Winners in the Best Feature and Best Short awards are voted on
by IDA's international membership.
Simon Kilmurry, head of the International Documentary Association, addresses revelers at a party co-hosted
by the IDA, ro * co films and Canal +.
Example: «this year for Distinguished Feature and Short Documentary — will be selected
by IDA's members through a process in which members who wish to participate will view all of the nominated films in these categories through a secure, password - protected online system.
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They could include establishing a minimum number of good - paying jobs that a project will create to be eligible for IDA assistance, banning political activity
by IDA board members and employees, and webcasting IDA board meetings.
«The adoption of this local labor policy insures that local working families will benefit from the temporary construction jobs produced
by IDA induced projects.
payments under a property tax abatement program offered
by the IDA, which will pump almost $ 300,000 a year into the improvement fund.
In effect, the Perfit formula «quadrupled the amount of taxes the developer will pay» (from the paltry $ 103,000 the first year originally offered to the $ 522,000 adopted
by the IDA and accepted by developers last week).
Sandy Mathes, the IDA's executive director since 2002 — formerly the county legislature's majority leader — revealed he benefitted from substantial bonuses for years approved
by the IDA board.
Critics, however, said the policy goes too far by making companies receiving tax breaks subject to random audits
by the IDA that would require the firms to disclose payroll data that would allow the agency to determine whether it was meeting the pay equity standard.
Steven Porath was appointed to the position
by the IDA's Board of Directors effective March 1.
The policy is the latest attempt
by IDAs to tackle the often controversial topic of how to handle market - rate housing for senior citizens.
The victors, both Democrats, have promised more public disclosure and input before tax breaks are approved
by the IDAs.
Not exact matches
Two especially timely corrections have to do with common tropes in popular writings following the attacks of 9/11: the first, one that seeks to diminish the importance of Wahhabism as a remote Bedouin tradition that only gained power through the successes of the Al Sa`ud, and the second, one that seeks to amplify the importance of Wahhabism
by equating it with Al - Qa «
ida's ideology.
The pivot also means becoming more engaged in the production challenges of the key markets, as exemplified
by Rockwell's experience with new customer Kraft Heinz's ORE -
IDA (a leading North American French fry brand).
In hopes of bringing boats back to the Syracuse Inner Harbor, where the water depth is as little as two feet in places, the Onondaga County
IDA voted to let state canal officials dump mud dredged from the harbor on property owned
by the county agency.
County Executive Vince Horrigan and
IDA director Kevin Sanvidge will be joined
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This political maneuvering is troublesome, said Jenkins, because it is obvious that Ball is simply carrying out the wishes of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino to roadblock bi-partisan legislation passed
by the BOL aimed at bringing reform and more independent participation to the
IDA.
by News Channel 34 in Binghamton, Huron sold the land to the Broome County Industrial Development (BC
IDA) Agency in late 2002.
Cuomo wants any
IDA incentive package that would give away state sales tax money be approved
by the Empire State Development agency.
UCIDA was cited in a report
by the Budget Office as one of nine industrial development agencies (
IDAs) in New York that did not use competitive bidding practices for professional services.
On Tuesday, Ryan said the agency has offered to work with the auditors
by showing them all the documents at the
IDA's office and allowing them to copy what they wanted.
Instead, the cost of operating the
IDA is paid primarily
by those businesses that benefit from the economic development services they receive: the ECIDA collects fees from the businesses we enter into contracts with.
If the county attorney does not hear from the
IDA by Monday, «a special proceeding will be commenced seeking to compel compliance with the subpoenas.
Payments in lieu of taxes granted
by the Hempstead Town
IDA for the Green Acres Mall and an adjacent shopping center in Valley Stream spurred the school districts» dispute.
The State Comptroller Audit of the New Rochelle
IDA cries out for placing the
IDA directly under Council control as has been proposed
by Council Member Richard St. Paul.
