Advocacy Wins

Passage and ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

Blocked Prevailing Wage Expansion to Private Projects

Passed ‘Change the Date’ Legislation to move Buffalo School Board Elections from May to November

Making NYS Property Tax Cap Permanent

Blocking proposed predictive scheduling regulations

Passage of the federal Perkins Career & Technical Education Act

Blocking 3-year deferral of key economic development tax credits

5-year extension of NYS Historic Tax Credit

Blocking new tax on fiber optic utility companies

Restoring Bundy Aid for independent colleges & universities

Restoring funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Tripling federal investment in the TIGER grant program

Doubling federal funding for mass transit capital projects

Workers’ Compensation reform

18-a Utility Tax sunset

Blocking Buy American Act to protect cross-border economy

Ridesharing for Upstate

Investing $2.5B in clean water infrastructure

Funding secured for Lewiston-Queenston Bridge Plaza improvements

Transportation infrastructure funding parity across NYS

Mobilization of the Minimum Wage Reality Check coalition

Passage of the Promoting Travel, Commerce and National Security Act

Extension of Property Tax Cap

Extension of Design-Build Program without Project Labor Agreements

Long term extension of the Brownfield Cleanup Program

Passage of Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act

Liquefied Natural Gas Program in New York State

Peace Bridge Pre-Inspection Program

Blocking Efforts to Strip Local Control of Industrial Development Agencies

Eliminating Annual Wage Notification Requirements