The Buffalo Bills’ Stadium Subsidy Is a Hand-Off to Unions
Posted on AllSides April 8th, 2022
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul talks with reporters in Albany, N.Y., April 4. PHOTO: HANS PENNINK/ASSOCIATED PRESS
OPINION
It’s bad enough that the budget agreement announced Thursday night by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will shower more than $1 billion of the public’s money on a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills, a billionaire-owned football franchise that competes in the world’s most profitable sports league. But Ms. Hochul has attached conditions to the deal that will drive up the construction cost by roughly 20% and assure that a big chunk of the subsidy will be wasted. That contradicts her claim that she sought to negotiate the “best deal...
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