Article: Empire Zone tax breaks attacked at hearing; Legislators, critics question economic development program's effectiveness, suggest shutting it down.(Business)

Article: MONEY FOR NOTHING; THE STATE WON'T TELL YOU WHO COLLECTED THE ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  September 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... New York rewards your company with tax breaks if you expand or add jobs. But the king of the Empire Zones is a business that has done neither ... administration led the fight to preserve the tax breaks when they came under attack by Assembly ...

Article: NEW YORK'S EMPIRE ZONES: SEVEN YEARS OF ABUSE STOPS ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  February 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... grab millions of dollars worth of tax breaks while creating few jobs. Gov. Eliot ... changed their names to qualify for tax breaks intended for true start-ups. Because businesses can claim the tax breaks for up to 13 years, the audits will ...

Article: Few employees, but big tax breaks; Many companies ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 30, 2007 ;     693 words ... ... program gives $102 million a year in tax breaks to companies with three or fewer workers ... ceive more than $47,000 a year in tax breaks for each employee while paying many of ... expected $1.3 million a year in zone tax breaks for five Syracuse office buildings ...

Article: EMPIRE ZONES BADLY BROKEN, BUT STATE EXTENDS ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  August 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the state's troubled Empire Zones program. Lawmakers ... reforms proposed for Empire Zones, a job creation program ... development officials say the Empire Zones program has produced ... companies eligible for tax breaks without ensuring new ...

Article: HOW CAROUSEL CENTER GETS TO KEEP $10M IN TAX ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... 10 million a year in tax breaks. Empire State Development ... amount of Empire Zone tax breaks in the state. Carousel ... changers from joining the Empire Zones became effective, the ... investments for each $1 in tax breaks? Carousel Center has ...

Article: EMPIRE ZONES FOR SALE; COMMUNITIES CASHED IN BY ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  November 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... for five months. Empire Zones were created a ... and qualify for tax breaks. Others failed ... state covered the tax breaks awarded. The approach ... which oversees Empire Zones, is more debatable ... up to speed on Empire Zones as he charts his ... Empire Zone and ...

Article: BUSINESSES GET TAX BREAKS BUT DON'T DELIVER THE ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  March 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... property and state income tax breaks for up to a decade ... more than $730,000 in tax breaks in one year, the audit ... the overall costs of Empire Zones and whether the state ... percent lost jobs and got tax breaks," Hevesi said. "We ...