tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post1170048750218161182..comments2024-03-29T07:18:12.842-04:00Comments on The Brooklyn & Staten Island Independent GOP Fountainhead: Either State Senator Golden — OR somebody on his staff — announced that the New York State Regional Economic Development Council awarded grants to support some Brooklyn projects Galewyn Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-73282933154074803012013-12-14T22:03:54.404-05:002013-12-14T22:03:54.404-05:00In New York State Regional Economic Development Gr...In New York State Regional Economic Development Grants account for almost three–quarters of a billion dollars in money for programs, so why is the fact that State Senator Golden claims the he has lined up just over a million dollars for programs both inside and outside his district supposed to be a big deal ? <br /><br />Is this all that Golden can get for the folks in Brooklyn with all of his seniority and his position of influence in the New York Senate Republican Leadership ? Maybe there is a lot of other stuff that Marty Golden gets that he would rather not brag about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-43846262959840844792013-12-14T15:41:41.002-05:002013-12-14T15:41:41.002-05:00UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "WHAT THESE GRANT...UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "WHAT THESE GRANTS ARE REALLY ABOUT" EDITION<br /><br />According to E.J. McMahon, "...[S]tripped of the glitzy new wrapping, the $716 million in projects announced [earlier this week] comprised a familiar-sounding mix of industrial development bond (IRB) allocations, state-financed infrastructure projects, tourism promotion subsidies and plain old pork-barrel grants— the sort of thing that Albany has been doling out piecemeal for decades now...." ( See "“The envelope, please …” by E.J. McMahon, 12/12/13, The Torch [http://www.nytorch.com/?p=8129]). McMahon goes on to say, "All of this stuff is supposed to help create new jobs. But ... the latest data from the state Labor Department don’t seem to bear this out. During the latest 12-month period, New York State has created new private sector payroll jobs at a slower rate than the nation as a whole, and upstate private employment has grown at less than half the national average." <br /><br />If you look at E.J. McMahon's stats, things are at best only slightly better in Marty Golden's patch in Brooklyn --- but that's not very good either.<br /><br /><br /><br />Galewyn Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-18201354690206876722013-12-13T11:04:55.731-05:002013-12-13T11:04:55.731-05:00None of this will do any good for State Senator Go...None of this will do any good for State Senator Golden in a primary against Russ Gallo or anybody else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com