Leaders of New York’s business community, county executives
from around the state, and representatives of the New York
Farm Bureau rallied for cost-cutting Medicaid reform March
22 at the Empire State Plaza in Albany.
The Business Council and the New York State Association of
Counties organized the rally as part of the Council’s
annual Small Business Day
ALBANY—The Business Council is urging the state Legislature to approve
the so-called “single-sales factor” tax reform, legislation
that would benefit businesses that have made significant
commitments to New York State by investing in jobs and facilities.
“Single-sales factor” apportionment would make New York a
more attractive state for both the location and retention capital investments
and jobs, since its eliminates what is in effect a tax penalty for having
a significant in-state physical presence, said Daniel B
A farmer, a journalist, a fiscal-policy expert, and a veteran
lobbyist discussed how New York’s economic policies
affect its economic outcomes—and agreed that the effect
has been an unhealthy one for many decades.
“In the 1960s, New York State had everything going
for it,” said Mark Bitz, a turkey farmer from central
New York and, since last fall, a high-profile reform-Albany
advocate
New York State could reduce its spending on Medicaid dramatically
by emulating Massachusetts, a state well known for traditionally
liberal social spending policies and for some of the world’s
best hospitals, according to the third installment in the
Public Policy Institute’s
Medicaid Watch ’05 series
SIX NEW YORK STATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE BUSINESS COUNCIL'S
PATHFINDER AWARDS IN SEPARATE CEREMONIES IN APRIL
Business Council's Prestigious Award Honors Schools for Educational Improvement
ALBANYElementary
schools in Albany, Brooklyn, Erie, Oswego, Tioga, and Westchester counties
will receive The Business Council's 2005 Pathfinder Award in separate ceremonies
in April
New York's spending on public schools is second-highest in the country, according to new statistics published by the U.S. Census Bureau.
As of 2002-03, New York schools spent an average of $12,140 per pupil. That was 51 percent above the national average, and second only to New Jersey's.
New York's schools led the country in per-pupil spending on school employee salaries and wages, according to the Census Bureau
New York State's Medicaid spending is more than twice the
national average because of high spending on almost every
part of the program, according to the newest report in the
Public Policy Institute's Medicaid Watch '05 series.
"Medicaid pays for many different programs
As state legislators negotiated the details of their agreement
to increase state spending by $1.55 billion more than the
Governor proposed in his Executive Budget, Governor Pataki
has apparently secured a promise of new federal funding for
Medicaid—if legislators agree to his cost-containment
proposals
New York State employers remain among the nation’s
least optimistic about the likelihood of hiring in the second
quarter of 2005, a new nationwide survey from Manpower Inc.
shows.
The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, which is conducted
quarterly by Manpower Inc
ALBANY—The Public Policy Institute of New York State has launched
Medicaid Watch '05, a new series of reports designed to document
the case for reforms that reduce overall costs imposed on New York’s
taxpayers, businesses, farmers, and county governments.
Two one-page reports in the new Medicaid Watch '05 series will
be published each week for the next several weeks