Our Expertise

WRM Bulletin

State Budget Negotiations

The partners of Weingarten, Reid & McNally are experts on navigating the complexities of the state budget process. Over the years, we’ve helped clients achieve tax cuts and spending increases including:

• extension of the investment tax credit for the Securities Industry
• to acceleration of tax reductions for home care providers
• increased assistance for Public Transit Authorities
• $3.9 million in monies for cancer initiatives
• to increased Medicaid clinic rates for persons with developmental disabilities

the appropriation of $7 million from HCRA and $2.5 million from the State Budget for School Based Health Clinics

$19 million to support Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems Manufacturing Facility, the largest employer in Western New York.

Economic Development

Weingarten, Reid & McNally has a great deal of experience helping businesses succeed.  Recent examples include securing tax credits for Wall Street firms to keep investments in New York, economic development funding to keep minor leagues baseball in New York, and the expansion of foreign investment limits to enable New York Life to grow business.

Health Care

Weingarten, Reid & McNally influences health care issues at both the state and federal level, including the New York Prospective Hospital Reimbursement System (NYPHRM), the Health Care Reform Act (HCRA), and mandatory Medicaid Managed Care.

Political Contacts

Our team approach to direct lobbying and relationships on both sides of the aisle get results our clients. We use our collective contacts and access to put your issue in front of the right people. Mr. Reid, for example, will work with members of the Republican Senate Majority and Governor's Office, and at the same time, Mr. Weingarten will work with the Democratic Assembly. Ms. McNally provides representation to clients in the Assembly where she utilizes relationships developed with Majority assembly members and their staffs over the past 25 years. She also has extensive contacts in various State agencies, including the Department of Health.

Regulatory Expertise

Our regulatory experience helps clients with issues dependent on state rules and regulations. The firm has excellent relations with: 

• New York State Department of Health
• State Office for the Aging
• New York State Department of Transportation
• State Department of Economic Development
• Empire State Development Corporation.
• Department of Taxation and Finance
• Office for Technology
• Office of Mental Health
• Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
• State Insurance Department
• State Education Department
• Office of General Services
• State Liquor Authority
• Housing Finance Agency
• Department of Environmental Conservation