The Valley of Missed Opportunity: One Town’s Fight for Economic Revival

“I think our governor has forgotten about Broome County,”


WINDSOR, N.Y.—Marian’s Pizza Shack sits 10 miles north of the Pennsylvania line, an invisible boundary that separates this small business from economic opportunity.

After 23 years in business, owner Marian Szarejko has decided to sell her pizza shack. “There are no jobs here,” Szarejko said. “Business has gone down so much that I am dipping into my savings just to keep this afloat.” More...

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