2009-10 LEGISLATIVE MEMOS
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2009-10 Executive Budget, Oppose, HMO Premium Tax, 3/25/09
Contact: Mark Amodeo
S.56 / A.156, Article VII Budget Bill, Part D, Support, Creation of a not-for-profit entity to assume the functions of the NYS Office of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure Coordination
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Contact: Margaret Moree
S.121-A (Sampson) / A.2007-B (Gottfried), Oppose, Establishes a prescription drug discount program, 6/15/09
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
A.158/S.58 (Part C), Oppose, Bio Pharmaceutical Ban on Payments to Health Care Providers & Disclosure Provisions, 2/27/09
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
A.158/S.58 (Part C),
A.160/S.60 (Part D), Oppose, Executive Budget - Health Insurance Taxes, 3/2/09
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
SFY 2009-10 Executive Budget
Part SS/Subpart A - Article VII
(A.160-A / S.60-A), Oppose, Sales Tax Data Matching Program, 3/24/09
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Contact: Walter Pacholczak
A.162/S.249 (Parts D, G), A.158/S.58 (Part C),
A.160/S.60 (Part D), Oppose, Deficit Reduction Plan & Executive Budget –
Health Insurance Taxes
Bill text: A.162/S.249 (Parts D, G), A.158/S.58 (Part C),
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
S.185 (Morahan) / A.4752 (P. Rivera), Oppose, Expands List of Illnesses Covered by Timothy’s Law Mental Health Mandate, 02/10/09
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
A.278, Oppose, Private right of action for unlawful price gouging
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Contact: Marcus
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A. 404 (John) / S. 632 (Fuschillo), Oppose, Utility Street excavation prevailing wage, 6/9/09
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Contact: Heather Briccetti
A.469 (John), Oppose, Index Funding Increases for Occupational Health Clinics
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
A.650 (Kavanagh), Support, Printing & Dissemination of State Agency Reports, 02/03/09
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Contact: Maggie Moree
S.717 (C. Johnson) / A.4319 (Weisenberg), Oppose, Establishes the savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union municipal deposit program, 4/21/09
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Contact: Walter Pacholczak
S.750 (Krueger), Oppose, Economic Development Incentives Application, Reporting & Clawback Provisions, 01/26/09
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
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, 5/22/09
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Contact: Walter Pacholczak
A.1122 (Destito) / S.1599-A (Valesky), Oppose, Intervenor funds for proceedings relating to siting of major utility transmission facilities, 6/10/09
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Contact: Heather Briccetti
S.1209 (Thompson), Oppose, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits, 3/23/09
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Contact: Marcus
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S.1241 (Thompson)/A.3659 (Hoyt), Oppose, Industrial Development Agencies, 4/6/09
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
S.1564 (Thompson), Oppose, Brownfields Tax Credits, 02/09/09
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Contact: Marcus
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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
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Contact: Walter Pacholczak
S.1629 (Oppenheimer)/A.4350 (Heastie), Oppose, Requires access to employee personnel records, 2/23/09
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Contact: Tom Minnick
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
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
S.1646 (Huntley) / A.5659 (P. Rivera), Oppose, Makes Timothy’s Law Permanent, 2/10/09
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
S.1706-A (Oppenheimer), Oppose, Commercial Real Estate Assessment Ratio in Westchester County, 6/25/09
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
A.1975 (Lifton), Oppose, Liens Against Expenditures 01/30/09
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Contact: Marcus
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A.1987 (Parment) / S.3295 (Thompson) , Oppose, Utility Herbicides Prohibition, 2/23/09
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Contact: Heather Briccetti
S.2021 (Scheinderman), Oppose the increase on Personal Income Tax (PTI)
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
A.2082 (O'Mara), Support, Siting of Major Electric Generating Facilities, 3/30/09
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Contact: Heather Briccetti
S.2245 (Onorato) / A.4921 (John), Oppose, Increases unemployment benefit rates; increases unemployment insurance taxable wage base, 3/20/09
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Contact: Maggie Moree
S.2247 (Onorato) / A.1867 (Nolan), Oppose, Expansion of labor law provisions for farm employees, 6/1/09
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Contact: Tom Minnick
A.2351(Lifton) / S.2968(Krueger), Oppose, Comparable Worth, 4/3/09
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Contact: Tom Minnick
S.2364 (Onorato), Oppose, Workers’ Compensation Medical Diagnostic Networks, 2/23/09
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
S.2781 (Onorato) / A.2135 (John), Oppose, Determination of Workers’ Comp Permanent Total Disability
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
S.2813 (Aubertine)/A.6694-A (Russell), Oppose, Creation of the North Country Power Authority, 6/24/09
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
A.3040 (Kolb), Support, Electric Transmission Line Upgrades, 3/30/09
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Contact: Heather Briccetti
A.3101 (John) / S.588 (Marcellino), Oppose, Prevailing wage mandate on off-site custom fabrication, 03/03/09
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Contact: Walter Pacholczak
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
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
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
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
A.3191 (Pheffer), Oppose, Unsolicited Advertisements, 2/23/09
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Contact: Marcus
