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New York Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$5,077,649,714

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2017BrownfieldsEnvironmental protection$130,000,000
2017Electric Generation Mitigation FundEnergy production$2,778,243
2017Empire Zones (EZ)General Economic Development$23,000,000
2017Excelsior Tax IncentivesBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$74,000,000
2017Film & Commercial Production CreditGeneral Economic Development$621,000,000
2017Industrial Development Agencies (IDA)General Economic Development$81,000,000
2017Low-Income Housing CreditHousing$35,000,000
2017MiscellaneousGeneral Economic Development$15,500,000
2017Qualified Empire Zone Enterprise (QEZE)Job Creation/Retention$132,000,000
2017START-UP NYBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$105,000,000
2017Urban Youth (Youth Works)Child/youth services$20,000,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$1,239,278,243

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 TypeGross Revenue Loss sort icon
New York CityMunicipality$3,389,468,000
City of YonkersMunicipality$28,637,670
Ossining Union Free School DistrictSchool district$25,083,330
Nassau CountyCounty$23,998,000
Peekskill City School DistrictSchool district$18,496,215
City of BuffaloMunicipality$18,180,151
City of SyracuseMunicipality$16,931,779
City of RochesterMunicipality$14,620,347
Albany City School DistrictSchool district$12,889,808
Rensselaer City School DistrictSchool district$12,400,000
New Rochelle City School DistrictSchool district$12,161,292
Suffolk CountyCounty$10,972,084
Westbury Union Free School DistrictSchool district$9,963,234
White Plains City School DistrictSchool district$9,509,489
Bethpage Union Free School DistrictSchool district$8,398,035
Henrick Hudson Central School DistrictSchool district$6,856,005
Syosset Central School DistrictSchool district$6,667,015
Monroe CountyCounty$6,500,000
Mount Vernon City School DistrictSchool district$5,874,990
East Greenbush Central School DistrictSchool district$5,687,774
Half Hollow Central School DistrictSchool district$5,448,828
Northern Adirondack Central School DistrictSchool district$5,417,100
Great Neck Union Free School DistrictSchool district$5,047,608
Hicksville Union Free School DistrictSchool district$4,863,352
Central Islip Union Free School DistrictSchool district$4,600,838
Mexico Academy & Central School DistrictSchool district$4,480,586
Farmingdale Union Free School DistrictSchool district$4,410,602
Garden City Union Free School DistrictSchool district$4,336,791
Connetquot Central School DistrictSchool district$4,266,112
Schalmont Central School District at RotterdamSchool district$4,098,273
Amsterdam Enlarged City School DistrictSchool district$4,006,038
Roslyn Union Free School DistrictSchool district$3,700,000
Erie CountyCounty$3,542,318
Nanuet Union Free School DistrictSchool district$3,412,379
Valley Stream Central High School DistrictSchool district$3,397,988
Niagara Wheatfield Central School DistrictSchool district$3,392,895
Elmont Union Free School DistrictSchool district$3,320,821
Ballston Spa Central School DistrictSchool district$3,234,249
Troy Enlarged City School DistrictSchool district$3,147,445
Kingston City School DistrictSchool district$2,824,198
Freeport Union Free School DistrictSchool district$2,699,358
Rome City School DistrictSchool district$2,650,095
Wayne Central School DistrictSchool district$2,482,567
Westchester CountyCounty$2,461,057
Schenectady City School DistrictSchool district$2,389,600
Hauppauge Union Free School DistrictSchool district$2,377,827
Newburgh Enlarged City School DistrictSchool district$2,313,068
Glen Cove City School DistrictSchool district$2,294,528
Deer Park Union Free School DistrictSchool district$2,289,161
Williamsville Central School DistrictSchool district$2,099,893
Corning City School DistrictSchool district$2,082,000
Lawrence Central School DistrictSchool district$1,937,570
Riverhead Central School DistrictSchool district$1,919,759
Port Washington Union Free School DistrictSchool district$1,888,228
Wayland-Cohocton Central School DistrictSchool district$1,873,988
Rush-Henrietta Central School DistrictSchool district$1,864,302
Horseheads Central School DistrictSchool district$1,840,344
Copiague Union Free School DistrictSchool district$1,790,189
Amityville Union Free School DistrictSchool district$1,784,019
Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School DistrictSchool district$1,630,000
Dunkirk City School DistrictSchool district$1,619,372
Geneva City School DistrictSchool district$1,600,108
Levittown Union Free School DistrictSchool district$1,499,761
Commack Union Free School DistrictSchool district$1,459,883
Gates Chili Central School DistrictSchool district$1,452,000
Wyandanch Union Free School DistrictSchool district$1,260,553
Ithaca City School DistrictSchool district$1,247,399
Malboro Central School DistrictSchool district$1,200,154
South Country Central School DistrictSchool district$1,190,000
Warwick Valley Central School DistrictSchool district$1,161,776
Spencerport Central School DistrictSchool district$1,109,205
Coxsackie-Athens Central School DistrictSchool district$1,036,756
Niagara Falls City School DistrictSchool district$1,014,490
Windsor Central School DistrictSchool district$995,028
Auburn Enlarged City School DistrictSchool district$988,535
Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School DistrictSchool district$987,271
Lancaster Central School DistrictSchool district$918,156
Shenendehowa Central School District at Clifton ParkSchool district$893,073
Jericho Union Free School DistrictSchool district$892,941
Wappingers Central School DistrictSchool district$885,000
Fulton City School DistrictSchool district$877,067
Herkimer Central School DistrictSchool district$854,065
Beacon City School DistrictSchool district$849,175
Lynbrook Union Free School DistrictSchool district$842,225
Beekmantown Central School DistrictSchool district$839,242
West Hempstead Union Free School DistrictSchool district$818,901
Binghamton City School DistrictSchool district$814,194
East Syracuse Minoa Central School DistrictSchool district$814,147
Johnson City Central School DistrictSchool district$802,773
Valley Central School DistrictSchool district$778,709
Monticello Central School DistrictSchool district$771,054
Victor Central School DistrictSchool district$759,306
City of AuburnMunicipality$725,231
New Hartford Central School DistrictSchool district$703,622
East Rockaway Union Free School DistrictSchool district$701,591
Frontier Central School DistrictSchool district$688,058
Waterloo Central School DistrictSchool district$677,402
Plattsburgh City School DistrictSchool district$661,787
Bay Shore Union Free School DistrictSchool district$646,151
East Islip Union Free School DistrictSchool district$635,184
Goshen Central School DistrictSchool district$631,079
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$3,838,371,471