Friday, May 17, 2013

Scaling Up The Cooperative Economy | Community-Wealth.org

Great piece!  We need more faculty and students to study these models and universities to participate in them.  Hello CUNY!? 

The Cooperative Issues Forum

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

A Sheik’s Vision Could Trump Plan for a Queens Park - NYTimes.com

great piece on the breaks developers' get and the way in which these types of project rob residents of everdya amenities. 

"As it stands, Sheik Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan would pay $1 per year on his city lease, and no sales or property taxes. By contrast, the owner of a Flushing Meadows taco van could pay as much as $30,000, and pay sales taxes."



A Sheik’s Vision Could Trump Plan for a Queens Park - NYTimes.com