LEGAL NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE

NOTICE that the New York State Urban Development Corporation, doing business as Empire State

Development (“ESD” or the “Corporation”), pursuant to Section 16(2) of the New York State Urban Development Corporation Act (Chapter 174, Section 1, Laws of 1968, as amended) (the “Act”), has adopted a General Project Plan (the “Plan”) with respect to the project listed below. Copies of the Plan(s) are

available without charge to any person who shall make a request.

The Corporation will file such Plan(s) in the office of the County Clerk of each Project location. A copy of the Plan is also on file at the principal office of the Corporation, 655 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017, and is available for inspection by request. Send email requests to:

Landgproject

comments@esd.

ny.gov

Subject: Plan– Great Lakes Cheese Company Cuba Capital–

Regional Council Capital fund &

Buffalo Regional Innovation Cluster – Capital Grants. Information regarding the Project is also provided below with the project listing.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that, a virtual public hearing to consider the Plan(s), open to all persons, will be held remotely by the Corporation on Thursday, December 18, 2025, from 2:00pm to 3:00pm utilizing the Zoom video communications and teleconferencing platform. Detailed instructions for participation in the virtual hearing can be viewed at https://esd.ny.gov/

esd-media-center/

public-notices.

Additionally, the public is given an opportunity to

comment on the Project(s) by submitting comments electronically to Landgprojectcomments@esd.ny.gov Subject: Comment – Great Lakes Cheese Company Cuba Capital –

Regional Council Capital fund &

Buffalo Regional

Innovation Cluster (Capital Grants) by 5:30pm on Thursday,

December 18, 2025.

Great Lakes Cheese Company Cuba Capital – Regional Council Capital fund & Buffalo Regional Innovation Cluster

(Capital Grants)– Franklinville- Western New York Region – Cattaraugus County) – ESD proposes to make two grants totaling $3,700,000 to rebuild the Cuba NY facility in Franklinville and establish a 505,000 square foot cheese production and packaging plant as well as a 50,000 square foot wastewater treatment plant in Cattaraugus County. Total project cost is $705,923,508. This project will retain 229 jobs and create 215 new jobs.

DATED: December 3, 2025 New York State Urban

Development

Corporation

New York, New York By: Deborah Royce, Corporate Secretary