Archive for category New York
City entertainment industry hooked on state tax break
Posted by BrianDzyak in "Incentives"/Tax breaks, New York, Tax Incentives on October 13, 2018
AARON ELSTEIN Back in 2004, New York debuted a $25 million tax credit for TV shows and movies produced on soundstages in the state. The program has since morphed into a $420 million incentive that’s the largest in the nation and one the industry says it can’t live without. “The tax credit is the engine […]
Ortt raises concerns over NY Film Tax Credit
Posted by BrianDzyak in "Incentives"/Tax breaks, New York, Studio, Tax Incentives on August 24, 2018
A column from New York State Sen. Rob Ortt, R-C-I-Ref-North Tonawanda Towards the end of last year, I highlighted the highly controversial and questionable film tax credit that our state has been recklessly participating in for the last 15 years. After beginning as a modest incentive of $25 million per year in 2004, by […]
Map: Here’s Where Most TV & Movie Productions Film In NYC
Posted by BrianDzyak in New York on July 6, 2016
BY JEN CARLSON The Financial District is a favorite spot to film, according to a new data dump that highlights when and where both television and movie productions have set up around NYC for the past four years. Penn Station, Greenpoint, and the picturesque West Village were other top spots. According to the data Renthop compiled—taken from […]
Film production tax credit approved for eastern NY counties
Posted by BrianDzyak in New York, Tax Incentives on July 6, 2016
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – The state Legislature has approved an expansion of state movie production tax credits to eight eastern New York counties after a lobbying effort that included numerous celebrities from the Hudson Valley and Catskills. The state budget in 2014 created a 10 percent film tax credit for much of upstate New York, […]
DGA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING PROGRAM
Posted by BrianDzyak in Education, New York, Union on November 14, 2015
The New York Assistant Director Training Program is designed to provide opportunities for a limited number of individuals to become Assistant Directors in Film, Film Television & Commercial production. This is a two year program consisting of up to 350 days of on-the-job training combined with seminars and special assignments. A rotation system places Trainees […]
Film and TV jobs are migrating to New York and Atlanta, but workers are still better off in L.A.
Posted by BrianDzyak in California/Los Angeles, Georgia, New York, Tax Incentives on October 23, 2015
Annlee EllingsonStaff WriterL.A. Biz My husband returns home next week after living in Atlanta for six months. We moved to Los Angeles 17 years ago because it’s the entertainment capital of the world, and he worked steadily in television here for a decade and a half. But like for many Hollywood workers and their families, […]
TV Boom Drives $8.7 Billion Production Spend in New York City
Posted by BrianDzyak in New York, Tax Incentives on October 17, 2015
Gordon Cox Legit Editor Brent Lang Senior Film and Media Reporter Spending on filmed production in New York City has grown a whopping $1.5 billion in the last four years, hitting a total of $8.7 billion on the back of a TV boom that has also helped push the total number of full-time equivalent employments in the filmed […]
Film-tax credits: NY paying $38K a job
Posted by BrianDzyak in New York, Tax Incentives on August 6, 2015
Joseph Spector, Albany Bureau Chief ALBANY – How lucrative are New York’s film-tax breaks? Studios are getting $38,000 for every full-time job they create, a report by a state-hired consultant found. At a time when the $420 million-a-year in tax breaks has drawn increased scrutiny, a state consultant’s report quietly released in March raised new […]
Silvercup Studios Is Turning a Bronx Warehouse Into Its 3rd Production Complex
Posted by BrianDzyak in New York on July 7, 2015
By WINNIE HU The borough known as the birthplace of hip-hop will soon be expanding its entertainment credentials. Silvercup Studios, the home for the television series “Girls,” “Person of Interest” and “Elementary,” among others, announced on Monday that it was converting a Bronx warehouse into a 115,000-square-foot complex for film and television productions. The $35 […]
A Film-Set Recycling Depot Closes Because It Didn’t Get Enough Props
Posted by BrianDzyak in New York on July 4, 2015
BY GARRETT PHELPS You may have been shocked to see David Letterman’s entire set hauled into a dumpster the day after his final episode aired, but it came as no surprise to Eva Radke. During her 15 years in the film and television industry, she saw plenty of perfectly good stage materials thrown into the trash heap. One incident involved […]
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