§ 963. Local administration of empire zones. (a) The local empire zone\nadministrative board shall:\n (i) develop short-term goals for zone activities on an annual basis;\n (ii) prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual report and submit\ncopies to the department of audit and control, department of taxation\nand finance, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the\nassembly and department of economic development on or before the first\nday of July next succeeding the year to which the report pertains,\nregarding empire zone activities, including information which would\nallow for substantive review of the zone's strategies and progress of\nthe zone in meeting its short-term objectives, and an analysis of the\nextent to which the long-term goals set forth in the empire zone\napplication have been met. The zone administrative entities and other\nlocal officials and agencies shall fully cooperate with the zone\nadministrative board in the annual performance review and in the board's\nperformance of its other duties. Local officials, state agencies, and\ncertified businesses shall provide information requested by the zone\nadministrative board which is necessary for such review. Such report\nshall also include a current description of the specific strategies and\npriorities for economic revitalization of the zone, including, but not\nlimited to: the number of jobs created; the number of jobs retained; the\namount of private capital leveraged with public funds; the number of\nbusinesses expanded or retained and new businesses created, and the type\nof businesses expanded, retained or created, as well as consideration of\nthe improvements in the physical infrastructure of the zone. The\ncommissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to set forth\nstandards to be used to measure performance against objectives on an\nannual basis in order to facilitate the requirements of this paragraph;\n (iii) undertake efforts to ensure meaningful participation by\nminority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in empire zone\nactivities;\n (iv) enter into an agreement with the office of business permits and\nregulatory assistance to participate in a business permit assistance\nprogram to be provided to applicants for business permits required by\nthe state or a county, city, town or village for a business undertaking,\nproject or activity in an empire zone;\n (v) enter into agreements with the commissioners of economic\ndevelopment, labor, and social services, local departments of social\nservices, and local education agencies as defined in paragraph (b) of\nsubdivision one of section three thousand thirty-two of the education\nlaw, local community-based organizations, private employers, labor\nunions, the administrative entity and private industry council for the\nservice delivery area established under the job training partnership act\n(P.L. 97-300, as amended) that includes the empire zone, and any other\nperson or state or federal agency for the purpose of establishing,\nimplementing and coordinating job training programs for workers and\nbusinesses to be located in an empire zone; provided, however, that (A)\nany agreement to establish a job training program designed to meet the\nspecific needs of a private employer shall require such employer to\nretain in its employ for not less than six months an employee who has\nsatisfactorily completed a course of training for a particular job\nopening unless such employee voluntarily leaves such employment or is\ndischarged for misconduct or other good cause; (B) any job training\nprogram established pursuant to this section shall make use of the\ncommunity service division of the labor department as well as other\nsources for the purpose of recruitment;\n (vi) in cooperation with local social services officials, establish a\njob training opportunities program sponsored by private employers in\naccordance with the provisions of section one hundred sixty-four-b or\nthree
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