Yearly Archives: 2020

March 10, 2020 RE: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to directingempire state development to publish and maintain a list ofavailable programs to assist small businesses S.7350 (Kaplan) MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT Unshackle Upstate, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer, pro-economic growth, education and advocacy coalition made up of business and trade organizations from all parts […]

March 10, 2020 RE: An act to amend the state administrative procedure act,in relation to improving evaluations of the potential impactof rules on jobs and employment opportunities S.2839-A (Kaplan) / A.6747-A (Schimminger) MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT Unshackle Upstate, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer, pro-economic growth, education and advocacy coalition made up of business and trade organizations from all […]

March 10, 2020 RE: An act to amend the state administrative procedure act,in relation to designating a small business liaison S.7357 (Kaplan) MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT Unshackle Upstate, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer, pro-economic growth, education and advocacy coalition made up of business and trade organizations from all parts of Upstate New York strongly supports this legislation. This […]

February 24, 2020 RE: Executive Budget Proposal Article VII, ELFA Part J: MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION Unshackle Upstate, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer, pro-economic growth, education and advocacy coalition made up of business and trade organizations from all parts of Upstate New York, support these small business tax cuts with hope the proposal can be modestly expanded. In […]

February 24, 2020 RE: Executive Budget Proposal Article VII, REV Part D MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT Unshackle Upstate, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer, pro-economic growth, education and advocacy coalition made up of business and trade organizations from all parts of Upstate New York, support these small business tax cuts with hope the proposal can be modestly expanded. New […]

March 25, 2020 RE:            An act to suspend rent payments and certain mortgage payments for certain residential tenants and small business commercial tenants for ninety days in response to the outbreak of coronavirus S.8125 (Gianaris) / A.10224 (Niou) MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION Unshackle Upstate, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer, pro-economic growth, education and advocacy coalition made up of […]

March 2, 2020 RE:        AN ACT to amend the tax law in relation to providing a deduction against adjusted gross  income for dues paid by small businesses to chambers of commerce S.7354 (Kaplan) MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT Unshackle Upstate, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer, pro-economic growth, education and advocacy coalition made up of business and trade organizations […]

S.3665 (Gianaris) / A.324 (Rozic) MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION Unshackle Upstate, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer, pro-economic growth, education and advocacy coalition made up of Upstate business and trade organizations, opposes this legislation. This bill would establish a procedure by which an employee may request the right to a flexible work arrangement. The bill would allow an employee […]