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April 26, 2010
Stop The Pork Lawsuit Appeal To Be Heard
Ground Report
by Richard Cooper
The Stop The Pork Lawsuit whose butchery in the New York court I reported previously (Stop The Pork Lawsuit Butchered In Supreme Court) will have its appeal heard on Monday April 26th according to Buffalo attorney James Ostrowski. The lawsuit contends that corporate welfare in New York violates our state's constitution. I contributed to the legal fund and was added as one of the plaintiffs.
The suit names as defendants Governor Paterson, the Senate and Assembly leadership, the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) and various corporations, including IBM.
The Empire State Development Corporation is the principal driver in New York of both corporate welfare and eminent domain abuse, including Atlantic Yards and the NY Times headquarters scheme I dubbed Time$cam.
Posted by eric at April 26, 2010 12:00 PM