Ceretto Questions State For Using Economic Development Funds To Move Jobs Out Of Niagara County
Assemblyman John Ceretto (R,I-Lewiston) today sent a letter to Kenneth Adams, President and CEO of Empire State Development (ESD), which
questioned the economic development corporation for using $700,000 in taxpayer money to lure Unifrax away from Niagara Falls and helped them
to expand operations in Erie County's Town of Tonawanda.
"This substantial economic-development funding should have been used to help the company expand here, not in Erie County," said Ceretto.
"For a city that is hemorrhaging jobs and people, having Empire State Development actively encourage that exodus is upsetting. The $700,000
should have been used as an incentive to help Unifrax expand operations here, not in Erie County."
Click here to see Assemblyman Ceretto's letter to Kenneth Adams, President and CEO of Empire State Development