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2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 7 - Industrial Effectiveness Program › 196 - Evaluation.

§ 196. Evaluation. 1. The commissioner shall submit to the director of
  the  budget,  the  chairperson  of  the senate finance committee and the
  chairperson of the assembly ways and means committee  an  evaluation  of
  the  success  of  the  industrial  effectiveness  program prepared by an
  entity independent of the department. Such  evaluation  shall  determine
  whether the services provided have helped client firms to succeed, based
  on a comparison of the performance of client firms to the norms of their
  specific  industry,  and shall assess the effect, if any, of the program
  on the continued location and growth  of  industrial  firms  within  the
  state.  Such  an  evaluation  shall be submitted by September first, two
  thousand five and by September first every four years thereafter.
2. Between evaluation due dates, the commissioner shall  maintain  the
  necessary   records   and  data  required  to  satisfy  such  evaluation
  requirements and to  satisfy  information  requests  received  from  the
  director  of the budget, the chairperson of the senate finance committee
  and the chairperson of the assembly ways  and  means  committee  between
  such evaluation due dates.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 7-A - Northern New York Power Proceeds Allocation Act › 197-B - The Northern New York Power Proceeds Allocation Board.

§  197-b.  The  northern  New York power proceeds allocation board. 1.
  There is hereby created the northern New York power proceeds  allocation
  board,  which  shall possess the powers and duties herein specified. The
  board shall consist of five  members  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the
  governor   as   follows:  one  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  upon  the
  recommendation of the temporary  president  of  the  senate  and  reside
  within  St.  Lawrence  county,  one  of whom shall be appointed upon the
  recommendation of the speaker of the  assembly  and  reside  within  St.
  Lawrence  county,  and  at  least one additional member who shall reside
  within St. Lawrence county. The governor shall designate  a  chair  from
  amongst the board's members.
2.  Each  member shall serve a term of five years or until a successor
  shall have been named and  qualified.  Members  may  be  reappointed  to
  successive terms.
3.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, three
  members shall constitute a quorum for the  purposes  of  organizing  the
  board and conducting the business thereof. No action of the board may be
  taken  except  upon  an affirmative vote of at least three-fifths of the
  full board membership at any meeting at which at least three members are
  present or participating by videoconferencing. Videoconferencing may  be
  used  for  attendance  and  participation  by  members  of the board. If
  videoconferencing is used, the board shall provide  an  opportunity  for
  the  public  to attend, listen and observe at any site at which a member
  participates. The public notice  for  the  meeting  shall  identify,  if
  practicable,  all  locations  where  a  member  will  participate in the
  meeting by videoconference and shall state that the public has the right
  to attend the meeting at any such location.
4. Members of the board, except those that are employees  or  officers
  of  the  state, its authorities, or agencies, shall not receive a salary
  or other compensation, but shall be allowed  the  necessary  and  actual
  expenses incurred in the performance of duties under this article.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 9 - Entrepreneurship Assistance Centers › 212 - Reporting.

§ 212. Reporting. The department shall:
1.  Monitor  the performance of each entrepreneurial assistance center
  and require quarterly  and  annual  reports  from  each  entrepreneurial
  assistance center at such time and in such a manner as prescribed by the
  commissioner.
2.  Evaluate  the entrepreneurial assistance centers established under
  this article and report  annually,  on  or  before  January  first,  two
  thousand  twenty,  and  on  or before each January first thereafter, and
  submit  the  results  of  such  evaluation  to  the  governor  and   the
  legislature.  Such  report shall discuss the extent to which the centers
  serve minority group members,  women,  individuals  with  a  disability,
  dislocated  workers  and  veterans;  the  extent  to  which the training
  program is coordinated with other assistance programs targeted to  small
  and  new  businesses;  the  ability  of  such  program to leverage other
  sources of funding and support; and the success of the program in aiding
  entrepreneurs to start up new businesses, including the  number  of  new
  business  start-ups  resulting  from  the  program.  Such  report  shall
  recommend changes and improvements in the training program  and  in  the
  quality of supplemental technical assistance offered to graduates of the
  training  programs.  The report shall be made available to the public on
  the department's website.
3. Submit  to  the  director  of  the  division  of  the  budget,  the
  chairperson  of  the senate finance committee and the chairperson of the
  assembly ways and means committee an evaluation of the effectiveness  of
  the  programs  established  under  this  article  prepared  by an entity
  independent of the department. Such evaluation  shall  be  submitted  by
  January  first,  two  thousand twenty-one and by January first every two
  years thereafter.
4. Between evaluation due dates, maintain the  necessary  records  and
  data  required  to  satisfy  such evaluation requirements and to satisfy
  information requests received from  the  director  of  the  budget,  the
  chairperson  of  the senate finance committee and the chairperson of the
  assembly ways and means committee between such evaluation due dates.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 9-A - Come Home to New York Program › 215 - Come Home to New York Program.

