N.Y. General Municipal Law § 965: Designation of empire zone as a foreign trade zone

§ 965. Designation of empire zone as a foreign trade zone. Any city,

county, town or village which contains an area which is designated an

empire zone in accordance with this article, is hereby authorized to

make application to the foreign trade zones board established by an act

of Congress, approved June eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four,

entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment, cooperation and

maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports of entry of the United

States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other

purposes," for a grant to said city, county, town or village for the

privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign trade

zone within such area, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if

such application be granted, to establish, operate and maintain such

foreign trade zone within such area in accordance with law. Any such

city, county, town or village may contract with a not-for-profit agency

and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper, subject to

the provisions of this section, toward the promotion and establishment

of such foreign trade zone in such area.