Today Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and his colleagues in the Senate
Majority proposed
a farsighted investment in the life sciences in New York. We think this is
a great idea.
The proposed programs would pay intellectual, technological, and economic
dividends for generations
ALBANYThe
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has indicated that a large-scale
dredging of the Hudson River is its preferred option for removing PCBs in
sediment at the river's bottom.
We oppose this
plan. We are unconvinced about the effectiveness of dredging and of the need
to do it
ALBANYThe Business Council and various regional chambers of commerce
around the state have scheduled six more ceremonies in the weeks ahead at
which schools around the state will receive the first annual "Pathfinder Awards."
Pathfinder Awards have already been presented at five similar events
New York State will not have
enough energy capacity to meet its demand unless it sites more power plants
soon, an expert from the Public Service Commission (PSC) has told The Business
Council.
"Electric supplies are tight
for 2001, 2002, and beyond unless new generation is built," Howard Tarler,
Chief of Bulk Transmission Systems for the PSC, said Nov
ALBANYThe Business Council and various regional chambers of commerce
around the state have scheduled ceremonies in the weeks ahead at which schools
around the state will receive the first annual "Pathfinder Awards."
The Business Council created the Pathfinder Awards this year to recognize
schools that show the most improvement from one year to the next as measured
by the state's new academic standards
ALBANYRaymond T. Schuler, who created the New York State Department of Transportation, served as its commissioner under three governors, and then founded The Business Council of New York State, Inc., to build an economic renaissance in his native state, died early Friday. Schuler, 71, had fought cancer for eight years
The state's proposal to increase
and extend for five years a charge that inflates New Yorkers' energy costs
is "risky and unwarranted" and should be curtailed in duration and scope,
The Business Council has told the New York State Public Service Commission
(PSC).
The proposed systems benefit
charge (SBC) should be restructured and reduced or eliminated for commercial
and industrial users, and it should be extended for only two years while
its actual effects on energy conservation are assessed, Business Council
President Daniel B
New York must
invest more money in technology research and development, and do so more
strategically, to fully harness the economic potential of new technologies,
business and academic leaders said this month at a Business Council conference.
Six technology
R&D leaders from New York companies and universities participated in a panel
discussion Nov
The Business Council has
kicked off its campaign for further tax reduction in a letter to Governor
Pataki outlining The Council's tax-cut agenda for 2001.
"The giant steps that you
have taken over the past six years to make New York's taxes more competitive
are paying off in thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars in business
investment," Business Council President Daniel B
Ms. Janet H. Diexler, Secretary
Public Service Commission
Agency Building 3
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12223-1350
Dear Secretary Diexler:
RE: PSC-30-00-0005; Comments on Staff Proposal to extend and expand the System Benefits Charge (SBC)
The Business Council of New York State, Inc