Albany, NY—October 21, 2014—The Political Action Committee of The Business Council of New York State has endorsed challengers in four Senate district races, and candidates for three open Senate seats.
The Business Council PAC endorsed four challengers in Senate races; Terrence Murphy (R) in Senate District 40 (Duchess Putnam and Westchester Counties); Susan Serino (R) in Senate District 41 (Duchess and Putnam Counties); George Amedore (R) in Senate District 46 (Albany, Greene, Montgomery, