2019 Economic Development Scorecard
New York State Bill Tracker
This scorecard tracks bills that would expand or create new economic development programs during the 2019 New York State legislative session. Last updated on June 6, 2019.
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2019 Economic Development Scorecard
Category |
Program |
Bill Numbers and Sponsors |
Last Action |
Description |
Fiscal Impact |
Expand Existing Program |
Zero-percent Corporate Franchise Tax for manufacturers |
A636A (Stirpe) S4671 (Kaplan) |
Amend and Recommit to Ways & Means 4/8/2019 (A) |
Extends the zero-percent Corporate Franchise Tax rate to qualified pass-through manufacturers. Currently the zero rate applies to manufacturers organized as C corporations. |
$140 |
Expand Existing Program |
Excelsior Jobs Program |
A1398A (Vanel) S6037A (Savino) |
Amend and recommit to Ways & Means 6/12/2019 (A) Passed Senate 6/17/2019 (S) |
Extends eligibility for the Excelsior Jobs Program to businesses involved in the development of distributed ledger technology, under the categories of financial services data centers, financial services customer back office operations, and software development. Requires the commissioner of the Department of Economic Development to strive for broad regional representation in the Excelsior program. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Excelsior Linked Deposit Program |
A2243 (Schimminger) |
Referred to Economic Development 1/22/2019 (A) |
Increases Excelsior Linked Deposit Program by $65 million. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Economic Development Fund |
A2946 (Solages) S1087 (Persaud) |
Passed Assembly 6/17/2019 (A) Passed Senate 3/7/2019 (S) |
Creates a division within Empire State Development (ESD) on small business crime prevention, and allows for loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to benefit small businesses and crime prevention strategies. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) |
A3351 (Pretlow) |
Referred to Local Governments 1/29/2019 (A) |
Extends Industrial Development Agency (IDA) financial assistance to multi-family residential housing projects in certain municipalities in Westchester County. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Entrepreneurship Assistance Centers |
A4312 (Thiele) S1192 (Bailey) |
Passed Assembly 5/20/2019 (A) |
Increases the cap on individual grants for Entrepreneurship Assistance Centers from $75,000 to $175,000 and extends the deadline for reporting and evaluation of the program. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Excelsior Linked Deposit Program |
A4447 (Kolb) |
Referred to Economic Development 2/4/2019 (A) |
Increases total funding by $440 million and dedicates $200 million of the Excelsior Linked Deposit Program for business startups. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Economic Transformation and Facility Redevelopment Program |
A4701 (Smullen) |
Referred to Economic Development 2/5/2019 (A) |
Extends application dates for the Economic Transformation and Facility Redevelopment Program. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Urban Development Action Area Program |
A6107 (Fitzpatrick) |
Referred to Local Governments 2/28/2019 (A) |
Extends the provisions of the Urban Development Action Area Act to apply to cities with populations of less than 100,000. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Technical assistance programs |
A6526 (Cook) S4146 (Parker) |
Reported Referred to Ways & Means 3/26/2019 (A) |
Requires a study of the geographic coverage of ESD programs and any other programs that give technical assistance to minority populations. Requires that ESD work with nonprofits to fill any gaps found in geographic coverage of these services. |
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Expand Existing Program |
IDAs |
A6763 (Thiele) S1067 (Gallivan) |
Referred to Local Governments 3/19/2019 (A) |
Allows IDAs to provide loans, grants, and equity funding (seed or early-stage). |
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Expand Existing Program |
Farm Workforce Retention Credit |
A7136 (Buttenschon) |
Referred to Ways & Means 4/10/2019 (A) |
Increases the credit per eligible farm employee from $300 to $600 in 2018, from $500 to $800 in 2019, from $400 to $1,000 in 2020, and from $600 to $1,200 in 2021. |
$30 |
Expand Existing Program |
Regional Revolving Loan Fund |
A7360 (Reyes) |
Referred to Small Business 4/26/2019 (A) |
Expands and renames the Regional Revolving Loan Fund as the Small Business Regional Revolving Loan Fund. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Excelsior Linked Deposit Program |
A7688 (Schimminger) S6165 (Sanders) |
Reported Referred to Ways & Means 6/4/2019 (A) Passed Senate 6/13/2019 (S) |
Amends the Excelsior Linked Deposit program to increase the lifetime cap on the total amount of money a company may borrow in the program from $2 million to $5 million. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Beginning Farmers NY Fund |
A8007 (Lupardo) |
Passed Assembly 6/18/2019 (A) Passed Senate 6/14/2019 (S) |
Establishes additional grant tiers for smaller projects and changes grant eligibility requirements to broaden eligibility. |
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Expand Existing Program |
New York State Young Farmer Loan Forgiveness Incentive Program |
A8101 (Lupardo) S5715 (Metzger) |
"Referred to Higher Education 6/3/2019 (A) |
