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Senate Legislative Memos

(Listed numerically by Senate bill number)

Governor's Draft Budget Bill, Oppose, 50 Percent Deferral of Most Business Tax Credits, 4/28/10

S.121-A (Sampson) / A.2007-B (Gottfried), Oppose, Establishes a prescription drug discount program, 6/15/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.185 (Morahan) / A.4752 (P. Rivera), Oppose, Expands List of Illnesses Covered by Timothy’s Law Mental Health Mandate, 02/10/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.588 (Marcellino) / A.3101 (John), Oppose, Prevailing wage mandate on off-site custom fabrication, 03/03/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.632 (Fuschillo) / A. 404 (John), Oppose, Utility Street excavation prevailing wage, 6/9/09
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.717 (C. Johnson) / A.4319 (Weisenberg), Oppose, Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program, 3/02/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.750 (Krueger), Oppose, Economic Development Incentives Application, Reporting & Clawback Provisions, 01/26/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.862 (Marcellino) / A.3420 (Sweeney), Oppose, “New York State Public Health Protection Act,”5/24/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.955 (Johnson) / A.3911 (John), Oppose, NYS Fair Pay Act, 1/19/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.1145-C (Perkins) /A.8642 (Sweeney), Oppose, Ultra Low Sulfur Heating Oil, 1/19/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.1209 (Thompson), Oppose, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits, 3/23/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.1241 (Thompson)/A.3659 (Hoyt), Oppose, Industrial Development Agencies, 4/6/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.1564 (Thompson), Oppose, Brownfields Tax Credits, 02/09/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.1432 (Dilan) / A.5176 (Lentol) , Oppose, Siting of Radioactive or Hazardous Waste Disposal Stations, 6/21/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.1599-A (Valesky) / A.1122 (Destito), Oppose, Intervenor funds for proceedings relating to siting of major utility transmission facilities, 6/10/09
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.1629 (Oppenheimer)/A.4350 (Heastie), Oppose, Requires access to employee personnel records, 02/19/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.1635 / A.9480 (Sweeney), Oppose, Standing for SEQRA Violations, 04/12/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.1645 (Diaz) / A.7666 (Dinowitz), Oppose, Authorizes Executive Director of State Office for the Aging to create a NYS prescription medication cost containment program, 6/17/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.1646 (Huntley) / A.5659 (P. Rivera), Oppose, Makes Timothy’s Law Permanent, 2/10/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.1706-A (Oppenheimer), Oppose, Commercial Real Estate Assessment Ratio in Westchester County, 6/25/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.1708-B (Sampson)/ A.6065-B (Lentol), Oppose, Sealing of records for misdemeanor convictions, 6/17/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.1716-A (Stachowski)/A.2378-A (Schimminger), Support, Tax Increment Financing, 1/25/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.1730-B (Schneiderman), Oppose, Citizen Suits, 06/07/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.1795 (Duane)/ A.7767 (Kellner), Oppose, Permits workers suffering sexual assault in the workplace to recover damages from their employer, 3/4/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.1823-B (Morahan) / A.5414-B (Englebright), Oppose, Creates a new private cause of action for an alleged abusive work environment, 5/19/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.1858 (Klein) / A.10048 (Weisenberg), Oppose, Mandated transportation fringe benefit plan, 6/9/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.1970-C (Stachowski) / A.3117-B (Schroeder), Oppose, Provides for a COLA to Workers' Compensation Death and Permanent Total Benefits, Past and Future, 6/29/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.2021 (Scheinderman), Oppose the increase on Personal Income Tax (PTI)
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.2245-B (Onorato) / A.4921-B (John), Oppose, Increases unemployment benefit rates; increases unemployment insurance taxable wage base, 3/12/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.2247-B (Onorato) / A.1867-B (Nolan), Oppose, Expansion of labor law provisions for farm employees, 4/16/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.2364 (Onorato), Oppose, Workers’ Compensation Medical Diagnostic Networks, 2/23/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.2453 (Parker) / A.8207 (Meng), Oppose, Parental involvement leave act, 6/10/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.2512 (Thompson) / A.7571 (Sweeney), Oppose, Electronics Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act, 01/15/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.2764 (Thompson) / A.6321 (Sweeney), Oppose, Climate Change Solutions Program Act, 4/21/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.2781 (Onorato) / A.2135 (John), Oppose, Determination of Workers’ Comp Permanent Total Disability
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.2784-B (Thompson) / A.4774-C (Englebright), Support, Licensing Professional Geologists, 6/14/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.2813 (Aubertine)/A.6694-A (Russell), Oppose, Creation of the North Country Power Authority, 6/24/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.2898-A (Stachowski) / A.5700-A (Morelle), Support, IDA Reform/Civic Facility Projects, 6/24/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.2968 (Krueger) / A.2351(Lifton), Oppose, Comparable Worth, 1/19/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.2978-B (Savino), Oppose, Permits workers’ compensation claimants to fill prescriptions outside plan’s pharmacy network, 6/30/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.3156 (Monserrate), Oppose, Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers and medical device manufacturers disclose gifts of $75 or more made to health care providers, 6/15/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.3157 (Monserrate) /A.5201 (Brodsky), Oppose, Subjects drug and medical device manufacturers which engage in direct-to-consumer advertising to liability, 6/15/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.3295 (Thompson) / A.1987 (Parment), Oppose, Utility Herbicides Prohibition, 2/23/09
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.3296-G (Thompson) / A.9867-A (Englebright), Oppose, “Bisphenol-A-Free Children and Babies Act”, 04/12/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.3357 (Onorato)/A.6962 (Lattimer), Oppose, Requires employers to give written notice of pay rates and pay dates, 3/30/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.3397-A (Onorato) / A.1690-A (Brodsky), Oppose, Motor Carrier Employee Overtime Pay, 5/21/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.3509 (Savino) / A.4468 (Brodsky), Oppose, Expands Whistleblower Protections, 4/27/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.3635-B (Breslin) / A.1005.C (Bing), Support, An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to revising the standards relating to the incorporation of stock or mutual insurance companies, 7/15/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.3655-A (Breslin) / A.7131-A (Morelle), Support, Regulation of Life Settlement Business, 9/8/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.3777 (Thompson) / A.5765 (Sweeney), Oppose, Solid Waste Management Facilities Permitting, 4/30/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.3889  (C. Johnson @ request of Department of Taxation and Finance), Oppose, Judicial Review of Tax Tribunal Decisions
