Businesses
in New York State have spent some $3.1 billion since 1979
to clean Superfund sites for which they were liable, a new
state report shows.
That
figure represents 62 percent of the nearly $5 billion spent
on Superfund sites since 1979, said Ken Pokalsky, The Council's
environmental specialist
The
Business Council in March will reprise seminars designed to
help businesses understand property-tax assessments and how
they can be challenged to reduce property taxes.
The
one-day seminars will take place March 5, 6, and 7 in Buffalo,
Waterloo & Saratoga Springs, respectively
Ohio's
top three research universities are proposing a bond act that
would let the state's voters decide whether to invest up to
$3 billion on collaborative biotechnology research and development
over 10 years.
The
University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University, and Case
Western Reserve University first championed the "Ohio Plan
for Technology and Economic Development" last year
For
the second straight year, New York State inventors set a record
for patents in 2001, according to the state Office of Science,
Technology, and Academic Research (NYSTAR).
The
achievement "is is a solid indication of the amazing vitality
of the state's inventors and innovators," said Russell W
So
far, New York's economy appears to be handling the current
national recession better than it did in 1990.
The
latest seasonally adjusted jobs numbers through November show
that since the recession began in March, New York had lost
117,500 jobs, or 1
To
help New York recover from the current recession and from
the Sept. 11 terrorist atrocity in New York City, lawmakers
in Albany must redouble their commitment to lower taxes, regulatory
reforms, and other policies that have produced growth and
prosperity in the last half-dozen years
Two
key Business Council committees have named new chairmen for
2002.
Laurie
DeLong, manager of human resources for Ball Metal Beverage
Container in Saratoga Springs, is the new chairman of the
Labor and Human Resources (HR) Committee
The
Business Council is creating a "working group" of members
and representatives of state and regional government agencies
to consider a range of border issues that affect commerce
between New York State and Canada
The
Business Council is planning to testify on the state's draft
energy plan in the weeks ahead, and is asking its members
for their views on the draft in order to shape that testimony.
The state Energy Board released its draft plan in December, and
will conduct eight public hearings around the state at which
the business community can comment on the draft, said Johnny
Evers, the Council's legislative analyst specializing in energy
issues
A terror attack—and now a recession. New York State is down. But not out.
We can emerge from this stronger than ever before. For the truth is, New York is stronger than ever before. Before 9/11 our state's economy was entering the current recession in far better shape than in the last recession, in 1990