Yonkers Insider: Election 2020 Campaign Trail: State Business Council Backs Astorino for State Senate.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BUSINESS COUNCIL OF NEW YORK STATE ENDORSES ASTORINO FOR STATE SENATE. 

 

Hudson Valley-Oct. 19...

The Business Council of New York State Political Action Committee (PAC) has endorsed former two-term Westchester county executive Rob Astorino for state senate in New York’s 40th Senate District, which includes parts of Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties, it was announced today. 

Mr. Astorino, who cut taxes and business obstacles as county executive, helping grow more than 44,000 new private sector jobs in the county during his tenure, has made economic development — job creation — a major priority in his campaign. 

“New Yorkers need jobs,” Mr. Astorino said, “and Peter Harckham’s plan to raise state taxes again next year is a guaranteed job killer. To get New York back on its feet economically, tax hikes must be off the table and regulatory relief for struggling businesses should be a major priority. New York is the most taxed, most heavily regulated, and most business unfriendly state in America, according to survey after survey, and years of irresponsible spending, borrowing, and taxing has finally caught up with us. There’s no reason New York can’t be a national jobs leader once again; all it will take is common sense and discipline in a state capital that currently has none. If we want positive change, we need to change who’s representing us in Albany. It’s that simple.” 

   

“We face the 2020 state legislative elections at a uniquely challenging time, with policymakers having to promote the state’s economic recovery while also addressing significant state and local budget gaps and acute spending needs resulting from the COVID crisis,” said Heather C. Briccetti Esq., president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc.  “New York’s future will require unique approaches to a wide range of policy challenges. We need leaders in Albany that consider the needs of employers and workers alike. Importantly, they need to appreciate the impact that policy options will have on the state’s economic competitiveness and the ability of the private sector to invest and grow jobs. As we continue to address the COVID crisis, and recover from its economic impacts, there is a growing recognition of the private sector’s role in providing jobs and paychecks and generating revenues to support essential state and local government programs. It is crucial for the state’s business community to stand up for candidates that support a pro-jobs, pro-investment, pro-growth agenda that will generate the resources to address the needs of all New Yorkers.”