Media Coverage

8/17/10 Don't expect much change in Albany from fall's elections more

8/4/10 Unshackle Upstate to pick candidates to oppose more

8/3/10 Unshackle Upstate launches PAC site more and more

8/3/10 Unshackle Upstate director: To change Albany, donate and vote more

7/19/10 Property tax relief drive stalls more

7/18/10 Albany must act to rein in harmful energy costs more

7/15/10 Comptroller: Budget hikes spending 8 percent more

7/10/10 Many plans to curb property taxes, but there's little agreement more

7/6/10 New lows for a place known for dysfunctional state leaders more

7/1/10 Upstate vs. downstate again becomes issue in Legislature more

6/28/10 NY Legislature to pass budget, gov readies veto more

6/25/10 Unshackle Upstate Executive Director Brian Sampson discusses the potential impact of increased taxes and fees on The Capitol Pressroom (mp3 format)   more

6/25/10 Gov. Paterson: There Will Be More Taxes In This Budget more

6/25/10 Paterson: Clothing sales tax exemption may be eliminated more

6/24/10 Group Opposes Increased Taxes & Fees more

6/21/10 Albany rushes to pass last-minute bills more

6/17/10 Farm Worker Supporters Want Floor Vote on Labor Bill more

6/14/10 Cheers and Jeers: June 14, 2010 more

6/10/10 Biz lobbies set sights on bad bills more

6/10/10 Groups oppose proposed legislation more

6/3/10 Bill urges utilities to pay prevailing wages more

5/23/10 Public needs to take stand on what to cut from state budget more

5/21/10 Little getting done in Albany, but Judgment Day is coming more

4/18/10 Upstate shoulders lion's share in taxes more

4/18/10 High pension payouts prompt greater scrutiny more

3/23/10 Senate Democrats offer $136.2 billion state budget plan more

3/23/10 Remove Shackles from Upstate New York, Citizens' Group Argues more

3/19/10 Unshackle Upstate Executive Director Brian Sampson talks about the next steps of the Judgment Day campaign on Capital Tonight more

2/26/10 Pro-business group to issue NY lawmaker scorecards more

2/26/10 Unshackle Upstate launches new initiative more

2/23/10 Commentary: Brian Sampson of Unshackle Upstate says governor's proposal on insurance is flawed more

2/18/10 NY's public fat cats more

2/17/10 New York may hold back tax refunds more

2/9/10 Upstate Business Owners Fight Back more

2/2/10 Fiscal group offers $12B in suggested state cuts more more

01/19/10 Paterson unveils $134 billion budget more

01/16/10 Unshackle Upstate says new state budget must not raise spending more

01/7/10 Unshackle Upstate Executive Director Brian Sampson's Interview with Talk 1300 Host Fred Dicker (mp3 format) more

01/6/10 SOS: Reactions roll in more

01/6/10 Reaction to the 2010 State of the State Address more

01/03/10 NY legislature faces budget and ethics issues in 2010 more

12/30/09 Unshackle Upstate Aims to protect locals more

12/29/09 DEC Union asks for more study before permitting gas drilling in Marcellus Shale more

