Number Name Comment 1 Derek Yip 2 Jessica ... - Alex Zablocki

Petitions to save the NYS Empire Tax Program for Film and TV from: http://www.petitiononline.com/<strong>Zablocki</strong>/petition.html <strong>Number</strong> <strong>Name</strong> <strong>Comment</strong> New York State has only in the last several years been able to recover from runaway productions to Canada, and now with vigorous tax credits available in other nearby states, many local productions have decamped once again, and the trend will continue. The reduction of in-state spending by 1 <strong>Derek</strong> <strong>Yip</strong> the film/television industry, and the loss of jobs here will be devastating to New York's economy. 2 <strong>Jessica</strong> Levin 3 Sean Cooney 4 erica freed keep our jobs in nyc!!! 5 James Gardner 6 Marilyn Fu 7 Craig Shilowich 8 Claire Pacacha 9 Marisa Yeres 10 Benjamin Stark 11 Wren Arthur @ Olive Productions 12 Mitchell Ferm 13 Caroline Jaczko 14 Alison Benson 15 Kathleen Green 16 Laura Weinberg editor 17 Marshall B Johnson 18 Carina Alves 19 Adam Donnelly 20 Max Demers 21 Sean Hogan 22 Dylan Correll 23 Daniel P. Triller 24 Carol Jazwinski Please renew, we need the jobs 25 Frank Murray NY State cannot AFFORD not to save the Credit 26 Russell Barnes 27 Anthony Brandonisio 28 Samuel Neely 29 Amanda Pollack 30 Christina Delerme 41 Jay Rubin 42 Meghan K. Wicker 43 Doe Kim-Corcoran 44 Brad Carpenter Please save this vital program that pays for itself! 45 Elena Barrio 46 Lauren Ashley Oliver *This is really important to those of us who rely on work in NYC 47 David Schlesinger 48 <strong>Alex</strong> <strong>Zablocki</strong> 49 Patrick Kelleher Many jobs have been created and kept going by the tax breaks to TV and film. 50 Pamela Hirsch 51 Zuzana Bochar 52 Eric Ramistella 53 James B. Steerman NYS must continue to offer incentives to film producers or many jobs in the film industry in NYS will be lost to other states. 54 Seth Anderson Brooklyn, NY 55 Parker Chehak 56 E-Man 57 Rachel Mills 58 Michael Taylor I love being able to live in New York and have a film career, working on the kinds of films I love. The tax credits have made this possible. Please do not discontinue this program. 59 Leda Nornang 60 Clara Kim 61 Stanley Tucci These tax credits are absolutely vital to the artistic and economic health of N.Y. 62 Dylan Sheridan 63 wendy cohen please help!!! 64 Sheyam Ghieth 65 yaron orbach 66 Tom G 67 Anna Bosco 68 Ryan Young 69 Kent Sanderson 70 Ron Bochar 71 Joshua Zeman 72 Benjamin R. Hammonds 73 Holly Unterberger 74 Kristen Konvitz 75 Brian Bell 76 Diane Hounsell 77 Rebecca Bloom 78 christopher weiser please keep new york working! 79 Emily Damico 80 Shellie Gillespie 81 Richard Chefalas 82 Tamar Simon 83 Ruth Hernandez 84 Talia Mayer 85 Alanna Levy 86 tessa brophy 87 Amy Lavelle 88 Kate Eales 89 Gina Santonas Losing these shows would add to the burden of the countless unemployed 90 Mike Poppleton 91 William F Reynolds 92 LAURA STEINMAN 93 David Robinson 94 Dan Evans Farkas 95 Jennifer Sonnenfeld 96 Erica Rahn please... 97 Katherine Dykstra 98 Rene Edward Bastian R. LeHane (Proud Member of 99 IATSE local 52) 100 Jason Jackowski 101 Mona Panchal 102 April Lamb 103 Susan Lazarus It is proven that the production companies go where the tax credits are! They started going to CT last year when their program began. Let's keep film revenues here in NY. 104 Judy Richter 105 Christine Reppert As a recent Film studies graduate I'm trying to make a living in NYC by working for varoius film/tv productions, if the Film and TV Tax Credits aren't supported many individuals including myself will most definately either be out of a work or moving out of New York for work. Hopefully the state will 106 Dwight Millman continue to show support and reinvest into NYC's film and TV tax credits so that we can continue working. 107 Graham Goetz 108 Allan Zaleski 109 Jim Mickle 110 Joseph Thousands of New Yorkers depend on the availability of these Tax breaks. These breaks make money in the long run. Please extend these credits. 111 Angela Organ 112 Virginia Williams 113 Nicole Lederman