A spokesman for the GOP says while they are «always happy to have a serious discussion about what
constitutes sound public policy for the state of New York».
«We are always happy to have a serious discussion about what
constitutes sound public policy for the state of New York, but this sounds like a P.R. stunt,» said Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif.
«Creating another layer of regulation through a state license issued by an agency [the state Labor Department] with no experience regulating the elevator industry is duplicative, serves only to confuse, and does not
constitute sound public policy,» said the mayor's Albany legislative director, Sherif Soliman.