ALBANYThe Business Council has asked the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB) to seek an injunction preventing New York State from implementing its
controversial "labor neutrality law."
The NLRB should seek an injunction declaring the law invalid because the
law is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, Business Council President
Daniel B
Assembly
Republicans have unveiled a comprehensive agenda for revitalizing
New York that includes tax relief, mandate reform, debt reform,
and improvements to the state's budget process.
Assembly
Republican Leader Charles H
The
Business Council today praised Senate Majority Leader Joseph
Bruno for his "consistency and persistence" in opposing a
return to high-taxing, high-spending policies of the past.
"We
applaud you once again for your consistency and persistency
in encouraging actions on the state level which will lead
to the type of economic growth New York must have if it is
to meet the many needs of its people," Business Council President
Daniel B
ALBANYNew
York State lawmakers in 2003 should focus on creating more jobs in the
future, not on the state's recent economic travails, a new white paper
from The Business Council concludes.
"Our job
in 2003 is to look ahead-not back," The Council argues in Back to Business:
An Agenda for New York State 2003, which The Council released today
The Alliance For Quality Health Care (AQHC) has issued the
first-ever 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
New
York State should restrain state spending and reject higher
taxes in crafting a 2003 state budget in challenging fiscal
circumstances, The Business Council has advised Governor George
Pataki.
Noting
that tax cuts and spending restraint in the mid-1990s helped
reverse historic job losses of the early 1990s, Business Council
President Daniel B
Nearly half
of all states are responding to budget challenges in the current fiscal
year by reducing state spending in net enacted budgets, a new analysis
shows.
The National
Governors Association (NGA) and the National Association of State Budget
Officers (NASBO) released their biannual report, The Fiscal Survey of
States, on Nov
ALBANYThe pharmaceutical industry has outperformed other manufacturing
industries in New York and can grow even more. But it will realize its potential
only if New York continues investing in biotech R&D and rejects any ill-advised
punitive campaigns against the industry, a new report from The Public Policy
Institute argues
Health-care
consumers can use an upstate health insurer's Web site to
compare the performance of different upstate hospitals in
treating specific ailments or performing specific surgical
procedures.
The
new service has been introduced by Excellus Inc
ALBANYThe "tax gap" between New York and other states is at
its smallest since the 1970s, but New Yorkers still bear a heavier
tax burden than most Americans, a Public Policy Institute analysis
of new U.S. Census Bureau data shows.
As of fiscal 2000, combined state and local taxes in the Empire State
averaged $4,578 for every resident — some 48 percent above the
average for all states