New York State should implement its new renewable portfolio standard
(RPS) in a way that minimizes increases in New York’s already
high energy costs and ensures that the reliability of New York’s
electricity system is not undermined, The Business Council told
two Assembly committees in testimony today
The first element in helping New York create an innovation-driven
economy is making businesses more competitive by reducing the state’s
“excessive” property tax burden, lowering energy costs,
reforming workers’ compensation and lowering the cost of health
insurance, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said in remarks before
business leaders at the Rochester Institute of Technology
New York State will continue to lag far behind the rest of the nation in creating jobs this year and in 2007, the state's fiscal experts and independent economists agreed.
Leaders of Governor Pataki's Budget Division and the Legislature's fiscal committees heard from outside economic experts Wednesday, in the state's annual Economic and Revenue Consensus Forecasting Conference, after the legislative analysts issued their own forecasts
A new coalition of business leaders and associations Wednesday
urged state lawmakers to enact cost-cutting workers’ compensation
reforms.
“New York State’s broken workers’ compensation
system is costing jobs, hurting businesses, and treating injured
workers unfairly, and it is in desperate need of reform,”
the coalition said in a release
The Republican Senate Majority has strengthened its proposal to
reduce New York’s tax burden, saying its revised plan would
return $8.4 billion to property taxpayers, businesses, and energy
consumers.
The Senate's plan includes a proposal to eliminate income taxes
on manufacturers, saving them an estimated $600 million a year
The overall business-tax climate in New York is the worst among the 50 states, and that's bad news for the state's economic performance, a new report by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation concludes.
"Although the market is now global, the Department of Labor reports that most mass job relocations are from one U
Assemblyman Robin Schimminger (D-Erie County) has proposed eliminating
the state’s corporate franchise tax for manufacturers. Senate
Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has already advanced a similar proposal.
The Council is supporting the proposal and says the move will help
the vital sector of the state’s economy
The state’s corporate franchise tax for manufacturers would
be eliminated under a new proposal by Assemblyman Robin Schimminger
(D- Tonawanda).
The Council is supporting the proposal and says the move will help
the vital sector of the state’s economy
While capping the growth in county Medicaid costs eased local taxpayer
burdens, more needs to be done at the state level to rein in Medicaid
spending and prevent a fiscal crisis, according to a new study by
the Manhattan Institute’s Empire Center.
“From Headache to Migraine” was written by Tarren Bragdon,
a health policy analyst for the Empire Center
ALBANY Twelve New York State elementary schools will receive the
highest honor given to schools by New York State's private sector: the
2006 Pathfinder Award. The Business Council gives this award to honor
schools that show marked improvement from one year to the next on students'
state test scores