ALBANY—Are you ready to get WISE? The 13th annual Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (WISE) Symposium kicks off in Syracuse, NY tomorrow. Among the exciting list of featured speakers is Maria Contreras-Sweet, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
According to WISE’s own website, the organization is: “An initiative to train and inspire women interested in launching or growing a business venture
ALBANY, N.Y.—“The Business Council of New York State is encouraged by Governor Cuomo’s trade mission to Cuba,” said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq. president and CEO. “Any opportunity to open New York’s diverse agricultural, manufacturing and financial sectors to new markets is certainly worth exploring
ALBANY, N.Y.—"We concur with the outcome of today's Board of Elections review of campaign contribution limits for limited liability companies," said Ken Pokalsky, vice president of The Business Council of New York State.
ALBANY, N.Y.—Heather C. Briccetti, Esq. president and CEO of The Business Council, today sent a letter to the four members of the New York State Board of Elections opposing changes to the classification of limited liability companies under state election law. The Business Council contends that as a matter of law, any changes to the classification can only be done legislatively and cannot be adopted through agency rule-making
ALBANY, N.Y.—The Business Council today appointed Zack Hutchins as the new director of communications for the state’s leading business advocacy organization.
Hutchins has more than a decade of communications and public affairs experience, including five-plus years working for the state Senate Republican’s press operation
ALBANY—The State Legislature has enacted a fifth consecutive low-growth and on-time budget that avoids imposing significant new costs and mandates on private sector business.
“For our members, this is a “less is more” state budget with continued discipline on state spending,” said Heather C
ALBANY, N.Y.—Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie have announced a final agreement for the state’s Fiscal 2015-16 budget. The agreement calls for a fifth consecutive low-growth and on-time budget and avoids imposing several significant new costs and mandates on private sector business
ALBANY, N.Y.—Speaking before a joint hearing conducted by the Senate Labor and Social Services Committees, Ken Pokalsky, vice president of The Business Council of New York State delivered testimony in opposition to paid family leave proposals.
“The Business Council believes it is important to allow employers to fashion their overall leave policies based on their own circumstances and capabilities, and within the context of company-specific compensation plans,” Pokalsky said
ALBANY, N.Y.—With less than two weeks left before the April 1 deadline for passage of New York State’s Fiscal 2015-16 state budget, The Business Council of New York State, Inc. continues to press its positions on items contained in the Governor’s Executive Budget and the recently passed State Senate and State Assembly one-house budget proposals
ALBANY, N.Y.—Citing the need to continue critical environmental cleanup and redevelopment projects across the state, The Business Council of New York State, Inc. today called on the Governor and the Legislature to extend the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP).
“There is clear and convincing data to substantiate that the New York Brownfield Cleanup Program is a cost-effective environmental remediation and economic development tool, which has delivered results in rural and underserved communities’ alike