Economic Development Corp

Opinion: Fresh Direct & NYC: A Not So Wonderful Life

During this holiday season, we at NYAGS hope New Yorkers and especially the ESD will consider the importance of traditional small business in New York City. That’s why we’ve put together the following tale based on Frank Capra’s “Its A Wonderful Life”

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Peddling Nonsense: The Failure of the Green Cart Experiment

New York Green Carts

Over four years ago, the mayor and the city council launched the Green Cart experiment-a plan to put 1,500 veggie carts into so-called underserved areas in order to give poor folks access to healthier foods. This “field of dreams theory” was the brainchild of the brain-dead health commissioner at the time, Tom Frieden, who has […]

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FreshDirect: Stop the Handout

Fresh Direct

There is an ongoing campaign against the city and state decision to give a $127 million hand out to the online grocer Fresh Direct. The campaign is being led by a coalition of South Bronx groups-aided and abetted by Good Jobs New York and NY Lawyers in the Public Interest.

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Willets Point United: When Big Projects Fail

Willets Point United

The WSJ has a fascinating article on the failed promises of the Atlantic Yards project-and Eliot Brown’s take on this is a cautionary tale for all of the grandiose promises still swirling around the Willets Point development

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Willets Point United: In Liu of Oversight

Willets Point United

When the AG concluded that EDC and its ancillary LDC puppet broke the law in engaging in illegal lobbying NYC Comptroller John Liu righteously concluded that there was a, “…’law breaking’ culture at the Economic Development Corporation.” That was over a month ago and we haven’t heard a peep out of the comptroller since.

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