The Alliance For Quality Health Care (AQHC) has issued its
second annual New York State Hospital Quality Indicators Report
Card for hospitals statewide. The report card is an independent
source of information for consumers and community leaders
concerned about health care quality and value
National
Fuel Gas Company plans to expand its natural gas pipeline
operations to serve new markets in New York and the Northeast
by extending the Empire State Pipeline.
This
extension project will provide an upstream supply link for
the Millennium phase I pipeline and will transport natural
gas supplies to downstream customers, including KeySpan Energy
Corp
New York State could cut Medicaid expenses by $4.6 billion
without reducing the program's effectiveness, according to
a new report from the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC).
“Medicaid costs are overwhelming counties across New
York State,” said Diana Fortuna, president of CBC
The
state Senate majority has proposed creating a health insurance
tax credit that would help many businesses with 50 or fewer
employees provide health insurance for their employees.
The
tax credit is the centerpiece of what the Republican majority
called "a comprehensive plan to make health insurance more
affordable and to provide coverage for hundreds of thousands
of New Yorkers who are now uninsured
Businesses in New Jersey, still recovering from huge corporate
tax increases in 2002, will pay about $325 million more in
business taxes under the 2005 state budget, according to a
new report by the New Jersey Business and Industry Association
(NJBIA)
The
Assembly Labor Committee split along party lines in voting
on moving a new union-backed bill that would substantially
increase workers' compensation benefits without introducing
any much-needed reforms.
In
a Feb
ALBANYTwenty-four
New York State elementary schools in all parts of the state will receive
the highest honor given to schools by New York State's private sector:
the 2004 Pathfinder Award. The Business Council gives this award each
year to honor schools that show marked improvement from one year to the
next on students' standardized test scores
The
Business Council has launched a new Web-based electronic-advocacy
campaign to show lawmakers the strong statewide support for
cost-cutting workers' compensation reform.
The
Council launched the initiative Feb
Governor
Pataki this week hinted that the best way to keep jobs in
New York is to improve the state's business climate, not penalize
companies that move jobs.
"Obviously
we have to fight for every single job, and we're working to
do that by lowering the burden on the state's manufacturers
so they can compete, creating new tools like Empire Zones,
and innovating through our centers of excellence," Governor
Pataki said Feb
Providing the additional $7 billion in school spending that
advocates argue is necessary to provide New York's students
with a "sound basic education," would require lawmakers
to enact the largest tax increase in the history of the state
and lose tens of thousands of jobs, according a new report
by the Manhattan Institute