§  215. Come  home to New York program. 1. There is hereby established
in the department a "come home to New York"  program  to  encourage  the
return  of  native  New  Yorkers  to  the  state by establishing a local
network of outlets designed to assist native New Yorkers  in  returning,
relocating or starting a small business in New York state.
2. The department shall:
(a)   develop   and   enter   into   agreements   with  not-for-profit
organizations in geographic areas throughout New York state  which  will
serve as local coordinators for the program;
(b)  develop  a  "come  home  to  New  York"  website  and promotional
materials that can be tailored to particular jurisdictions;
(c) encourage not-for-profit organizations in every part of the  state
to participate in the come home to New York network;
(d) create a statewide public awareness campaign for the program;
(e)   maintain   a  data  base  of  investment-opportunities  profiles
submitted by relocating entrepreneurs and  investment-interest  profiles
submitted by investors; and
(f)  distribute  investor  and relocating entrepreneur applications in
paper form and through electronic resources.
3. The department, through its regional offices, shall work with local
coordinators to:
(a) originate a local name for the program and integrate it  into  the
template website and related promotional materials to highlight regional
quality  of  life, economic and cultural opportunities and include links
to related websites;
(b) recruit volunteers in various occupational areas  to  provide  the
necessary  networking  opportunities that returning New Yorkers need, in
fields such as law, finance, microbusiness  start-up,  high  technology,
construction, health care, manufacturing and retail operations;
(c)  conduct  outreach  to  local  schools, colleges, universities and
other organizations to develop a manner of contacting  former  residents
who have left the state;
(d) develop a local public awareness campaign for the program;
(e) compile and report program statistics to the coordinator's office;
(f)  serve as a screening mechanism through which introductions may be
made between returning or newly  established  businesses  and  potential
investors;
(g)  aid  prospective returning and newly established small businesses
in presenting their ventures to investors; and
(h) encourage the formation of a venture capital  funding  network  at
the local level with the assistance of the department.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 10 - International Trade › 222 - International Marketing and Trade Leads.

* § 222. International marketing and trade leads. The department shall
  market   products  and  services  from  New  York  sources  and  provide
  information as to how foreign importers may  obtain  such  products  and
  services.  Through  the program, the department shall seek to develop or
  cause to be developed, export trade leads for  New  York  exporters  and
  potential  exporters,  and  shall offer such leads to New York exporters
  and potential exporters. The commissioner shall by regulation  establish
  a schedule of fees for the provision of such service.
*  NB  Amendments  effective  insofar  as  they  pertain  to  the Port
  Authority of New York and New Jersey upon passage of same as legislation
  by New Jersey
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 10 - International Trade › 223 - Reporting.

* § 223. Reporting. The department shall:
1.  Monitor  the  performance of each export trade development project
and require periodic and annual reports from each such project  at  such
time and in such manner as prescribed by the commissioner;
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of the export trade development projects
and  other  technical  assistance programs authorized under this article
and  shall  report,  on  or  before  October  first,  nineteen   hundred
eighty-eight and on or before October first of each year thereafter, the
results  of  such evaluation to the governor and the legislature. In the
case of export assistance programs  involving  the  direct  delivery  of
assistance  and services by the department, such report shall detail the
number of business firms served by the department, the number  of  trade
and  investment  inquiries  referred by the department to business firms
and other interested parties, the approximate dollar  amount  of  export
sales  and  investment  of  foreign capital in New York generated by the
activities of the department, and any other information the commissioner
deems pertinent to evaluating the effectiveness of such programs. In the
case of export trade development projects, such report shall  include  a
description of each project, its potential application to other areas of
the  state,  the success of each project in meeting its stated goals and
objectives, the economic impact of each project on the area served,  the
degree  of local and regional participation, financial and otherwise, in
each project, the coordination of each  project  with  state  and  local
export  promotion  programs and resources and such other information the
commissioner deems pertinent to  evaluating  the  effectiveness  of  the
export assistance development project program; and
3.  (a)  Submit  to  the  director  of the division of the budget, the
chairperson of the senate finance committee and the chairperson  of  the
assembly ways and means committee an evaluation of program effectiveness
prepared  by an entity independent of the department. Such an evaluation
shall be submitted on or before September first, two thousand  five  and
on or before September first every four years thereafter.
(b)  Between  evaluation  due dates, the department shall maintain the
necessary  records  and  data  required  to  satisfy   such   evaluation
requirements  and  to  satisfy  information  requests  received from the
director of the budget, the chairperson of the senate finance  committee
and  the  chairperson  of  the assembly ways and means committee between
such evaluation due dates.
* NB  Amendments  effective  insofar  as  they  pertain  to  the  Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey upon passage of same as legislation
by New Jersey
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 11 - Regional Economic Development › 230 - Economic Development Regions.

