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YouTube Videos

Grab interest

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NEgative Effects of IDA Tax Abatements

 artificially suppressing the "growth factor" variable of the property tax cap formula 

The Negative Impact MV IDA Housing Projects Have On Public School Finances

The Negative Impact MV IDA Housing Projects Have On Public School Finances

The Mount Vernon Industrial Development Agency

First in a series of videos questioning the MV IDA's approach to fostering economic development in the city.

The Mount Vernon Industrial Development Agency

Part II in the series

The Mount Vernon Industrial Development Agency

Part IIa

I added this short follow up to Part II because the school district's lawyer sent a letter to the MV IDA about the number of children estimated to enter the school district from the new rental high-rise buildings. Click the button to download a copy of the letter. 

Link to letter from School District Lawyer

Downloads Continued

May 2026 MVCSD Response to GDC request for Heritage South IDA Pilot Extension (pdf)Download
April 2026 75 Cents on the Dollar What the MV IDAs Fiscal Impact Analyses Dont Tell you (pdf)Download
April 9 2026 Comments made at IDA meeting re proposed tax abatement for Library Square (pdf)Download
March 2026 MVCSD Questions and Concerns re Heritage South IDA Pilot Extension (pdf)Download
Who Pays When the Tax Base Doesnt Grow March 2026 (pdf)Download

Downloads

March 2026 Infographic 10 years of IDA abatements vs sales tax collection w constant dollars (pdf)Download
March 2026 MV IDA Tax Abatements 2016 through 2025 (pdf)Download
NYS Comptroller audit of MV IDA 2013 (pdf)Download
Jan 2025 Tax Breaks given to Low Income Housing Developers by the MV IDA (pdf)Download
May 2024- More Light Shed on MIsaligned IDA Incentives (pdf)Download
April 12 24 MV IDA A Race to the Bottom (pdf)Download
Reinvent Albany Opposition to S6544 IDA Tax Breaks for Housing Developers February-8-2024 (pdf)Download
December 2023- Where do the MV IDA allegiances lay (pdf)Download
November 2023- Request for MVIDA Chairwoman Patterson-Howard to Recuse from 115 S Macquesten (pdf)Download
November 2023- Can Mayor Patterson-Howard remain impartial given these campaign contributions (pdf)Download
November 2023- Public Hearing Comments 115 S. Macquesten (pdf)Download
October 2023- Comments regarding the financial assistance and impact analysis for 115 S Macquesten (pdf)Download
August 2023- Regarding the surge in low-income housing development in the city (pdf)Download
July 2023- Comments regarding MV IDA considering a PILOT for 115 S Macquesten (pdf)Download
October 2022- I am skeptical about the MVIDA. Here is why (pdf)Download
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