New York State must site
and build new generating plants and transmission lines to avoid shortages
of electricity and keep the price of power in check, Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer and leaders in the electrical industry agreed.
The Attorney
General spoke Friday, September 22, to The Business Council's Annual
Meeting, which drew more than 500 business and government leaders to
The Sagamore resort on Lake George
ALBANY - The Business Council of New York State has elected a new chairman,
vice chairman, and vice chair for finance, as well as four new directors.
The elections took place at Sept. 20 The Council's Annual Meeting in Bolton
Landing.
William Allyn, chairman and CEO of Welch Allyn Ventures, LLC, has
been elected chairman of The Council's board of directors
ALBANY, N.Y. - Five of New York's top business leaders have been elected to the
board of directors of The Business Council of New York State. The elections
took place Wednesday, Sept. 19, at The Business Council's Annual Meeting.
The new directors are:
Howard Berman, chief executive officer of Excellus in Rochester,
a $2 billion-plus not-for-profit parent of health insurers and health-care
providers in central and western New York
ALBANYNew
Yorkers overwhelmingly support raising academic standards and using tests
as a way to evaluate the performance of students, teachers, and schools, according
to a new poll commissioned by The Public Policy Institute of New York State,
the research affiliate of The Business Council
ALBANYRichard
P. Mills, Commissioner of Education for New York State and a pioneer in the
movement to strengthen performance standards for schools, teachers, and schoolchildren,
has been chosen to receive the prestigious Corning Award for Excellence.
The Business
Council presents the award each year to a New Yorker who has demonstrated
an outstanding level of accomplishment and a deep and sustaining commitment
to the people of New York State
Presented by: Edward Reinfurt, Vice President, The Business Council
Good morning. I am Ed Reinfurt, Vice President of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. On behalf of our membership, we thank you for the opportunity to testify before the Governor’s Study Commission on Workers’ Compensation Special Funds
ALBANYThe
Business Council today urged the reform or elimination of the "second injury
fund" in New York's workers' compensation system, saying it has outlived its
intent and driven up workers' comp costs.
In testimony
before the Governor's Study Commission on Workers' Compensation Special Funds,
Ed Reinfurt, vice president of The Business Council, said business is recommending
this action even though, in the short term, it could mean higher comp costs
for some employers
ALBANYBetween
1999 and 2000, New York State's workers' compensation costs for manufacturers
moved farther above the national average for those costs, an authoritative
new study shows. Only nine states in the study were farther above the national
average in these comp costs.
As costs in most
states declined, New York manufacturers paid average workers' comp costs that
were 29
The Business Council is cosponsoring
the 13th Annual Pollution Prevention Conference sponsored by the state Department
of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Sept. 19-21 at the Hotel Syracuse.
At the conference, business,
government, and environmental leaders will address issues related to pollution
and the environment
ALBANYNew
York's ongoing labor shortage is prompting employers to compete for new workers
by offering higher starting pay and quicker first raises, a new Business Council
survey of employers' compensation practices shows.
The new survey
was conducted by Compdata Surveys of Kansas City, the survey company with
the nation's largest database on pay and benefits information