Jimmy Fallon Tax Credit Lures ‘Tonight Show’ Back to NYC

Red Carpet Treatment: A Tax Credit for the Tonight Show (WNYC News)

New York hosted more than 180 productions last year. Most of them were feature films as well as TV shows like Boardwalk Empire and Girls.

Kenneth Adams, commissioner of the New York State Department of Economic Development, called it “a banner year” for New York’s entertainment industry. And he said New York’s tax credit played a big role.

“We do compete, against Hollywood, against Toronto, against North Carolina, Louisiana, other states that have these programs,” he said. "And so we work very, very hard to partner with the industry and keep these jobs here, and grow these jobs here."