Governor
George Pataki has announced a new $19.5 million workforce
development program for manufacturers designed to offer new
job-training support so that small, medium-sized, and large
manufacturing firms can upgrade the skills of new and incumbent
workers
New
York State continues to suffer from the highest state and
local tax burden in the nation, according to a new report
from the Tax Foundation. The new analysis echoes earlier research
by The Business Council's research affiliate, The Public Policy
Institute, and many others
Andrew Eristoff, commissioner of the New York State Department
of Taxation and Finance, will present the keynote address
at The Business Council’s annual Conference on State
Taxation, May 17-19 at the Otesaga in Cooperstown.
Advance registration for this popular annual conference is
strongly encouraged, said Ellen Muir, director of conference
development for The Business Council
Four
of the top five spenders on lobbying in New York State in
2003 were unions whose work is funded wholly or substantially
by taxpayer dollars, new data from the New York State Temporary
Commission on Lobbying show
Several
regional business associations in western New York have launched
campaigns to encourage state lawmakers to enact reforms that
would reduce the burden of Medicaid costs in New York State.
The
Rochester Business Alliance (RBA), the Buffalo-Niagara Partnership
(BNP), and the Metropolitan Development Authority (MDA) of
Syracuse have met recently with county officials in Monroe,
Erie, and Onondaga counties
Governor George E. Pataki’s proposal to allow public and private
colleges and universities to compete for up to $350 million in state funds
as part of a matching grant program would create 16,000 jobs, and spur
economic activity across the state by leveraging over $1 billion in investments
from private and other sources, according the New York Commission of Independent
Colleges and Universities (cICU)
Governor
George Pataki this week rejected the idea of tax increases
to support increased school spending, and insisted that last
year's income-tax surcharge should expire as scheduled.
"This
state does not have, in my view, any desire to raise taxes,"
the Governor said in response to a question about how to pay
for any increase in school funding
New York State can expect more than 18,000 new jobs by 2008
as a result of information- technology job growth outside
the United States, according to a new study commissioned by
the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
David
Gregory, White House correspondent for NBC News, will be the
keynote speaker at The Business Council's Annual State Chamber
Dinner Monday, May 10, at the Empire State Plaza Convention
Center in Albany.
Gregory
has been a correspondent with NBC News since 1995, reporting
for all the news divisions' broadcasts
The
Business Council has modified its ongoing electronic advocacy
campaign in support of workers' comp reform as a result of
Governor George Pataki's new reform proposal.
The
Council launched a Web-based "e-advocacy" campaign Feb