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.4053-A (Monserrate) / A.4920-A (John), Oppose, Increases unemployment benefit rates; increases unemployment insurance taxable wage base, 6/1/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.4110-A (Onorato) / A.8273 (Meng) Governor’s Program Bill #8, Support, Expanding unemployment benefits eligibility standards 5/11/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.4111-A (Klein) / A.5891-B (Cahill), Oppose, Prohibits the sale of physician identified prescription records to market prescription drugs to doctors, 6/12/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.4208 (Savino) / A.7593 (Cahill), Oppose, Utility Call Centers, 6/1/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.4313-C (Squadron), Oppose, Establishes Statewide Auction Business Practice Standards, 6/14/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.4315-C (Thompson) /A.11507 (Sweeney), Oppose, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits, 6/21/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.4398-A (Schneiderman) / A.7558-A (Weinstein), Oppose, Reduces the statute of limitations on resolving consumer credit actions, 6/18/2010
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.4736-A (Kruger)/ A.8143 (Destito), Support, Bottle Bill/NYS UPC Mandate, 5/11/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.4755 (Addabbo) / A.3871-A (Rosenthal), Oppose, Requires prior and annual notice of electronic monitoring, 4/8/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.4770 (Breslin) / A.8543 (Morelle), Support, Employer Choice Group and Blanket
Disability Policies, 5/27/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.4841 (Aubertine) / A.2928-A (Koon), Oppose, Deferred Payment for Small Business, 5/24/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.4912 (Addabbo) / A. 3705 (John), Oppose, Definition of “Public Work”/Prevailing Wage Mandates on Private Sector Projects, 6/1/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.4950 (Thompson) / A.4110-A (Brodsky), Oppose, “Record of Compliance”, 01/15/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.4952 (Thompson) / A.1975 (Lifton), Oppose, Liens Against Expenditures, 3/5/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.5000-B (Duane)/ A.8278-B (Kellner), Oppose, Prohibiting commercial health insurance plans from creating in specialty tiers within prescription drug benefit plans, 1/15/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.5039 (Hassell-Thompson) / A.5274 (Farrell), Support, AN ACT to amend the waterfront commission act, in relation to empowering the waterfront commission to accept applications in the longshoremen's register; and to repeal section 5-p of such act, 5/12/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.5389-A (Kruger) / A.7891-A (Towns), Oppose, Lawsuit Lending, 6/23/10
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.5470 Breslin / A.8280 Morelle (Governor’s Program Bill #15), Oppose, Health Insurance Premium Rate Setting, 6/10/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.5480 (Savino) / A.1119 (Destito), Oppose, Comparable Worth in the public sector, 6/29/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.5519 (Kruger)/ A.8615 (Farrell), Support, Allows credit applied to reduce unincorporated business tax to apply if the annual tax totals less than $5,400, 6/22/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.5560-B (Oppenheimer) / A.8011-A (Hoyt), Oppose, "Smart Growth" Public Infrastructure Act, 6/18/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.5598-A (Stachowski) / A.8803 (Schimminger), Support, Empire Zone Technical Amendments, 6/12/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.5672 (Huntley) / A.8611 (Morelle) (Governor’s Program Bill #17), Oppose, Makes Timothy’s Law Permanent, 6/12/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.5768 (Schneiderman) / A.8646 (Brodsky), Oppose, Expands the unlimited power of the Martin Act to significantly increase the legal exposure of the business community, 6/29/10
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.5787 (Krueger) / A.8632-A (Morelle), Support, The Wine Industry and Liquor Industry Revitalization Act, 6/16/09
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.5791 (Savino)/A.8742 (Silver), Oppose, Paid family care, 6/9/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.5793 (Krueger) / A.1567 ( Brodsky, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal), Oppose, Requires certain corporations to permit shareholders to attend meetings via remote communication and to be deemed present for voting purposes, 06/15/09
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.5847-F (Onorato) / A.8237-F (John), Oppose, The New York State Construction Industry Fair Play Act, 6/24/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.5888 (Aubertine), Oppose, “Green Jobs Green New York” Act, 9/8/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.6015 Rules (Governor’s Program Bill #58), Oppose, Marketing Prohibitions on Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Manufacturers; Marketing Disclosure Provisions, 7/13/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.6047 (Thompson) / A.9049 (Sweeney), Oppose, Electronics Waste Recycling, 01/15/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.6132 (Ranzenhofer) / A.9098  (Hawley), Support, Repealing Energy Assessments, 9/10/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.6236 (Diaz, Hassel-Thompson, Huntley, Onorato) / A.9439 (Crespo, Benjamin), Oppose, Imposes a fifty-percent franchise tax on business-owned life insurance benefits, 3/5/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.6307 (Stavisky, C. Johnson, Schneiderman) / A.9432 (Glick), Support, CPA Mobility - Allows accountants licensed in other states to have practice privileges in New York State
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.6606-A (Budget) / A.9706-A (Budget), Part HH, Oppose, Authorizing Increased Local Utility Gross Receipts Taxes
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.6607, Part E/ A.9707, Part E, Support, Public Higher Education Empowerment & Innovation Act, 3/1/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.6608/A.9708, Part B (pages 86-104), Oppose, Regulates Interactions Between Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries and Health Care Professionals, 02/09/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.6608/A.9708, Part B, Oppose, Expands the Health Care Reform Act (HCRA) Surcharge of 9.63% to Cover Surgical and Radiological Services Performed in Private Ambulatory Centers, Physicians' Offices and Urgent Care Settings, 3/10/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.6610-a/A.9710-A Part C, Oppose, Tax on Soft Drinks, 3/8/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.6610-A / A. 9710-A (Part D), Amend, Equalize the tax treatment of corporations and unincorporated businesses with respect to maximum biofuel productions and QETC credits, 4/1/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.6610-A / A.9710-A Part DD, Oppose, Brownfield Cleanup Program Tax Credit, 3/8/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.6610-C / A.9710-D, Part Y, Opposed, Business Tax Credit Deferral, 6/30/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.6855 (Stachowski) / A.9824 (Schimminger), Support, Academic Research Information Access Act, 4/8/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.6924-B (Kruger), Support, Amendments to the Procurement Lobbying Law, 3/4/10
Contact Lev Ginsburg

