New York State Economic Development Council

2009 Marketing Award Winners

UPCOMING EVENTS:

2009 Sustainability and Green Building Conference will be held August 18 - 20, 2009 at the Renaissance Syracuse Hotel in Syracuse, NY. Click here to register.

Coalition of 16 organizations calls on Governor Patterson to lead in extending the IDA nonprofit law

Non-Profit Organizations release list stalled projects. Click here for Press Release

LEGISLATIVE NEWS FROM NYSEDC

S.5598/A8803 regarding Empire Zones technical amendments: NYSEDC support memo
S.1716/A/S.2378 regarding Tax Increment Financing: NYSEDC support memo
Support Local Economic Development: Oppose the Hoyt-Thompson IDA Legislation: A.3659(Hoyt)/S.1241(Thompson)
A3705 (John)/S.4912 (Addabbo) opposition memo regarding the imposition of prevailing wages on projects financed by state or local public authorities, including IDAs, ESDC, DASNY, and JDA.
Senate Majority Leader Malcom Smith and Upstate members announce legislation to create task force to develop replacement program for Empire Zones program.
NYSEDC urges legislature to make amendments to Empire Zones program budget revisions
Finger Lakes IDA awareness campaign: TV ads
March 16th Legislative Gazette IDA insert
NYSEDC testified March 4, 2009, before the Chairman Hoyt and members of the Local Government Committee, requesting the IDA nonprofit law be made permanent. Click here to download text of the Testimony and a Press Release.
A.3659 (Hoyt) opposition memo; legislation would impose many onerous new wage and regulatory requirements on IDAs and projects they finance
A.5700 (Morelle/S2898 (Stachowski) support memo; legislation would make permanent IDA civic facility authority, and eliminate the $20 million project cap
What newspapers are saying about the IDA nonprofit law lapse

�Conditions and Prospects in the Upstate Economy;� Richard Deitz, Federal Reserve Bank of NY Post where you removed the above 2 items under leg news.



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