ALBANY—Seven New York business associations have joined Stop
the Amendment, the coalition of think tanks, fiscal-policy experts,
good-government groups, former state budget officials, and business groups
chaired by former Governor Hugh Carey. The coalition is united in its
opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would radically
change New York’s budget-making process
ALBANY—The Business Council’s Board of Directors has voted
to support the proposed Transportation Bond Act which will go before voters
on this November’s ballot.
This year’s state budget authorized a five-year, $35.8 billion
Transportation Capital Plan providing funding for the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA) and the state’s highway and bridge, rail and ports,
aviation, canal and non-MTA transit programs
ALBANY—State legislators generally scored higher on The Business
Council's annual legislative report card than they did last year. The
Council today released the report card, the "Vote for Jobs Index,"
which is designed to help citizens and business evaluate the voting records
of individual legislators on issues that affect the health of New York’s
business climate
Questions surrounding the funding of New York’s public education
system will be the subject of a debate between fiscal policy experts
Wednesday, October 19, at Marist College in Poughkeepsie.
The debate, sponsored by Marist College School of Management and
Marist’s masters in public administration program, will feature
Frank Mauro, director of the Fiscal Policy Institute, and E
States wishing to remain competitive for international investment
in today’s business climate should reduce or eliminate corporate
taxes entirely, according to a new study by the Tax Foundation.
The study, released in early October by the Tax Foundation, found
that many state lawmakers are revamping corporate tax structures
in order to make their tax systems “more competitive for jobs
and investment in the international marketplace
An unusually diverse group of individuals and organizations outlined
reasons voters should reject a proposed constitutional amendment
on this November's ballot.
“I don’t see how you’d call this reform. I don’t
see how this can conceivably be called good government," said
Frank Mauro, director of the Fiscal Policy Institute and widely
recognized advocate for generally liberal fiscal policy
ALBANY—A diverse group of organizations and individuals opposed
to a proposed constitutional amendment to radically overhaul New York's
budget process will outline different arguments against it at a news conference
at 10 a.m. Monday, October 17, in the LCA press room in the Legislative
Office Building in Albany
Relieving traditional communication providers from burdensome regulations
will benefit New York’s economy and New York residents, The
Business Council has told the state’s Public Service Commission
(PSC.)
In testimony presented October 11 to the PSC, the Council’s
director of energy and telecommunications issues, Anne Van Buren,
said non-traditional communications companies, such as wireless
providers, are quickly moving into the market
New York's high wages and labor costs are partly to blame for the
current troubles of Delphi Corporation's Lockport Plant in Buffalo,
Delphi’s CEO Robert S. Miller said at a press conference on
Wednesday, October 12.
Miller told reporters that New York’s workers’ compensation
rates add $3 per hour to the company’s labor costs
ALBANY—Former New York State Governor Hugh L. Carey has agreed
to chair Stop the Amendment, a new coalition of think tanks,
fiscal-policy experts, good-government groups, former state budget
officials, and business groups that is united in its opposition to a proposed
constitutional amendment that would radically change New York’s
budget-making process