Ferguson
S.3296-C (Thompson) / A.6919-B (Englebright), Oppose, “Bisphenol-A-Free Children and Babies Act”, 3/23/09
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Contact: Marcus
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S.3357 (Onorato)/A.6962 (Lattimer), Oppose, Requires employers to give
written notice of pay rates and pay dates, 3/30/09
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Contact: Tom Minnick
S.3397-A (Onorato) / A.1690-A (Brodsky), Oppose, Motor Carrier Employee Overtime Pay, 5/21/09
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Contact: Tom Minnick
A.3420 (Sweeney)/S.862 (Marcellino), Oppose, “New York State Public Health Protection Act”, 6/1/09
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Contact: Marcus
Ferguson
A.3423 (Bradley), Oppose, Citizen suits, 02/02/09
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Contact: Marcus
Ferguson
S.3509 (Savino) / A.4468 (Brodsky), Oppose, Expands Whistleblower Protections, 4/27/09
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Contact: Tom Minnick
A. 3705 (John)/S.4912 (Addabbo), Oppose, Definition of “Public Work”/Prevailing Wage Mandates on Private Sector Projects, 6/1/09
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
S.3777 (Thompson) / A.5765 (Sweeney), Oppose, Solid Waste Management Facilities Permitting, 4/30/09
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Contact: Marcus
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S.3889 (C. Johnson @ request of Department of Taxation and Finance), Oppose, Judicial Review of Tax Tribunal Decisions
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
A. 3911 (John)/ S.955 (Johnson), Oppose, NYS Fair Pay Act, 3/9/09
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Contact: Tom Minnick
A.4110-A (Brodsky) / S.4950 (Thompson), Oppose, “Record of Compliance”, 4/11/09
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Contact: Marcus
Ferguson
S.4110-A (Onorato) / A.8273 (Meng)
Governor’s Program Bill #8, Support, Expanding unemployment benefits eligibility standards 5/11/09
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Contact: Maggie Moree
A.4272 (Brodsky)/S.1730 (Schneiderman), Oppose, Citizen Suits, 3/2/09
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Contact: Marcus
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S.4736-A (Kruger)/A.8143 (Destito), Support, Bottle Bill/NYS UPC Mandate, 5/11/09
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
S.4755 (Addabbo) / A.3871-A (Rosenthal), Oppose, Requires prior and annual notice of electronic monitoring, 5/21/09
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Contact: Tom Minnick
A.4872-A (Alessi), Oppose, Telephone Corporation Call centers, 6/17/09
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Contact: Marcus
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A.4920-A (John) / S.4053-A (Monserrate), Oppose, Increases unemployment benefit rates; increases unemployment insurance taxable wage base, 6/1/09
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Contact: Maggie Moree
S.4952 (Thompson)/A.1975 (Lifton), Oppose, Liens Against Expenditures, 5/22/09
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Contact: Marcus
Ferguson
A.4967 (Brodsky), Oppose, Discounted Telephone Services, 3/6/09
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Contact: Marcus
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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
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Contact: Walter Pacholczak
S.5470 Breslin / A.8280 Morelle
(Governor’s Program Bill #15), Oppose, Health Insurance Premium Rate Setting, 6/10/09
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
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
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Contact: Maggie Moree
S.5598-A (Stachowski) / A.8803 (Schimminer), Support, Empire Zone Technical Amendments, 6/12/09
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
S.5672 (Huntley) / A.8611 (Morelle)
(Governor’s Program Bill #17), Oppose, Makes Timothy’s Law Permanent, 6/12/09
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
A.5700-A (Morelle)/S.2898-A (Stachowski), Support, IDA Reform/Civic Faciilty Projects, 6/24/09
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Contact: Ken Pokalsky
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, 6/19/09
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Contact: Walter Pacholczak
S.5787 (Krueger) / A.8632-A (Morelle), Support, The Wine Industry and Liquor Industry Revitalization Act, 6/16/09
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Contact: Heather Briccetti
S.5791 (Savino)/A.8742 (Silver), Oppose, Paid family care, 6/9/09
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Contact: Tom Minnick
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
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
A.6321 (Sweeney) / S.2764 (Thompson), Oppose, Climate Change Solutions Program Act, 4/21/09
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Contact: Marcus
Ferguson
A.6509 (Rivera N.), Oppose, Orders of protection, 3/23/09
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Contact: Marcus
Ferguson
A.6929 (Brodsky), Oppose, Sale of prescription drug data containing the physician’s identity, 6/15/09
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Contact: Mark Amodeo
A.7131 (Morelle) / S.3655 (Breslin), Support, Regulation of Life Settlement Business, 5/29/09
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Contact: Walter Pacholczak
A.7571 (Sweeney) / S.2512 (Thompson), Oppose, Electronics Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act, 4/20/09
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Contact: Marcus
Ferguson
A.7572 (Sweeney) / S.4315 (Thompson), Oppose, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits, 4/21/09
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Contact: Marcus
Ferguson
A.7593 (Cahill)/S.4208 (Savino), Oppose, Utility Call Centers, 6/1/09
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Contact: Marcus
Ferguson
A.8100 (John), Oppose, Expanding unemployment benefits eligibility standards; increasing unemployment benefits; and indexing benefits and the taxable wage base, 5/12/09
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Contact: Margaret Moree
A.8784 (Sweeney), Oppose, Water Testing when Drilling Gas and Oil Wells, 6/22/09
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Contact: Marcus
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