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New York Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$6,046,801,342

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2019BrownfieldsBrownfield rehabilitation$130,000,000
2019Empire Zones (EZ)General Economic Development (EZ)$143,000,000
2019Excelsior Jobs Program and Empire State Job Retention Program CreditJob Creation/Retention$168,000,000
2019Film & Commercial Production CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$758,000,000
2019Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs)Industrial development$88,000,000
2019Low Income Housing CreditAffordable Housing$38,000,000
2019New York Youth Jobs Program (formerly Urban Youth Job Program)Job Creation/Retention$40,000,000
2019Qualified Empire Zones Enterprise (QEZE)General Economic Development (EZ)$86,000,000
2019Various other tax abatement programsGeneral Economic Development$18,000,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$1,469,000,000

Tabulated localities and districts

Click on the name of jurisdiction for a list of tax abatement programs that reduced its tax revenue.

Data includes abatement information for the five most populous cities, counties, and school districts in each state (where available). If no data is shown for these top five jurisdictions, it is because they did not disclose GASB 77 tax abatement information in the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), the amount reported was $0, or the ACFR has not been published yet. Some states include data for additional years and jurisdictions.

Reporting JurisdictionJurisdiction Type sort iconGross Revenue Loss
White Plains City School DistrictSchool district$4,433,660
Whitesboro Central School DistrictSchool district$376,161
Williamson Central School DistrictSchool district$347,500
Williamsville Central School DistrictSchool district$3,961,474
Willsboro Central School DistrictSchool district$19,184
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School DistrictSchool district$7,871
Windsor Central School DistrictSchool district$1,051,432
Wyandanch Union Free School DistrictSchool district$3,307,595
Yorkshire-Pioneer Central School DistrictSchool district$82,000
City of BuffaloMunicipality$25,822,062
City of RochesterMunicipality$27,187,199
City of SyracuseMunicipality$18,775,986
City of YonkersMunicipality$39,965,898
New York CityMunicipality$3,802,359,000
Erie CountyCounty$3,718,746
Monroe CountyCounty$7,300,000
Nassau CountyCounty$24,568,000
Suffolk CountyCounty$18,374,197
Westchester CountyCounty$2,189,540
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$4,577,801,342