NEWS
- MARCH 2006
- Business Council
blasts draft state budget, with huge spending increase and no
broad-based tax relief (March 29, 2006)
- Weld, Faso
say New York needs lower taxes, spending restraint, policy reforms
to cut costs (March 28, 2006)
- Business
Council survey finds employers say New York's taxes undermine
competitiveness (March 23, 2006)
- Governor
Pataki, Governor Weld, John Faso to speak at Council's Small Business
Day March 28 (March 23, 2006)
- The
Business Council Joins World Community Grid; Idle computer time
will support research (March 17, 2006)
- A coalition of business organizations, including The Business
Council and chambers and other associations from across Upstate
New York, have announced an "Unshackle Upstate" initiative to
revive the Upstate region's flagging economy. For full details
and a chance to participate, go to www.unshackleupstate.com.
- Lawmakers
propose constitutional amendment to limit budget growth (March
15, 2006)
- Globalization
brings jobs to New York, report shows (March 15, 2006)
- Comptroller's
office announces new guidelines for government contracts (March
10, 2006)
- Assembly
Republicans propose 'New Edison Project' to promote math, science
education (March 10, 2006)
- New
'Just The Facts' shows New York leads most states in business
costs (March 9, 2006)
- Council
remains concerned about potential effect of renewable-energy mandate
on costs, reliability (March 7, 2006)
- Study
finds New York's above-average education spending yields average
results (March 7, 2006)
- Spitzer:
New York must make business more competitive by lowering taxes,
energy and labor costs (March 6, 2006)
- Senate
issues revised tax-cut plan, upping proposed cuts to $8.4 billion;
plan now includes educational tax credits (March 1, 2006)
- Economists
agree: New York will continue to lag the nation in creating jobs
(March 1, 2006)
- Council
and others in a coalition urge Albany to enact workers' comp reform
this year (March 1, 2006)
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