NYCOM's 2010 Legislative Program

NYCOM’s Legislative Program features NYCOM’s list of priorities in the areas of finance, environment and energy, government operations & community development and employee relations & public safety, determined at NYCOM’s 2009 November Legislative Meeting. 

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2010 Legislative Priorities

OVERALL PRIORITY

Maintain Commitment to Revenue Sharing

FINANCE

1. Pension Cost Reform
2. Prohibition Against Unfunded State Mandates
3. CHIPS Funding
4. Gross Receipts Tax -- Increase Rate and Expand Scope
5. Wicks Law Repeal

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS and PUBLIC SAFETY

1. Compulsory Arbitration
2. Heightened Risk for Disability Payments Under General Municipal Law
    § 207-a and § 207-c
3. Prevailing Wage Reform
4. A Decision to Transfer the Work of Unionized Employees Should be a
     Non-mandatory Subject of Negotiation

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

1. Village Dissolution Law
2. Industrial Development Agency Reform
3. Procurement Reform
4. Empire Zone Reform

ENVIRONMENT and ENERGY

1. Renewable Energy and “Green Building” Program
2. Citizen Suit
3. Emergency Management – Preparedness and Response
4. Authorize Financing of Stormwater Management