The Buffalo Niagara Partnership and Unshackle Upstate are pro-business development groups dedicated to revitalizing the Western New York and Upstate economy, while the Business Council and the National Federation of Independent Business represent, and advocate for, private sector employers across New York State.

“I am honored today to receive the endorsements of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Unshackle Upstate, the NFIB and the Business Council. In my Five Point Plan I have committed to reform state government, reduce taxes and rebuild Western New York’s economy. Western New York’s revitalization depends on the health, vibrancy, and sustainability of the private sector and I and thrilled to have these organizations’ backing as I continue to bring my bold new ideas to every voter in the 58th district,” said Quinn.

Two weeks ago at ITT Standard, a heat transfer equipment manufacturer located in Cheektowaga, Quinn outlined his plan to reduce the tax burden on private employers and incentivize job creation in Western New York. Quinn’s plan calls for reducing the corporate franchise tax by 15 percent, and incentivizing investment in the manufacturing sector, and both the high-tech and bio-medical industries. Quinn also proposed solutions to the problems surrounding the disinvestment, neglect, and sprawl affecting Buffalo’s first ring suburban communities.

Brian Sampson, Executive Director of Unshackle Upstate stated the importance of electing Quinn to the State Senate, “2010 is a critical year for the people of New York. We must elect representatives that want to do what is right and necessary for the survival of our families and our private sector jobs. Here in the 58th Senate district, the best person for that job is Jack Quinn.”

Andrew Rudnick, president and CEO of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, noted that Quinn’s Five-Point Plan focuses on cutting spending and taxes, job creation, pension reform, Medicaid reform and ethics reform. “Not only does Quinn’s plan address the expanding deficit and increased spending our state is facing, he identifies responsible and logical areas of wasteful spending,” said Rudnick.

Joining Rudnick and Sampson was, Mike Elmendorf, Executive Director of the National Federation of Independent Business, and Kenneth Adams, President and CEO of The Business Council of New York State. Both organizations were on hand to formally announce their organization’s support for Quinn. Several weeks ago the National Federation of Independent Business awarded Quinn as a “Guardian of Small Business” for his anti-tax, anti-spending voting record in the State Assembly; it is the organization’s highest honor. 

Revitalizing Western New York’s private sector economy, cutting taxes, and reducing government spending are part of Jack Quinn’s Five-Point Plan for New York State.