Workers'
compensation costs in New York remain a competitive disadvantage
for the state, and any changes to the system should strive
to reduce overall costs, Business Council President Daniel
B. Walsh has told legislative leaders
Health insurers, hospitals, and consumer groups have joined
The Business Council in opposing a bill that would radically
change health insurance in New York, increase health costs,
and raise questions about the quality of health care
New
York's recent investments in high-tech research and development
have been strategically crafted and substantial compared to
other states', Ed Reinfurt, vice president of The Business
Council, told a legislative hearing today
New
York should act in the current legislative session to extend
and improve the law governing how the state sites new electricity-generating
plants, The Council said in legislative testimony this week.
The
Council submitted testimony for the record in a June 5 hearing
sponsored by Assemblyman Paul Tonko (D-Amsterdam), chair of
the Assembly Energy Committees
There
is still time to register for The Business Council's annual
Conferrence on State Taxation, June 18-20 at the Sheraton
Saratoga Springs.
Arthur
Roth, commissioner of the state Department of Taxation and
Finance, will speak during dinner at 7 p
The
Business Council is urging lawmakers to extend the state's
successful Power for Jobs program so contracts for reduced-rate
energy that were awarded in the second and third years of
the program do not expire.
The
Council has initiated a new electronic-advocacy campaign enabling
members and others to automatically send notes of support
for extending the program from The Business Council's Web
site, www
ALBANYThe
Business Council has urged the state to modify its proposed acid rain control
regulations, saying they would significantly affect the supply and cost of
electric power while offering limited benefits to affected ecosystems.
The Council expressed
these concerns in comments it submitted to the state Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC) in response to the department's proposed acid deposition
reduction program (ADRP)
After
more than three years of consistent growth, The Business Council's
workers' compensation trust for manufacturers shows no sign
of slowing.
By
May 2002, the trust was reporting some $15 million in annual
premiums, with nearly 500 employers as members, said Bob Crandall,
The Council's director of member services who oversees the
trust
ALBANY - Five of New York's top business leaders have been elected to the
board of directors of The Business Council of New York State.
The new directors are:
Philip C. Ackerman, chairman of the board of National Fuel Gas
Company of Buffalo. He joined the company in 1968 as an attorney, and progressed
through staff and management positions
More
than 575 leaders from New York State businesses, state government,
and local chambers of commerce attended The Business Council's
annual State Chamber Dinner May 13 in Albany.
New
York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer was the keynote
speaker at the dinner, which The Council, as New York's statewide
chamber, conducts each year to honor the state's local and
regional chambers of commerce