{"id":261,"date":"2013-11-28T06:52:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T06:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/?p=261"},"modified":"2013-11-28T06:52:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T06:52:49","slug":"public-service-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE AREA AROUND YORK COLLEGE SLATED <\/strong><\/h2>\n

FOR BIG CHANGES\/NEW TAX FREE ZONE<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Posted By: C. Harrison\/Nov 28, 2013<\/p>\n

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Today Albany spoke, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, designated the area around York College a tax free zone, as part of the start-up NY (formerly named tax free NY), program, which will bring new businesses and much needed jobs to Southeast Queens.<\/p>\n

The initiative aims to bring revenue to communities in need by proving unprecedented exemptions from all taxes-sales, property, state corporate taxes for ten years as well as exemptions from state personal income taxes for employees in newly created jobs and includes designated communities around Cuny and Suny campuses. York College officials were\u00a0notified of the decision on Monday.<\/p>\n

Senator Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) has backed the move from the beginning and has worked diligently to facilitate the measure, engaging in talks with the Governor’s office, his legislative colleagues and Dr. Marcia V. Keizs, President of York College. Smith, believes a tax-free zone is a wonderful opportunity for York College, which nestled in the heart of downtown Jamaica in Southeast Queens. “This is a creative initiative and in tough economic time, we should be doing everything we can to foster a climate for job creation, thereby assisting resident and students with post graduation work opportunities,” said Smith.<\/p>\n

Under the program, businesses will partner with the higher education institutions in the Cuny\/Suny systems as well as other universities and be able to access industry experts and advanced research laboratories. There will be one zone per borough and interested schools must apply for the designation and meet certain criteria. For example, in order to qualify the Cuny college must be in a community with the highest poverty rate compared to other colleges in the borough. The York College community has a 20.7% poverty rate.<\/p>\n

Governor Cuomo said, “In a tax free environment, no one can match what New York has to offer. Businesses that are looking to startup or expand, and most importantly create jobs, should look no further.<\/p>\n

In addition, new businesses and expanding businesses must align with or further the academic mission of the sponsoring college in order to be eligible to resided in the area. Those businesses should have positive community economic effects. Certain types of businesses are prohibited from participating–including retail, real estate and professional service type businesses.<\/p>\n

Businesses can visit www.startup-ny.com<\/a> to learn more about the program, find answers to frequently asked questions and search for eligible space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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