A soon-to-be-constructed $200 million Amazon warehouse in the Town of Wawayanda was awarded more than $10 million in tax exemptions by the Orange County Industrial Development Agency (OCIDA).
It is the third Amazon warehouse to be built in the county, following a one-million-square-foot distribution center in the Town of Montgomery and a “last-mile” delivery station in New Windsor.
Board members of OCIDA approved the incentives during a May monthly meeting by a 5 to 1 vote.
OCIDA is a public benefit corporation empowered by state law to incentivize business and job growth through reduced or exempted sales, mortgage recording, and property taxes.
The Wawayanda facility was awarded $9.5 million exemptions in sales taxes and another $1.1 million in state mortgage recording taxes….