For over 80 years, the identity of Lackawanna, N.Y. was linked to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. At its peak, over 20,000 people were employed at Bethlehem’s plant in the “Steel City,” which produced steel for many of the 20th-century’s largest construction projects. In the 40 years that followed the plant’s closing, Lackawanna’s local economy rapidly declined as a burdensome tax structure made it nearly impossible to attract new business investments to our city.
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