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Advocacy Wins

Recent Wins

The advocacy efforts of the Partnership have been aligned with a number of ‘wins’ for the Buffalo Niagara region, including:

2021

Protecting employers from COVID-19 related unemployment costs

2020

Reauthorizing a long-term Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and increasing funding to $475 million annually

2020

Delivering targeted support for industries and service providers most impacted by travel, occupancy, quarantine, and shut down public health orders to ensure viability post-pandemic

2020

Targeting funding to provide relief programs for small borrowers and businesses in low-income and underserved communities

2020

Honoring the intent of the original CARES Act by making business expenses paid with PPP proceeds tax deductible

2020

Expanding PPP forgiveness expenses to include facility modifications and PPE costs necessary to operate safely

2020

Funding a second round of forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and streamlining forgiveness for loans below a certain threshold

2019

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

2019

Blocked Prevailing Wage Expansion to Private Projects

2019

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

2019

Making NYS Property Tax Cap Permanent

2019

Blocking proposed predictive scheduling regulations

2018

Passage of the federal Perkins Career & Technical Education Act

2018

Blocking 3-year deferral of key economic development tax credits

2018

5-year extension of NYS Historic Tax Credit

2018

Blocking new tax on fiber optic utility companies

2018

Restoring Bundy Aid for independent colleges & universities

 

2018

Restoring funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

2018

Tripling federal investment in the TIGER grant program

2018

Doubling federal funding for mass transit capital projects

2017

Workers’ Compensation reform

2017

18-a Utility Tax sunset

2017

Blocking Buy American Act to protect cross-border economy

2017

Ridesharing for Upstate

2017

Ridesharing for Upstate

2016

Funding secured for Lewiston-Queenston Bridge Plaza improvements

2016

Transportation infrastructure funding parity across NYS

2016

Mobilization of the Minimum Wage Reality Check coalition

2016

Passage of the Promoting Travel, Commerce and National Security Act

2015

Extension of Property Tax Cap

2015

Extension of Design-Build Program without Project Labor Agreements

2015

Long term extension of the Brownfield Cleanup Program

2015

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

2015

Liquefied Natural Gas Program in New York State

2015

Peace Bridge Pre-Inspection Program

2015 & 2014

Blocking Efforts to Strip Local Control of Industrial Development Agencies

2014

Eliminating Annual Wage Notification Requirements

For more information, contact Grant Loomis at gloomis@thepartnership.org or 716-541-1736.

Grant-Loomis

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BNP Advocacy Insider – April 2021

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BNP Advocacy Alert – NYS Budget Update

Grant Loomis April 8, 2021

  Advocacy Alert:  NYS Budget Finalized  Governor Cuomo and members of the State Legislature have agreed on a new state budget for FY 2022.  The $212 billion spending plan includes, among many other provisions, tax increases, a grant program focused on businesses most impacted by COVID-19, and the legalization mobile sports betting.  The budget allocates

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