For the past 61/2 years, I have been both the supervisor of Hamburg and the chairman of the Hamburg Industrial Development Agency. Throughout that time, there have been frequent attempts to curtail the authority of local IDAs. The main ...

James J. Allen is in the eye of the storm over the role of suburban industrial development agencies. Allen, the executive director of the Amherst IDA, has been involved in several deals that have raised the ire of critics, from the $500,000 in ...

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is calling for reform of the state’s industrial development agencies, saying taxpayers are not getting enough economic benefit for their dollar. In his fifth annual report on IDAs, DiNapoli said 2010 financial ...

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently released a stunning statistic. He says taxpayers pay more than $2,500 in tax breaks for the average job created through arrangements with an industrial development agency. His analysis shows there is ...

DiNapoli says there is not much of a connection between job growth and the $500 million in tax breaks provided by IDAs operating in municipalities statewide, including right here in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties. He reported more than 4,000 ...

NORWICH – The Chenango County Industrial Development Agency released a summary of companies receiving payment-in-lieu of taxes agreements, bond finance packages and one-time sales tax abatements last year and the number of corresponding jobs ...

If you think the tax benefits that lure businesses to the area hurt more than they help, a new report from the state Comptroller’s Office offers both evidence and a word of caution. The evidence? The payments-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements ...

We still have an alphabet soup of EDCs (economic development corporations), LDCs (local development corporations), IDAs (industrial development agencies) and LOLDCs (we made that one up). Warren and Washington counties each has its own EDC ...

That report, released earlier this month, noted a lack of evidence linking tax breaks from statewide IDAs and job growth. DiNapoli said as a result of significant tax breaks given to entice and retain local businesses, cities, towns and villages have ...

The four MEga Trends of low carbon economy， health and wellness， functionality and performance， and globalISation will shape these markets LONDON， May 23， 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Green produCTS like bioplastics， high demand for ...