Updating an earlier piece...
State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, who represents the district to the immediate north of the Bronx, has become a thorn in the side of the Yankees.
Brodsky has been pressing the Bronx Bombers on spending related to their new stadium, much of which has come with public funds.
The chairman of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions is trying to subpoena documents related to the ballpark's construction.
Brodsky contends the Yankees are spending $4 billion in public money without providing enough jobs, affordable tickets or public information about the new stadium. He issued the subpoena as chairman of the Assembly's committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, reported the Albany Times-Union.
The Yankees said Brodsky's numbers were wrong and called him publicity hungry.
Brodsky stressed his money figures were accurate, outlining dollars spent between bonds, interest and aid.
"The state could have bought the Yankees for less than it cost to build the stadium," Brodsky told reporters.
Brodksy's long struck me as one of the few good guys in Albany. And if his numbers are correct, this is an even more scandalous tax giveaway than the infamous AMD project in Saratoga County. So I wish the Westchester Democrat well.
4 comments:
Did you see last night's game? Empty seats everywhere! if they can't fill the stadium when the Red Sox are in town, how will they fill the place with "smaller acts?"
I read they lowered the price of behind-the-plate seats and some other nearby sections from $2,500 to about $1,200. *claps sarcastically*
Um, by comparison, my once-a-year seat on the first base line at Fenway Park, where I get to literally rest my beer on the Red Sox dugout... the face value of the ticket is $100.
Mark,
I wouldn't read QUITE so much into those empty seats, it was mid-week & there was a lengthy rain delay.
MOFYC,
I wonder if Brodsky has any plans to look into the Citi Park funding as well.
Matt,
I know he's been looking into both.
http://tinyurl.com/7ufmo6
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/slashed_ticket_prices_allow_lesser
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