New York Governor continues to claim that handing the Buffalo Bills $1B of public money will pay off for taxpayers
One of the biggest proponents of this deal was and continues to be New York Governor Kathy Hochul. In 2022, New York State lawmakers approved a plan to give the Bills $850M in taxpayer money ($600M from the state, $250M from Erie County). However, these are not the stadium's final expenses for the general public. While the Bills pay $900,000 yearly in rent, taxpayers must pay $13M a year in expenses for the next 30 years...which means taxpayers will be paying an additional $390 million, not factoring in inflation. Taxpayers are expected to pay at least $1.1B for the Bills'…