A proposed constitutional amendment
on the Nov. 8 ballot “would destroy our capacity to move forward”
to solve New York’s deep economic and fiscal problems, state
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said.
“The amendment before us is a trick and a treat,” the
attorney general said in a Halloween-Day address before the Citizens
Budget Commission in New York City
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
chaired by former Governor Hugh Carey. The coalition is united in its
opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would radically
change New York’s budget-making process
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
chaired by former Governor Hugh Carey. The coalition is united in its
opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would radically
change New York’s budget-making process
New York has one of the nation’s
least hospitable environments for small businesses and entrepreneurship,
a new national ranking of all 50 states shows.
New York is ranked only 44th on the Small Business Survival Index
2005, which was released earlier this month by the Small Business
and Entrepreneurship Council (SBEC)
ALBANY—Four 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
chaired by former Governor Hugh Carey. The coalition is united in its
opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would radically
change New York’s budget-making process
ALBANY—Requiring Americans who cross to and from Canada to carry
a passport “would create serious economic problems for tourism and
business activity,” The Business Council said in testimony today
at a federal hearing in Buffalo.
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ALBANY—Seven 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
chaired by former Governor Hugh Carey. The coalition is united in its
opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would radically
change New York’s budget-making process
ALBANY—The Business Council’s Board of Directors has voted
to support the proposed Transportation Bond Act which will go before voters
on this November’s ballot.
This year’s state budget authorized a five-year, $35.8 billion
Transportation Capital Plan providing funding for the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA) and the state’s highway and bridge, rail and ports,
aviation, canal and non-MTA transit programs
ALBANY—State legislators generally scored higher on The Business
Council's annual legislative report card than they did last year. The
Council today released the report card, the "Vote for Jobs Index,"
which is designed to help citizens and business evaluate the voting records
of individual legislators on issues that affect the health of New York’s
business climate
Questions surrounding the funding of New York’s public education
system will be the subject of a debate between fiscal policy experts
Wednesday, October 19, at Marist College in Poughkeepsie.
The debate, sponsored by Marist College School of Management and
Marist’s masters in public administration program, will feature
Frank Mauro, director of the Fiscal Policy Institute, and E