State Comptroller Alan Hevesi has proposed new regulations to require
“more transparent, timely and accurate financial reporting”
by 215 public authorities in New York State that have statewide
or regional significance.
Similar regulations were issued for the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA) last year, the comptroller’s release said
The Business Council has joined the University at Albany and others
in New York’s business and education communities in unveiling
a new Web-based system of tools designed to help schools improve.
The new “toolkit” is being offered by a new collaborative
effort called Just for the Kids-New York (JFTK-NY), which is affiliated
with the National Center for Educational Accountability (NCEA)
ALBANY—The Business Council called upon the Legislature today to begin a thoughtful, broadly based effort to develop an effective package of fiscal reforms for the state–rather than rush ahead with another patched-together, poorly thought out proposal like the constitutional amendment that was overwhelming rejected by the people on Nov
Testimony of
Robert B. Ward
Director of Research
Business Council of New York State,Inc.
Senate Democratic Task Force on
Legislative and Budgetary Reform
November 15, 2005
Thank you for inviting us to speak with you today on the important topic of fiscal reform.
Senator Krueger, we note that your votes against S
The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) should
finalize a draft permit that would allow one Upstate employer to
assess the use of an alternative energy source that could save jobs,
The Business Council told the DEC in testimony on November 9
ALBANY—Business Council President Daniel B. Walsh thanked Governor
Hugh Carey for his leadership of the coalition The Business Council assembled
to defeat the Runaway Spending Amendment, which voters emphatically rejected
yesterday, with 63 percent of voters saying "no" to the legislative
power grab
ALBANY—Business Council President Daniel B. Walsh thanked Governor
Hugh Carey for his leadership of the coalition The Business Council assembled
to defeat the Runaway Spending Amendment, which voters emphatically rejected
yesterday, with 63 percent of voters saying "no" to the legislative
power grab
ALBANY—Five New York business associations have joined Stop
the Amendment, the coalition of think tanks, fiscal-policy experts,
good-government groups, former state budget officials, and business groups
united in opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would
radically change New York’s budget-making process
A top IBM executive has challenged the New York State education
system to double the number of science, math and engineering graduates
by 2015, to help drive the innovations that will enable the state
and the nation to compete in the global economy.
Nicholas M
Local governments and school districts in New York increased spending at more than twice the inflation rate from 1998 through 2003, a new report from the Office of the State Comptroller shows.
Property taxes also jumped by more than twice the inflation rate, and further tax increases are likely, according to the comptroller's 2005 Annual Report on Local Governments