N.Y. General Municipal Law § 962: Empire zone development plan

§ 962. Empire zone development plan. An empire zone development plan

shall be submitted for approval with the commissioner and with the local

empire zone administrative board, and shall demonstrate the methods by

which the applicant intends to promote the development of new business

and the expansion of existing business within the empire zone and shall

include, but shall not be limited to:

(a) a statement indicating how empire zone designation would assist in

the revitalization of the area in which such zone is proposed to be

located;

(b) a description of the method by which industrial development

agencies or other public finance agencies shall grant a preference for

allocation of private activity bonding authority for projects located in

the proposed empire zone;

(c) a description of proposals for infrastructure improvements and

investments and a timetable for their completion;

(d) a statement identifying those local tax incentives proposed to be

offered within the zone;

(e) a description of a procedure to expedite the issuance of any

required local permits or licenses;

(f) a description of other activities to be undertaken by municipal

agencies, business entities, not-for-profit corporations,

community-based organizations or any other persons, which are designed

to promote private sector business investment and job development in the

empire zone and a description of the job training or job placement

services to be made available to empire zone residents in need of such

training or services;

(g) an inventory of real property located within the proposed empire

zone that is owned by a municipality or the state and is currently

unused by the municipality or the state;

(h) a description of the business development programs and services to

be available to stimulate the creation of new small businesses,

including new small minority and women business enterprises;

(i) a description of efforts that will be undertaken to prevent or

discourage the displacement of residents of the proposed empire zone;

(j) a description of activities designed to ensure the meaningful

participation of minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in

empire zone development activities;

(k) a description of provisions for the participation of

not-for-profit and business corporations in the development of the plan

and in strategies for implementation of the plan;

(l) a description of the marketing strategy to be employed by the

applicant to promote business development in the zone and the resources

to be committed by the applicant and other organizations to the

implementation of such strategy;

(m) a description of the method by which the applicant will evaluate

the success of any activities to be undertaken in the proposed empire

zone, provided, however, that the applicant shall take into

consideration the factors upon which the selection of the area was based

in any evaluation;

(n) a description of provisions for participation and allocation of

funds by the affected service delivery area private industry council and

administrative entity established pursuant to the job training

partnership act (P.L. 97-300, as amended) to provide job training in the

zone;

(o) a statement of the reasons why the particular geographic

configuration of the zone was selected;

(p) a description of the structure and duties of the local zone

administrative board to be established within each empire zone as

provided in section nine hundred sixty-one of this article;

(q) a description of the special programs to be operated by

educational institutions and other training entities in the area to

prepare and train zone residents for employment by businesses located

within and outside the zone;

(r) a statement from the appropriate regional economic development

council setting forth the specific resources to be allocated for

business development in the zone;

(s) a description of facilities for licensed and certified child day

care for the children of persons engaged in training for employment in,

or employed in, the zone;

(t) description of specific strategies and priorities for economic

revitalization of the zone and of indicators to be used to measure

performance against objectives;

(u) a statement of human resource development goals for the empire

zone and specific strategies for achieving them;

(v) a description of how the applicant will use zone designation to

coordinate economic development programs and providers at the local

level to service the zone;

(w) a description of the organizational actions to be taken by the

local empire zone administrative board and zone administrative entities

to implement specified business, community and human resource

development goals and strategies;

(x) a description of the financial commitments which the applicant is

prepared to make to the zone, including, but not limited to, specific

commitments for infrastructure improvements;

(y) a description of how the local economic development entities, as

described in paragraph (xii) of subdivision (b) of section nine hundred

sixty-one of this article will integrate its services to allow for the

best possible economic development support for the zone;

(z) any zone designated prior to the enactment of this paragraph shall

submit a new development plan, as defined pursuant to this section, in

conjunction with the requirements set forth in subdivision (d) of

section nine hundred fifty-seven of this article which the commissioner

shall approve or disapprove such plan within ninety days of submission;

(aa) the development plan established pursuant to this section shall

be resubmitted by the local zone administrative board as economic

conditions change within the zone, or when other factors trigger a need

for a change in the development plan as determined by the local zone

administrative board;

(bb) a description of specific strategies and actions taken by the

local empire zone administration board and zone administrative entities

to integrate economic goals with the objectives of community well-being

and environmental protection, such as open space protection, that will

promote new development patterns in order to take advantage of resources

and opportunities, such as existing public sewer and water

infrastructure, without compromising the needs of future generations;

and