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Comments on the LMDC's "Draft Assistance Plan for Individuals" -- 3/15/02

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Good Jobs New York is funded by the Rockefeller Family Fund, the New York Foundation, The New York Community Trust and The Rockefeller Foundation.

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Welcome to Reconstruction  Watch

Promoting Fair and Effective Use of New York City's Economic Development Resources After September 11th 

A project of Good Jobs New York

Reconstruction Watch:

Reconstruction Watch is intended to assist low and moderate income New Yorkers in understanding and influencing the reconstruction process.  Through its research and publications, Reconstruction Watch will provide these New Yorkers and the organizations that assist and represent them with timely information that they can use to participate effectively in the reconstruction process.

Publication # 4 -- April 2002

Breaking it Down: An Analysis of New York State's "Final Action Plan for New York Business Recovery and Economic Revitalization"

Publication # 3 -- April 2002

Press Release for Private Activity Bond analysis -- 4/18/02

An Analysis of the "Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002" Private Activity Bonds: An Opportunity for Public Input?

Publication # 2 -- March 2002

An Analysis of the "Draft Assistance Plan for Individuals"
How Will Lower Manhattan Residents Benefit?

Click here for the text of the "Draft Assistance Plan for Individuals"

Publication # 1 -- February 2002

Profiles of the Members of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation: Who Are These People And Where Did They Come From?

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Reconstruction Watch will:

• Provide useful information on the key players in the reconstruction process

• Analyze in plain English the subsidy proposals being advanced at the Federal, state, and city levels to foster economic development in New York City in the wake of September 11th.  Do the proposed subsidies have quality job standards? Are there safeguards for taxpayers for companies that don't keep their agreements? What are the benefits and drawbacks of each proposed subsidy?

• Report on subsidies targeted to specific firms including the estimated dollar value of the deal, the company's job creation and retention performance, its compliance with environmental and labor standards, and previous subsidies received.

Feedback from members of the public is crucial to this project. Please contact GJNY with questions or suggestions.

Good Jobs New York is a joint project of the Fiscal Policy Institute and Good Jobs First.