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More than half of the incentives will come from $60 million in brownfield tax credits over a 10-year period. The project also will receive $5 million in Empire Zone tax credits. The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency in December approved property tax breaks for up to 20 years
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The project also will receive extensive energy subsidies. A 10-megawatt grant of low-cost hydropower from the
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The project also will receive $3.5 million from the
And how many jobs will be created, a little over 100.
The point: government assistance is an integral part of manufacturing investment, and it takes a lot of it to create jobs. In this case, about $1 million in public assistance per job. Or as Conservatives would say, about $1 million of job killing government spending per job created.
whereas jobs can be created downstate for a government outlay of $0 per job created. I don't know, maybe New York State is back to having an infinite amount of money, but if not, this was a dumb idea.
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