Interview: Allison Duwe of Coalition for Economic Justice

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Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney interviewed Allison Duwe, Executive Director of the Coalition for Economic Justice, on the plight of the 99%, corporate subsidies, and the aversion of local politicians to progressive policies.

Duwe, in the interview that aired on WGRZ’s Sunday Daybreak, said:

• Western New York’s economic problems stem in part to too many residents working low-wage jobs and a concentration of the poor in the City of Buffalo.
• Adults, rather than teenagers, hold five of six minimum wage jobs.
• Economic subsidies across the state total about $3 billion a year and produce meager results.
• Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $1 billion initiative to revitalize the local economy should avoid silver bullet solutions and instead focus on creating good paying jobs and promoting small business.
• State and local officials, for the most part, are not supportive of reform and progressive policies.

Click on the 4:27 video above to see the condensed interview. For the complete 22-minute interview, click on the video below.