incentives

Every year, New York state gives out millions in tax incentives, loans and economic development grants to the private sector. Every state does it, and New…

Cleaning up 114 brownfields cost state taxpayers $1 billion in tax credits, according to a new report from Environmental Advocates of New York (EANY).We…

There will be no skyscraper hotel. No glass-enclosed "Tuscan" village.Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner announced Wednesday that the expansion of Carousel…

It's not looking good for subsidies for renewable energy.A 30 percent upfront tax credit for commercial renewable power projects known as the 1603 program…

Xerox is bringing a new call center to its Webster, N.Y. manufacturing campus.But not without a hefty aid package from the state."We've got call centers…

Monroe County's industrial development agency (COMIDA) approved a $271,000 sales tax exemption for Xerox Tuesday.The goal: land a call center in Webster…

Call it a case of growing pains.Unifrax, a global manufacturer with its corporate headquarters in Niagara Falls, has pleased local officials with a spate…

When the Boscov's department store first came to downtown Binghamton, it made the national news.Why? Because the way then-mayor Juanita Crabb went about…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wxxi/local-wxxi-961781.mp3U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is calling for legislation and federal…

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand stopped in Binghamton today at the Broome County business incubator on a tour to promote a new version of the national…