Lupinacci Applauds Senate Republicans, IDC Regulatory Reform Package
(Long Island, NY) Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci (R,C,WF,I-Huntington Station) today is voicing his support for the regulatory reform package passed earlier this week by the State Senate. The initiative, put forward in bipartisan fashion by members of the Senate Republican Conference and the Independent Democratic Conference, works to reform New York’s outdated and ill-conceived regulatory system.
“New York’s businesses currently face over 49,000 pages of red tape and regulation that’s stymieing growth and expansion,” said Lupinacci. “We need to be doing all we can to help our existing businesses thrive and prosper and encourage local entrepreneurs to take their ideas and turn them into the next Facebook or Google. Furthermore, these reforms would bring relief to local taxpayers who have been buried under massive mandates from state government that have driven property taxes through the roof.”
The package includes a number of bills to ease the burden on schools, local governments and businesses. Some examples include:
Assembly Bill 2560, which would eliminate the requirement to provide hard copies of the State Register to entities that opt to receive the online version instead. This legislation would eliminate a costly and duplicative process while helping to make New York a greener state; and
Assembly Bill 7639, which requires state agencies to actively solicit comments from those negatively impacted by the State Administrative Procedures Act. The legislation would also require state agencies to determine what type of fiscal impact new regulations would have on businesses.
Lupinacci also voiced his support for regulatory reform legislation not included in the Senate Coalition’s package. He cited examples like Assembly Bill 5001, which he co-sponsors, that would prohibit new mandates from being imposed on local municipalities and school districts, unless the state absorbed the cost.
“I urge my colleagues in the Assembly to take up many of these fine pieces of legislation, which would bring meaningful relief to our communities, and I look forward to working with my colleagues in both houses and the governor to ensure New York truly is open for business,” concluded Lupinacci.