Removes the requirement that individuals must have graduated from college within the previous two years to be eligible for the Young Farmers Loan Forgiveness Incentive Program; replaces it with a requirement that an individual must not have farmed for more than ten consecutive years. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Economic Development Fund, Linked Deposit Program |
S821 (Boyle) |
Referred to Corporations, Authorities & Commissions 1/9/2019 (S) |
Allows for qualifying small businesses to receive loans or grants under the Economic Development Fund and low-interest loans through the Linked Deposit Program in order to mitigate any impact state or local infrastructure projects might have had on such businesses. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Economic Transformation and Facility Redevelopment Program |
S1226 (Ritchie) |
Referred to Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business 1/11/2019 (S) |
Grants eligibility for the Economic Transformation and Facility Redevelopment Program tax credit to certain state psychiatric centers with decommissioned or surplus land (application must be prescribed by the Commissioner of Mental Health by September 2018). |
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Expand Existing Program |
All |
S1238 (Serino) |
Referred to Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business 1/11/2019 (S) |
Requires State economic development agencies to give preference to small businesses and entrepreneurs in the programs they administer. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Small Business Revolving Loan Fund, Excelsior Linked Deposit Program |
S1543 (Kennedy) |
Referred to Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business 1/15/2019 (S) |
Provides that microbusinesses are eligible for $5 million in the Small Business Revolving Loan Fund and the Linked Deposit Program interest rate reductions. |
|
Expand Existing Program |
School Tax Relief (STAR) |
S2460 (Akshar) |
Referred to Local Government 1/25/2019 (S) |
Makes real property owned by small businesses (100 employees or fewer) eligible for the STAR property tax exemption. |
$275 |
Expand Existing Program |
Qualified Emerging Technology Company Tax Credits |
S3587 (Parker) |
Reported and Committed to Finance 5/6/2019 (S) |
Adds clean environmental and energy technologies to the list of emerging industrial classifications that are eligible for Qualified Emerging Technology Company tax credits. |
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Expand Existing Program |
IDAs |
S3825 (Ranzenhofer) |
Referred to Local Government 2/15/2019 (S) |
Allows IDAs to support some retail projects, including professional office uses (medical, insurance, accounting, etc.) in mixed use projects including residential uses. |
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Expand Existing Program |
Excelsior Research and Development Tax Credit |
S5220 (Kennedy) |
Referred to Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business 4/16/2019 (S) |
Increases the Excelsior Research and Development Tax Credit from 6% to 20% of qualified research and development expenditures. |
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Expand Existing Program |
START-UP NY |
S5663 (Griffo) |
Referred to Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business 5/10/2019 (S) |
Allows physicians' offices working solely in the field of primary care services to access the START-UP NY program for funding, in order to address a shortage of primary care physicians. |
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New Broad Program |
A45 (Buchwald) S4361 (Kaplan) |
Referred to Small Business 1/9/2019 (A) |
Establishes the New York State Innovation Voucher Program. Vouchers would serve as matching funds for small businesses to use with research and development organizations such as universities and national laboratories. |
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New Broad Program |
A1386 (Rosenthal L) |
Referred to Economic Development 1/15/2019 (A) |
Creates regional technology development centers. |
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New Broad Program |
A1923 (Crouch) |
Referred to Real Property Taxation 1/18/2019 (A) |
Grants a property tax exemption to nonprofits organized with a purpose of promoting economic development by acquiring property for development. |
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New Broad Program |
A2452 (Wallace) |
Referred to Energy 1/22/2019 (A) |
Creates a Take Charge New York program, in which awardees receive a microgrid and pay back the New York Power Authority and microgrid provider for the cost of microgrid installation through the value of the energy saved. Applications may be solicited beginning no later than September 2021. |
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New Broad Program |
A2461 (Fahy) S541 (Akshar) |
Referred to Ways & Means 1/22/2019 (A) |
Establishes a job creation tax credit of $750 for each new full-time position created, up to 30 positions per tax year, plus an additional $750 for positions in manufacturing or processing using agricultural commodities. |
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New Broad Program |
A2639 (Gantt) S4606 (Parker) |
Referred to Ways & Means 1/24/2019 (A) |
Provides a tax credit for any business creating new jobs, equal to half the new income tax revenue created as a result of the jobs created, for up to 10 years. Employment must be maintained for twice the term of the tax credit and may be clawed back for failure to comply. |
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New Broad Program |
A2901 (Lentol) |
Referred to Higher Education 1/28/2019 (A) |