S.6954-C (Breslin) / A.9405-B (Morelle), Support, Abolishes the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, 6/22/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.7000-B (Breslin, Duane)/A. 10372-A (Morelle), Oppose, Autism Spectrum Disorder Insurance Coverage Mandate, 6/8/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.7011 (Klein) / A.9934 (John), Oppose, Sets Forth Conditions Before a State Agency Shall Enter into Contracts for Consultant Services, 5/27/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.7070-D (Perkins) / A.10089-A (Sweeney), Oppose, Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products, 6/29/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.7083-A (Squadron), Strongly Oppose, Requires that Corporate Contributions to a Political Candidate or Party Committee or in Support or Opposition be Approved by a Majority of Shareholders, 6/7/10
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.7093-B (Thompson) / A.11004-A (Englebright), Oppose, Mandated Purchase of Solar “Renewable Energy Credits”, 6/18/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.7096-A (Schneiderman) / A.10257-A (Gianaris), Oppose, Prevailing Wage for Service Workers, 6/4/10
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.7153 (Addabbo) / A. 10176 (Hevesi), Oppose, Rail Transportation of Putrescible and Non-Putrescible Waste, 6/24/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.7220-A (Breslin) / A.10636-A (Morelle), Support, Foster Expansion of the Commercial Insurance Market in New York State, 6/24/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.7263 (Foley) / A.2208-C (Brodsky), Oppose, Telecom Service Provider Mergers, 6/14/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.7263-C (Foley) / A.2208-D (Brodsky), Oppose, Telecom Service Provider Mergers, 6/29/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.7263-B (Foley), Oppose, Telecom Service Provider, 6/25/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.7301 (Peralta) / A.10306 (Pheffer), Oppose, Deceptive and Unconscionable Acts and Practices, 6/15/10

