ALBANYTwo of New York State's leading think tanks on fiscal policy will sponsor a symposium on how and why New York State must reduce its costs of government. The symposium will take place Dec. 11 at the state Capitol in Albany.
The symposium, "It Can Be Done: Attacking the Cost of Government in New York State," is being sponsored by The Public Policy Institute and the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
New York State’s new brownfield law will do little
good in New York City because it imposes needlessly stringent
cleanup standards, according to a report from the city’s
Independent Budget Office (IBO).
The new IBO report echoes objections voiced by The Business
Council during debate over the law, which the Governor signed
into law in October
The Council for Corporate and School Partnerships (CCSP)
has announced creation of a new award designed to honor successful
partnerships between the business world and schools.
The new award, the National School and Business Partnership
Award, will be given to six different partnerships from around
the country
New
York's per-capita property tax burden is more than $1,300
for every man, woman, and child in New York, the nation's
fourth-heaviest property tax burden and 50 percent above average,
according to the third briefing paper in The Public Policy
Institute's Tax
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The Chamber
Alliance of New York State has elected five new board members and reelected
four others.
The new board
members elected include:
John
D'Ambrosio, president, Orange County Chamber.
Kevin
Keeley, president and CEO, Chemung County Chamber
New York is losing economic ground to states that tax their
citizens and businesses less, according to a new paper in
The Public Policy Institute's Tax
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Between 1992 and 2002, private-sector employment grew 21.1
percent nationwide, the paper said
ALBANYNew York's business community thinks that The Business Council,
the state's leading advocate for business, has been too weak in criticizing
state government actions that worsen New York's business climate, a new
Business Council survey shows.
"New York's
businesses want The Business Council to be sharper and blunter in criticizing
bad policy decisions," said Heidi Nauleau, chairman of the Aarque Companies
of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, and chairman of The Business Council
ALBANYA huge majority of New York State employers say the state's
high taxes and high costs of health insurance, workers' compensation,
and electricity are hurting their ability to do business, a new Business
Council survey of New York employers shows.
"This message from employers is an alarm that Albany cannot ignore,"
said Heidi Nauleau, chairman of the Aarque Companies of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, and chairman of The Business Council
New York’s Labor Neutrality Act is part of a systematic, state-by-state
attempt by unions to restrict employers’ free-speech rights and
is preempted by the federal National Labor Relations Act, The Business
Council has told a federal district court considering a challenge to the
law
ALBANYNew York State's taxes are the nation's highest, and this economic disadvantage drives jobs to other states and hurts New York's employers and working families, according to the first in a new series of papers to be published by The Public Policy Institute of New York State.
Only elected officials' commitment to restrain government spending can reduce this burden on New Yorkers, the report added