Boston – Members of the Builders and Remodelers Association of Massachusetts were in Washington, D.C. recently for a legislative conference. Leaders from the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston included Executive Officer Gerry-Lynn Darcy; executive committee member Ted Mahoney, principal of Windjammer Construction and Joe Antonelli of Professional Resources. They joined leaders from the Northeast Association including Larry Kady incoming state president, Alan Hope, and Andrew Chaban of Princeton Properties to visit their local legislators on Capitol Hill in Washington.
On June 5th the group met with Congressmen, Joseph Kennedy III, Michael Capuano and William Keating to discuss current issues and bills before congress that affect the home building and construction industries.
They also sat with staff members from the offices of Congressmen John Tierney and Stephen Lynch to provide recommendations for reform relating to the tax code, housing finance and immigration on behalf of NAHB and its local chapters.