Article: ZONED OUT; STATE: HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES APPEAR NOT to qualify FOR EMPIRE ZONE TAX BREAKS.(News)

Article: LAW FIRMS CASH IN BIG ON EMPIRE ZONE TAX ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  March 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... win state tax breaks intended for ... bills with Empire Zone benefits ... that won the tax breaks employ lawmakers, a former Empire Zone staffer and ... got into the Empire Zone program five ... claim bigger tax breaks by simply ...

Article: WITHOUT PROMISED EXPANSIONS, PYRAMID COLLECTS MILLIONS; CONGEL, ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... politicians in 2002 that without Empire Zone tax breaks it would not transform the ... partners are already claiming Empire Zone tax breaks worth $7 million per year ... 9 million per year in Empire Zone tax breaks for three malls - Carousel ...

Article: BIG TAX BREAKS FOR BIG BOXES; WHEN NEW YORK ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... retailer $3.6 million a year in Empire Zone tax breaks. The home improvement store ... six miles apart. Both won Empire Zone tax breaks. Home Depot created 363 jobs ... seven stores where it gets Empire Zone credits. More than half are ...

Article: ASSEMBLY MAY ALLOW CRACKDOWN; ; IF SO, 544 BUSINESSES COULD LOSE ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... economic investment that the Empire Zone program was designed ... governor's spokesman. The Empire Zone program was designed ... pressed to preserve the tax breaks. "Making such changes ... committee, who views the Empire Zone program as one of Upstate ...

Article: OLD STONE MILL RESTAURANT INCLUDED IN EMPIRE ZONE; ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  September 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... could soon be eligible for Empire Zone tax breaks. The village board voted 4 ... include those properties in the Empire Zone that the county invited the ... Rhinehart said. "That's what the Empire Zone is all about." The state Empire ...

Article: EMPIRE ZONE TAX BREAKS IN BUDGET PLAN ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  December 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... much-criticized Empire Zone program unless ... worth 20 times the tax breaks they've received ... budget that includes Empire Zone reforms projected ... 91 million in tax breaks for 2006, according ... businesses in the Empire Zone program are located ...

Article: FIRMS LOSING EMPIRE ZONE TAX BREAKS ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  December 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... million per year in Empire Zone tax breaks. "Our Syracuse ... removed from the Empire Zone program for two ... maximized their tax breaks by changing their ... it applied for Empire Zone status. It claimed ... eligibility because the tax breaks were ...