Recently a New York City coalition that works on behalf of the poor and working class (Jobs with Justice), issued a report highly critical of IDA activity in NYS, and argued, among other things, that IDA project success rates were exaggerated. CGR closely examined the same data that was used by the coalition and came to substantially different conclusions. Based on our analysis, we find the earlier report biased and incomplete and urge the coalition to take corrective action. CGR’s report includes a summary table of the many differences between the two studies. |