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Union officials making waves over alleged out-of-state hiring practices of Wave Holding

By Howard B. Owens
Apr 12, 2012, 9:05pm

Two giant multinational companies received millions in taxpayer subsidies to launch "Project Wave" in Batavia on the promise of creating local jobs and stimulating the local economy, but so far, according to Dave Young, it's not happening.

Steve Hyde, CEO of the Genesee County Economic Development Center, disputed Young's claims

Questions linger about legality of GCEDC's approval of COR Development tax breaks

By Howard B. Owens
May 16, 2013, 11:52pm

Was the Genesee County Economic Development Center Board of Directors' decision to provide $1.7 million in tax abatements to COR Development legal?

That depends on who you ask.

A Buffalo assemblyman thinks the GCEDC board violated provisions of the 2013-14 budget act, which attempts to curtail state sales tax abatments