TIMES SQUARE BUY OUT “TOUR” THURSDAY IN NYC: WHO OWNS TIMES SQUARE?

SEIU TO RELEASE NEW INTERACTIVE WEB MAP, REPORT SHOWING IMPACT OF PRIVATE EQUITY BUYOUT BOOM ON “CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD”

NEW YORK — In Times Square, the buyout industry is, literally, everywhere you turn.

On Wednesday (July 18, 2007), SEIU is releasing a new report and an original, interactive map detailing the Times Square buyout boom. The report and map will be available online at http://www.WhoOwnsTimesSquare.org and http://www.BehindtheBuyouts.org as of noon on July 18.

The staggering concentration of private equity-owned companies at the “Crossroads of the World” provides a microcosm of the impact of this wealthy and growing industry over America’s national economic landscape.

Also on Thursday: New York residents and others will participate in a guided tour by double-decker bus of private equity-owned companies in Times Square. The tour is sponsored by SEIU, ACORN, and the Working Families Party of New York.

The buyout boom, coming at a time of historic income inequality in America, is raising increasing concerns about private equity’s impact on American workers, communities, and the nation. For more information, go to http://www.BehindtheBuyouts.org.

NY SCREENING THURSDAY NIGHT

“War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Spin Us to Death,” narrated by Sean Penn, featuring Norman Solomon

Wednesday, July 18
10:30 p.m.* KGB Bar’s Red Room
85 E. 4th St. 3rd floor

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