S.7377 (Schneiderman) / A.9414 (Lifton), Oppose, Natural Gas Extraction Liability Act, 6/4/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.7455-A (Savino) / A.10311 (John), Oppose, Provides Higher In-Patient Hospital Reimbursement Rate for Certain Spinal Fusion Procedures, 7/1/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.7478 (Addabbo), Strongly Oppose, Political Contributions by Businesses, 04/27/10
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.7592 (Addabbo) / A.10490 (Englebright), Oppose, Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing, 5/21/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.7752 / A.10160-B (Sweeney), Oppose, Mercury-Containing Thermostat Recycling, 5/12/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.7988 (Rules) / A.11308 (Rules), Oppose, Hazardous Waste Fees, 5/28/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.8065 (Aubertine & Maziarz, Governor's Program Bill #254RR), Support, Energize New York Power Program, 7/28/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.8088 (Rules) /A.11369 (Rules) Governor’s Program Bill 278, Oppose, Prior Approval of Rates in the Small Group Health Insurance Market, 6/7/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.8129-B (Thompson) / A.11443-B (Sweeney), Oppose, Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing, 11/29/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.8191 (Thompson ) / A.349-A (Kavanaugh), Oppose, Notification of the Release of Hazardous Substances, 6/16/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.8223 (Espada) / A.11569 (Rules), Oppose, Expansion of Labor Law Provisions for Farm Employees, 6/28/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.8280-A (Thompson), No Objection, Water Withdrawal Permits, 7/1/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

S.8282 (Sampson), Strongly Oppose, Shareholder Approval of Corporate Contributions, 6/21/10
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.8379 (Schneiderman) / A.10257-C (Gianaris), Oppose, Prevailing Wage for Service Workers, 6/28/10
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.8380 (Savino) / A.11726 (Rules Heastie), Oppose, NYS Wage Theft Protection Act, 11/29/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

S.8394 (Parker) / A.11582 (Cahill), Oppose, Siting of Electric Power Generating Facilities, 6/30/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.8405 (Sampson) / A.11588 (Silver), Oppose, Shareholder Approval of Corporate Contributions, 6/29/10
Contact: Heather Briccetti

S.8423 (Onorato) / A.11607 (John), Oppose, Unemployment Insurance System Reform, 7/1/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

S.8517 (Parker) / A.11727 (Cahill), Oppose, “On-Bill Financing” for Energy
Efficiency Projects, 11/29/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.53303 (Rules) / A.8802 (Parment), Governor's Program # 45, Support, Pilot Project for Permitting Carbon Sequestration, 7/6/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

S.68013 (Rules at the request of the Governor); same as A.42013 (Rules), 12/06/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

Assembly Legislative Memos

(Listed numerically by Assembly bill number)

