Assemblyman John McDonald, a former mayor of Cohoes, spoke in support of the AG's efforts, saying his city has struggled with maintaining and keeping
track of abandoned buildings.
Our recommendation is that we should
abandon the sky - is - falling and phantom job loss tactic, and lobby the administration with several «asks,» that could include: MLP / REIT status for solar companies; fast -
track permitting; reducing environmental studies; tax - free manufacturing zones in the interest
of U.S. national security and to revitalize certain cities; a revision
of accounting rules that penalize solar project owners; federal policy allowing net metering for homeowners and community solar projects; including solar in the upcoming infrastructure spending bill; and finally increased PV deployment on federal
buildings.