§ 230. Economic development regions. 1. The department shall establish
  economic  development  regions  of  the state and shall establish within
  each region at least one regional office.
2. The boundaries of regions shall be based on factors including,  but
  not  limited  to:  (a)  interdependence  and commonality of economic and
  social interests;  (b)  previous  cooperation  in  economic  development
  related   matters;   (c)   intraregional  commuting  and  transportation
  patterns; (d) geographic proximity  to  and  dependence  on  centers  of
  employment   and  economic  opportunity,  population  concentration  and
  markets; (e) unifying topographic characteristics;  (f)  labor  markets;
  and (g) geographic size.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 11 - Regional Economic Development › 232 - Assistance of Other Agencies.

§  232.  Assistance  of  other agencies. To effectuate the purposes of
  this  article,  the  commissioner  may  request  from  any   department,
  division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or from
  any  public  benefit  corporation  or public authority, and the same are
  authorized to provide, such assistance, services and data as will enable
  the department to properly carry out its functions,  powers  and  duties
  hereunder.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 11-A - Business Marketing Program › 235 - Definitions.

§  235.  Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and
  terms shall have the following meanings:
1. "Eligible applicants" include nonprofit organizations, associations
  or agencies. Eligible projects  must  focus  on  a  specific  sector  or
  industry  cluster  with  a  high  potential for job creation in New York
  state. Eligible projects may include, but are  not  limited  to,  print,
  broadcast  or  electronic  media  campaigns,  conferences, publications,
  documentary   productions,   instructional   materials,    and    public
  exhibitions.
2. "Business marketing program" shall mean a program that promotes the
  state's strengths and assets in one or more industry sectors, geographic
  regions  or  academic  research  institutions  collaborating  with  such
  industrial sectors on a state, national and international level.
3. "Eligible projects" include, but are not limited to,  participation
  at  key international and domestic trade shows and industry conferences,
  marketing  to  corporate,  site  location  consultants,  and  other  key
  decision  makers  for  targeted  technology  sectors, and advertising in
  influential trade and other publications.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 11-A - Business Marketing Program › 236 - Application.

§  236. Application. 1. The commissioner shall, within three months of
the effective date of this article, issue a request  for  proposals  for
the  business  marketing  program that shall include, but not be limited
to: the objectives of the program; the scoring that shall be applied for
selection; and the proportion or total  amount  of  funds  that  may  be
dedicated to certain expenditures such as media buys.
2. (a) Applications shall include the schedule, budget, scope, uses of
funds  and  theme  of  the  proposed  marketing  program and contractual
service  providers.  Examples  of  proposed   marketing   and   thematic
materials,  written,  print,  video  or  radio, should be provided where
practical.
(b) Marketing plans shall utilize the state's  "New  York  Loves  Biz"
logotypes.  Licensing  of  this  logotype according to the accepted plan
shall be available to the selected applicants free  of  charge  for  the
duration  of  the  marketing  program. No advertising or marketing shall
contain references to or the name of any public official of the state of
New York or its political subdivisions.
(c) Applications shall identify the specific targets and audiences for
the marketing programs geographic reach of program  and  shall  identify
appropriate  and  practical ways to measure the impact of the program on
the targeted audience.
(d) Applicants shall provide evidence that they have secured  or  have
available  matching  funds  in  equal amount to funds requested from the
program.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 11-A - Business Marketing Program › 237 - Matching Funds for Eligible Applicants.

§  237.  Matching  funds for eligible applicants. 1. No matching funds
  shall exceed the sum of two hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars  or  fifty
  percent  of  the  total  cost  of  implementation of the marketing plan,
  whichever is less.
2. No more than ten  percent  of  funds  awarded  shall  be  used  for
  administrative purposes, including salaries associated with implementing
  a marketing program.
3.  No  matching  funds  shall  be  used  for  the direct benefit of a
  for-profit business.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 11-A - Business Marketing Program › 238 - Payments of Funds to Eligible Applicants.

