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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…

ABC The news of Thomas “Murph” Murphy being elected 2026 chair of the ABC National Board of Directors has been included in the Business & Industry Connection Magazine. Read the full story here: ABC names 2026 National Chair, Executive Committee – BIC Magazine Associated Builders and Contractors announced that Thomas “Murph” Murphy, vice president of Power &…

ABC WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—The construction industry added 19,000 jobs on net in September, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has grown by 38,000 jobs, an increase of 0.5%. Nonresidential construction employment increased by 16,300 positions, with gains in…