Linda Sanford, senior vice president for IBM and co-chairman of The Business
Council, urged the Council to maintain its focus on a long-term innovation-driven
agenda for growth in New York State.
“We do not want the urgent priorities in Albany to cause
us to lose sight of the very important long-term, multi-year agenda
we need to pursue if we want to make New York the hub of innovation
in the 21st century,” Sanford said in remarks Sept
Dan Walsh, left, retiring president
and CEO of The Business Council, with Ken Adams, president of the
Brooklyn Chamber. Adams was elected new president and CEO of The
Business Council Sept. 20 at the Council's Annual Meeting.
Saying “I can’t wait to get started,” Ken Adams, the president
of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, accepted his new role as president and
CEO of The Business Council and asked members to help make the Council strong
ALBANY—Ken Adams, president of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
since 1995 and a business leader who has emerged as a catalyst helping
chambers across the state work together on economic-development issues,
has been named president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State
Most smaller urbanized areas in New York State improved their standing in a national ranking of regional economic strength, although top rankings remain concentrated in other states.
Of 15 "micropolitan" statistical areas in New York, 13 gained in the 2006 rankings, compared to their position in 2004
Money appropriated by the state Legislature for summer institutes
for math and science, which is being made available through competitive
grants, can help school districts defray staff development costs
associated with participation in Project Lead the Way (PLTW), according
to Marg Mayo, the Council's specialist in education policy and workforce
development issues
ALBANY—State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, the
likely Democratic candidate for Governor, and John Faso,
the Republican nominee for Governor, will speak on issues in the race
for Governor at an 8:30 a.m. session Thursday, Sept. 21,
during The Business Council's Annual Meeting
ALBANY—New York State ranks behind most other states in keeping and creating jobs, both in the short term and over the past 10 years, a new Just The Facts data compilation by the Public Policy Institute of New York State shows.
From 1995 through 2005, overall private-sector employment in New York rose 8
ALBANY—For the sixth straight year, The Business Council’s
annual survey of employers’ compensation practices shows double-digit
increases in employers' average health-insurance costs. But there are
signs that pressure on these employer costs is moderating slightly
Governor Pataki has vetoed a bill that would have forced New York
State taxpayers to subsidize a $25 million giveaway to unions from
a taxpayer-funded health-insurance program that was created to benefit
specific small businesses and some uninsured workers