§  238.  Payments of funds to eligible applicants. Upon submission and
  approval of each application and  the  authorization  of  funds  by  the
  commissioner in accordance therewith, the commissioner shall give notice
  to  the eligible applicant of such approval and authorization, and shall
  direct such eligible applicant to proceed  with  its  proposed  business
  marketing  program  as  described  in  its  application.  Funds shall be
  awarded on a reimbursement basis.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 11-A - Business Marketing Program › 239 - Reporting Requirements.

§ 239. Reporting requirements. 1. Each funding recipient shall provide
  an  annual  financial statement prepared according to generally accepted
  accounting principles to the commissioner, the speaker of  the  assembly
  and the temporary president of the senate.
2.  The department shall annually, on or before February first, submit
  to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and  the  speaker
  of  the  assembly,  a report on the activities of the business marketing
  matching funds program. Such report  shall  include  a  summary  of  the
  financial  statements received by the department from funded entities, a
  summary of activities conducted and analyses of the effectiveness of the
  program in stimulating economic growth and job creation.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 12 - Economic Information and Research › 240 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner.

§  240. Powers and duties of the commissioner. The commissioner acting
  by and through the department shall have the power and it shall  be  his
  duty:
1.  To  assure that comprehensive, reliable and timely information and
  research is available for effective economic development efforts at  the
  local  and  state  levels; such information and research on the economic
  conditions and trends of the state, its regions and localities should be
  adequate to  meet  the  needs  of  sound  policy  development,  economic
  research, economic development and private investment.
2.  To  investigate  issues  concerning state economic information and
  research  including  the  quality,  timeliness  and  detail  of  certain
  information;  the  unavailability  of  information  on certain important
  topics; the need to update information collection and indices to reflect
  structural changes in the state's economy; the need to adapt information
  collection and dissemination to meet new and emerging  needs  of  users;
  cutbacks  in federal economic information systems and in federal support
  for state information gathering and dissemination; uncertainty about the
  most economic  and  effective  way  of  supporting  the  collection  and
  dissemination of information; the need for standard formats and computer
  compatibility  among  information systems maintained by different levels
  of government, and by different state  agencies;  and  the  need  for  a
  comprehensive   policy   or  strategy  to  guide  the  state's  economic
  information system and its development.
3. The commissioner shall establish  and  maintain,  within  available
  appropriations,  a  statewide  economic information system accessible to
  state, regional and local government and academic information users  and
  producers.   Such   information   system  shall  be  maintained  by  the
  department. The commissioner may subcontract for related services  to  a
  college,  university or other non-profit institution. After the economic
  information system is  established,  the  commissioner  shall  submit  a
  report  to  the  director  of  the budget and the chairmen of the senate
  finance and assembly ways and means committees, evaluating the  adequacy
  of  such  economic  information system and setting forth the reasons for
  selecting such system.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 14 - Office of Waste Prevention Services › 260 - Legislative Findings and Objectives; Waste Prevention.

§  260.  Legislative  findings  and  objectives; waste prevention. The
  legislature hereby finds and declares that  there  are  ever  increasing
  opportunities   to   promote   economic   development  and  enhance  the
  environment   through   waste   prevention.   Whether   through   better
  environmental management practices that prevent or reduce the generation
  of  wastes,  the  adoption of innovative environmental technologies, the
  substitution of less toxic materials or substances, or through recycling
  and reuse of secondary materials, waste  prevention  can  often  improve
  competitiveness and environmental quality.
By partnering with New York companies to promote waste prevention, New
  York  residents will be investing in a healthy environment and a healthy
  economy. Strategic planning and investment  in  sustainable  development
  will  spark  business  growth and competitiveness and create jobs, while
  protecting and enhancing the quality of the environment.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 14 - Office of Waste Prevention Services › 263 - Waste Reduction and Recycling Program.