12/16/09 Unshackle Upstate going political more

12/07/09 Task Force Has Plans to Help Small Biz more

12/06/09 Critics Blast State Pension Reform more

12/01/09 IDA Legislation in NY Under Scrutiny more

11/22/09 IDA Reform May Spell Trouble for Local Firms more

11/20/09 UU Expressed Outrage Over Governor's IDA Draft Reform more

11/16/09 Loss of Population Puts NY at Economic Crossroad more

10/18/09 NY Budget Crisis: Time for Tough Choices more

10/07/09 Utility Tax Unfair more

10/04/09 Confidence in NY Leaders Plummets Among Monroe Voters more

10/02/09 NY's Private Sector Suffer as Public Workers Get More more

10/01/09 New Utility Surcharge Adds to Competive Plight more

9/30/09 Unshackle Upstate NY Forum in Buffalo more

9/23/09 Business Leaders Outline Concerns on Doing Business in NY more

9/20/09 Where Would You Cut State Budget? more

9/18/09 GOP Chides NY Business Groups Over Tax-and-Spend Criticism more

9/18/09 Local Group Seeks Change for State Employees more

9/18/09 Unshackle Upstate Wants Public Salaries Scrutinized more

9/17/09 Unshackle Group Urges NY to Cut From Budget more

7/27/09 Cheaper Power Key to Creating Area Jobs more

7/19/09 Senate Passes Reform Bills as Senate Ends more

7/14/09 Senate Still Has Hundreds of Bills to Addressmore

7/12/09 Watchdog Group Keeps Eye on Senate (watch Sampson interview)more

7/1/09 Unshackle Upstate Calls for Reform in Albanymore

6/12/09 Golisano Emboldened by Albany Coupmore

5/28/09 NY Leaders Temporarily Extend Energy-subsidy Program more

5/19/09 Biz Groups Want Limits on Spending, Taxes more

5/19/09 Unshackle Upstate on YouTube more

5/19/09 Business Coalition Supports an Agenda for an Affordable NYmore

5/11/09 NYS Agrees to Fix Loophole That's Hurting Business more

5/11/09 State Democrats Propose Economic Development Taskforce more

4/16/09 State Budget Shows lack of Leadership more

4/13/09 State Senators Urge Release of Millions of Dollars for Upstate more

4/06/09 Seven Upstate Democrats Reject All 9 State Budget Bills more

4/05/09 Upstate Leaders Critical of Budget Secrecy more

3/31/09 Overburdened Upstate more

3/31/09 Officials in Tier Try to Gauge Impact more

3/31/09 Upstate NY Business Leaders to Lobby Against Budget more

3/31/09 Taxes & Fees Meet Opposition from Upstate more

3/31/09 Is There Reform in The State Budget? more

3/25/09 Business Groups Appeal to State Lawmakers to Reject a Proposed Production Tax more

3/24/09 Business Groups Want Upstate Democrats to Block Increases in State Fees and Taxes more

3/23/09 Even Amid Fiscal Crisis, Albany Shows No Inclination for Change more

3/23/09 Democrats Seek to Restore Tax Rebate Plan more

3/16/09 Unshackle Upstate's Medicaid Policy Gaining Momentum more

3/12/09 Paterson Cans Soda Tax. $1.3B in "Nuisance" Fees more

3/11/09 Unshackle Upstate Lobby Albany for Medicaid Reform more

3/10/09 Local Leaders Rally for Medicaid Reform more

3/10/09 Businesses Call for Medicaid Commission more

3/6/09 Shouldn't Reform Be Preferable to Cuts? more

3/06/09 Unshackle Upstate Fights Increase on Taxes for the Rich more

3/05/09 Unshackle Upstate critiques plans to tax the wealthy more

3/5/09 Nightly Webcast more

2/20/09 Time for state to show support for businesses more

2/15/09 UU called Valuable Voice for Upstate more

2/9/09 The State that Doesn't Want Economic Development more

2/5/09 Unshackle Upstate wants New York to limit spending on schools, Medicaid more

2/4/09 Politicians try to "Unshackle Upstate" more

2/4/09 Unshackle Upstate calls for for state spending cuts more

2/4/09 State budget spurs upstate-downstate debate more

2/4/09 Unshackle Upstate Calls for State Government Reformsmore

2/4/09 Upstate business leaders try to sell Albany on reforms more

2/3/09 Politicians try to Unshackle Upstate more

2/3/09 Unshackle Upstate Outlines Goals more

2/3/09 Unshackle Upstate sets year's goals more

1/25/09 Business Calender more

1/23/09 Unshackle Upstate's new boss ready for growth more

1/14/09 Unshackle Upstate gets new leader more

1/13/09 Unshackle Upstate hires first executive more

1/13/09 Economic Forecast Reaction more

1/10/09 Strengthening the Buffalo Niagara Business Climate more

12/23/08 Unshackle Upstate Provides Input on State Budget more

12/22/08 The year that was in Binghamton-area business more

12/19/08 Unshackle Upstate aims for reforms more

12/19/08 Governor Patterson's proposed 2009/10 state budget - a wake-up call for reform more

12/16/08 Business reacts to Empire Zone changes more

11/14/08 Business Backing Paterson in Budget Fight more

11/9/08 Rochester strategizes for attention from state with no Democrats in the Senatemore