A.278, Oppose, Private right of action for unlawful price gouging
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.349-A (Kavanaugh) / S.8191 (Thompson), Oppose, Notification of the Release of Hazardous Substances, 6/16/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.404-A (John) / S.632-A (Fuschillo), Oppose, Utility Street excavation prevailing wage, 02/20/10
Contact: Heather Briccetti

A.469 (John), Oppose, Index Funding Increases for Occupational Health Clinics
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.650 (Kavanagh), Support, Printing & Dissemination of State Agency Reports, 02/03/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.1005.C (Bing) / S.3635-B (Breslin), Support, An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to revising the standards relating to the incorporation of stock or mutual insurance companies, 7/15/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.1119 (Destito) / S.5480 (Savino), Oppose, Comparable Worth in the public sector, 6/29/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.1122 (Destito) / S.1599-A (Valesky), Oppose, Intervenor funds for proceedings relating to siting of major utility transmission facilities, 6/10/09
Contact: Heather Briccetti

A.1567 ( Brodsky, Kavanaugh, Rosenthal) / S.5793 (Krueger), Oppose, Requires certain corporations to permit shareholders to attend meetings via remote communication and to be deemed present for voting purposes, 06/15/09

A.1690-A (Brodsky) / S.3397-A (Onorato), Oppose, Motor Carrier Employee Overtime Pay, 5/21/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.1895 (Morelle), Support, "Scaffold Law" Reform, 6/30/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.1975 (Lifton) / S.4952 (Thompson), Oppose, Liens Against Expenditures, 5/22/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.1987 (Parment) / S.3295 (Thompson) , Oppose, Utility Herbicides Prohibition, 2/23/09
Contact: Heather Briccetti

A.2007-B (Gottfried) / S.121-A (Sampson), Oppose, Establishes a prescription drug discount program, 6/15/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.2082 (O'Mara), Support, Siting of Major Electric Generating Facilities, 3/30/09
Contact: Heather Briccetti

A.2135 (John) / S.2781 (Onorato), Oppose, Determination of Workers’ Comp Permanent Total Disability
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.2208-D (Brodsky) / S.7263-C (Foley), Oppose, Telecom Service Provider Mergers, 6/29/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.2351(Lifton) / S.2968(Krueger), Oppose, Comparable Worth, 1/19/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.2378-A (Schimminger) / S.1716-A (Stachowski), Support, Tax Increment Financing, 1/25/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.2928-A (Koon) / S.4841-A (Aubertine), Oppose, Deferred Payment for Small Business, 5/24/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.3040 (Kolb), Support, Electric Transmission Line Upgrades, 3/30/09
Contact: Heather Briccetti

