New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the state’s Television Diversity Tax Credit Bill into law on Thursday.
The bill will support a study of the disparity between the availability of women and people of color to write and direct TV in New York and the actual hiring rates, after which the state will allocate $5 million from the Empire State Film Production Tax Credit to incentivize the hiring of women and people of color to write and direct television in New York.
Qualifying projects would be eligible for up to 30% of the qualifying salaries and fees paid for hiring a minority or woman television writer or director who works or resides in New York.