IDA Funding Helps Two Westchester Businesses Grow

WHITE PLAINS-Several Westchester businesses have decided to expand their operations here rather than relocate outside of the county, due in part to some financial assistance from Westchester County government.

The two companies are a window and door installation business and a uniform sales company that sought tax exemptions from the IDA to help with the costs of remodeling and equipping their new offices. The companies are among the first to benefit from a new IDA program that specifically targets small- and medium-size businesses, IDA officials say.

“These firms may well have chosen to go somewhere else–possibly out of state–if we hadn’t stepped up and offered benefits,” says IDA Chairman William Mulrow. “We firmly believe that these projects will provide substantial employment, capital investment and an increase in the property tax base.”