Kathy Hochuls new budget.
Ive been doing producing in New York for a long time.
It was 15 years of employment for a lot of folks.
Film crew assembles gear for a movie set location in Albany.Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images
I think about 90% of my crew is still calling me looking for work.
Producers gravitate to states and countries with the best incentives.
Georgia is sort of the model of what competitive is.
The business changed fundamentally.
The hearing was broad andproduction incentiveswere only one of many topics addressed.
One of the main opponents of the $700 million credit, State Sen. James Skoufis, wasnt present.
Asked if the proposed sweeteners would be enough to draw production, he said yes.
All things being equal, they would come to New York, for crews, for locations …
There is no matching New York.
Thats where the Hollywood studios are based.
But California itself has seen so much runaway production to other states and countries that Gov.
Gavin Newsom proposed a big jump to the incentive from $330 million to around $750 million annually.
Today, theEntertainment Union Coalitionlaunched a campaign aimed at keeping film and TV jobs in California.
TheCaliforniaLegislature yesterday introduced a pair of bills to bolster Gov.
GavinNewsoms plan to expandthe states Film and Television Tax Credit Program.
As studio owners, the success of our businesses depends on a vibrant local film and production industry.
