The Business Council will
survey member businesses on issues related to the cost, supply, and economic
importance of energy in New York State.
The survey will be sent to
businesses that are Council members later this month. Responses will be
tablulated in late June, with a release of the results tentatively scheduled
for early July
New York
State has lost ground to some key competitors in the competition for
federal research dollars and in the economic growth these research projects
often generate, U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-New Hartford), chair
of the House Committee on Science, told New York business, government,
and academic leaders May 14
New York State is at a crossroads
in its economic history, and its decisions about state spending this year
will determine its future prosperity, Governor George Pataki told more than
700 business and government leaders at The Business Council's annual dinner
May 14.
The Governor thanked The
Business Council for contributing ideas, information, and advocacy that
he said have helped make New York's recent economic resurgence possible
The New York State Electric
& Gas Corp. (NYSEG) estimates that New York's potential electric supply
shortfall in the years ahead is even larger than previously suggested, saying
this "adds urgency for real solutions."
The New York Independent
System Operator (NYISO), which operates the state's electric grid, recently
called on the state to permit the siting of 8,600 megawatts of new generating
capacity by 2005
ALBANYFive
of New York's leading academic and industrial experts in high-tech research
and development will participate in a May 14 panel discussion on how research
and development investments can generate technological and economic growth
in New York.
The panel discussion
will be part of The Public Policy Institute's annual Economic Issues Forum,
which is scheduled from 3-5 p
The Pataki administration
Wednesday proposed changes to auto insurance in New York designed to fight
fraud and cut auto insurance premiums.
The legislative
and regulatory package includes an executive order from the Governor
naming the Attorney General special prosecutor to coordinate state-level
investigatory and prosecutorial efforts to fight fraud
Senate Majority Leader Joseph
Bruno Wednesday convened a meeting of the Joint Legislative Budget General
Conference Committee and renewed his call for $2.2 billion in new tax cuts.
No Senate or Assembly Democrats
on the conference committee attended the meeting.
The Senate's package won
approval of the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday
For the complete tables showing proposed tax and spending increases in
individual school districts in New York State.
ALBANY, N.Y.School
budgets appearing on ballots across New York State next week would increase
property taxes by twice the projected rate of inflation, a new "School Tax
Watch" study by The Public Policy Institute finds
The Senate majority has proposed
a $1 million state pilot program to encourage employers to invest in health
screening and wellness education programs at worksites.
"Demand for health-care services
in New York, as well as health insurance premiums, are skyrocketing," Senate
Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said at a press conference announcing the "New
York Wellness Works" proposal
The
Business Council and the Chamber Alliance of New York State (CANYS) have
launched a new electronic advocacy initiative in support of two bills designed
to make health insurance more affordable for small businesses.
One of the bills (S.3795-Seward/A.7413-Morelle)
is designed to make affordable health insurance more accessible for sole
proprietors by preserving sole proprietors' longstanding access to group-rated
health insurance coverage