New York State Subsidy Tracker - JOBS Now

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New York State Subsidy Tracker

Tracking the State’s Growing Portfolio of Business Subsidies

JOBS Now

Gave out $30.4M in subsidies.

Loans and grants given for businesses that expand in or relocate to New York State. More information.

JOBS Now data also includes data for jobs retained, which we have factored out. Years represent when subsidies were approved.

100 Largest Subsidies Issued By This Program

Year Time Period Company Jobs Promised Initially Jobs Reported To Date Value
2014 Total GENERAL ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION 350 350 $12.5M
2014 Total JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION 170 170 $6.0M
2012 Total CVS PHARMACY INC 600 600 $4.0M
2014 Total CANON USA INC 750 750 $3.5M
2014 Total CORNING INC 300 300 $1.5M
2013 Total CHOBANI INC 450 450 $1.5M
2012 Total C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS INC 445 445 $1.4M

Source: Data on subsidies from the Excelsior Jobs Program, Industrial Development Agencies and Local Development Corporations are sourced from New York’s open data portal. IDA data accessed on July 21, 2016. LDC data accessed on Feb. 21, 2017. All other program data sourced from agency reports and Freedom of Information requests to Empire State Development, the state’s economic development arm, and other state agencies. Download the raw program data in the ProPublica Data Store.

Methodology: Read our methodology for collecting the data.

Notes:

Except where otherwise noted, data is for subsidies granted or given out between 2011 and 2014 under the above-named programs. While these programs comprise a significant cross-section of the state’s growing portfolio of economic development programs, they don’t include every subsidy dollar.

Subsidies tracked include grants, tax breaks, low-cost leases and discounted power allocations given out under each program; loans and bond issues are excluded from the data because they have to be repaid.

The number of corporate subsidiaries reflects only the subsidiaries we were able to verify though our research. Companies may have more connections with other companies not listed in the data.

IDA and LDC subsidies are given out by local entities; all other programs are administered by New York State.