A.3101 (John) / S.588 (Marcellino), Oppose, Prevailing wage mandate on off-site custom fabrication, 03/03/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.3117-B (Schroeder) / S.1970-C (Stachowski), Oppose, Provides for a COLA to Workers' Compensation Death and Permanent Total Benefits, Past and Future, 6/29/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.3191 (Pheffer), Oppose, Unsolicited Advertisements, 2/23/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.3420 (Sweeney)/S.862 (Marcellino), Oppose, “New York State Public Health Protection Act”, 5/24/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.3659 (Hoyt) / S.1241 (Thompson), Oppose, Industrial Development Agencies, 4/6/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.3705 (John) / S.4912 (Addabbo), Oppose, Definition of “Public Work”/Prevailing Wage Mandates on Private Sector Projects, 6/1/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.3871-A (Rosenthal) / S.4755 (Addabbo), Oppose, Requires prior and annual notice of electronic monitoring, 4/8/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A. 3911 (John) / S.955 (Johnson), Oppose, NYS Fair Pay Act, 1/19/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.4110-A (Brodsky) / S.4950 (Thompson), Oppose, “Record of Compliance”, 01/29/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.4272 (Brodsky), Oppose, Citizen Suits, 01/15/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.4319 (Weisenberg) / S.717 (C. Johnson), Oppose, Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program, 4/21/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.4350 (Heastie) / S.1629 (Oppenheimer), Oppose, Requires access to employee personnel records, 02/19/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.4468 (Brodsky) / S.3509 (Savino), Oppose, Expands Whistleblower Protections, 4/27/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.4752 (P. Rivera) / S.185 (Morahan), Oppose, Expands List of Illnesses Covered by Timothy’s Law Mental Health Mandate, 02/10/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.4774-C / (Englebright) / S.2784-B (Thompson), Support, Licensing Professional Geologists, 6/14/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.4872-A (Alessi), Oppose, Telephone Corporation Call centers, 6/17/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.4920-A (John) / S.4053-A (Monserrate), Oppose, Increases unemployment benefit rates; increases unemployment insurance taxable wage base, 6/1/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.4921 (John) / S.2245 (Onorato), Oppose, Increases unemployment benefit rates; increases unemployment insurance taxable wage base, 3/20/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.4967 (Brodsky), Oppose, Discounted Telephone Services, 3/6/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.5176 (Lentol) / S.1432 (Dilan), Oppose, Siting of Radioactive or Hazardous Waste Disposal Stations, 6/21/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.5201 (Brodsky) / S.3157 (Monserrate), Oppose, Subjects drug and medical device manufacturers which engage in direct-to-consumer advertising to liability, 6/15/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.5274 (Farrell) S.5039 (Hassell-Thompson), Support, AN ACT to amend the waterfront commission act, in relation to empowering the waterfront commission to accept applications in the longshoremen's register; and to repeal section 5-p of such act, 5/12/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.5414-B (Englebright) / S.1823-B (Morahan), Oppose, Creates a new private cause of action for an alleged abusive work environment, 5/19/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.5659 (P. Rivera) / S.1646 (Huntley), Oppose, Makes Timothy’s Law Permanent, 2/10/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.5700-A (Morelle) / S.2898-A (Stachowski), Support, IDA Reform/Civic Facility Projects, 6/24/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.5765 (Sweeney) / S.3777 (Thompson), Oppose, Solid Waste Management Facilities Permitting, 01/29/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.5891-B (Cahill) / S.4111-A (Klein), Oppose, Prohibits the sale of physician identified prescription records to market prescription drugs to doctors, 6/12/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.6065-B (Lentol) / S.1708-B (Sampson), Oppose, Sealing of records for misdemeanor convictions, 6/17/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.6321 (Sweeney) / S.2764 (Thompson), Oppose, Climate Change Solutions Program Act, 4/21/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.6509 (Rivera N.), Oppose, Orders of protection, 3/23/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.6694-A (Russell) / S.2813 (Aubertine), Oppose, Creation of the North Country Power Authority, 6/24/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.6919-B (Englebright) / S.3296-C (Thompson), Oppose, “Bisphenol-A-Free Children and Babies Act”, 3/23/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.6929 (Brodsky), Oppose, Sale of prescription drug data containing the physician’s identity, 6/15/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.6962 (Lattimer) / S.3357 (Onorato), Oppose, Requires employers to give written notice of pay rates and pay dates, 3/30/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.7131-A (Morelle) / S.3655-A (Breslin), Support, Regulation of Life Settlement Business, 9/8/09

A.7558-A (Weinstein) / S.4398-A (Schneiderman), Oppose, Reduces the statute of limitations on resolving consumer credit actions, 6/18/2010
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.7571 (Sweeney) / S.2512 (Thompson), Oppose, Electronics Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act, 01/15/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.7593 (Cahill)/ S.4208 (Savino), Oppose, Utility Call Centers, 6/1/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.7666 (Dinowitz) / S.1645 (Diaz), Oppose, Authorizes Executive Director of State Office for the Aging to create a NYS prescription medication cost containment program, 6/17/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.7767 (Kellner) / S.1795 (Duane), Oppose, Permits workers suffering sexual assault in the workplace to recover damages from their employer, 3/4/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.7891-A (Towns) / S.5389-A (Kruger), Oppose, Lawsuit Lending, 6/23/10

