In recent years, donut shops, car dealerships, and doctor's offices have received tax breaks from industrial development agencies in western New York.
Now, a first-term state legislator from Buffalo has crafted a bill to halt such deals.
He joins a growing chorus of critics who argue IDAs have lost their way since being created in the 1960s to generate high-paying manufacturing jobs. But as the Innovation Trail's Daniel Robison reports, the bill is far from being put to a vote.
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The Innovation Trail is a collaboration between five upstate New York public media outlets. The initiative, funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), will help the public gain a better understanding of the connection between technological breakthroughs and the revitalization of upstate New York's economy.