The loss of nurses, aides, and other hospital personnel will affect thousands of sick people. The gift of stadiums to multi-millionaire teams will only enrich billionaire owners. A convenient new city study suggests that a stadium for the Yankees on Manhattan's West Side would have great economic impact. Every independent study of new stadiums across the country has shown otherwise. As economic development projects, stadiums are a terrible waste of taxpayer dollars.
Job creation is minimal.
And it further burdens small business and taxpayers if they are taxed to support stadium construction. But never mind the facts. The Mayor has spoken. Even the Mayor's supporters are reacting negatively to his tactics. They are tired of City Hall's bullying.