ALBANY— “With New York's unemployment rate increasing to a 16 year high, now is not the time for the State Legislature to place new and costly mandates on private sector employers,” said Kenneth Adams, president & CEO of The Business Council of New York State.
“Our state's economy is in desperate need of private sector job growth
$2.5 Billion of Important Projects on Hold Due to the State's Failure to Re-Authorize IDA Financing for Non-Profit Organizations
ALBANY, N.Y. – The state economy is losing more than $2.5 billion in economic stimulus and essential social services are being compromised as a result of the state's failure to re-authorize IDA-financing for non-profit organizations, according to a coalition of business, municipal and nonprofit community groups
ALBANY— New York should not return to a prior approval system which could politicize and artificially suppress heath insurance premium rates, The Business Council of New York State said, today, in testimony to the Assembly Insurance Committee. The Business Council did call for changes to give employers more notice of rate changes and to give the Insurance Superintendent clearer enforcement powers
ALBANY— "Gov. David Paterson is right to call for a less costly tier of pension benefits for new public employees. Failing to reform the pension system to lower future costs would put an anchor on the state's economy,” said Kenneth Adams, president & CEO of The Business Council of New York State
ALBANY— Richard Michael “Goose” Gossage will be the featured speaker at The Business Council of New York State's Second Annual Business Council Member Golf Classic.
National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, Gossage is a former relief pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1972 to 1994 for nine different teams, spending his best years with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres
ALBANY—
“A bill to require union wages on private sector projects that receive any government aid, no matter how limited or indirect, will bring construction to a halt, kill jobs and deter new investment in New York. Proposed wage mandates will drive up costs for private sector projects, affordable housing and other stimulus efforts
ALBANY— “Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's bill to make local government consolidation easier is an important reform that can help lower the cost of government in the state,” said Kenneth Adams, president & CEO of The Business Council of New York State.
“The New NY Government Reorganization and Citizen Empowerment Act will provide local government officials and ordinary citizens tools to make local government work more efficiently,” added Adams
Contacts:
Unshackle Upstate, 585.256.4606
NFIB, 518.434.1262
The Business Council of New York State, Inc., 518.465.7511
ALBANY, N.Y.—A coalition of business groups led by The Business Council of New York State, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and Unshackle Upstate today called on state lawmakers to enact an agenda for an affordable New York
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What: News Conference to announce a broad based business coalition to support a focused reform agenda for an affordable New York.
Who: The Business Council of New York State, Unshackle Upstate, National Federation of Independent Business and other business organizations
ALBANY— “New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli's critique of this year's state budget confirms what The Business Council has been saying since it was enacted. The budget fails New York taxpayers by spending too much and taxing too much,” said Kenneth Adams, president and CEO, The Business Council of New York State