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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
In order to effectively transform the region’s economy, the project must demonstrate that it has the connections and relationships in sufficient scale and strength to support and sustain growth, particularly in the region’s key clusters. Critical mass should be attained through the engagement of individuals and organizations whose knowledge and skills contribute to distinct projects, augment the scale of the plan, and generate transformational change in the region. Projects will be evaluated for the ability to establish these connections, develop complementary proposals that form a unified plan, and create critical mass.
For information about this requirement, contact your local ESD Regional Office. https://esd.ny.gov/regions
Information and forms can be found at http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/357.html and http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6191.html .
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.
As a part of developing comprehensive growth strategies, regions must demonstrate their readiness to implement the plan and take advantage of major state investment. Overall readiness will be considered, in addition to the readiness for large-scale capital projects. It is possible that a workforce development initiative will be ready earlier than a construction project involving more significant private sector investment. All projects submitted for consideration must work together to advance the region’s long-term plan.
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Qualified investments are tangible personal property, including a building or structural component of a building.
Please note that if you are completing the URI Phase 1 - Intent to Propose, you are not required to complete the table below at this time as this information will be available to enter in during phase 2 of the application.
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).
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.
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