Tax breaks cost New York $1.2 billion in financial year 2017, half went to film industry

The state included the information in a July financial statement, but the report was not widely known until the group Good Jobs First spotted it.Hundreds of cities, counties and other local governments across the country have already reported similar information under a new mandated accounting rule now in effect."It's important for state taxpayers and residents to be able to see accounting in one place and make their own judgments about whether those investments have been worth it," said Good Jo