6/29/08 Upstate braces for the fallout now that all 5 state leaders are from the NYC area more

6/20/08 A good fit for state's economy more

6/8/08 Greater Buffalo Partnership at 15: How effective is it? more

6/8/08 New 'czar' gives upstate some hope more

6/7/08 Key state post: Economic development czar is respected more

6/7/08 Upstate booster at ESDC more

6/6/08 'New sheriff' for state's economy more

6/6/08 Governor nominates Robert Wilmers to lead ESDC more

6/5/08 Wilmers to lead ESD; Gundersen resigns more

6/5/08 Gov. Paterson names new chief of ESDC more

6/5/08 Upstate Economic Development Chairman Dan Gundersen Resigns more

6/1/08 Upstate Dems. form caucus more

5/15/08 Paterson tries to calm worries over Economic Development Czar more

5/14/08 Changes coming for Empire State Development Corporation more

5/14/08 Paterson tries to reassure Upstate more

5/12/08 Keep upstate czar more

5/10/08 Upstate leaders fight to keep economic development czar more

5/9/08 Officials staking claim to Upstate czar more

5/9/08 Paterson's musical chairs has Upstate businesses miffed more

5/9/08 Business group opposes ESD changes more

5/9/08 Upstate/downstate economic divide may be rekindled more

5/9/08 One state, one economic development chair more

5/6/08 Groups seek more aid for brownfields more

4/13/08 - A unified state more

4/10/08 Unshackle Upstate blasts state budget more

4/10/08 Ups, downs for businesses in the budget more

4/4/08 Upstate Shackled more

3/17/08 Buffalo Niagara Partnership leader hopes Paterson will deliver to WNY more

3/17/08 Economic coalition hopes Paterson will continue Upstate agenda more

3/12/08 Unshackle Upstate Eager to work with Paterson more

3/11/08 RBA says Spitzer's situation won't affect revitalization plan more

2/6/08 Business coalition steps up media blitz more

1/27/08 Unshackle Upstate wants Spitzer's agenda to succeed more

1/16/08 Spitzer: Upstate facing economic storm more

1/16/08 Spitzer details $1 billion plan for Upstate revival more

1/16/08 Governor delivers for city; County feels left out more

1/10/08 Spitzer's upstate economic proposal met with caution more

12/14/07 Unshackle Upstate '08 Agenda more

12/10/07 Unshackle Upstate urges business tax relief in '08 more

12/10/07 Unshackle Upstate has wide-ranging agenda more

12/3/07 Business leaders say it's time to Unshackle Upstate more

11/16/07 Upstate cities compare economic development notes more

10/29/07 Heads of top 100 companies see promise in region more

9/27/07 Upstate Editorials Project more

6/10/07 Two more weeks more

6/8/07 N.Y. businesses renew call for reform of "Scaffold Law" more

3/12/07 Upstate business owners speak out more

2/23/07 Upstate businesses lobby Albany for changes more

1/21/07 Buffalo Stampede from the Charlotte Observer page1 / page2

1/4/07 Positive reaction following Spitzer address -- for now more

12/4/06 Unshackle Upstate organizer calls on Albany business community to join agenda. more

10/16/06 Ken Adams, incoming CEO of Business Council of NYS, addresses Unshackle Upstate Summit -- read his speech here

10/16/06 Bob Wilmers, Chairman, M&T Bank, give Keynote Address at Unshackle Upstate Summit -- read his speech here

10/16/06 Business Leaders Plan Unshackle Upstate Part II -- read press release here

10/12/06 "Unshackle Upstate picks up corporate support" more

6/22/06 Proposed legislation meant to ease burden of'Scaffold Law' more...

6/21/06 "Workers' comp reform push is on" more

6/21/06 Workers' CompBill Press Release more...

6/21/06 Workers'comp reform push is on more...

4/19/06 Wilmers praises efforts to boost upstate economy more...

3/22/06 Spitzer defends upstate NY remarks more...

3/16/06 Upstate economy a bugaboo more...

3/15/06 Albany called on to 'Unshackle Upstate' more...

3/15/06 Business groups want to 'Unshackle Upstate' more...

3/15/06 Group calls for state economic reform more...