A.8011-A (Hoyt), Oppose / S.5560-B (Oppenheimer), "Smart Growth" Public Infrastructure Act, 6/18/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.8100 (John), Oppose, Expanding unemployment benefits eligibility standards; increasing unemployment benefits; and indexing benefits and the taxable wage base, 5/12/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.8143 (Destito) / S.4736-A (Kruger), Support, Bottle Bill/NYS UPC Mandate, 5/11/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.8207 (Meng) / S.2453 (Parker), Oppose, Parental involvement leave act, 6/10/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.8237-F (John) / S.5847-F (Onorato), Oppose, The New York State Construction Industry Fair Play Act, 6/24/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.8273 (Meng) / S.4110-A (Onorato), Governor’s Program Bill #8, Support, Expanding unemployment benefits eligibility standards 5/11/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.8278-A (Kellner) / S.5000-A (Duane), Oppose, Prohibiting commercial health insurance plans from creating in specialty tiers within prescription drug benefit plans, 1/15/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.8280 (Morelle) / S.5470 (Breslin), (Governor’s Program Bill #15), Oppose, Health Insurance Premium Rate Setting, 6/10/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.8543 (Morelle / S.4770 (Breslin), Support, Employer Choice Group and Blanket Disability Policies, 5/27/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.8611 (Morelle) / S.5672 (Huntley), (Governor’s Program Bill #17), Oppose, Makes Timothy’s Law Permanent, 6/12/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.8615 (Farrell) / S.5519 (Kruger), Support, Allows credit applied to reduce unincorporated business tax to apply if the annual tax totals less than $5,400, 6/22/09
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.8632-A (Morelle) / S.5787 (Krueger), Support, The Wine Industry and Liquor Industry Revitalization Act, 6/16/09
Contact: Heather Briccetti

A.8642 (Sweeney) / S.1145-C (Perkins), Oppose, Ultra Low Sulfur Heating Oil, 1/19/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.8646 (Brodsky) / S.5768 (Schneiderman), Oppose, Expands the unlimited power of the Martin Act to significantly increase the legal exposure of the business community, 6/29/10

A.8742 (Silver) / S.5791 (Savino), Oppose, Paid family care, 6/9/09
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.8784 (Sweeney), Oppose, Water Testing when Drilling Gas and Oil Wells, 6/22/09
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.8802 (Parment) / S.53303 (Rules) Governor's Program # 45, Support, Pilot Project for Permitting Carbon Sequestration, 7/6/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.8803 (Schimminger) / S.5598-A (Stachowski), Support, Empire Zone Technical Amendments, 6/12/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.9049 (Sweeney) / S.6047 (Thompson), Oppose, Electronics Waste Recycling, 01/15/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.9480 (Sweeney) / S.1635, Oppose, Citizen Suits for SEQRA Violations, 02/26/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.9091 (Calhoun), Support, Repealing Energy Assessments, 9/10/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.9098  (Hawley) / S.6132 (Ranzenhofer), Support, Repealing Energy Assessments, 9/10/09
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.9405-B (Morelle) / S.6954-C (Breslin), Support, Abolishes the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, 6/22/10

A.9414 (Lifton)/S.7377 (Schneiderman), Oppose, Natural Gas Extraction Liability Act, 6/4/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.9432 (Glick) / S.6307 (Stavisky, C. Johnson, Schneiderman), Support, CPA Mobility - Allows accountants licensed in other states to have practice privileges in New York State
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.9439 (Crespo, Benjamin) / S.6236 (Diaz, Hassel-Thompson, Huntley, Onorato), Oppose, Imposes a fifty-percent franchise tax on business-owned life insurance benefits, 3/5/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.9706-A (Budget) / S.6606-A (Budget), Part HH, Oppose, Authorizing Increased Local Utility Gross Receipts Taxes
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.9706-B (Part SS) Article VII – Public Protection and General Government, Oppose, The New York State Construction Industry Fair Play Act, 4/12/10

A.9707 / S.6607, Part E, Part E, Support, Public Higher Education Empowerment & Innovation Act, 3/1/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.9708 / S.6608, Part B (pages 86-104), Oppose, Regulates Interactions Between Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries and Health Care Professionals, 02/09/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.9708 / S.6608, Part B, Oppose, Expands the Health Care Reform Act (HCRA) Surcharge of 9.63% to Cover Surgical and Radiological Services Performed in Private Ambulatory Centers, Physicians' Offices and Urgent Care Settings, 3/10/20
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.9709-B (Budget) Part NN, Oppose, Electronics Waste Recycling, 4/6/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.9710-A / S.6610-A (Part D), Amend, Equalize the tax treatment of corporations and unincorporated businesses with respect to maximum biofuel productions and QETC credits, 4/1/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.9710-B Budget Article VII – Part R, Oppose, Sales Tax Increase on Promotional Materials
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.9710-B, Part P (Budget), Oppose, Elimination of ESCO Sales Tax Exemption
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.9710-A Part C / S.6610-a Oppose, Tax on Soft Drinks, 3/8/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.9710-D / S.6610-C, Part Y, Opposed, Business Tax Credit Deferral, 6/30/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A. 9710-A Part DD / S.6610-A, Oppose, Brownfield Cleanup Program Tax Credit, 3/8/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.9824 (Schimminger)/ S.6855 (Stachowski), Support, Academic Research Information Access Act, 4/8/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.9867-A (Englebright) / S.3296-G (Thompson), Oppose, “Bisphenol-A-Free Children and Babies Act,” 04/12/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.9934 (John) / S.7011 (Klein), Oppose, Sets Forth Conditions Before a State Agency Shall Enter into Contracts for Consultant Services, 5/27/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.9949-A (Destito), Support, Amendments to the Procurement Lobbying Law, 3/1/10
Contact Lev Ginsburg

