New York’s Unfortunate Business Climate
This week the Tax Foundation released its “State Business Tax Climate Index Rankings”. This index is meant as an indicator of which states, due to their tax systems, are most hospitable to businesses...
View ArticleGovernor Releases Regulations on State-Funded Providers
Last Wednesday, Gov. Cuomo’s administration formally issued regulations to limit how much state-funded entities pay their top officials, and how much they spend on administrative expenses. The new...
View ArticleAnother Assessment
Here we go again. New York has borrowed over $4 billion to pay unemployment insurance over this recession and now the federal government is calling in some of its interest. New York’s bill? $102...
View ArticleComing Up
The Legislature is in session on Monday and Tuesday this week, February 11 and 12. On Tuesday, Unshackle Upstate is partnering with the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships, the Design...
View ArticleThe Wage Theft Prevention Act: Just More Costly Administration
More than 60 employers visited Rochester Business Alliance headquarters earlier this month for a candid conversation with New York State Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle. While discussion was open...
View ArticleSenate Majority Coalition to Hold Industry-Specific Regulatory Reform Hearings
The Senate Majority Coalition is holding a series of industry-specific hearings on regulatory reform in September and October to “identify and eliminate the costly government regulations that hamper...
View ArticleCompany Sues State Over Never-Ending Natural Gas Development Review Process
Bankrupt Norse Energy has sued New York State for not approving natural gas development through “hydraulic fracturing” – commonly referred to as hydrofracking. Last week, Albany attorney Tom West...
View ArticleNorth Country Chamber Releases Annual Business Survey
Last Wednesday, the North Country Chamber of Commerce released the results of its annual ‘issue survey,” which looks at the views of more than 4,000 businesses in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton and...
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