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8.24.21 Advocacy Alert: Hochul Takes Oath; BNP Suggests Priorities for First 100 Days

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August 24, 2021

Today, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul was sworn in as Governor of the State of New York. The Buffalonian takes the reins after Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned, amid a storm of bipartisan criticism. Hochul will be the state’s 57th Governor and the first woman to hold the office.

BNP President & CEO Dottie Gallagher sent Hochul a welcome letter today, offering her best wishes and suggesting issues Hochul should prioritize in the upcoming months. These issues include:

Distributing Emergency Rental Assistance Program funds immediately;
Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic without unnecessarily burdensome restrictions;
Stabilizing the Unemployment Insurance system;
Providing upstate-downstate parity in transportation & infrastructure funding;
Renewing the Brownfield Cleanup Program;
Securing a healthy public-private partnership to construct a new Bills stadium.

Gallagher’s full letter can be found here.

The BNP looks forward to working with Hochul and her administration to tackle our state’s numerous challenges and build a better Buffalo Niagara.

6.15.21 COVID-19 Bulletin: NYS Lifts COVID-19 Restrictions

By growthzone | June 15, 2021

NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today the immediate lifting of COVID-19 related restrictions as 70% of the state’s adult population has been vaccinated (receiving at least one dose of vaccine). The 70 percent threshold in a national standard.

6.15.21 BNP Advocacy Alert – 2021 NYS Legislative Session in Review

By growthzone | June 15, 2021

As the 2021 state legislative session comes to a close, the BNP is proud of the many advocacy wins it earned this year. The BNP, on behalf of its members who employ over a quarter million people in the region, remains in frequent contact with lawmakers about legislation that would impact our regional economy.