A.10048 (Weisenberg) / S.1858 (Klein), Oppose, Mandated transportation fringe benefit plan, 6/9/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.10089-A (Sweeney) / S.7070-D (Perkins), Oppose, Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products, 6/29/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.10160-B (Sweeney) / S.7752 (Thompson), Oppose, Mercury-Containing Thermostat Recycling, 5/12/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A. 10176 (Hevesi) / S.7153 (Addabbo), Oppose, Rail Transportation of Putrescible and Non-Putrescible Waste, 6/24/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.10257-C (Gianaris) / S.8379 (Schneiderman), Oppose, Prevailing Wage for Service Workers, 6/28/10
Contact: Heather Briccetti

A.10306 (Pheffer) / S.7301 (Peralta), Oppose, Deceptive and Unconscionable Acts and Practices, 6/15/10

A.10311 (John) / S.7455-A (Savino), Oppose, Provides Higher In-Patient Hospital Reimbursement Rate for Certain Spinal Fusion Procedures, 7/1/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.10343 (John), Oppose, Repeals Conciliation Section of the Workers Compensation Law; Requires Hearings to be Held within 20 Days of Request, 6/29/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.10372-A (Morelle) / S.7000-B (Breslin, Duane), Oppose, Autism Spectrum Disorder Insurance Coverage Mandate, 6/8/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.10490 (Englebright) / S.7592 (Addabbo), Oppose, Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing, 5/21/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.10636-A (Morelle) / S.7220-A (Breslin), Support, Foster Expansion of the Commercial Insurance Market in New York State, 6/24/10

A. 10819 (Hevesi) / S.7591 (Addabbo), Oppose, Rail Transportation of Putrescible and Non-Putrescible Waste, 6/24/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.11004-A (Englebright) / S.7093-B (Thompson), Oppose, Mandated Purchase of Solar “Renewable Energy Credits”, 6/18/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.11055 (Benjamin), Oppose, Written notice to employee explaining adverse action, 6/15/2010
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.11172 (Cahill), Oppose, "Power Solutions" Program, 5/24/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.11308 (Rules) / S.7988 (Rules), Oppose, Hazardous Waste Fees, 5/28/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.11369 (Rules) / S.8088 (Rules), Governor’s Program Bill 278, Oppose, Prior Approval of Rates in the Small Group Health Insurance Market, 6/7/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.11443-B (Sweeney) / S.8129-B (Thompson), Oppose, Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing, 11/29/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.11507 (Sweeney) / S.4315-C (Thompson), Oppose, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits, 6/21/10
Contact: Marcus Ferguson

A.11522 (Cahill), Oppose, Temporary "Power Solutions" Program, 6/23/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.11569 (Rules) / S.8223 (Espada), Oppose, Expansion of Labor Law Provisions for Farm Employees, 6/28/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.11582 (Cahill) / S.8394 (Parker), Oppose, Siting of Electric Power Generating Facilities, 6/30/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.11588 (Silver) / S.8405 (Sampson), Oppose, Shareholder Approval of Corporate Contributions, 6/29/10
Contact: Heather Briccetti

A.11607 (John) / S.8423 (Onorato), Oppose, Unemployment Insurance System Reform, 7/1/10
Contact: Lev Ginsburg

A.11726 (Rules Heastie) / S.8380 (Savino), Oppose, NYS Wage Theft Protection Act, 11/29/10
Contact: Tom Minnick

A.11727 (Cahill) / S.8517 (Parker), Oppose, “On-Bill Financing” for Energy
Efficiency Projects, 11/29/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky

A.42013 (Rules) / same as S.68013 (Rules at the request of the Governor), 12/06/10
Contact: Ken Pokalsky