§  263.  Waste  reduction  and recycling program. 1. When used in this
  section, "solid waste" or "waste" shall have  the  same  meaning  as  is
  found  in  subdivision  one  of  section  27-0701  of  the environmental
  conservation law, but shall  not  include  source,  special  nuclear  or
  by-product  material  as  defined  in  the atomic energy act of 1954, as
  amended, or hazardous waste which appears on the list or  satisfies  the
  characteristics  of  hazardous  waste  promulgated  pursuant  to section
  27-0903 of the environmental conservation law, or low level  radioactive
  waste  as  defined  in section 29-0101 of the environmental conservation
  law.
2. The department shall  serve  as  a  clearinghouse  for  information
  pertaining  to  the  reduction and recycling of solid waste generated by
  commercial and industrial enterprises, including the potential for  such
  enterprises  to  coordinate their activities with existing and potential
  local recycling programs, and on methods and strategies which commercial
  and industrial enterprises within the  state  can  undertake  to  reduce
  waste generation.
3.   The  commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of
  environmental conservation, is hereby authorized and directed to  confer
  and  cooperate with authorities of other states and of the United States
  with respect to  the  development  of  regional  markets  for  secondary
  materials  and  the  reduction of waste from residential, commercial and
  industrial activities.
4. The department shall provide to the governor, the legislature,  and
  local  governments  on  or before January first, nineteen hundred ninety
  and annually thereafter, a report assessing the status of commercial and
  industrial waste reduction and the development of markets for  secondary
  materials, and all other aspects of solid waste management for which the
  department   is  responsible.  Such  report  shall  include  evaluations
  prepared  in  consultation  with   the   department   of   environmental
  conservation   and  the  environmental  facilities  corporation  of  the
  expected levels of waste reduction from present and  future  utilization
  of  such  practices,  the anticipated effectiveness of such practices in
  meeting waste reduction goals, and associated  savings  due  to  avoided
  handling  and  disposal  costs  and  program  implementation costs. This
  report may be consolidated  with  the  report  required  by  subdivision
  fourteen of section two hundred sixty-one of this article.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 16 - Olympic Games Facilitation Act › 341 - Statement of Legislative Intent.

§  341.  Statement  of  legislative  intent.  It  is the intent of the
  legislature to provide the necessary assurances and commitments required
  by the United States olympic committee  and  the  international  olympic
  committee  in selecting a host city or municipality for the two thousand
  twelve olympic games. The selection of locations in New  York  state  to
  host  the olympic games will confer significant benefits to the state as
  a whole and the host municipality through  increased  tourism,  economic
  growth,  job  creation  and  capital  improvements.  In  addition, it is
  projected that the hosting city and  state  will  receive  substantially
  increased  sales  and  other  tax  revenues  as  a direct consequence of
  hosting  the  games.  Such   additional   revenues   are   expected   to
  significantly exceed any potential liability of the municipality and the
  state  associated with this act. Contracts entered into by the state and
  funds appropriated in accordance with this act shall  be  used  for  the
  sole  purpose  of  fulfilling  the  joint  obligation  of  the endorsing
  municipality and  the  state  required  by  the  United  States  olympic
  committee  or  the international olympic committee under a games support
  contract or any other agreement to indemnify and insure against any  net
  financial  deficit  resulting from the conduct of the games. In no event
  shall the combined liability of a host municipality and state exceed two
  hundred fifty million dollars. It is also the intent of the  legislature
  to  support future summer and winter olympics bids by municipalities and
  the state.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 16 - Olympic Games Facilitation Act › 343 - Use and Amount of Funds.

§  343.  Use and amount of funds. Any monies deposited, transferred or
  otherwise contained in the olympic games guaranty  fund  established  in
  section  eighty-four-a  of  the  state finance law shall be used for the
  sole purpose of obtaining adequate security, acceptable  to  the  United
  States  olympic  committee  and  the international olympic committee, to
  demonstrate the endorsing municipality and state's  ability  to  fulfill
  its  obligations  under a games support contract to indemnify and insure
  up to two hundred fifty million dollars of  any  net  financial  deficit
  resulting  from  the  conduct of the olympic games. Such security may be
  provided by funds contained in the guaranty fund  as  provided  in  this
  act,  or  by  insurance coverage, letters of credit, or other acceptable
  secured instruments purchased or  secured  by  such  funds,  or  by  any
  combination  thereof.  In  no  event  may  the combined liability of the
  endorsing municipality and the state under all games support  contracts,
  or  any  other agreement related to the conduct of the games, exceed two
  hundred fifty million dollars in the aggregate.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 16 - Olympic Games Facilitation Act › 344 - Payor of Last Resort.

§  344.  Payor  of  last  resort. The state and endorsing municipality
shall be payors of last resort with regard to any net financial  deficit
as  defined  in this act. The security provided pursuant to this act may
not be accessed to cover any net financial deficit  indemnified  by  the
state and endorsing municipality under the games support contract until:
(a)  The  security provided by the local organizing committee pursuant
to this act is fully expended and exhausted;
(b) Any security provided by any  other  person  or  entity  is  fully
expended and exhausted;
(c)  The  limits  of  available  insurance  policies  covering the net
financial deficit or any expense or liability used  in  determining  the
net financial deficit, have been fully expended and exhausted; and
(d) Payment has been sought by the local organizing committee from all
third  parties  owing monies or otherwise liable to the local organizing
committee.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 16 - Olympic Games Facilitation Act › 345 - Execution of Contracts.

