NEW: A lobbyist who has been romantically linked to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie led a rally opposing plastic packaging legislation a week before the speaker declined to bring it to a vote.
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During one day of the heat wave this week, 29 people in NYC went to the ER with heat-related illnesses when the temp hit 97 degrees.
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America’s largest bank is expanding its data center in Orangeburg, NY, near the New Jersey border.
In exchange for $77 million in tax breaks from the state and county, the bank promises to create exactly one permanent job.
My story in @nysfocus.com: nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/d...
Rockland County, NY, gave a $77 million data center tax break to JP Morgan Chase to create exactly one job. On a dollars-per-job basis it appears to be the costliest subsidy in U.S. history, possibly even a world record
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A new report finds JPMorganChase asked an agency in Rockland Co. for $77 mil in tax breaks to expand a data center in NYS. In exchange, the financial giant promised to create a job. One job. @colinreports.bsky.social of @nysfocus.com spoke w/ @michael-hill.bsky.social.
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A lobbyist who has been romantically linked to Heastie led a rally opposing the legislation a week before the speaker declined to bring it to a vote.
No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.
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No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.
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A few years ago, JPMorganChase asked a little-known agency in Rockland County to grant them $77 million in tax breaks to expand a data center in Orangeburg, near the New Jersey border...
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When they applied for the original tax breaks to build the data center they put construction costs at $187m out of $423.5m total rocklandida.com/wp-content/u...
I asked the IDA head about this, and he said he wishes more people would show up.
“If the public came out in force and said they want to participate and they want more discussion about it, I’d be the first [to say], ‘Okay, what do we gotta do to accommodate that?’” he said.
NEW: Across more than 4,400 pages, lawmakers passed a $269 billion budget that funded major programs serving New Yorkers across the state.
New York Focus breaks down the process, outcomes, and what it means for you in The Haggle.
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One thing that stood out to me reporting this story: The agency that approves these projects follows the process for public comment etc, but in practice there hardly ever seems to be any public input on these deals. Just empty hearing after empty hearing. www.youtube.com/@rocklandida...
