An entrepreneurship magazine has included seven New York regions on its
list of top areas in the nation in which to do business.
The same magazine also named two New York cities among the top 10 worst
areas for businesses.
Inc. magazine used job-growth statistics for more than 250 regions
to compile its list of the top 75 large, medium, and small business-friendly
areas in the nation
The
Council has welcomed separate jobs proposals offered by the
Senate and Assembly, but warned that any development plan
must address business's main priority: cutting New York's
consistently above-average job-creation costs
The Nuclear Regulatory Committee, the federal regulatory
committee that oversees nuclear power, has declared the nuclear
reactors at Indian Point nuclear power plant “fit,”
and changed the plant’s level of oversight from “heightened”
to “standard
New York boasts the sixth-highest level of graduate and professional
degrees in the nation, with 12.6 percent of its population
aged 25 and older holding graduate or professional degrees,
according to a new survey analysis by the U.S
The
Democratic Assembly majority has proposed an economic-development
initiative that would the extend the state's Power for Jobs
program, change the state's economic-development administration,
impose new restrictions on the state's Empire Zone program,
promote strategic industry investments, and invest in workforce
education and training focused on high-tech jobs of the future
A
prominent New York State watchdog group has urged lawmakers
to adopt 10 key budget changes that would reform the budget
process and improve the state's fiscal prudence.
The
Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) said its 10 budget reforms,
which it dubbed "the Palisades Principles," are "more comprehensive
than any proposed by state leaders so far
Lawmakers shouldn't count too much on economic forecasting
reports predicting future growth in the state's economy, State
Comptroller Alan Hevesi warned in a new report.
“While current executive and legislative forecasts for
2005 and after are for continued, though lower, growth, there
are number of risks that could derail the economy, most notably
the lack of growth in jobs and the increasing federal deficit,” the report said
New York State’s power grid did not contribute to the
August, 2003, blackout, but utility companies need to secure
more backup power in the future, according to an initial report
by the New York State Public Service Commission.
“Although the power surges from Midwest cascaded through
New York and the surrounding region, there is no evidence
of any significant failures in the operations of New York's
electric system,” said Public Service Commission Chairman
William M
New
York State schools need an additional $9.5 billion in spending
over the next four years if they are to provide every student
the opportunity for a "sound basic education" as
required by the state Constitution, an advocacy group said
ALBANYElementary schools in Cortland, Erie, Westchester, Steuben,
Yates, and Nassau counties will receive The Business Council's 2004 Pathfinder
Award in separate ceremonies in March. The award honors schools that show
high improvement from one year to the next as measured by their students'
scores on state tests