Reports that the Legislature is dismayed about how Governor
Pataki submitted his budget have raised the possibility that
a budget agreement will not be reached by the constitutional
deadline of April 1.
The Governor submitted a budget this year that would grow
by less than the rate of inflation--a step that immediately
led to promises that the Legislature would add significant
spending to the package
Commissioner of Education Richard Mills said this week that
he would not relent in his quest for higher school standards,
regardless of the outcome of the budget debate over school
aid.
Commissioner Mills made his comments Tuesday while testifying
before legislative hearings on the education component of
Governor Pataki's proposed budget
The Council has begun a series of informal briefing memos
on issues related to health-care cost containment.
Elliott Shaw, outlined The Councils
views on financing graduate medical
education (GME) in the first memo
in the series
The Business Council and the Association of Presidents of
Public Community Colleges have urged lawmakers to invest
in workforce development that is employer-drven, locally
delivered, easy to access and well-funded.
In a memo to legislators February 1, The Council and the
Association also called for $50 million in state aid to business,
economic development groups, and educational institutions
to support consortia efforts to develop and deliver training
By Margarita Mayo
In business we must listen to our customers or we eventually
go out of business. Education has customers too--the most
important of whom are the students. Their voice was captured
in a Public Agenda Foundation report called Getting By:
What American Teenagers Really Think About their Schools
Action in Albany to reform state mandates and New York's
civil justice system would help reduce local taxes and improve
services of municipal governments, local elected officials
told key lawmakers this week.
New York City Mayor Rudolph W
Private sector work-related injuries and illnesses declined
by 20,000 cases to reach a record low in New York in 1997--despite
a jump of more than 200,000 persons in the workforce.
The state Department of Labor said private industry workplaces
reported 248,100 non-fatal work-related injury and illness
cases
ALBANY—Business Council President Daniel B. Walsh today praised
Assemblyman Ivan Lafayette, D-Queens, for introducing legislation that
would impose criminal penalties on anyone who solicits lawsuits at the
scene of an accident.
Assemblyman Lafayette's bill, A.2022, would create a Class A misdemeanor
for "unlawful solicitation of a tort victim
Prepared by the staff of The Business Council
January 29, 1999
Issue Areas (Staff Contacts):
OVERVIEW
Construction
Economic Development
Education & Job Training
Environment
Health
Labor & Welfare Reform
Taxation
Technology
Transportation
Workers' Compensation
Overview
Governor Pataki's 1999-2000 Executive Budget includes a number of major provisions that will further improve New York's business climate
ALBANY—Given New York State's historically high taxes, cutting
taxes means creating jobs. The proof lies in the tremendous gains our
economy has made in the last four years, as taxes have been reduced again
and again. Further tax cuts - such as those proposed by the Governor,
and by Senator Bruno - will mean still more new jobs for working New
Yorkers