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ABC MEMORANDUM OF OPPOSITION S.4473 Ramos / A.5000 Bronson   The Empire State Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (“ABC”), representing hundreds of merit-shop construction contractors employing hundreds of thousands of workers across New York State, opposes this bill which would create the Labor Law Enforcement Parity Act (LLEPA).   The LLEPA would allow liquidated…

ABC Support for Executive Budget Surprise Billing Reforms – PPGG Part T Request for Inclusion in One-House Budget Bills Dear Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie: On behalf of a broad group of organizations representing employers and health plans that are committed to ensuring access to quality and affordable health care for all New Yorkers, we…

ABC The memorandum from NYSERDA, released on February 26th highlights what employers, taxpayers, and energy experts have been warning for years: the implementation of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), as currently written, comes with astonishing and unsustainable costs for New Yorkers. According to NYSERDA’s analysis, upstate gas and oil households could see…

ABC SYRACUSE, NY, Feb. 25-Associated Builders and Contractors Empire State Chapter today released analysis from ABC National of state union membership data published by unionstats.com, which found that 78% private industry construction workers in New York do not belong to a union in 2025.  Nationwide, at least 90% of construction workers in 24 states did not belong to a union last year. Overall, there were…

ABC Full Story from Rochester Business Journal:Power & Construction, DiMarco Constructors win ABC award Power & Construction Group, Inc., and DiMarco Constructors LLC have been named to the Associated Builders and Contractors national 2026 Top Performers list. The lists recognize ABC members for achievements in health and safety, quality, and project excellence, based on number of hours worked. Power…

ABC The New York State Department of Labor has established a new online database for the submission of prevailing wage and supplemental benefit information for public work projects. Contractors and subcontractors performing work subject to prevailing wage requirements are required to use this database to report wage rates and benefit information in accordance with applicable…

ABC Employers in New York risk civil lawsuits if they don’t properly train employees on administering first aid to colleagues who overdose on opioids, business advocates warned. The litigation threat comes as a new state law is scheduled to go into effect in June requiring employers to include an opioid antagonist such as naloxone in their first-aid…

ABC As required under the Constitution of the State of New York, Governor Kathy Hochul presented her annual message to the Legislature regarding the “State of the State” on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 in a speech delivered at the State Capitol in Albany. Listed below are some of the highlighted items of the Governor’s address. Attached is a document…

ABC ABC Empire State Chapter Calls for Action to End New York’s Affordability Crisis For years elected officials in Albany have been swayed by special-interest campaign contributions, leading to policies that drive up costs. The past few years have been especially egregious, from project labor agreements, or PLAs, to an expansion of prevailing wage mandates…

ABC New York City’s outgoing Mayor Eric Adams recently announced two major Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) covering more than $7 billion in city capital projects such as recreation centres, libraries, clean energy systems, water treatment facilities and other infrastructure. While designed to guarantee fair wages, benefits and set safety rules and training standards, the agreements…