Mattress Seller Causes Taxpayer Nightmares

Richard Cooper a month ago Region: New York

    Mattress Seller Causes Taxpayer Nightmares by Richard A. Cooper   "Sleepy’s, a family-owned mattress seller that began in Brooklyn in 1931 and later moved to Long Island, has been awarded a gra... more

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State Agency Reaffirms Land Grab

Richard Cooper 2 months ago Region: New York

A New York State Agency, the Empire State Development Corporation, (ESDC) has reaffirmed its approval of the Atlantic Yards corporate welfare eminent domain scheme in New York City. http://www.nolandgrab.org/arch... more

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Yankees Miss Financial Tagging

Richard Cooper 3 months ago Region: New York

  The Yankees baseball team will not have to produce more financial documents subpoenaed by the New York State Legislature, according to a Albany, New York State Supreme Court Judge John C. Egan Jr.'s ruling  (R... more

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Obama's Chief Of Staff Has Plan For America

Richard Cooper 4 months ago Region: New York

Back in 2006, then-Congressman Rahm Emanuel (Democrat-Illinois) and Bruce Reed published a book called The Plan: Big Ideas For America (New York: Public Affairs, 2006 ISBN 13:978-1-58648-412-5).  Emanuel is now W... more

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Celebrity Architect Dropped From Urban Renewal Scheme

Richard Cooper 5 months ago Region: New York

World-renowned architect Frank Gehry became a victim of the economic downturn when he and his designs were dropped from the Nets Arena and the rest of  the Atlantic Yards urban renewal and development scheme in N... more

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Stop The Pork Lawsuit Butchered In Supreme Court

Richard Cooper 8 months ago Region: New York

The Stop The Pork Lawsuit http://groundreport.com/articles.php?id=2875068    by a group of New York taxpayers, including myself ,to end corporate welfare and its funding of eminent domain abuse suffered a se... more

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President Clinton's Contribution From Corporate Welfare Recipient Favored By Senator Clinton

Richard Cooper 10 months ago Region: New York

The New York Times reported that former President Clinton's foundation received a $100,000 contribution from Syracuse, New York real estate developer Robert J. Congel ("A Donor's Gift Soon Followed Clinton's Help" by Charl... more

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Stop The Pork Lawsuit Combats Corporate Welfare & Eminent Domain Abuse

Richard Cooper 11 months ago Region: New York

Many Americans were outraged by the dramatic bailouts in the headlines of late, but fewer seem outraged by the constant flow of corporate welfare at the federal, state and local levels.  Some New Yorkers have filed su... more

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Government Pirates Are Not Jack Sparrows

Richard Cooper a year ago Region: New York

Today's government pirates are not the flamboyant pirates of the Jack Sparrow mold, although they are occasionally comical.  But like the pirates of old they deprive people of their property.  But unlike the... more

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Four Proposed Amendments To Obama's Economic Stimulus Plan

Richard Cooper 7 months ago Region: New York

As campaign manager for Eric Sundwall, the Libertarian Party candidate for Congress in the special election March 31, 2009 to replace Kirsten Gillibrand who was disqualified by the New York State Board of Elections over a ... more

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