Article: EMPIRE ZONE TERRITORY ISN'T SCARCE IN CITY AND COUNTY.(News)

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 ... ... are worth 20 times the Empire Zone tax benefits they received ... businesses applying for Empire Zone credits to meet that ... administer Empire Zones in six counties, estimated that at least ... third of the existing Empire Zone companies "would probably ...

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 ... ... tax returns of the Empire Zone businesses. Sen ... wants to expand the Empire Zone program in rural Upstate counties, testified Tuesday ... communities in rural counties. "I strongly support ... original intent of the Empire Zone program. To support ...

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 ... ... also serves on a county committee that reviews Empire Zone applications ... serves on the county's Empire Zone Administration Board ... concerns about how an Empire Zone would affect the ... Pyramid has asked the county to designate 132 ...

Article: EMPIRE ZONE "A DEAD ZONE, RIGHT NOW'; STATE'S ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  March 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... which oversees the Empire Zone program, said the reconfiguring ... not delay approval of Empire Zone certification applications ... businesses that applied for Empire Zone certification before ... Development LLC, former county legislator Russell Andrews ...