Linda Sanford, a senior vice president at IBM and co-chair
of The Business Council of New York State, has been nominated
by Governor Eliot Spitzer to serve as a member of the State
University of New York Board of Trustees.
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Proposals to require employers to offer paid family leave
would increase New York's already high job-creation
costs, the Council told lawmakers during a Senate Labor
Committee Hearing.
In June 5 legislative testimony, Tom Minnick, the Council's
specialist in labor policy, told state legislators that
the Council opposes any proposals to require employers to
offer paid family leave, especially if they would use the
state's employer-funded disability system to give paid benefits
to employees who are not disabled
ALBANY—The Business Council today joined many other business associations
and groups representing New York's agriculture sector and construction
industry in urging Governor Eliot Spitzer and state legislators to reform
once and for all New York's infamous "Scaffold Law
Kenneth Adams, president and CEO of The Business Council,
has been asked by Governor Eliot Spitzer to serve on a panel
aimed at helping New York retain its status as the world's
financial capital.
“The financial world has changed and we must change
with it to retain our leadership position,” Governor
Spitzer said
New York spends more per pupil in schools than any other
state, and its per-pupil spending is 62 percent above the
national average, data released May 24 by the U.S. Census
Bureau show.
The data, for 2004-2005, show that New York's per-pupil
spending was $14,119, compared to the national average of
$8,701
Governor Eliot Spitzer and the first lady, Silda Wall Spitzer,
have announced an initiative called "I Live New York"
designed to stem the growing tide of young New Yorkers who
leave the state and to create new job and business opportunities
in New York
ALBANY—New York State's per capita state and local tax burden
in 2005 was the highest in the nation, according to a new analysis by
the Public Policy Institute.
The Institute analyzed state and local finance data provided by the Census
Bureau. The numbers, which covered the 2004-2005 fiscal year, showed that
New York's per-capita state and local tax burden was the highest
in the nation at $5,770 – 56 percent above the national average
of $3,699 and 7 percent above the next highest per capita burden in Connecticut
Ed Reinfurt, vice president of The Business Council, has
been nominated by Governor Eliot Spitzer to serve as executive
director of the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology
and Innovation (NYSTAR).
"This is a wonderful and well-deserved opportunity
for Ed, and we're very happy for him," said Kenneth
Adams, president and CEO of The Business Council
Editor's note: For a PDF file of tables
showing proposed tax and spending increases in individual school districts
in New York State, see www.ppinys.org/taxes/schooltax2007.pdf.
Or, to receive e-mailed information on any specific school districts.
ALBANY—Armed with a record increase in state aid, school districts
across New York State plan to increase average per-pupil spending by twice
the rate of inflation, a new "School Tax Watch" study by the
Public Policy Institute finds
Governor Eliot Spitzer has proposed broad changes to the
state's Wicks Law and other mandates that increase
local taxpayer burdens.
“This legislation enacts necessary measures to reduce
the heavy financial burden, ease the cumbersome workload,
and roll back the excessive mandates that for too long have
handcuffed New York State's local governments,” said
Governor Spitzer