In 1983, the Governor's Office for Motion Picture and Television Development was formed in the New York City offices of the Department of Commerce. The office was created out of the Motion Picture and Television Assistance Bureau within the department, which in 1979 began to work closely with the New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting to attract increased film and television production in New York State. In 1987, the Governor's Office for Motion Picture and Television Development was transferred from the Department of Commerce to the newly created Department of Economic Development where it would remain until 1995. In that year, the Department of Economic Development and other agencies, which had previously functioned independently, were consolidated as Empire State Development in order to increase efficiency, reduce overhead, and enhance the delivery of the State's economic development initiatives.
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The Governor's Office for Motion Picture and Television Development is responsible for developing and implementing programs to increase production in New York State for motion picture and television, and for implementing programs to increase cable, satellite, and related distribution systems. The office provides a wide range of production-related facilities and services; develops resources and incentives necessary to attract production; creates and implements marketing, advertising, and public relations strategies to promote New York as a production site; provides information on relevant State and local laws, union rates, work rules, facilities and equipment to interested parties; and acts as a liaison with city and local governments, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the New York State Office of Parks and Recreation and other state agencies, and professional location scouts to assist filmmakers.
