Financing & Incentives

NYCEDC offers information about a variety of New York City equity, financing, and incentives programs designed to help businesses thrive.

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  • Accelerated Sales Tax Exemption Program

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    The Accelerated Sales Tax Exemption Program (ASTEP) provides companies with sales tax exemptions up to $100,000 for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of construction materials, equipment, and furnishings in order to upgrade, expand, and grow a variety of business activities.

  • Business Incentives Rate

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    Business Incentive Rate (BIR) is an energy discount program co-administered by NYCEDC and Con Edison.

  • Commercial Expansion Program

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    Real estate tax reductions for commercial or industrial leases in targeted areas of the City.

  • Commercial Revitalization Program / CRT Special Reduction

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    Explore real estate tax reductions for commercial or retail leases in lower Manhattan.

  • Con Edison Economic Development Program

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    Discounted ConEdison energy programs to attract and retain businesses and jobs in New York City.

  • Emerging Developer Loan Fund

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    Providing capital to emerging developers who are working on real estate development projects in New York City.

  • Empowerment Zone Benefits

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    Federal-designated area that offers an array of public funds and tax reductions for business development and investments.

  • Energy Cost Savings Program

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    Discounted energy program for businesses relocating to or undertaking capital projects in New York City.

  • Exempt Facilities Bond Program

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    Assistance in the form of tax exempt bonds for companies undertaking capital projects on exempt facilities in New York City

  • Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH)

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    FRESH promotes the establishment and expansion of neighborhood grocery stores in underserved communities by providing zoning and financial incentives to eligible grocery store operators and developers.

  • Futureworks NYC Growth Initiative

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    The Futureworks NYC Growth Initiative provides early-stage companies using and developing advanced manufacturing technologies with up to $30,000 in funding over two years to support their growth in New York City.

  • IDA Life Sciences Program

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    Life Sciences Incentives & Financial Financing Information

  • Industrial & Commercial Abatement Program (ICAP)

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    Real estate tax reductions on newly constructed or physically improved New York City commercial and industrial buildings.

  • Industrial Business Zone Relocation Tax Credit

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    Relocation tax credit for industrial and manufacturing businesses relocating to an Industrial Business Zone.

  • Industrial Development Loan Fund

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    The Industrial Development Loan Fund is a source of project financing for priority industrial real estate development projects in New York City.

  • Job Creation and Retention Program

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    The Job Creation and Retention Program (“JCRP”) provides discretionary grant funds to eligible companies committing to create a minimum of 75 new jobs in Lower Manhattan as well as to firms making a commitment to retaining at least 200 Lower Manhattan jobs.

  • LifeSci NYC

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    A $500 million investment will establish New York City as the leader in life sciences innovation and R&D.

  • Lower Manhattan Energy Program

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    Discounted energy program for commercial tenants in lower Manhattan.

  • Lower Manhattan Relocation and Employment Assistance Program

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    This program offers a $3,000 per employee business tax credit for firms relocating jobs to Lower Manhattan. Businesses must also make improvements to the premise.

  • Manufacturing Facilities Bond Program

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    Tax-exempt bonds for manufacturers of tangible personal property acquiring, developing, renovating or equipping facilities in New York City.

  • Neighborhood Credit Fund

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    The Neighborhood Credit Fund (NCF) supports small, local businesses by enhancing their access to loans and lines of credit of up to $250,000 in order to help them expand their operations and create jobs. NYCEDC works in partnership with five community development finance institutions to administer the program and work with eligible businesses.

  • Not-for-Profit Bond Program

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    Build NYC’s Not-for-Profit Bond Program facilitates access to private activity tax-exempt bond financing for not-for-profit institutions to acquire, construct, renovate and/or equip their facilities.

  • NYC Capital Access Loan Guaranty Program

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    Public-private lending program enables banks and credit unions to make loans to micro and small businesses that may not qualify for conventional bank loans.

  • NYC Food Manufacturers Growth Fund

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    The NYC Food Manufacturers Growth Fund makes affordable financing available to eligible small food manufacturing businesses looking to expand their operations.

  • NYCEDC Networking Hour: Bridging the Gap Between Nonprofits and Lenders

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    NYCEDC Networking Hour: Bridging the Gap Between Nonprofits and Lenders is a networking and informational event designed to pair New York City's nonprofit organizations with financial lenders.

  • NYCEDC Nonprofit Capital Project Planning Workshop Series

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    NYCEDC's Nonprofit Capital Construction Project Planning Workshop holds a series of two-day workshops designed to help organizations plan capital projects, including the renovation of facilities, acquisition of spaces, or new construction.

  • NYCIDA Commercial Office Space Incentives

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    NYCIDA tax incentives can lower the costs of constructing, renovating or owning commercial office space for tenants and developers.

  • NYCIDA Garment Center Program

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  • NYCIDA Industrial Program

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    NYCIDA tax incentives lower the costs of constructing, renovating, and owning industrial facilities.

  • Open Industrial Uses Sales Tax Exemption Program

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    The Open Industrial Uses Sales Tax Exemption Program (OIUSTEP) provides companies with sales tax exemptions for the purchase of building materials to renovate and improve unenclosed industrial materials storage facilities in order to implement cost-effective pollution prevention controls and to create stronger safeguards for hazardous materials in the city’s flood zones.

  • Qualified Emerging Technology Company Incentives

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    Tax reductions for emerging technology companies in New York City.

  • Relocation and Employment Assistance Program

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    Relocation tax credit for commercial and industrial businesses excluding retail and hotels relocating into targeted areas of the city.