Creates the business employment incentive program. /
Sponsor: GRISANTI Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

Establishes centers of workforce achievement to advance the creation of public/private partnerships between the state university of New York's community colleges and private businesses. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: FINANCE

Creates a computerized directory of technical and financial programs for small businesses and minority and women-owned business enterprises. /
Sponsor: PARKER Committee: FINANCE

Provides for the recovery of an economic development award in any case where a recipient relocates outside the state within five years of receiving such award; repayment of any such award shall be made pursuant to the timeframe specified in the award agreement. /
Sponsor: Otis Committee: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Directs the department of economic development to study methods for keeping small retail businesses within the state and creates pilot program to train and counsel small business owners and potential small business owners; appropriates $210,000 therefor. /
Sponsor: Crouch Committee: SMALL BUSINESS

Requires the commissioner of economic development to produce an annual innovation index report. /
Sponsor: Gabryszak Committee: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Relates to entrepreneurship assistance centers to provide assistance to primarily minority group members, women, individuals with a disability and dislocated workers; requires the department of economic development to establish criteria and designation of such centers; sets forth requirements for each center. /
Sponsor: Scarborough Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

Requires businesses which receive economic development incentives to disclose to the public, on a continuing basis, the conditions thereof and compliance therewith. /
Sponsor: BALL Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

Creates a tax credit for manufacturing companies that have one established place of business in the state and relocate a minimum of fifty employees from outside the state to the state; provides that manufacturing companies shall be allowed a credit in the amount of 2.5 percent of the average salaries of newly created manufacturing jobs multiplied by number of new jobs brought to the state. /
Sponsor: Corwin Committee: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Authorizes commissioner of economic development to grant matching funds to eligible applicants to implement the Hudson Valley agricultural regional marketing program, defined as the use of media advertising and promotional materials for purposes of marketing agricultural production within the region. /
Sponsor: Jaffee Committee: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Creates a computerized directory of technical and financial programs for small businesses and minority and women-owned business enterprises. /
Sponsor: PARKER Committee: FINANCE

Establishes the Empire State Fishing Trail program within the department of economic development to promote fishing within the state and ensure that fishing tournaments are conducted in the state. /
Sponsor: Gabryszak Committee: TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

Enacts the New York state product promotion act; requires the commissioner of economic development to develop and implement the New York state product promotion program; further requires such commissioner to establish and maintain an internet registry to highlight businesses that manufacture or produce products in this state; allows the department of economic development to charge a reasonable fee to cover such administrative costs; requires the commissioner to create a product label with the registry address to help identify such products. /
Sponsor: Butler Committee: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Authorizes the creation of small business tax-deferred savings accounts. /
Sponsor: Ra Committee: SMALL BUSINESS

Requires the department of economic development to prepare a report relating to international trade agreements. /
Sponsor: Colton Committee: GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Enacts the New York State bicycle tourism promotion act; authorizes the issuance of grants for the purchase of equipment and operation of a bicycle tourism kiosk; authorizes the establishment of up to fifteen such kiosks. /
Sponsor: Thiele Committee: WAYS AND MEANS

Provides that microbusinesses in New York are eligible for small business revolving loans and the linked deposit interest rate reductions. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

Authorizes the commissioner of economic development together with the commissioner of agriculture and markets to devise a program to promote and distribute statewide and regional guides to farms, farmers markets and other agriculturally significant tourist destinations. /
Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

Requires the department of economic development, job development authority, and urban development corporation to provide preferences to small businesses and entrepreneurs in the administration of their economic development assistance programs; requires annual reports thereon. /
Sponsor: Schimminger Committee: WAYS AND MEANS

Establishes the capital investment jobs retention program offering a tax credit program for businesses within New York state that opt to make large capital investments and maintain certain job levels. /
Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee: COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS