GBC Reports... 2003

GBC Reports...       December 18, 2003

• GBC Leadership Meets with Assembly Speaker Silver
• John Egan Honored
• Omnibus Funding Bill Delayed Until Next Year
• GBC Members Discuss Future of NYC SCA Liaison

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GBC Reports...     December 3, 2003

• NYS Businesses Hurt by High Taxes, Cost of Job Creation
• Doing Work for NYS?  Electronic Payments are the Way to Go
• Governor Proposes Empire Zone Reforms

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GBC Reports...       November 20, 2003

• AGC Persuades Standards Board to Reexamine FAS 150
• GBC Testifies to Assembly on SUNY/CUNY Capital Plan
• Member News
• Construction and Illegal Aliens

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GBC Reports...       November 5, 2003

• Ballot Issues Do Not Fare Well
• Assembly Higher Ed Hearings on Future SUNY/CUNY Capital Programs
• Insurance Superintendent Holds Hearings on Availability
• New GBC Safety Awareness Poster is Here!

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GBC Reports ...      October 22, 2003

• Build NY and Safety Excellence Awards
• GBC Board Hears from College Entities
• GBC's State Agency Liaison Bears Fruit

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GBC Reports...      October 9, 2003

• GBC WC Group Pays Another 25% Dividend!
• Governor Vetoes Two More Labor Law Bills
• What Have We Done For Your Lately? - Falling Worker Saved
• Double-Digit Premium Increases for Healthcare

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GBC Reports...      September 22, 2003

• AGC Midyear Meeting Full of Politics
• International Union Presidents Talk to AGC Members
• What Have We Done For You Lately?
• Lumber Costs Soaring

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GBC Reports...       September 4, 2003

• Insurance Dept. Announces WC Rate Increase
• NYC Proposes Low Emission Bill for Construction
• GBC to Celebrate Fifty Years!

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GBC Reports...         August 20, 2003

• 2003 Build New York Awards
• GBC Safety Excellence Awards
• SED Waffles on Design Delegation "Approval"
• AEs, CMs and Proposers of State Work Must Disclose Lobbyists

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GBC Reports...      August 6, 2003

• Phil Wood Appointed SUCF General Manager
• Smoking Legislation Affects Building Construction
• AGC and CFMA Sponsor Conference
• Safety News

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GBC Reports...      July 21, 2003

• GBC Annual Meeting - Information and Fun
• Members Obtaining the Most Value from GBC and AGC
• AGC Meets in New York State
• Federal Appeals Court Supports DOL on Annualization

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GBC Reports...      June 25, 2003

• Legislative Update
• Workers' Comp Rates Go to a Public Hearing
• OSHA Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

GBC Reports...      June 19, 2003

• Governor Issues Executive Order on Procurement
• Legislature Moves Toward Recess
• Another Successful GBC-State Agency Get-Together
• "Approval" of Delegated Design Still a Question

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GBC Reports...      June 5, 2003

• Legislature in the Home Stretch?
• Workers' Comp Rates Up - Benefit Increases, Reforms Coming?
• GBC Member News
• Last Chance for Discounted Computer Training!

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GBC Reports...        May 14, 2003

• Contact Your Legislator Again on 240
• State Budget Update - Will the Vetoes Be Overridden?
• Legislature Clarifies Buffalo School Issues
• AGC Building Division to Meet at Lake George

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GBC Reports...       May 1, 2003

• 240 Effort May Be Turning the Corner - Minorities Lobby for Reform
• Legislature and Governor at Serious Odds Over Budget
• GBC Documents on CD - Now Available!
• Four Awarded Paul B. Richards Scholarships

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GBC Reports...       April 16, 2003

• State Budget Heads to a Confrontation
• Tort Reform - Labor Law Lobby Day - April 29
• On-Line/Reverse Auction Bidding on the Rise

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GBC Reports...      April 1, 2003

• Progress on Labor Law 240 - Assembly Bill Introduced
• AGC Convention Honors GBC Members and Staff
• AGC Chapter of Year – GBC a Close Second

• GBC Holds Productive Meeting with New SCA President 

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GBC Reports...      March 20, 2003

• GBC Hosts DASNY Reception
• Retainage in Escrow Bill Moving in Senate
• GBC Partnering Still Going Strong - Changing Direction
• GBC Workers' Comp Safety Group: A Decade of Success

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GBC Reports...      March 13, 2003

• State's Cash Flow Heading for a Crisis?
• GBC and iSqFt Sign Agreement
• Labor Law 240-241: Assembly Co-Sponsors Sought!

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GBC Reports...      February 19, 2003

• Focus on Labor Law 240:  Reform Issue Gains Momentum; GBC Survey Results; The Lobbying Effort Begins.  What You Can Do!

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GBC Reports ...     February 5, 2003

• Governor's Budget Promotes Jobs, Opposes Tax Increases, Cuts Spending, Offers Cost-Saving Reforms
• GBC Leadership Meets Again with State Agency Heads
• Labor Law Battle Being Organized

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GBC Reports...      January 23, 2003

• NLRB Questions Legality of NY Bill on State Funds and Union Organizing
• AGC Hears from Treasury on Economic Plan
• Permanent Death Tax Elimination Bill Introduced

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GBC Reports...      January 10, 2003

• NYS Comptroller: Firms May Not Act as Both CM and Prime on a Public Project
• Governor's Message
• GBC Legislative Program
• NYS Labor Department Developments

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