§  345.  Execution  of  contracts.  (a) The secretary of state, or his
designee, on behalf of the state, and  the  endorsing  municipality  may
execute  a  games  support contract that is required by a site selection
organization in connection with the committee's bid to host  an  olympic
games.
(b)  The  local  organizing  committee  shall  provide any information
reasonably requested by the state, with copies to the  leaders  of  both
houses  of  the legislature, and/or the endorsing municipality to assist
in reviewing the games support contract.
(c) The secretary of state, or his designee, on behalf of  the  state,
and  the  endorsing municipality, may agree in a games support contract,
that the state and endorsing municipality will fulfill their obligations
under a games support contract to indemnify and insure against  any  net
financial deficit resulting from the conduct of the games.
(d)  With  respect  to  the  olympic  games,  (1)  any  liability, any
potential liability and financial commitments or liability of the  state
and  endorsing  municipality  will  not exceed two hundred fifty million
dollars in the aggregate;
(2)  any  financial  commitments  of  the  state  will  be   satisfied
exclusively by recourse of the olympic games guaranty fund in accordance
with section eighty-four-a of the state finance law;
(3)  notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of this act, no agreement
entered into pursuant to this act may obligate the state to pay any part
of the cost of acquiring any interest in real or personal  property,  or
the cost of planning, designing, or constructing any improvement to real
or personal property, or otherwise financially obligate the state, other
than the guaranty specifically provided for in this act.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 16 - Olympic Games Facilitation Act › 347 - Authority of State Agencies.

§  347.  Authority  of  state  agencies. All agencies of the state are
authorized, but are not required, to make and enter into agreements with
the local organizing committee to provide the local organizing committee
with:
(a) such public services as are  customarily  performed  or  available
from  the  agency  as may be needed by the local organizing committee to
host the games; and
(b) such access to and use of any real and personal property owned  or
controlled  by  the  agency  as  may  be  needed by the local organizing
committee to host the games.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 16 - Olympic Games Facilitation Act › 348 - Local Organizing Committee; Responsibilities.

§  348.  Local  organizing  committee; responsibilities. (a) The local
organizing committee  may  not  engage  in  any  conduct  that  reflects
unfavorably  upon this state, the endorsing municipality, or the olympic
games, or that is contrary to law or to the rules and regulations of the
United States olympic committee and the international olympic committee.
(b)  By  December  first,  two  thousand  five  the  local  organizing
committee  shall  use  its  reasonable  best efforts to provide adequate
security, acceptable to the state to demonstrate  the  local  organizing
committee's  ability  to  indemnify  and  insure  the  first twenty-five
million dollars of any net financial deficit resulting from the  conduct
of  the  games  for  which the endorsing municipality and state would be
liable under a games support contract. Such  security  may  be  provided
through  the  establishment  of  an  internal  guaranty  fund, insurance
coverage, letters of credit, or other acceptable  security  instruments,
or  by  any  combination  thereof.  Any such security shall identify the
endorsing municipality and the state as additional insureds.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 17 - Excelsior Jobs Program Act › 351 - Statement of Legislative Findings and Declaration.

§ 351. Statement of legislative findings and declaration. It is hereby
  found  and  declared  that  New  York state needs, as a matter of public
  policy, to create competitive financial  incentives  for  businesses  to
  create  jobs  and  invest in the new economy. The excelsior jobs program
  act is created to support the growth of the state's traditional economic
  pillars including the manufacturing  and  financial  industries  and  to
  ensure  that New York emerges as the leader in the knowledge, technology
  and innovation based economy. The program will encourage  the  expansion
  in and relocation to New York of businesses in growth industries such as
  clean-tech,   broadband,   information  systems,  renewable  energy  and
  biotechnology.
This legislation creates the excelsior jobs program,  which  has  four
  components:  the excelsior jobs tax credit, the excelsior investment tax
  credit, the excelsior  research  and  development  tax  credit  and  the
  excelsior  real  property  tax  credit.  These  credits  are designed to
  promote business expansion in New York state and increase  jobs  in  the
  new  economy.  At  the  same time, the program protects state taxpayers'
  dollars by  ensuring  that  New  York  provides  tax  benefits  only  to
  businesses  that  have  created  the promised jobs and made the promised
  investments.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 17 - Excelsior Jobs Program Act › 356 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner.

