Middle Class Maria says, “Starwood is Feasting at the Public Trough and Not Creating Good Middle Class Jobs!”
New York City, NY – April 15, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Build Up New York City’s Middle Class Maria will visit Starwood Capital Group properties in New York City to highlight the generous support the company receives from taxpayers for its highly profitable developments. She will demand that Starwood use the billions in tax dollars it receives to create public good, not just profits for the owner. Maria will then deliver a taxpayer lien to Starwood at its corporate headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut for “feasting at the public trough and not creating good middle class jobs!”
WHAT: Tour of Starwood Properties: Middle Class Maria investigates how Starwood uses tax dollars to finds that billions are used to enhance profit of private company; serves taxpayer lien on Starwood Capital Group Headquarters in Greenwich, CT.
WHEN & WHERE: Tax Day, Monday, April 15, schedule of stops:
10:00 am – HRA offices, 470 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
11:00 am – Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp. offices, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 334 Furman St., Brooklyn, NY
12:00 pm – Starwood construction site, 237 West 54 Street, Manhattan, NY
2:00 pm Starwood Capital Group Headquarters, 591 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT
Build Up NYC is an alliance of working men and women committed to good jobs that sustain the middle class and to a level playing field for responsible employers.
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