destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoZohran Mamdani, in the New York City mayoral debate: "Free buses would cost $700M. Cuomo gave more—$959M—to Elon Musk for a failed Tesla factory."files.catbox.moevideomessage-square131linkfedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down17cross-posted to: publictransport@slrpnk.net
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1videoZohran Mamdani, in the New York City mayoral debate: "Free buses would cost $700M. Cuomo gave more—$959M—to Elon Musk for a failed Tesla factory."files.catbox.moedestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square131linkfedilinkcross-posted to: publictransport@slrpnk.net
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down2·4 months agoOne might say NYC gave Elon Musk, a white supremacist, a billion dollars to own a factory instead of employing those people in public transit and energy production for the city.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoTesla doesn’t own the factory, NY owns the factory.
minus-squareknatschus@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoHow much rent does tesla pay for it?
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-24 months agoNothing, that was the subsidy and requirement for meeting the now heavily reduced quotas. Their lease is coming up though, and there’s opposition to re-signing it, or at least changing what they pay for rent.
One might say NYC gave Elon Musk, a white supremacist, a billion dollars to own a factory instead of employing those people in public transit and energy production for the city.
Tesla doesn’t own the factory, NY owns the factory.
How much rent does tesla pay for it?
Nothing, that was the subsidy and requirement for meeting the now heavily reduced quotas.
Their lease is coming up though, and there’s opposition to re-signing it, or at least changing what they pay for rent.