Energy & Environment

RE: Relates to enacting the climate and community investment act S.4264-A (Parker) / A.6967 (Cahill) MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION Upstate United, 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 impose a carbon tax to help the state meet […]

RE: Relates to enacting the climate and community investment act S.4264-A (Parker) / A.6967 (Cahill) MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION Upstate United, 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 impose a carbon tax to help the state meet […]

RE:  AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to creating the state office of the utility consumer advocate  S.4884 (Savino) / A.3184 (Dinowitz)  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.  The bill creates a […]

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law,   in relation to polystyrene waste reduction A.4603 (Rozic) / S.3069 (Krueger) 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 that would prohibit the use […]

AN ACT relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children’s products. A.6296 (Englebright) / S.501-B (Kaminsky) 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 the enactment of the aforementioned legislation. This bill would require that New York […]

Directs the state energy planning board to conduct a study of the technical and economic feasibility of a one hundred percent renewable energy system A.2720-A(Cusick) S.2352-A (Parker)  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 […]

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, the public service law, the public authorities law, the labor law and the community risk and resiliency act, in relation to establishing the New York state climate and community protection act S.2992/A.3876 (Kaminsky, Englebright) MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION Unshackle Upstate, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer, pro-economic growth, education and advocacy coalition made up of […]