Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu...
by inoop on Saturday February 23, 2019 @06:31PM
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Actually no, because other locations would have given tax incentives, too. In fact, LIC wasn't even one of the highest ones by that metric. For example, Newark was offering $7bn:
https://www.seattlebusinessmag.com/business-operations/new-j...
It's also important to realize that the majority of that $3bn would have come from pre-existing programs open to any company moving to LIC.