Carnival -- $200,000,000 million dollars to the New York city economy - zero return to community?
The reality that the annual West Indian Day Carnival festivities may, by conservative estimates, generate over $200,000,000 million dollars to the New York city economy, while there is zero or negligible returns to and investment in the community has
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