Hannah Rosie
Mike Avella Jr. remembers petitioning alongside his father – the state government veteran Michael Avella – when he was only 10 years old. The father and son duo still work together, now at Dickinson & Avella, a strategic governmental relations firm focusing on the state Capitol. As a government affairs associate, Avella Jr. represents the interests of a multitude of clients ranging from large corporations to advocacy coalitions.
“We represent so many different people,” the younger Avella says. “I don t think there s a sector that we don t touch. One minute I could be working on technology, the next one on voting rights, then criminal justice reform, and then helping out the Mets safely reopen.”
Letter: Climate and Community Investment Act would penalize retirees
to the editor
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FILE. Letter writer says, It’s unconscionable to penalize retirees for driving to buy groceries, pick up life-saving prescriptions, visit family and friends and heat their homes activities that are not major contributors to carbon emissions. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
The Retired Public Employees Association, representing the interests of nearly 500,000 state and local government retirees, objects to the June 24 editorial “A ticking climate clock” about the Climate and Community Investment Act. This is not the best way to reduce carbon emissions, especially because it would tax the use of energy that retirees depend on for their health, safety and quality of life: gasoline and fuel for cooking and heating their homes.