NY governor is raising money from billionaires on promises not to raise their taxes and instead slash state funding for poor cities
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Major Buffalo real estate developers received millions of dollars in forgivable PPP loans
Fifteen of the most prominent real estate developers in Buffalo received between $13.6 million and $34.0 million through the Paycheck Protection Program
Sackler Firm Controls Top Stake of Publicly-Traded Oil Rig Corporation that Took Small-Business Bailout Loan
A Sackler family investment firm is the top beneficial shareholder of a publicly-traded oil rig corporation that has faced criticism for taking a $10 million small business bailout loan.
Pandemic Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
While millions suffer from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic disaster, America’s billionaires are retreating to their luxurious enclaves and super yachts as their wealth soars.
COVID-19 and the Collapse of Private Hospitals in Puerto Rico
Private hospitals in Puerto Rico fired hundreds of health workers during a pandemic. Now they may get a bailout without job security guarantees for their employees.
COVID-19 y el Colapso del Sistema de Salud Privado en Puerto Rico
Los hospitales privados en Puerto Rico cesantearon a cientos de trabajadores durante la pandemia. Ahora podrán recibir un rescate financiero sin ofrecer garantías laborales a sus empleados.
The COVID-19 Fossil Fuel Industry Bailout & How To Fight It
These are the ways the fossil fuel industry might get bailed out – and what it means for climate organizers.
The Billionaires Behind the Crisis: How the Rich & Powerful Put Their Wealth Above Public Health
These are some of the billionaires hoarding wealth while endangering workers and seeking to profit off the crisis. Some may be from your own state.
Billionaires Live Large While Denying Paid Sick Leave to Millions of Workers
From Walmart to Whole Foods, corporate billionaires have denied paid sick leave to millions of workers for years. Maybe the coronavirus pandemic will change this.
Cuomo puts private equity vulture in charge of coronavirus economic recovery
Selection of Blackstone senior advisory director Bill Mulrow raises concerns about Wall Street profiteering from coronavirus recovery