ESD funding awards are offered as an incentive to undertake a project. Therefore, ESD cannot consider assistance for project activities commenced or committed to (such as ordering machinery and equipment and committing to land purchase) prior to the announcement of funding awards. In addition, investment and expenses incurred prior to submission of a CFA should not be included in project budgets. By selecting no, you are confirming that project activity (or, in the case of a project with multiple stages, activity for the project stage described in this application) will not commence or be committed to prior to the announcement of funding awards. If your project has extenuating circumstances that present a conflict with this requirement, please contact your ESD Regional Office.
Only minimum grant requests of $100,000 or more will be considered for funding.
Block grant projects and revolving loan funds are not eligible to apply for ESD Grant funds.
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Applicants will be required to provide the specified ID number upon request by the funding agencies.
If applying in the name of a business please type in the name as it appears on your business papers. If applying as an individual insert your name here.
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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.
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/
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
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.
Please note that this section of the Application is specific to the phase of the project for which ESD grant funds are being requested through this CFA, NOT the overall project.
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.
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