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Chapter 1 of the Laws of 2003,
as amended by Chapter 577 of the Laws
of 2004, established
the “Brownfield Cleanup Program”
that, among other things, provides tax
credits for
the remediation and redevelopment
of brownfield sites in New York State. The law
directed ESD to designate Environmental
Zones (“En-Zones”) in which these tax
credits are enhanced. Designation of
environmental zones is limited to those
census tracts with a poverty rate of at
least 20% according to the 2000 Census, and
an unemployment rate of at least 125% the
New York State average,
or a poverty rate of at least double the
rate for the county in which the tract is
located.
New
York State Environmental Zones
Click map for larger view
(PDF format)
The following list includes
all counties that contain one or more
eligible census tracts. Click on the county
name to open more detailed maps of the
eligible census tracts in that county.
All eligible census tracts are listed in
the
attached Excel file, organized
alphabetically by county.
Under the Brownfield Cleanup Program, sites
that are remediated and redeveloped anywhere
in New York State may qualify for tax
credits. The credits are enhanced for sites
that fall within the environmental zones.
The NYS Department of Taxation & Finance
(T&F) has prepared a summary of Brownfield
Cleanup Program credits. For more
information from T&F about how the tax
credits may be applied, contact Arnold
Dorman, at 518/457.3306.
Download the tax fact sheet.
The Brownfield Cleanup Program is managed
by the Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC). For more information
about the Program, contact the DEC
Brownfields Coordination Section at
518/402.9711, or visit the DEC web site at
www.dec.state.ny.us/website/der/bfield/index.html
If you don't know what Census tract your
site is located in, you can use the Census
Bureau's address search function to identify
the tract.
Step 1: Click
here to go to the Census Bureau site.
Step 2: Enter the street address (no
P.O. Box numbers) with city and state
Step 3: If the system can find your
address, the result box will give you a list
of geographic areas that the address is in.
Make note of the Census tract number.
Step 4 (optional): You can hit the
"Map It" button on the Census site to get a
map of the area
Step 5: Return to the ESD site and
find your tract number in the list of
eligible tracts.
Note: Census tract numbers are made up of a
4-digit prefix and 2-digit suffix separated
by a decimal point. For example: 0011.00 or
0905.03. ESD's tract listing shows this full
6-digit number while the Census Bureau's
site will drop leading and following 0's.
The Census site will show the previous
examples as 11 and 905.03.
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