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Article: GREAT EMPIRE ZONE GIVEAWAY: ANATOMY OF ANOTHER ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... lawmakers have tried twice to close the Empire Zone program loopholes that allowed businesses ... percent growth in your workforce. The Empire Zone law allows you to subtract 4 percent ... a 100 percent increase. Then the Empire Zone's QEZE tax reduction credit lets your ...

Article: EMPIRE ZONE TAX BREAKS IN BUDGET PLAN CROSSHAIRS; ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  December 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... businesses out of the much-criticized Empire Zone program unless they created jobs or ... state Legislature a budget that includes Empire Zone reforms projected to save New York ... development and infrastructure. The Empire Zone program costs New York about $600 million ...

Article: EMPIRE ZONE RULES AREN'T ENFORCED TWO YEARS LATER; ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  May 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Legislature passed rules to stop abuses in the Empire Zone program, the tax department has not ... three or four 2005 tax returns filed by Empire Zone businesses but have not determined if ... haven't created jobs from getting Empire Zone tax credits, said Tom Bergin, a spokesman ...

Article: EMPIRE ZONE REFORM APPEARS ON HOLD; PROPOSAL TO ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Legislature is unlikely to pass any Empire Zone reform bills before it recesses for ... a 90-minute public hearing on the Empire Zone program Tuesday morning, said he does ... Sheldon Silver is trying to put together Empire Zone legislation before the Assembly session ...

Article: LITTLE DONE TO FIX EMPIRE ZONE TAX PROGRAM; ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... consultant to the governor called the Empire Zone tax breaks ineffective, New York has ... recessed last month without approving Empire Zone reforms. For the second consecutive ... the Assembly in June passed a sweeping Empire Zone reform bill, but the Senate ignored ...

Article: EMPIRE ZONE STATUS SOUGHT FOR CAROUSEL; IF GRANTED, ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  November 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... would put the expanded mall into a state Empire Zone. That would make the $1.3billion ... construction at the mall. Under the state's Empire Zone program, those payments count as property ... for hotels planned in the mall. The Empire Zone designation and the changes to the local ...

Article: EMPIRE ZONE "A DEAD ZONE, RIGHT NOW'; STATE'S ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  March 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... writer The redrawing of the state's Empire Zone boundaries has caused frustrating delays ... Syracuse. Until the city's reconfigured Empire Zone gets approved by the state, city officials ... Butternut Street and Geddes Street in its Empire Zone for the first time, said Dave Michel ...