The Business Council of New York State, Inc. will host its 2011 Spring Environment Conference on Thursday April 14, at the Crowne Plaza Albany, Albany, NY. This one-day conference provides participants with an update on environmental issues by key officials from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Unites States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
ALBANY— Heather D. Jung has joined The Business Council of New York State, Inc. as manager of government affairs. In that role, she will expand The Business Council's advocacy efforts by spearheading the creation of a travel and tourism committee.
That committee will work to formulate a legislative and policy agenda to improve and expand the industry across New York State
ALBANY— “The budget agreement reached by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is truly historic and starts New York on a path to economic recovery,” said Heather Briccetti, acting-president & CEO of The Business Council of New York State
ALBANY— “New York cannot continue its habit of taxing too much and spending too much if our political leaders are serious about creating jobs in the private sector economy,” said Heather Briccetti, acting-president & CEO of The Business Council of New York. “The good news in the one-house budgets released this week is that the State Senate majority gets it
ALBANY— “The State Senate's passage of “Recharge NY” a long-term, economic development power program is an important step in creating a program that will lead to jobs and investment in our state's economy, said Heather Briccetti, acting-president & CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc
ALBANY— “A long term economic development power program will help create and retain good paying jobs in New York. The Business Council strongly supports the Administration's “Recharge NY” proposal, and appreciates that the State Senate is moving it forward, said Heather Briccetti, acting-president & CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc
ALBANY— “The proposal to expand the current Health Care Reform Act (HCRA) tax on medical services is really a tax increase that will force employers and workers to pay more for health insurance,” said Heather Briccetti, acting-president & CEO of The Business Council of New York State. “This is a bad idea that has been considered and rejected before
ALBANY— Despite falling property values in many places, New Yorkers paid $2.3 billion more in property taxes in 2010 than they did in 2009, according to an analysis by the Public Policy Institute, the research affiliate of The Business Council of New York State, Inc.
Property owners in New York Sate paid a staggering $48 billion in property taxes in 2010, up five percent from 2009
ALBANY—“The best economic development program to create jobs in New York is to create a better business climate,” said Heather Briccetti, acting-president & CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. “Gov. Cuomo's budget starts that process with structural reforms to reduce state spending, hold the line on taxes now and allow for tax relief in the future
ALBANY—
“Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a budget that finally addresses the need to reduce government spending and put New York on the road to recovery,” said Heather Briccetti, acting-president & CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. “This budget proposal ends the business as usual in Albany that has led to a loss of jobs and population in our state