70 Elizabeth Blackwell St. • • Geneva, NY 14456 • 315-781-2030 ... Leader Brian  M. Kolb (R,C,I,Ref-Canandaigua) On Passage Of The 2018-19 State Budget ... to  the downstate crises caused by years of mismanagement by this administration,  ... to direct millions in taxpayer dollars to advertising for the failing START-UP NY  ...
This year's state budget "continues to direct millions in taxpayer dollars in  advertising to the failing Start-Up NY program" · — PolitiFact New York on  Monday, ...
Aug 1, 2016 ... Start-Up New York is a prime example of a tax incentive program that did ...  Public finance experts have said for years that tax incentives generally ... The $53  million is only the amount the state spent on advertising and ... "The program will  always fail to create many jobs but continue to cost a lot of money.
Apr 10, 2018 ... On the positive side, this year's budget did not include funding to ... The budget  continues the governor's failed economic development ... START-UP New York  advertising, though the program has become synonymous with boondoggle. ...  regions of the state against each other for tax dollars handed out by ...
Mar 30, 2018 ... For the eighth consecutive year, the Budget is balanced and holds spending  growth to 2 percent or less. ... "New York will also become the first state to  implement new .... Continues the phase-in of the $4.2 billion Middle Class Tax  Cut to .... This program will give millions of New Yorkers who currently have ...
This year’s state budget "continues to direct millions in taxpayer dollars in advertising to the failing Start-Up NY program"