WELCOME
TO THE BUSINESS COUNCIL
KENNETH ADAMS
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Business Council
When you join The Business
Council, you’re making a decision
to support the backbone of New York State – business.
Private-sector businesses provide the
jobs and bring in the wealth that our
workers, families and communities all
depend on.
When you join The Business
Council, you’re in good company.
Our members range from the crown jewels
of New York’s economy – IBM
and Corning, Citigroup and Verizon, Wegman’s
and Con Edison, Kodak and GE – to
Fancher Chair Co. of Falconer, and Abigal
Press of Brooklyn.
And when you join The Business
Council, you’re accepting a challenge.
It’s the challenge of working with
other employers to improve the climate
for all our businesses. It’s the
challenge of bringing New York State’s
economy back up to its potential, after
decades of lagging behind the nation’s
growth rate.
This challenge is daunting,
but achievable. New York has the entrepreneurial
talent, the highly educated workforce,
the high-tech labs and research universities,
the location advantages and the natural
resources that can add up to success
in the 21st Century economy.
What’s needed are
new governmental policies that will unleash
those strengths — rather than tie
us down with ever-growing burdens of
taxes, mandates and red tape. But government
in New York is not going to magically
change its ways on its own. The new policies
that our economic growth depends upon
can only be achieved through collective
action by the business community.
The Business Council has
the members, the agenda and the determination
to lead the fight for change. Join us – and
together, we will make New York come
alive again.
Kenneth Adams
President