Economic Development Committee - Archives
Staff Contact: Ken Pokalsky
- Agreed-to Excelsior Job Creation Program
- Make state competitive
Effort to improve on Empire Zones must boost investment as well as jobs June 01, 2010
- Overview: Economic Development Initiatives in 2010 State of the State Message
- Business Calls for Long Term Economic Development Power Program
Committee Updates
- September 22, 2010
Meeting notice regarding discussion of Excelsior Program implementation
- July 14, 2010
ESDC Roundtable Presentation on Excelsior Job Creation Program
- June 18, 2010
- January 13, 2010
January 25, 2010 Committee Meeting
Economic Development Initiatives in 2010 State of the State Message
- September 11, 2009
Annual Meeting
Committee Meeting
ESDC Call for Input
Economic Development Power Hearings
- End of session job creation message to the legislature, 6/19/09
IDA REFORM
- Administration “discussion draft” IDA wage mandate bill
- Business Council memo
- Legislative IDA “reform” bill - S.1241 (Thompson)/A.3659 (Hoyt)
- TBC bill memo in opposition to S.1241/A.3658
Power for Jobs
- Power for Jobs program expires again as lawmakers, governor struggle to reach compromise, June 14, 2010
- Power for Jobs extended, May 20, 2010
- Governor and Senate agree on Power for Jobs, May 19, 2010
Gov. Paterson and the state Senate have reached an agreement on a permanent Power for Jobs replacement program. The Assembly’s agreement is still needed.
- Gov. signs Power for Jobs extension (Adam Sichko/Albany The Business Review)
- Letter sent to Governor and full Legislature in support of Power for Jobs extension and a long term program (July 15, 2009)
- Business Council urges Senate to extend Power for Jobs (June 29, 2009)
Empire Zones
- Make state competitive
Effort to improve on Empire Zones must boost investment as well as jobs June 01, 2010
- Is Excelsior Jobs enough?, July 13, 2010
- State Senate to consider expansion of The Martin Act, June 30, 2010
- Albany gets it wrong. Weaker replacement for Empire Zones will hurt Western New York, June 21, 2010
- Make state competitive
Effort to improve on Empire Zones must boost investment as well as jobs, June 01, 2010 - Cuomo would replace Empire Zones, May 21, 2010
- Request for Empire Zone Input September 11, 2009
- Empire Zone program extender
- Empire Zone Tax “Guidance”
- The NYS Department of Taxation and Finance issued a technical guidance memo this week regarding certain aspects of the Empire Zone changes adopted in the FY 2010 state budget. It is available on line at www.tax.state.ny.us/pdf/memos/multitax/m09_5c_4i.pdf.
Empire Zone/Emergency Rulemaking
Testimony
- Testimony to
Joint Legislative Hearing/Energy, Commerce/Economic Development & Corporations Committees
New York State’s Low-Cost Power Programs, September 23, 2009
- Testimony to Joint Senate and Assembly Hearing Executive Budget/ Economic Development Issues, State Economic Climate and Business Competitiveness February 3, 2009
- TBC Testimony to the Economic Development Power Commission
Public Policy Institute Reports
- New York's business tax climate is the second worst in the nation, says a new analysis by the Tax Foundation (October 8, 2008)
- Report documents prolonged lag in upstate New York economy; suggests part of the solution may be to 'Let Upstate Be Upstate'
- New York State's economy in 2004: Which way out?
2009-2010 Legislative Memos
- S.750 (Krueger), Oppose, Economic Development Incentives Application, Reporting & Clawback Provisions
Bill text - S.1209 (Thompson), Oppose, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits
Bill text - A. 3705 (John)/S.4912 (Addabbo), Oppose, Definition of “Public Work”/Prevailing Wage Mandates on Private Sector Projects
Bill text - S.5560-B (Oppenheimer) / A.8011-A (Hoyt), Oppose, "Smart Growth" Public Infrastructure Act
Bill text
- S.5598 (Stachowski) / A.8803 (Schimminer), Support, Empire Zone Technical Amendments
Bill text - S.8065 (Aubertine & Maziarz, Governor's Program Bill #254RR), Support, Energize New York Power Program,
Bill Text
- A.11172 (Cahill), Oppose, "Power Solutions" Program
Bill Text
2007-08 Legislative Memos
