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BY NICK REISMAN ALBANY/CAPITAL REGION Click here to visit Spectrum News 1 for the full story. Business organizations in New York are warily eyeing the end of the legislative session that also saw an increase in New York’s minimum wage and measures meant to offset the effects of climate change, but ones they worry will lead […]

Click here to read the full letter by visiting the Buffalo News. The state’s chaotic approach to achieving the goals of the CLCPA is putting the reliability of our grid at risk and making energy unaffordable. We’ve experienced enough deadly weather in Western New York to know the importance of energy reliability. Yet, rushed decisions […]

By Rick Karlin Click here to visit the Times Union for the full story. ALBANY – New York’s upstate-downstate division is longstanding and can take many forms. One of the newest iterations of this geographic split emerged earlier this month over electricity rates, amid the push for green energy. Earlier in February, the state Public […]

Read the full piece here. By the end of this year, New York State’s Climate Action Council will publish its final scoping plan that is intended to help the state meet its emission goals. It’s very likely that the price tag of the final scoping plan will be in line with the $340 billion price […]

Read the full piece by Justin Wilcox here. The transition to renewable energy sources to combat climate change is being complicated by many factors — some unforeseen, but others quite predictable and born of rushed policies that fail to account for the enormity of the challenges we face. New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection […]

There is no doubt that the global semiconductor-chip shortage is problematic across many sectors. Phones, vehicles, computers, ATMs and health-care devices use this important technology and power us through our daily lives. While it’s encouraging to see New York’s elected leaders recognize the gravity of the current chip shortage, it’s incredibly discouraging to consider New […]

Read the full piece by Justin Wilcox here. In Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2022 State of the State address, she called New York’s startling outmigration of more than 300,000 residents “an alarm bell that cannot be ignored.” Her recognition of this real crisis is appreciated. What struggling taxpayers and employers need from our leaders in Albany […]

Oneonta Daily Star, May 19th, 2020 ALBANY — Some 20,000 complaints have been fielded by the state Labor Department relating to workplace safety issues tied to the coronavirus pandemic, state Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon revealed Monday, Reardon, however, could not immediately say if any of those complaints have led to sanctions against employers who have […]

Times Union, May 13th, 2020 ALBANY — The state Senate and Assembly heard from business owners, industry leaders and other experts on Wednesday during a joint hearing to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus on small businesses. It was the first in a series of several COVID-related public hearings that are being organized by the […]

Olean Times Herald, May 13th, 2020 ALBANY — With latest unemployment figures showing that more than 1.8 million New Yorkers have filed for unemployment, state Sen. George Borrello urged the Senate leader to resume the 2020 session to address the growing economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. Borrello and fellow GOP senators sent a letter […]