The debate features incumbent Republican Representative Nick Langworthy and his Democratic challenger, Dr. Aaron Gies.
>”The company proposing to build a heavily subsidized $19 billion data center in Genesee County is bankrolled by a firm led by a billionaire with connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
As part of its application for $1.46 billion in tax breaks, Stream U.S. Data Centers filed a reportthat noted its Western New York project was “strategically backed” by funds provided by its parent company, Apollo Global Management. That could be as much as $15 billion, other records indicate. The subsidies work out to $11.7 million per job created and would be among the highest tax break packages provided to a data center nationwide.”