Gov. Kathy Hochul is being urged by black leaders to sign a bill into law to provide a controversial film tax break to the Sherri Shepherd TV morning talk show, which replaced the Wendy Williams sh…
and TV industry tax credit that provides sweeteners to movies and TV shows that film in local studios and employ local residents.The Shepherd measure is sponsored by Sen. Brad Hoylman, whose district office is located near her set, and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and backed by the Black, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus and a group of black ministers.
However, the Wendy Williams show and others like it were “grandfathered in” and continue to be eligible for the tax credit, backers of the Sherri Shepherd show said. Shepherd, like Williams, is black and racial and ethnic diversity in the film industry should be maintained, backers of the film tax break said.
“All of us remember the series of accommodations and incentives that were given to Jimmy Fallon to bring the Tonight Show to New York,” said Carl Washington, president of the Empire State Missionary Convention.Getty Images for SiriusXM
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