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Business group congratulates Ritchie on Senate win

Posted 11/3/10

Unshackle Upstate Executive Director Brian Sampson has congratulated Patty Ritchie on her election to the New York State Senate to represent the 48th District. “Over the past several months, …

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Business group congratulates Ritchie on Senate win

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Unshackle Upstate Executive Director Brian Sampson has congratulated Patty Ritchie on her election to the New York State Senate to represent the 48th District.

“Over the past several months, Unshackle Upstate’s call for fiscal responsibility, reducing the tax burdens of families and businesses and creating private-sector jobs has resonated with candidates across the political spectrum,” said Sampson.

“We look forward to working with our representatives as they begin the critically important task of reviving New York’s job-creation climate. To do so, they must reduce taxes, fees, mandates and state spending and borrowing. Unshackle Upstate will continue to fight for those principles on behalf of New York’s taxpayers and job creators.”

Unshackle Upstate is a coalition which says it represents over 70,000 employers in the state.

Ritchie defeated incumbent Darrel Aubertine by a convincing 10 percent margin to put the seat back in Republican hands.

“The election of Patty Ritchie to the New York State Senate is a message to the entire Legislature that Upstate New York is fed up with the reckless spending and over-taxation that has plagued this state.

"Senator-elect Ritchie is a woman of the people, and will no doubt serve the best interests of her constituents and all New Yorkers by opposing taxes that kill jobs and undermine economic redevelopment.”