Creates the New York Entrepreneur Program, in which SUNY and CUNY graduates submit a startup business plan and are selected to receive free housing, student loan deferral, and access to school resources for five years. |
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New Broad Program |
A3600 (Gunther) |
Referred to Ways & Means 1/29/2019 (A) |
Creates a Small Business Electric Energy Tax Credit, equal to two cents per kilowatt hour for electricity usage at the primary business location. |
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New Broad Program |
A4082 (Ra) |
Referred to Real Property Taxation 2/1/2019 (A) |
Provides property tax exemptions for development on vacant land, depending on the value of improvements and ranging from 25% to 50% for 5 to 10 years, and a deduction for small business relocation to these properties. |
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New Broad Program |
A4248 (Kolb) |
Referred to Economic Development 2/1/2019 (A) |
Creates the Bizboom program, which consists of a series of tax incentives for new businesses. |
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New Broad Program |
A4250 (Kolb) S858 (Gallivan) |
Referred to Economic Development 2/1/2019 (A) |
Establishes the GrowNY pilot program, an economic gardening pilot program within the Department of Economic Development. Would authorize $500,000 in annual grants for a period of five years to entities capable of giving technical assistance to growing businesses. |
$10 |
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New Broad Program |
A4300 (Kolb) |
Referred to Ways & Means 2/4/2019 (A) |
Creates the New York State Cornerstone Program and Discovery Program, which provide tax benefits for businesses retaining or creating jobs and reduces the Corporate Franchise Tax and Insurance Corporations Tax. |
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New Broad Program |
A4553 (Kolb) |
Referred to Ways & Means 2/4/2019 (A) |
Enacts the Small Business Full Employment Act, consisting of several tax credits and reductions. |
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New Broad Program |
A5049 (Thiele) S3489 (LaValle) |
Referred to Small Business 2/7/2019 (A) |
Provides financial assistance to small business for pollution prevention, control, and compliance. |
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New Broad Program |
A7204A (Simon) S4557A (Gounardes) |
Amend and Recommit to Ways and Means 5/9/2019 (A) |
Lowers sales tax to 2% for businesses with fewer than 20 employees. |
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New Broad Program |
A7332 (Stern) S2412 (Kaplan) |
Referred to Ways and Means 4/24/2019 (A) |
Allows small businesses to deposit profits in a small business tax-deferred savings account. Funds can be withdrawn tax-free only to create full-time jobs. |
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New Broad Program |
A7693 (Stern) S3163 (Kaplan) |
Referred to Ways and Means 5/16/2019 (A) |
Allows small businesses to contribute to a small business tax-deferred savings account, from which funds can be withdrawn during times of specified economic hardship, for job retention or creation, or natural disasters. |
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New Broad Program |
S564 (Kennedy) |
Referred to Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business 1/9/2019 (S) |
Establishes the Capital Investment Jobs Retention Program, a refundable tax credit for eligible businesses making significant capital investments and retaining jobs. |
$8.25 |
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New Broad Program |
S783A (Breslin) |
Passed Senate 4/1/2019 (S) |
Establishes the Transitional Green Development Program to assist upstate communities with coordinating their natural, cultural, and historical resources into a development plan. |
$1 |
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New Broad Program |
S853 (Benjamin) |
Referred to Corporations, Authorities & Commissions 1/9/2019 (S) |
Provides zero- and low-interest loans or loan interest rate reduction for energy improvement projects to stimulate growth and development of small businesses. |
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New Broad Program |
S1535 (Kennedy) |
Reported and Committed to Finance 3/26/2019 (S) |
Creates a Take Charge New York program, in which awardees receive a microgrid and pay back the New York Power Authority and microgrid provider for the cost of microgrid installation through the value of the energy saved. Applications may be solicited beginning no later than September 2020. |
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New Targeted Program |
A760 (Rosenthal L) |
Reported Referred to Ways & Means 3/26/2019 (A) |
Provides science, technology, engineering, and mathematics grants to encourage women and minorities to pursue careers in technology. |
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New Targeted Program |
A959 (Crouch) |
Referred to Small Business 1/14/2019 (A) |
Creates pilot to train and counsel small retail business owners and potential small business owners, makes appropriation. |
$0.21 |
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New Targeted Program |
A1562 (Bichotte) |
Referred to Economic Development 1/15/2019 (A) |
Creates a grant program for school districts, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, other entities to prepare students for postsecondary STEM education and careers |
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New Targeted Program |
A1651 (Hawley) S5275 (Gallivan) |
Referred to Ways and Means 1/16/2019 (A) |
