ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — A new report claims that corporate lobbyists opposing the proposed Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (S1464/A1749) outnumbered supporters 4-to-1 in the state legislature. Amazon, McDonald's, ExxonMobil, Coca-Cola, and other corporations allegedly lobbied hard to defeat it, making it the most lobbied bill in the last two months of the legislative session.

Blair Horner, senior policy advisor for the New York Public Interest Research Group, called it a "classic story of power politics where the wealthy and powerful use their immense resources to block what's in the public's best interest."

Beyond Plastics released the report, "Follow the Money: The David vs. Goliath Battle to Pass the New York Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act,"

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