Economic Development Committee
Staff Contact: Ken Pokalsky

Empire Zone/Emergency Rulemaking

• Emergency Rulemaking / Express Terms
• Emergency Rulemaking / SAPA Notice

TBC Testimony to the Economic Development Power Commission

Issues and Priorities

• Power for Jobs Program
• Empire Zone program extender
• Outsourcing

Public Policy Institute Reports

• Report documents prolonged lag in upstate New York economy; suggests part of the solution may be to 'Let Upstate Be Upstate'
• New York State's economy in 2004: Which way out?

2007-08 Legislative Memos

• S.1444 / A.3750, Prohibitionon Use of SSNs
• S.1445 (Nozzolio), Prohibition on Use of SSNs
• A.8703, IDA Restrictions

Council Economic Development News

• Corning announces $300 million investment in R&D facility, with 300 new jobs to be created (November 13, 2007)
• GE to create 500 new jobs and invest more than $39 million in Schenectady (October 31, 2007)
• Assembly Commission to hold roundtable on "green" jobs in Central New York (October 4, 2007)
• Report recommends refocusing New York's economic development programs on 'the Innovation Economy' (July 17, 2007)
• Senate plan would invest $3.7 billion in Upstate economy (May 16, 2007)
• Report finds New York well placed in new economy (April 17, 2007)
• Governor Spitzer's State of the State emphasizes economic revival and government reforms; The Governor's agenda addresses eight of 10 top priorities identified by Council members in a December survey (January 3, 2007)
• Governor Spitzer unveils broad 'Renew New York Agenda'; Initiative includes reforms to workers' comp and the Wicks Law, middle-class property-tax relief, and steps to increase energy supplies (January 2, 2007)
• Governor Spitzer: All actions in Albany must focus on government ethics and economic growth (January 1, 2007)

Relative Web sites:

• New York State Economic Development Council
• Empire State Development
• International Development Research Council (IDRC)