The New York State Labor Department will now support paying
unemployment benefits in some cases where an unmarried individual
involved in long-term relationship leaves a jobs to follow
a partner to another locality.
In a letter dated February 9, the Labor Department’s
counsel, Jerome Tracy, told the state’s Unemployment
Insurance Appeals Board that an unmarried individual who leaves
a job to follow a partner can qualify for unemployment benefits
“provided sufficient proof of a long-term committed
relationship exists
Testimony of
Edward Reinfurt
Vice President, The Business Council of New York State, Inc.
Senate Finance Committee
and Assembly Ways and Means Committee
February 10, 2004
Chairman Johnson, Chairman Farrell and distinguished members of the committees, thank you for inviting us to appear before you today
ALBANY— Lawmakers formulating a state budget for 2004-05 must "reject
the idea that increasing the cost of doing business is good for working
New Yorkers," The Business Council told the state Legislature today.
"We ask you
to return to the vision that prevailed in Albany for eight years in a
rowthe understanding that cutting taxes and making our business
climate competitive will give more New Yorkers the jobs they need," Ed
Reinfurt, vice president of The Business Council, said in testimony on
the 2004-05 state budget
The
Business Council is strongly opposing a bill that would use
the state's economic development programs to create isolationist
sanctions against employers that move jobs beyond the state's
borders.
The
bill (S
The
Business Council is strongly opposing a bill that would use
the state's economic development programs to create isolationist
sanctions against employers that move jobs beyond the state's
borders.
The
bill (S
New Yorkers may now compare the most recent inpatient performance
for upstate hospitals using Excellus BlueCross BlueShield’s
web-based hospital comparison program.
The Rochester-based health insurer launched the program in
December 2002
New
York State schools need an additional $7 billion a year if
they are to provide every student the opportunity for a "sound
basic education" as required by the state Constitution,
an advocacy group said.
New
York City schools alone would require an additional $4
A
powerful hospital workers’ union has launched what it
calls a “massive” lobbying and advertising campaign
pressuring Governor Pataki and the Legislature to impose up
to $2.8 billion in new taxes on businesses, to pay for new
hospital projects and another major expansion of taxpayer-funded
health care
The
state Assembly has approved a bill that would renew, with
substantial changes, Article X of the state Public Service
Law, which governs how power plants are sited. The Council
opposes this bill.
The Assembly’s plan would modify the lapsed Article
X law
Assembly
Speaker Sheldon Silver has proposed broad reforms for New
York's budget process, including requiring public authorities
to submit their budget information to the legislature for
review, moving all off-budget spending under the state's Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA) onto the state budget, and increasing
by 5 percent the money that goes to the state's rainy-day
fund