS Comptroller: NYC corporate tax breaks shoddily documented Read more May 2024

Upstate Law Firms Reap Undisclosed Millions from IDA Deals that Cost Public Billions Big political contributions from law firms earning transaction fees on IDA deals may fuel more and larger corporate subsidies. Read more May 2024

Press ReleaseReport

Upstate Law Firms Reap Undisclosed Millions from IDA Deals that Cost Public Billions Read more April 2024

Press ReleaseReport

New Report: IDAs Have Perverse Incentive to Give Away Tax Dollars Read more April 2024

IDAs Have Perverse Incentive to Give Away Tax Dollars IDAs have a perverse incentive to give away tax revenue that would otherwise support schools, parks, and emergency services. Read more February 2024

Testimony

Testimony: NYS Tax Code Includes Billions in Corporate Subsidy Boondoggles Read more February 2024

Testimony

Reinvent Albany Testimony: More Housing in NYS, Fewer Tax Breaks Read more February 2024

Press ConferenceStatement

Support for Senate Skepticism of Corporate Subsidies Read more