Company executives said they were surprised by the community opposition and insisted that the plan would not hurt the neighborhood.

Although the Governor says this plan will not hurt economic growth, experts have raised troubling questions.

Others, though, say the plan would hurt a vibrant atmosphere in Harlem.

"But once we persuaded them that their plan would hurt the environment, they dropped the idea."

In a national survey, 60 percent of respondents said the plan had hurt them financially.

I didn't have no plans to hurt her, neither of the girls.

It is also wrong to imply that the plan will hurt small businesses.

The mayor said the governor's plan to cut Medicaid costs would hurt the city's public and private hospitals.

Other companies have held back out of fear that the plans could hurt morale and sometimes even attract lawsuits.

Others expect the plan to hurt bank profits by pushing banks into writing off more of their loans.