Advocacy

Abstract: Lawmakers concluded their regularly scheduled 2025 legislative session this week, but work is far from over. Body: ​Lawmakers concluded their regularly scheduled 2025 legislative session this week, but work is far from over. Big I New York and the insurance industry secured legislative wins and stopped several negative bills. The largest bill category, however, is important proactive bills that were held in one or both chambers. This means that there is much work to be done over the next six months to prepare for the 2026 legislative session.Big I New York tracked hundreds of bills this session. The following represents the status of just a handful of priority…

Abstract: In politics, persistence and perseverance pay off. Today, the State Senate followed the lead of the Assembly and passed legislation repealing the NYC “Anti-Arson” application! Big I New York will urge Governor Hochul to act quickly on this important insurance industry reform. Body: ​In politics, persistence and perseverance pay off.  Today, the State Senate followed the lead of the Assembly and passed legislation repealing the NYC “Anti-Arson" application!  Big I New York will urge Governor Hochul to act quickly on this important insurance industry reform. Despite this relic from the 1980's having long outlived its usefulness, the bill remained stuck in the State Senate, allegedly…

Abstract: Big I New York’s efforts to spur congressional action on the state’s “scaffold law” bore fruit this week when Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) introduced the Infrastructure Expansion Act (H.R. 3548) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would modify the law’s effects on construction projects receiving federal funding. Body: Big I New York meeting with Rep. Nick Langworthy in Washington, D.C. to discuss the impact of Labor Law 240/241 on the New York insurance marketplace. (from left, Ashley Engl, Travis Wattie, Doug Benz, Rep. Langworthy, Patrick Erickson, Lisa Hussainov, Kristin McNally, and Kate Sellers. Big I New York's efforts to spur congressional action on…