NEWS - JUNE 2004

• Council urges Governor to veto budget 'reform' bill (June 30, 2004)

• Council testifies that proposal to hike workers' comp rates highlights the pressing need for cost-cutting reforms (June 30, 2004)
  
  
• Assembly and unions propose $1 billion in new debt for hospital subsidies (June 30, 2004)
  
  
• Council: Business fears economic harm from renewable-energy mandate; state should try incentives to increase use of renewable energy (June 29, 2004)
  
  
• Report: State should offset comp awards to reflect social security and pensions (June 29, 2004)
  
  
• Council launches new initiative to fight costly energy proposal (June 28, 2004)
  
  
• Legislative session ends with no budget, no action on key issues (June 24, 2004)
  
  
• Study: Popularity of 'consumer-driven' health plans grows among upstate employers (June 24, 2004)
  
  
• Legislature passes extension of plastic piping ban (June 24, 2004)
  
  
• A tax on employers' workers' comp premiums may increase 6 percent; Insurance Department sets hearings on proposed 29 percent increase in premiums (June 23, 2004)
  
  
• Council, other groups urge lawmakers to exempt small businesses from any mental-health mandate (June 23, 2004)
  
  
• U.S. District Court schedules hearings on controversial 'labor neutrality' law (June 23, 2004)
  
  
• Vicarious liability costs New York consumers and businesses millions (June 21, 2004)
  
  
• Report questions return on New York's $14 billion investment in schools (June 18, 2004)
  
  
• Senate launches push for tax cuts that would eventually value $1 billion (June 14, 2004)
  
  
• Study: Small business owners bear brunt of business liability burden (June 11, 2004)
  
  
• State Supreme Court rules stringent new emissions regulations invalid (June 10, 2004)
  
  
• Objective Medical Guidelines: A fair assessment for everyone involved. The 3rd issue of Comp Watch04, this report outlines New York's system for evaluating an injured employee. (June 9, 2004)
  
  
• Hatch Leonard Naples recognized as 'top producer' for Business Council's Insurance Fund in 2003 (June 8, 2004)
  
  
• Council opposes new proposal to expand the state's 'bottle bill' (June 3, 2004)
  
  
• Assembly unveils $6 billion proposal to increase state aid to schools (June 2, 2004)
  
  
• Proposed budget 'reform' would lead to higher spending and taxes, analyst says (June 2, 2004)
  
  
• Council announces opposition to bill proposing additional property tax (June 2, 2004)
  
  
• Bronx school to receive Business Council's Pathfinder Award (June 2, 2004)
  
  
• Upstate business communities invited to introduce themselves to participants on cross-state bike trek (June 1, 2004)

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