Article: HOTEL DEVELOPER ASKS FOR TAX BREAK; SKANEATELES HOTEL WILL GET EMPIRE ZONE BENEFITS, BUT COMPANY WANTS PILOT, TOO.(Business)

Article: EMPIRE ZONES FACING PROBES; ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES PLAN TO INVESTIGATE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES TAX CREDITS.(SERIES: The Great Empire Zone Giveaway)(News)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  May 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......disclose the value of Empire Zone tax breaks that more than 9,000...get $102 million in Empire Zone tax breaks for 2005. But only...Legislature required Empire Zone businesses that maximized their tax breaks by reincorporating...

Article: IRA COMPANY GAINS OK FOR EZ STATUS; AUBURN EMPIRE ZONE BOARD APPROVES NUTRITION BAR CONFECTIONERS' APPLICATION.(Local)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 10, 2007 ;     570 words ......be granting the tax breaks and other incentives...company outside its Empire Zone. Actually, it's...Council and the state Empire Zone board to snare the status and tax breaks. With approval...business without Empire Zone status. We just...on our own. The ...

Article: EMPIRE ZONE PLANS TO BE DISCUSSED; A COMMITTEE IS DEVELOPING GUIDELINES FOR BUSINESSES INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM.(Neighbors West)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  September 12, 2002 ;     374 words ......interested in joining the village of Camillus' Empire Zone will get a chance to discuss the village...scheduled two meetings related to the Empire Zone. The Empire Zone committee, including Trustees Laurie Spagnola...that can be designated as part of the Empire Zone. ...

Article: UPON FURTHER REVIEW . . .TAX BREAKS AT RISK; EMPIRE ZONE REFORM.(News)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 21, 2009 ;     700+ words ......businesses out of the Empire Zone program. Under...qualify for higher tax breaks than they deserved...could lose their tax breaks, saving the state...plan to issue an Empire Zone Retention Certificate...County zones. Tax breaks: $57.3 million...access to ...

Article: 20 MILES FROM AUBURN, FIRM WANTS TO BE IN EMPIRE ZONE; NUTRITION BAR CONFECTIONERS LLC WILL OPERATE OUT OF THE TOWN OF IRA.(News)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......be granting the tax breaks and other incentives...company outside its Empire Zone. Actually, it's...five years to gain Empire Zone status and tax breaks as a regionally...in the largest Empire Zone tax breaks and the program...

Article: Great address, near Capitol, tax advantages; Empire Zone status offers businesses breaks just blocks from power.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 20, 2008 ;     634 words ......overhauling the state's Empire Zone tax break program...businesses in Albany's Empire Zone. As a result, Lynch...property taxes. Other Empire Zone inducements can...names on the city's Empire Zone list, also in the...on the need for a tax break. It's ...

Article: STUDY SHOWS FAILURES IN EMPIRE ZONE PROGRAM.(BUSINESS)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 10, 2004 ;     464 words ......lucrative tax breaks through the state's Empire Zone program created...companies tax breaks is giving...Democrat. ``Empire Zone officials...access to Empire Zone data. Of the...34 received tax breaks totaling...

Article: EMPIRE ZONE RULES TIGHTENED; ENFORCEMENT IS THE KEY TO MAKING INCENTIVES PRODUCE JOBS.(Editorial)(Editorial)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 19, 2005 ;     344 words ......requirements for Empire Zone tax breaks is a step in the...companies craving tax breaks has deprived taxpayers...every county an Empire Zone. And the changes...Companies were getting tax breaks and not creating...qualify for the tax breaks. ...

Article: Empire Zone yields secrets after suit; Capital Region companies get $38M in breaks annually, newly released data show.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......New York state's Empire Zone economic development...provides a windfall of tax breaks to hundreds of...for the various tax breaks and credits available...be located in an Empire Zone and create jobs...earned $432,000 in tax breaks through the Schenectady ...

Article: Empire Zone yields secrets after suit: Capital Region companies get $38M in breaks annually, newly released data show.
Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......New York state's Empire Zone economic development...provides a windfall of tax breaks to hundreds of...for the various tax breaks and credits available...be located in an Empire Zone and create jobs...earned $432,000 in tax breaks through the Schenectady ...

Article: EMPIRE ZONE RULES AREN'T ENFORCED TWO YEARS LATER; "IT IS UNACCEPTABLE," SAYS ASSEMBLYMAN RICHARD BRODSKY.(News)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  May 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......grab millions of dollars in Empire Zone tax breaks by simply re-hiring their...not just to get bigger Empire Zone tax breaks. If the tax department rules...expected to get $102 million in Empire Zone tax breaks for 2005. Meanwhile, ...

Article: FAILED STRATEGY; STATE SHOULD PULL PLUG ON EMPIRE ZONE PROGRAM.(Opinion)(Editorial)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 26, 2009 ;     501 words ......gaping hole in the Empire Zone law that allowed...millions of dollars in tax breaks without actually...million per year in Empire Zone tax breaks? Will the New York...the state ends the Empire Zone tax breaks and uses the savings...

Article: LITTLE DONE TO FIX EMPIRE ZONE TAX PROGRAM; LEGISLATURE FAILS TO APPROVE REFORMS. TAX DEPARTMENT DENIED BENEFITS ONLY TO 7.(Local)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 13, 2008 ;     526 words ......consultant to the governor called the Empire Zone tax breaks ineffective, New York has made...last month without approving Empire Zone reforms. For the second consecutive...and qualify for Empire Zone tax breaks for 13 years. The cost of the...

Article: EMPIRE ZONE: FIX OR END IT.(News)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......effectiveness of the Empire Zone program. The...of the annual tax breaks that more than...associated with the Empire Zone program and...of dollars in tax breaks without hiring...gave away in tax breaks to Empire Zone businesses until...