We are excited to invite you to participate in NYSA’s Annual New York State Lobby Day in Albany! This is a critical opportunity for our members to directly engage with state legislators and advocate for policies that protect and advance the staffing industry in New York.

Why Your Voice Matters:

This year’s legislative session includes multiple bills that directly impact our industry, including:

• Proposals to restrict the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) and shift compliance burdens onto employers rather than developers
• New legislation seeking to expand wage theft enforcement, introduce private rights of action, and increase liability risks for staffing firms
• Ongoing efforts to reform Article 29K’s registration and reporting requirements on healthcare staffing
• Legislation requiring retail, food service, and cleaning employers to give employees 7 days' advance notice of schedules and guarantee minimum pay when shifts are cut or employees are placed on call with short notice.

Your participation is vital to educate lawmakers, share real-world impacts, and secure policies that support staffing firms, employees, and the clients we serve.

Let’s make sure Albany hears the collective voice of New York’s staffing industry. Together, we can protect our businesses and champion workforce solutions that work for everyone.

Meetings with legislators will start around 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Attendees are encouraged to arrive in Albany the night before.  If you are not able to come up the night before, please plan on arriving prior to 9:00 a.m. on March 20th as the first appointment is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. The meetings wrap up for the day around 3:00 p.m.

All attendees will also be required to attend one Zoom meeting with NYSA's legislative committee and lobbyists prior to Lobby Day to review important legislative topics. 

NYSA is recommending the Hilton Albany for overnight accommodations.  The hotel is within walking distance of the Capital and gets booked very quickly. 

Hotel Information:

Hilton Albany
40 Lodge Street
Albany, NY 12207
Hotel Website
Call 518-462-6611 for reservations.  There is no room block or discount code for this event.  

There is no cost to attend this event.  Attendees are responsible for their own hotel and travel expenses. 

Industry professionals discuss the challenges and opportunities in Staffing Industry M&A in a newly uncertain macro-economic environment – and highlight the need for strong strategies to increase the chances of achieving dealmaking success.

Join the New York Staffing Association for a webinar discussing current market conditions and tactics that contribute to profitable M&A deals for staffing firms. We will cover:

• Key Contributors to a Strong Staffing M&A Market in 2025
• Notable Subsectors in Staffing
• Types of Deals
• De-Risking Your Deal
• Role of Reps and Warranties Insurance
• Key Terms and General Leverage Metrics for Financing Transactions
• Raising Financing
• The Role and Value of Quality of Earnings Reports
• The Changing Dynamics of Due Diligence: Cybersecurity, Customer Sustainability, and More

Speakers:

Chad Gardiner, Director of Investment Banking, leads Bridgepoint’s efforts in the staffing sector. During his 23 years of prior experience, Chad was responsible for 70 M&A and capital raising transactions, successfully moving more than $8 billion in capital for investment banking firms including KPMG Corporate Finance in Chicago, Capstone Headwaters, Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. Chad was instrumental in leading advisory and execution for numerous staffing deals – notably, Chad led efforts on Bridgepoint’s sale of LRS Healthcare to Jackson Healthcare and recapitalization of Atlas MedStaff. A graduate of Brigham Young University, Chad earned a B.S. in accounting, was a Golden Key National Honor Society member and is FINRA series 7, 79, 63, 24 and 28 licensed.

James Rieger is a partner at Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, New York, NY. Tannenbaum Helpern is a 45 year old general practice law firm centered on providing solutions to entrepreneurs, investors and institutions. James has over 25 years’ experience with a broad corporate and securities law practice, with a focus on the staffing and distribution industries, and represents public and private companies, hedge funds, merchant banks, private equity funds, exchange traded funds, venture capital funds, investment banks, underwriters, and private investors in many types of transactions, including public and private debt and equity offerings, credit facilities, mergers, acquisitions, fund formation, activist investments, restructurings and divestitures of assets and divisions. James is a past Chairman of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the Business Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Registration Fees:

NYSA Members: No Charge
Non-Members: $60 per person