Tell Albany - Stop Raising Our Costs! | The Business Council of New York State

>80%

of New Yorkers say affordability and cost of living are their top concerns.

Source: Siena College Research Institute, 2024

Yet, Albany’s job-killing wage law makes New York even more expensive.

Increasing the cost of housing by more than 20% in the midst of a housing crisis, forcing developers to either downsize or abandon projects entirely.

Pushing out jobs – last year, 40 states added construction jobs but New York lost nearly 7,000.

Hurting small businesses, MWBEs and nonprofit developers who can’t afford the cost increases.

New York already has the highest construction costs in the nation. Now is not the time to raise them.

The proposed bills (A6708/S6378) will “further destabilize the state’s economic outlook.”

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States like Florida, Texas and North Carolina are aggressively courting our jobs. It’s time for New York to compete.

Prevailing wage will kill downtown redevelopment renaissance Across New York

Prevailing Wage legislation included in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed 2020 State Budget would increase the cost of major construction projects by 30 percent and effectively bring the redevelopment renaissance taking place in downtown urban centers such as Yonkers, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Peekskill and communities across the state to a halt.

Developers say proposed prevailing wage law is a business killer

Long Island Business News

Long Island developers and business leaders are apoplectic over proposed state legislation that would require them to pay union wages on projects that receive any public funds, which they say will curtail growth and could have a chilling effect on the area’s economy.

Ulster County IDA suspends prevailing wage policy for one year

Ulster County’s Industrial Development Agency has unanimously agreed to suspend its controversial prevailing wage labor policy for one year.

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The measure would expand the number of construction projects subject to prevailing wage requirements for workers.

Take Action

Tell state legislators to let the Public Subsidy Board continue its work determining which construction projects should be subject to prevailing wage, rather than replace evidence-based determinations with blanket mandates.

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