Economic Development Incentives Administered by New York State

A public database of economic development projects administered by Empire State Development (ESD). The data includes projects related to grants, tax incentives, loans, and job creation across New York's economic development regions. It was last updated in January 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of Grants and Loans across different Economic Development Regions to identify funding priorities.
• Track the relationship between Tax credits and reported Jobs data to assess incentive program effectiveness.
• Map the types of Projects (e.g., Grants, Tax Incentives, Loans) administered by Empire State Development over time.

Strengths

• Data is publicly searchable and provided in multiple machine-readable formats (XML, CSV, RDF, JSON).
• Managed by the authoritative state agency, Empire State Development (ESD), for New York.
• Includes a diverse set of project types such as Grants, Tax Incentives, Loans, and Tax credits.

Limitations

• The specific number of records (rows) and data fields (columns) is unknown, limiting assessment of scale and granularity.
• The temporal coverage and update frequency are not specified, making it difficult to determine the data's time range and recency.

Provenance

Source

Empire State Development (ESD), State of New York.

Collection Method

Administrative database of projects administered by the state agency.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-01-24.

Geography

State of New York, including its Economic Development Regions.