The comprehensive plan in Caroline, New York, calls for "[e]ncouraging locally owned businesses that integrate with the rural residential and agricultural nature of the town, and discouraging commercial development that would negatively affect local agricultural, business, and residential communities."… Read More
The comprehensive plans requires that the city work to "maintain a low unemployment rate and promote diversification of the local economy" and"support existing businesses and industries and the establishment of locally owned, managed, or controlled small businesses."… Read More
The town’s plan states, "Rather than establishing competing shopping centers in the Town to provide basic goods and services, the Village commercial center. . . should remain the center for shopping in the community."… Read More
The comprehensive plan lists among its objectives "support [for] small, locally owned businesses" and "prevent[tion of] commercial sprawl outside the county’s existing traditional commercial centers."… Read More
This bill would impose a 3 percent tax on the gross receipts (total sales) of any stores over 60,000 square feet that are located outside of a downtown. … Read More
This bill would impose a tax on the gross receipts (revenue) of retail stores that have more than $20 million annually in sales and either do not provide employee compensation worth at least $22,000 per year (including wages, insurance, vacation, and other benefits) or have more than one-quarter of their employees working less than 40 hours a week.… Read More
This law was enacted in 1936 amid growing concerns that large retail firms were using their market power to exact special deals from manufacturers not made available to small, independent businesses. In recent decades, federal antitrust authorities have largely ceased enforcing Robinson-Patman. … Read More
To prevent and mitigate the problems that come with an influx of chain stores, some cities and towns have adopted ordinances that prohibit formula businesses, cap their total number, or require that they meet certain conditions to open.… Read More
Over the last twenty years, cities and counties have provided massive public subsidies to finance the construction of big-box stores, shopping malls, and, most recently, Amazon.com warehouses.… Read More