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Applicants will be required to provide the specified ID number upon request by the funding agencies.
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Please include details relevant to all programs on this application. Programs on this application are: {{program_list}}
Provide a brief summary of the need for the project in the geographic area proposed, the project's financing needs, including funding gaps and, where applicable, describe the additional short and long term jobs that will be created through the development of the proposed project.
Describe how the proposed project advances the REDC/URI plan for the region, specifically linking the project to the region’s goals, strategies, and targeted industry clusters. A response to this question should directly and specifically link the project to a section or sections of REDC/URI plan for the region.
The REDC and Upstate Revitalization Initiative’s (URI) are designed to support projects that will help transform the region’s economy. Applicants seeking these resources should explain why the project is a priority for the region. Providing details on the impact of the project such as the ability to create net new high paying jobs, the extent of private sector support, the impact it has on the community, and how the project will advance, in a meaningful way, the implementation of the REDC/URI plans, will help the REDCs and state during review.
A Full-time Contract Employee a full-time private sector employee (or self-employed person) who is not on the Recipient’s payroll but who works exclusively for the Recipient at the project location for a minimum of 35 hours per week for not less than four consecutive weeks, providing services that would otherwise be provided by a Full-time Permanent Employee. The position held by a Full-time Contract Employee must be a year-round position.
A Full-time Contract Employee is a full-time private sector employee (or self-employed person) who is not on the Recipient’s payroll but who works exclusively for the Recipient at the project location for a minimum of 35 hours per week for not less than four consecutive weeks, providing services that would otherwise be provided by a Full-time Permanent Employee. The position held by a Full-time Contract Employee must be a year-round position.
A Full-time equivalent job equals any combination of two or more part-time jobs that, when combined together, constitute the equivalent of a job of at least 35 hours per week. NOTE: Your base employment for Excelsior is calculated using the prior 4 quarters from when you are accepted into the program.
NOTE: A full-time equivalent job equals any combination of two or more part-time jobs that, when combined together, constitute the equivalent of a job of at least 35 hours per week. Please note if any of these positions are contract employees and if so, how many of the total are contract employees.
"At Risk" shall mean a permanent Full-time employee position currently located in New York State that is found by ESD to be at risk of being lost or moved out of state based on compelling information provided by the applicant.
K. Construction Jobs: Estimate the number of construction jobs to be created by the proposed project.
Please reference job definitions at the top of this page.
The base employment for Excelsior is calculated using the prior 4 quarters from when you are accepted into the program.
Financial statements should be audited or reviewed. If the statements are only compiled, they must be accompanied by copies of signed Federal tax returns (3 yrs). Financial statements should be provided by the parent company or any individual owning 50% or greater of the Applicant) unless the Applicant prepares separate audited or reviewed financial statements or files separate tax returns from the parent.
For information about this requirement, contact your local ESD Regional Office. https://esd.ny.gov/regions
Financial statements should be audited or reviewed. If the statements are only compiled, they must be accompanied by copies of signed Federal tax returns (3 yrs). Financial statements should be provided by the parent company or any individual owning 50% or greater of the Applicant) unless the Applicant prepares separate audited or reviewed financial statements or files separate tax returns from the parent.
For information about this requirement, contact your local ESD Regional Office. https://esd.ny.gov/regions
If you are applying to the ONRAMP program, contact workforce@esd.ny.gov
Financial statements should be audited or reviewed. If the statements are only compiled, they must be accompanied by copies of signed Federal tax returns (3 yrs). Financial statements should be provided by the parent company or any individual owning 50% or greater of the Applicant) unless the Applicant prepares separate audited or reviewed financial statements or files separate tax returns from the parent.
For information about this requirement, contact your local ESD Regional Office. https://esd.ny.gov/regions
If you are applying to the ONRAMP program, contact workforce@esd.ny.gov
Financial statements should be audited or reviewed. If the statements are only compiled, they must be accompanied by copies of signed Federal tax returns (3 yrs). Financial statements should be provided by the parent company or any individual owning 50% or greater of the Applicant) unless the Applicant prepares separate audited or reviewed financial statements or files separate tax returns from the parent.
For information about this requirement, contact your local ESD Regional Office. https://esd.ny.gov/regions
If you are applying to the ONRAMP program, contact workforce@esd.ny.gov
Information and forms can be found at https://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/357.html . If you are a not-for-profit, please complete and attach the following form: https://parks.ny.gov/documents/grants/EnvironmentalReviewFormNotforProfits2021.pdf
For information about this requirement, contact your local ESD Regional Office. https://esd.ny.gov/regions
For OSWD Pay for Performance Operating Grant applicants only: please be sure to answer "no" or "n/a" to CLCPA questions only, as these questions are not applicable to your program.
If you still have additional questions, please contact the regional office for the region in which your project is located to find out more.
Economically distressed area (census tract) shall mean the following based on the census tract for where the project is located:
Economically distressed area shall mean the following based on the census tract for where the project is located:
Please reference the most recent NAICS code file: NAICS
For help determining the NAICS Code, click HERE.
If "yes", the project requires consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).
If "yes", the project requires consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).
Applications to the State, including their accompanying documents, are subject to the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) found in Article 6 of the N.Y. Public Officer Law. FOIL provides that certain records are exempt from disclosure, including those that contain (1) trade secrets, (2) information that, if disclosed, would cause substantial injury to the competitive position of your organization, or (3) critical infrastructure information. Records may be redacted to protect only the portions of documents that fall within a FOIL exemption. An entire document may not be withheld if only a portion of the document is exempt from disclosure. Blanket assertions that information is a trade secret, confidential, or proprietary are insufficient to justify withholding information under FOIL. The identified information will be reviewed and a determination will be made as to whether the information is exempt from disclosure under FOIL. The State’s determination may be appealed pursuant to POL §89(5)(c). Pursuant to POL §87(2)(b), the State will redact information that “if disclosed would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.”
Examples:
Q_1234 - The information provided in Line 6 includes the vendor, equipment specifications and a cost structure that will give “John Smith’s Manufacturing Inc.” a competitive disadvantage if our competitors were to find out the specifications of the machines used to manufacture our product.
Q_4321 (Attachment) – Page 3, lines 6, 7, and 8, contains specifics of our manufacturing process that are proprietary and if revealed would put “John Smith’s Manufacturing Inc.” at a competitive disadvantage.
* Eligible investment for ESD Grant Funds; generally not eligible investment for Excelsior Jobs Program.
Excelsior Jobs Program: Qualified investments are tangible personal property, including a building or structural component of a building, owned by the applicant that is depreciable per IRC Section 164, has a useful life of 4 years or more, is acquired by purchase as defined in IRC Section 179(d), is located in NYS, and is placed in service on or after the date certified eligible for the Excelsior Jobs Program.
Municipal Centers are areas of concentrated and mixed land use that serve as centers of various activities (civic, commercial, recreational, and residential, among others). Specific examples include Central Business Districts; Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOAs); Downtowns in Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) Areas; Transit-Oriented Development, Environmental Justice Areas and Hardship Areas; in many instances, an entire city, village or hamlet can be considered a municipal center. This definition can include development “adjacent to municipal centers” and a “future municipal center” – an area planned and zoned to be a municipal center.
For specific guidance on rail/port, aviation, and other transportation projects please refer to Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act