§  356.  Powers  and  duties  of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner
  shall promulgate regulations establishing  an  application  process  and
  eligibility  criteria, that will be applied consistent with the purposes
  of this article, so as not to exceed the annual cap on tax  credits  set
  forth  in  section  three  hundred  fifty-nine  of  this  article which,
  notwithstanding  any  provisions  to   the   contrary   in   the   state
  administrative procedure act, may be adopted on an emergency basis.
2.  The  commissioner  shall,  in  consultation with the department of
  taxation and finance, develop a certificate of tax credit that shall  be
  issued  by  the  commissioner to participants. Participants must include
  the certificate of tax credit with their tax return to receive  any  tax
  benefits under this article.
3.  The  commissioner  shall  solely  determine the eligibility of any
  applicant applying for entry into  the  program  and  shall  remove  any
  participant from the program for failing to meet any of the requirements
  set forth in subdivision two of section three hundred fifty-four of this
  article,   or  for  failing  to  meet  the  minimum  job  or  investment
  requirements set forth in subdivisions three and four of  section  three
  hundred fifty-three of this article.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 17 - Excelsior Jobs Program Act › 358 - Reporting.

§ 358. Reporting. 1. Each participant must submit a performance report
  annually,  in  such  form as the commissioner may require, within thirty
  days of the end of their taxable year.
2. The commissioner shall prepare  on  a  quarterly  basis  a  program
  report for posting on the department's website. The first report will be
  due  June  thirtieth,  two  thousand  eleven,  and  every  three  months
  thereafter.   Such report shall include, but  not  be  limited  to,  the
  following:  number of applicants; number of participants approved; names
  of participants; total amount of benefits certified;  benefits  received
  per participant; total number of net new jobs created; number of net new
  jobs created per participant; aggregate new investment in the state; new
  investment   per   participant;   and  such  other  information  as  the
  commissioner determines.
3. The commissioner shall prepare on  a  quarterly  basis  information
  related  to  the  utilization  of  the excelsior child care services tax
  credit component for inclusion in the quarterly excelsior  jobs  program
  tax credit reports required pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
  Such  information  shall  include,  but  need  not  be  limited  to  the
  following: number of applicants; number of participants approved;  total
  net  new  child  care  services  expenditures certified; total amount of
  benefits certified; benefits received  per  participant.  On  an  annual
  basis,  businesses  participating  in  the excelsior child care services
  credit shall report  to  the  department  on  the  number  of  employees
  participating in child care services supported by the credit.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 18* - Division of Science, Technology and Innovation › 361 - New York State Empire Artificial Intelligence Research Program.

§ 361. New York state empire artificial intelligence research program.
1. Definitions. Whenever used in this section:
(a)  "Division"  shall  mean  the division of science, technology, and
innovation within the department.
(b)  "Empire  AI  consortium"  or  "the  consortium"  shall   be   the
not-for-profit   corporation   created   to  construct  and  manage  the
institute.
(c) "Institute" shall mean the empire AI  research  institute  at  the
university  of  Buffalo  established pursuant to subdivision two of this
section.
2. Empire AI research  institute  at  the  university  of  Buffalo.  A
state-owned  research  and computing facility at the state university of
New York at Buffalo shall be established, to be known as the  empire  AI
research  institute,  to promote responsible research and development to
advance the ethical and public interest uses of artificial  intelligence
technology  in the state. The institute shall be operated and managed by
the consortium. Construction of the institute shall be completed by  the
university  at  Buffalo,  its  affiliates  or  related  entities  at the
direction of the consortium, or the consortium.
3. Labor standards. Any construction project  done  pursuant  to  this
section  or  using  the  moneys  appropriated  by New York state for the
purposes of this section, shall require  the  use  of  a  project  labor
agreement,  as  defined  in  subdivision  one  of  section  two  hundred
twenty-two of the labor law, for all contractors and  subcontractors  on
the project, consistent with paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section
two hundred twenty-two of the labor law.
4.  Energy  efficiency.  The  division,  in cooperation with the urban
development corporation and the empire AI consortium,  shall  work  with
the  power authority of New York, the New York state energy research and
development authority, and the department of environmental  conservation
to  ensure  a  reliable  and  sufficient  clean  energy  supply  for the
institute,  to  maximize  the  energy  efficiency  of  the  facility  or
facilities  and  equipment  of the institute, and minimize emissions and
negative environmental impacts, including from  the  use  of  freshwater
resources,   from   constructing,  operating,  and  of  maintaining  the
institute.
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 18 - Economic Transformation and Facility Redevelopment Program › 401 - Eligibility Criteria.

