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Oct 30 2025

New York Focus: A Court Ordered New York to Issue Major Climate Rules. What’s Next?

“We have time to work it out,” Governor Kathy Hochul said. Colin Kinniburgh · October 30, 2025 Governor Kathy Hochul is digging in after a state court ruled Friday that New York is violating its flagship climate law and ordered the state to comply. Rebuffing the judge, she is gearing up for a rematch in […]

Oct 27 2025

Upstate United Responds to Latest Court Ruling on Climate Act Regulations

The following statement can be attributed to Justin Wilcox, Executive Director of Upstate United “Last week’s ruling by New York State Supreme Court Justice Julian Schreibman affirmed what we already knew – New York is violating its climate law. The state now faces a stark choice: either implement the overdue Cap and Invest regulations or amend […]

Oct 14 2025

Upstate United Says the Legislature is Putting New York’s Economic Future at Risk as NYISO Issues New Reliability Warnings

ALBANY, N.Y. — Upstate United today warned that the latest findings from the New York Independent System Operator’s (NYISO) Short-Term Assessment of Reliability (STAR) report confirm a growing energy crisis caused by Albany’s failed energy policies. “For years, Upstate United has warned that New York’s energy mandates are undermining reliability, affordability, and competitiveness,” said Justin […]

Sep 25 2025

USA Today Opinion – Kathy Hochul has big ambitions for AI in New York. Our policies hold us far back

September 25, 2025 – Justin Wilcox Special to USA TODAY Network New York leaders want the Empire State at the center of the artificial intelligence revolution — and a recent Brookings Institute report says it is well-positioned to do just that. But while other states build the energy backbone for the AI economy, the state’s […]

Sep 24 2025

CBS6 Investigates: Understanding your National Grid utility bill

Emma Quinn Wed, September 24th 2025 at 5:00 PM Watch the full story here. As you receive your next utility bill, you may notice some changes. We have been telling you how National Grid gas and electric bills are expected to rise after a state agency approved rate hikes last month. We asked National Grid […]

Sep 22 2025

Latest Data from the Department of Public Service Makes the Picture Clear: CLCPA Costs are Spiking

The following statement can be attributed to Justin Wilcox, Executive Director of Upstate United. “Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA)-related charges in New Yorkers’ electric bills jumped sharply in 2023 and 2024, with several residential service areas seeing increases between 6.8–10.3%. The hardest hit, however, were industrial employers — with nearly every service area […]

Sep 16 2025

‘Build More NY’ Coalition Pushes to Reform Scaffold Law

As featured in CCR-Mag Nearly 50 business and civic organizations today announced the formation of the Build More New York coalition to support jobs, construction and development across the state by reforming the outdated Scaffold Law. Build More New York is rallying around Rep. Nick Langworthy’s Infrastructure Expansion Act, which will preempt the Scaffold Law […]

Sep 2 2025

WRGB 6 News Albany: Stanford study reveals AI impact on young workers, Upstate NY using AI to boost economy

September 1, 2025 – Watch Here with Emma Quinn. One of the biggest trends in the workplace is the growing implementation of ai. In some cases it’s helping employees get the job done- in others it’s replacing the person all together. A new study from economists at Stanford University shows employees aged 22 to 25 […]

Sep 2 2025

Buffalo News Another Voice: Don’t put stumbling blocks in the way of AI-driven economic growth

September 2, 2025 JUSTIN WILCOX – Read online. Artificial intelligence will be as revolutionary as the printing press and the combustion engine. With the University at Buffalo now offering the country’s first AI-specialized degrees, New York has positioned itself to play a leading role in that transformation. Coupled with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Empire AI consortium, […]

Aug 28 2025

GUEST COLUMN: Built here, banned here: Hochul’s energy policy contradictions

The Guest Column by Justin Wilcox can also be found on the Daily Gazette’s website here. In New York, we are now in the strange position of building world-class energy technology that cannot be used in our own state. Components manufactured in Schenectady will soon help power grids around the world, but won’t be allowed […]