Advocacy

On January 10th, in the Assembly Chamber, Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her second State of the State Address. In her address, the Governor declared, “the state of our state is strong." Throughout her speech, the Governor outlined her various priorities for the upcoming Legislative Session, which she is calling the “Achieving the New York Dream," Agenda. Some of the priorities she mentioned in her speech include increasing housing in the State, raising the minimum wage, expanding access to mental health services and child care services, continuing to work on meeting the State's climate goals, and potential changes to New York's bail laws. The Governor also…

​On January 4th, Assemblyman David Weprin (D, Queens) was named chair of the influential Assembly Insurance Committee. Weprin succeeds former chair Kevin Cahill (D, Kingston) who lost re-election in 2022.​​ Virtually all legislation affecting the insurance laws and regulations in NY must be approved by the Insurance Committee before a full vote of the Assembly can be taken. As such, it is one of the most important legislative committees to our industry.Assemblyman Weprin represents the 24th Assembly District in Queens, the same district represented by his father, the late Assembly Speaker Saul Weprin, for 23 years and his brother Mark Weprin, for over 15 years. In…

For the first time ever, New York has won the coveted “Presidents Cup", awarded to the state whose past presidents contribute the most to InsurPac. Additionally, New York shattered its annual InsurPac fundraising goal, raising nearly $53,000. Nationally, InsurPac reached an all-time record high of $1.27 million, making it one of the largest small business political action committees in the nation. We wish to thank each and every agent who generously contributed to InsurPac in 2022. We also extend our deep gratitude to all our past presidents who went above and beyond this year. Your support is critical to making the Big “I" a force…