Business Tax/Mandates

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to ensuring  that utility employees receive the prevailing wage S.6265 (Gianaris) /A.8083 (Niou) 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 opposes this legislation. This bill […]

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  inclusion of certain off-site custom fabrication as  public work for the purposes of payment of prevailing wage S.6333 (Savino) / A.8177 (Abbate) 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 […]

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to required voting time for an employee without sufficient time to vote outside of working hours 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, supports this legislation. […]

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to standing for persons affected by prohibited or unlawful business practices S. 2407-B (Comrie) / A. 679-B (Niou) 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 which would […]

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to flexible working arrangements 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 […]

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the electronic filing of tax returns for brewers and distillers A.6642 (Burke) / S.578 (Kennedy) 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, supports this […]

Relates to improving evaluations of the potential impact of rules on jobs and employment opportunities. S.2839 (Kaplan) / A.6747 (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 parts of Upstate New York, supports this legislation. This bill would improve the […]

AN act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the taxable status date and the assessment of golf courses S.4420 (Carlucci) / A.6444 (Galef) 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, opposes […]

AN ACT to amend the Labor Law, in relation to enacting the “save New York call center jobs act of 2019 S.1826-A (Kennedy)A.567-A (Rosenthal) 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 Upstate New York, opposes this legislation. This bill would penalize companies that […]