* § 401. Eligibility criteria. 1. In order to be eligible for benefits
in  the  economic  transformation  and facility redevelopment program, a
participant must satisfy the following criteria:
(a) must create and maintain at least five net new jobs in an economic
transformation area, and must demonstrate that its benefit-cost ratio is
at least ten to one; and
(b) must be in compliance with all worker protection and environmental
laws and regulations; and
(c) must not owe past due federal or state  taxes  or  local  property
taxes, unless those taxes are being paid pursuant to an executed payment
plan; and
(d)  the  location  of the participant's operations for which it seeks
tax benefits must be wholly located within the  economic  transformation
area.
2.  A  business entity that is primarily operated as a retail business
is not eligible  to  participate  in  the  economic  transformation  and
facility  redevelopment program if their application is for any facility
or business location that will be primarily used in making retail  sales
to  customers  who  personally  visit such facilities. A business entity
that is engaged in offering professional services licensed by the  state
or  by  the  courts  of this state is not eligible to participate in the
economic transformation and facility redevelopment program. In addition,
a business entity that is or will be  principally  operated  as  a  real
estate  holding  company  or  landlord for retail businesses or entities
offering professional services licensed by the state or by the courts of
this state  shall  not  be  eligible  to  participate  in  the  economic
transformation and facility redevelopment program. Provided however that
the  commissioner may determine that such a business entity described in
the preceding three sentences may be eligible to participate at the site
of a closed facility if it is pursuant to an adaptive reuse plan  for  a
substantial portion of such facility.
3.  Additional  eligibility  criteria  may  be  developed  pursuant to
regulations promulgated by the commissioner. The additional  eligibility
criteria may include, but not be limited to, alignment with any adaptive
reuse plan for a closed facility developed by the department.
4.   A  business  entity  must  continue  to  satisfy  the  employment
requirements in subdivision one of this section in each year in which it
claims  the  economic  transformation  and  facility  redevelopment  tax
credits.  Prior  to  claiming  the  economic transformation and facility
redevelopment tax credits in the final year of  its  five  year  benefit
period,  a  business entity must demonstrate to the commissioner that it
has created the jobs and made the  qualified  investments  necessary  to
meet a benefit-cost ratio of at least ten to one.
* NB Repealed December 31, 2026
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 18 - Economic Transformation and Facility Redevelopment Program › 403 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner.

* §  403.  Powers  and duties of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner
  shall promulgate regulations establishing  an  application  process  and
  eligibility  criteria  set  forth  in  section  four hundred one of this
  article which, notwithstanding any provisions to  the  contrary  in  the
  state  administrative  procedure  act,  may  be  adopted on an emergency
  basis.
2. When considering an application, the  commissioner  shall  consider
  factors   including,   but   not   limited  to,  the  overall  cost  and
  effectiveness of the project, and whether the project is consistent with
  the intent of the program.
3. The commissioner shall, in  consultation  with  the  department  of
  taxation and finance, develop a certificate of eligibility that shall be
  issued  by the commissioner to participants. Participants must include a
  copy of the certificate of eligibility with their tax return to  receive
  any  tax benefits under section thirty-five of the tax law. Participants
  must also include a copy of the certificate of  eligibility  with  their
  application  for  the  real property tax exemption authorized by section
  four hundred eighty-five-p  of  the  real  property  tax  law,  if  such
  exemption is available where the property is located.
* NB Repealed December 31, 2026
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 18 - Economic Transformation and Facility Redevelopment Program › 404 - Reporting.

* §  404.  Reporting.  The  commissioner  shall prepare on a quarterly
  basis a program report for posting  on  the  department's  website.  The
  first  report will be due June thirtieth, two thousand twelve, and every
  three months thereafter. Such report shall include, but not  be  limited
  to,   the  following:  number  of  applicants;  number  of  participants
  approved; names of participants;  total  amount  of  projected  benefits
  certified  by  type of benefit; total number of projected new jobs to be
  created; number of projected  net  new  jobs  created  per  participant;
  aggregate   projected   new  investment  in  the  state;  projected  new
  investment  per  participant;  and  such  other   information   as   the
  commissioner determines.
* NB Repealed December 31, 2026
2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 20 - Empire State Jobs Retention Program › 421 - Statement of Legislative Findings and Declaration.

§ 421. Statement of legislative findings and declaration. It is hereby
  found  and  declared  that  New  York state needs, as a matter of public
  policy, to create competitive financial incentives to  retain  strategic
  businesses  and  jobs  that  are at risk of leaving the state due to the
  impact on its business operations of an event leading  to  an  emergency
  declaration  by the governor. The empire state jobs retention program is
  created  to  support  the  retention  of  the  state's  most   strategic
  businesses in the event of an emergency.
This legislation creates a jobs tax credit for each job of a strategic
  business directly impacted by an emergency and protects state taxpayers'
  dollars  by  ensuring  that  New  York  provides  tax  benefits  only to
  businesses that can demonstrate substantial physical damage and economic
  harm resulting from an event leading to an emergency declaration by  the
  governor.