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Unshackle Upstate Memo: Opposing License Plate Fee
As we progress through the legislative session, Unshackle Upstate will be taking positions in support of or opposed to legislation that is presented for consideration. Many of our positions will...
View ArticleHiding in the bushes…
There is a funny thing that happens in Albany around budget time. There are pieces of legislation that are hiding in the bushes that end up being a tax on you and I. Some taxes are in your face,...
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Pressure Builds in Albany to Deliver a 2% Tax Cap
On Tuesday, April 12, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, a large number of legislators from both sides of the aisle and representatives from key pro-tax cap...
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Tax Relief is Inches Away
As you may have heard by now, yesterday there was a three way agreement reached on a property tax cap for residents and businesses in New York. While they are still working out some details, this is a...
View ArticleAccelerating Upstate: The Action Agenda
In several posts and Unshackle emails in recent months, I have discussed the Partnership’s Accelerate Upstate initiative to develop an action agenda to improve the Upstate economy which was first...
View ArticleThe Importance of Proceeds
Tier VI is complete. Redistricting – done. Casino gambling? check. In a rare Albany moment, some of the biggest sticking points in this year’s budget debate were hammered out. That leaves the rest...
View ArticleInvest the State’s Windfall, Don’t Waste It
Last week, Unshackle Upstate executive director Brian Sampson, joined with Michael Elmendorf, president and CEO of Associated General Contractors of New York State, in authoring an editorial in the...
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