New York Governor Cuomo's Start-Up New York initiative, which was meant to generate job growth, has resulted in fewer than 100 jobs. The new program cost the state tens of millions of dollars to run. The pitch for the program told business owners to come to New York and pay no taxes for the next 10 years.
See "For 76 New Jobs, New York State Has Spent Tens of Millions", Susanne Craig and Jesse McKinley, The New York Times, May 13, 2015