The governor says the change will keep
IDAs accountable
by requiring them to have projects that involve state tax exemptions to be approved
by the regional councils.
According to the New York State Comptroller, the New Rochelle
IDA has only ever approved projects for which it has done no cost - benefit analysis, for which it has relied entirely on developers for data and analysis of that data and never once bothered to evaluate the success of a completed project against the promised benefits put forth
by the developers.
The policy, approved earlier this month
by the Erie County
IDA's policy committee and sent to each of the county's
IDAs for consideration, would cover for - profit senior citizen housing projects where at least 90 percent of the units are rented to, and occupied
by, people who are at least 60 years old.
The letter cites the finding in recent audit of the New Rochelle
IDA by the New York State Comptroller that the
IDA has failed to do a cost - benefit analysis of proposed projects.
The pay equity policy, pushed
by Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, is intended to make sure that companies receiving tax breaks through the Erie County
IDA are complying with existing laws requiring that men and women receive equal pay for similar work.
A review
by Kidera suggests the
IDA board approved the bonuses in advance after first setting criteria for the performance - based incentives.
I think that the legislatively appointed
IDA could begin
by holding its regular meetings at some more publicly convenient time for than 8 in the morning.
Mayor Bramson has a blog post up on the decision of the City Council, pushed
by Councilman Richard St. Paul, to begin live broadcasts of Planning, Zoning and
IDA Meetings
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So far, only a perfunctory report on the
IDA audit has been run
by the Journal News.
With the
IDA approval in hand, Uniland expects to start work on the Sodexo building this fall and it should be tenant - ready
by spring 2017.
Mahoney put together a spreadsheet on the amount of money spent
by counties, other local governments, and state agencies (such as SUNY schools and
IDAs) spent since 2009, coming up with a total of at least $ 5.6 million.
Winston Farm was also mentioned
by members of the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency as the county's best developable property, with
IDA Board President David O'Halloran suggesting several uses for it, beyond Lang's plans (see bullet:
IDA confused).
In 2015, the
IDA was informed
by the New York State Authority Budget Office of the State Comptroller's Formal Opinion No.2014 - F1 which stated that Industrial Development Agency's did not have the legal authority to create subsidiaries for purposes outside of those specifically authorized in their enabling legislation and that
IDA's are not authorized,» to make grants or loans of its money to any type of entity.»
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A 2015 study
by the Saratoga County
IDA found the annual Saratoga Race course meet has a $ 237 million economic impact in the Capital Region.
He said his real - estate firm was purchased
by Pyramid four years ago, two years prior to Wilmorite's initial application to the
IDA, and that he had no management or decision - making responsibilities with the parent company.
An independent agency appointed
by the legislature, the
IDA is not bound
by home - rule considerations, but has frequently stated in the past that it would not approve such deals with significant local opposition.
A 3.8 Million dollars federal disaster award was made
by the Economic Development Administration to the Delaware County
IDA.
Amazingly, that question was not raised at an
IDA public hearing on the project, attended
by some 400 people, mostly opposed to the Pilot.
Within a two year period that $ 100 million will be dwarfed
by over $ 100 million that will be given out
by ineffective
IDAs in our region that instead of promoting economic growth, will continue to drive our region backwards,» Ryan says.
Thomas added,» It is important that the city properly utilize its resources to create jobs and the mismanagement of the
IDA by Davis, Walker, and Young diminishes Mt. Vernon's long - term economic revival.
Fueled
by new incentives offered
by public - sector entities such as Empire State Development Corp., Erie County Industrial Development Agency and the Amherst
IDA, former eyesores are now economic development jewels.
The new policy received unanimous approval
by the agency's board at its May 20 session and will be forwarded to all
IDAs in Erie County with the goal of uniform application and compliance.
During his visit to western New York on Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo reacted to the backlash
by Industrial Development Agencies (
IDAs) against his executive budget proposal that would remove their powers to grant state sales tax exemptions.