1. The department of economic development shall file a report on a biannual basis with the director of the division of the budget and the chairpersons of the assembly ways and means committee and senate finance committee. The report shall be filed no later than thirty days before the mid-point and the end of the state fiscal year. The first report shall cover the calendar half year that begins on January first, two thousand twenty-four. Each report must contain the following information for the covered calendar half year:

1. (a) the total dollar amount of credits allocated pursuant to section forty-five of the tax law during the half year, broken down by month;
2. (b) the number of digital gaming projects, which have been allocated tax credits of less than one million dollars per project, and the total dollar amount of credits allocated to those projects;
3. (c) the number of digital gaming projects, which have been allocated tax credits of more than one million dollars, and the total dollar amount of credits allocated to those projects;
4. (d) a list of each eligible digital gaming project and for each of those projects, (i) the estimated number of employees associated with the project, (ii) the estimated qualifying costs for the project, (iii) the estimated total costs of the project, (iv) the credit eligible employee hours for each project, and (v) total wages for such credit eligible employee hours for each project; and

5. (e)

   1. (i) the name of each taxpayer allocated a tax credit for each project and the county of residence or incorporation of such taxpayer or, if the taxpayer does not reside or is not incorporated in New York, the state of residence or incorporation; however, if the taxpayer claims a tax credit because the taxpayer is a member of a limited liability company, a partner in a partnership or a shareholder in a subchapter S corporation, the name of each limited liability company, partnership or subchapter S corporation earning any of those tax credits must be included in the report instead of information about the taxpayer claiming the tax credit, (ii) the amount of tax credit allocated to each taxpayer; provided however, if the taxpayer claims a tax credit because the taxpayer is a member of a limited liability company, a partner in a partnership or a shareholder in a subchapter S corporation, the amount of tax credit earned by each entity must be included in the report instead of information about the taxpayer claiming the tax credit, and (iii) information identifying the project associated with each taxpayer for which a tax credit was claimed under section forty-five of the tax law.