Wasting tax dollars has long been a hallmark of Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration. Now, one of his signature projects – opening a state-run movie studio in central New York – is being called a “disaster” and “a horror film with a nasty ending.”
In 2014, Cuomo announced that “Hollywood comes to Onondaga” and directed SUNY college to run a film studio outside Syracuse. The project cost taxpayers $15 million.
“The project was a flop from the start”, writes the New York Post.
Now, the state-run move studio that “has not been heavily used” since 2015 is mired in legal trouble for not paying its rent.
The New York Post explains, “The developer that built a state-run film-production facility with $15 million in taxpayers’ money is suing for nearly $1 million in unpaid rent, plus penalties.”
“…the seldom-used film facility is a symbol of government waste and should have been left on the cutting-room floor in the first place.”
This is the latest in a series of bungled, taxpayer funded waste from the Cuomo administration. Just last month, Cuomo was blasted for his “wacky scheme” to dump $10 million in taxpayer money into a comedy club in upstate New York – without saying how many jobs it would create.
New York taxpayers deserve better than Cuomo’s wasteful spending
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