Establishes the Local Foods and Products Sourcing Tax Credit to encourage businesses to procure and sell products made in New York. |
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New Targeted Program |
A1943 (Lentol) S2966 (Benjamin) |
Referred to Ways & Means 1/18/2019 (A) |
Replaces Exelsior Jobs Program eligibility of the music and video game production industries with a new tax credit for production costs. Capped at $50 million annually for each industry and available through 2022. |
$100 |
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New Targeted Program |
A2241 (Kim) |
Reported Referred to Ways & Means 6/5/2019 (A) |
Provides grants and flexible financing programs to dry cleaning and nail specialty businesses to comply with codes and ventilation requirements. Effective after 90 days. |
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New Targeted Program |
A2310 (Pichardo) |
Referred to Small Business 1/22/2019 (A) |
Provides small businesses with grants up to $100,000 to incentivize commercialization of energy and environmental technology innovations. |
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New Targeted Program |
A2545 (Rodriguez) S3908 (Serrano) |
Referred to Economic Development 1/23/2019 (A) |
Establishes economic grant program for the Second Avenue Subway construction project area. |
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New Targeted Program |
A2642 (Rodriguez) S3907 (Serrano) |
"Referred to Ways & Means 1/24/2019 (A) |
Provides a sales and use tax expemption on goods and services under $110 within a designated business zone for a six-month period beginning with the first day of a period of authorized construction on the Second Avenue Subway. |
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New Targeted Program |
A2920 (Rozic) S2942 (Stavisky) |
Referred to Higher Education 1/28/2019 (A) |
Creates the Community College High-Technology Investment Program (C-CHIP), which would award grants to community colleges to improve laboratory or other facilities to provide technology education and occupation-specific training. |
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New Targeted Program |
A3376 (Norris) |
Referred to Economic Development 1/29/2019 (A) |
Creates one-time tax credit for manufacturing companies with a presence in the state that bring from outside of the state more than 50 employees. Credit would be equal to 2.5 percent of salaries of the relocated jobs. |
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New Targeted Program |
A4864 (Smullen) |
Referred to Economic Development 2/5/2019 (A) |
Establishes an online registry to highlight products manufactured or produced in New York State, and requires ESD to create a product label for products made in New York. |
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New Targeted Program |
A4889 (Blankenbush) |
Referred to Ways & Means 2/5/2019 (A) |
Establishes revolving loan program to provide low-interest loans to farmers in Jefferson, Oswego, and St. Lawrence counties to upgrade electricity. |
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New Targeted Program |
A5133 (Blake) S4966 (Parker) |
Reported Referred to Ways & Means 4/9/2019 (A) |
Enacts the HIRE NY act to provide zero-interest loans for hiring by microbusinesses (less than five employees). |
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New Targeted Program |
A5332 (Kolb) |
Referred to Economic Development 2/8/2019 (A) |
Establishes the Manufacturing Preservation and Enhancement Act, including multiple tax credits. |
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New Targeted Program |
A5790 (Giglio) |
Referred to Ways & Means 2/19/2019 (A) |
Establishes tax credit of up to 25 percent for small businesses with less than 15 employees located in villages or cities with fewer than 35,000 people. |
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New Targeted Program |
A5837 (Mosley) S5015 (Parker) |
Referred to Economic Development 2/19/2019 (A) |
Creates the New York incubator network, authorizes grants. |
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New Targeted Program |
A6362 (Thiele) S4318 (LaValle) |
Referred to Small Business 3/7/2019 (A) |
Creates the Main Street Center Grant Program for renovations at small businesses and expands services to microbusinesses (fewer than five employees). |
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New Targeted Program |
A7731 (Wright) S2184 (Bailey) |
"Referred to Economic Development 5/17/2019 (A) |
Establishes the Center for Employee Ownership, authorizes the creation of a trust fund and loans from the trust fund. |
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New Targeted Program |
A8254 (Stirpe) S2869 (Kaplan) |
"Referred to Corporations, Authorities and Commissions 6/10/2019 (A) |
Creates the Mobile High-Technology Training Facilities Program. |
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New Targeted Program |
S2176 (Bailey) |
Passed Senate 6/14/2019 (S) |
Creates microbusiness worker cooperatives, authorizes loans and loan subsidies. |
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New Targeted Program |
S2483 (Sanders) |
Referred to Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business 1/25/2019 (S) |
Establishes the Manufacturing Development Zone Program and associated tax credits. |
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New Targeted Program |
S6097 (Sanders) |
Referred to Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business 5/16/2019 (S) |
Establishes a clean tech incubator in Jamaica, Queens to promote jobs creation. |