Waste Watch: Building Costs Half A Million Dollars In Rent For 12 Employees
Rochester, N.Y. - It is a cost of working or visiting downtown. Hilda Singleton park her car in a paid lot three times a week. "The worst part is paying. Paying for parking and getting tickets when...
View ArticleWaste Watch: State Chooses Tax Rebates Over Tax Cuts
Rochester, NY - When New York State leaders decided that taxpayers should keep more of their money over the next three years, they made a choice that most economists agree is inefficient and more aimed...
View ArticleWaste Watch: In Medley Centre, $1.5 Mill = Zero New Jobs
Albany/Irondequoit - A report by the New York State Comptroller says tax breaks given to the Medley Centre in Irondequoit -- netted zero new jobs in 2011.A state audit shows a lack of evidence that...
View ArticleWaste Watch: Gift Cards And Bonuses Paid For By Taxpayers
Rochester, N.Y. - There is no shortage of vehicles outside Rochester's Border Patrol office on Pattenwood Drive. They are mostly new, and there are too many to fit in the original lot. David Gardner...
View ArticleWaste Watch: Family Asking The State To Use Common Sense
Rochester, N.Y. - They have struggled with New York State for nearly three months regarding special equipment for their developmentally disabled sister. Their argument has a twist. They want the...
View ArticleWaste Watch: Canandaigua Harbor Hotel
Canandaigua, N.Y. - The new Canandaigua Harbor Hotel project at Steamboat Landing has not moved forward on the schedule predicted by the owner, local businessman David Genecco. As recently as January,...
View ArticleWaste Watch: TSA Wastes Money Storing Equipment
Rochester, N.Y. - The next time you're waiting in the security line at a crowded airport consider this: instead of being in use, thousands of security scanners and other devices worth $185 million...
View ArticleWASTE WATCH: Medley Developer Misses Deadline
Irondequoit, N.Y. – The developer of the Medley Centre in Irondequoit has missed an April milestone, in which he was supposed to show a $165 million investment in the project.In response, the County of...
View ArticleWaste Watch: EBT Card Abuse
Rochester, N.Y. - Your tax dollars are being spent by some to buy alcohol, cigarettes, and lottery tickets through the use of state issued benefits cards, or EBT cards. Just last week, State Senators...
View ArticleWaste Watch: Taxpayers Covering Speaker Silver's Legal Bills
Taxpayers will pay the legal bills for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is dealing with a lawsuit sparked by the scandal surrounding former downstate Asssemblyman Vito Lopez. Lopez resigned...
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