Company BlackRock Financial Management
Date Announced 4/11/2000 (deal closed 3/6/2000)
Project Site 40 East 52nd Street, Manhattan
Competing Sites ?
Maximum  Subsidy $4,507,850

City Amount Tied to Job Retention

$1,257,000 in sales tax retention benefits

City Amount Tied to Job Growth

$850/employee to a cap of $2,879,000 in sales tax growth credits
Type(s) of City benefits Sales tax exemptions -- Up to $4,136,000

Energy benefits (BIR program) -- $371,000

Benefits from New York  State ?
Total Benefits Allowed ?
Benefits Distributed to Date (according to LL69 Report FY 2002) $847,000
 
Promised Job Retention 449
Projected job growth 1,880
Total Promised Jobs 2,329
Jobs Reported in LL69 Report FY 2002 546
Layoffs ?
Length of Contract 15 years
 
Project Purpose  
Clawbacks ?
Background/Since then...  
Corporate Notes BlackRock provides financial services including asset and risk management.
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Date last updated: 8/7/03