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ABC WASHINGTON, May 6—Associated Builders and Contractors today released the results of a new survey conducted by The Harris Poll in six battleground states—Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin—which found that nonunion skilled trades workers—who make up nearly 90% of the construction workforce—are an influential voting bloc in elections and were the driving force behind Republicans’ success in 2024, including…

ABC The Empire State Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), wants to highlight our over 450 merit-shop contractors and subcontractors employing hundreds of thousands of workers across New York State and their continued commitment to safety on job sites. Through programs like STEP, our members continue to lead the way on improving working…

ABC It’s Mental Health Awareness Month, a strong reminder that New York’s employers—specifically construction companies—must prioritize employee mental health because of the challenges that persist among this industry’s workers. According to the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention, construction occupations have some of the highest rates of suicides across all occupational groups. The good news is that, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, opioid overdoses and suicides are decreasing overall. However, there is still an urgent need to strengthen mental health support for the nation’s 8.33…

ABC Huntington Now has published the following letter to Governor Hochul from our Chapter President Brian Sampson: Honorable Governor Hochul – New York’s clean energy goals are ambitious and necessary. We agree the state must expand renewable energy capacity across solar, wind, geothermal, and other technologies. But at the current pace and cost structure those goals are increasingly out…

ABC By: Isabel Melendez-Rivera, published on syracuse.com 4/11/26. A new approach to tackling New York State’s housing crisis aims to change the required number of staircases in apartment buildings. Currently, state building code requires any apartment building three stories or taller to have at least two exits, or staircases. The longstanding code was put into…

ABC Chapter President Brian Sampson has been featured in the following article in the New York Post, published on 4/6/26. They’re hitting a few potholes. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul coincidentally both patted themselves on the back for filling in potholes Mondays — drawing scorn for celebrating doing the basics of their jobs.…

ABC ROCHESTER, NY — Brian Sampson, President of the Empire State Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors, today expressed concern over Assemblywoman Jen Lunsford’s opposition to Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed auto insurance reforms, arguing that continued opposition risks maintaining a system that has contributed to extortionately high premiums for New York drivers. “Auto insurance premiums…

ABC WASHINGTON, March 24—Total nonresidential construction spending was virtually unchanged in January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.245 trillion. Spending was down on a monthly basis in 9 of the 16 nonresidential subcategories. Private nonresidential spending…

ABC Published in Newsday – March 17, 2026. Renewed efforts by the Building and Construction Trades Council of Nassau and Suffolk Counties to expand project labor agreements follow a very recognizable pattern: when one of their members loses a bid on a project to a local, qualified competitor, they respond with lawfare. Recently a nonunion…

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…