Policies

RE: An act to amend the lien law, in relation to employee liens; to amend the labor law, in relation to creating a right for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft S.2762 (Ramos) / A.766 (Rosenthal L) MEMORANDUM IN […]

RE:   AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to granting private citizens the right to initiate civil enforcement actions for violations of such law 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 all parts of Upstate New York, opposes […]

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 Upstate United, 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 labor law, in relation to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits S.4573 (Kennedy) / A.6592 (Ryan) MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION Unshackle Upstate, a non-partisan, pro-taxpayer, pro-economic growth, education and advocacy coalition made up of business and trade organizations […]

AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to payment and distribution of damages in wrongful death actions S.4006 (Hoylman) / A.5612 (Weinstein) 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 […]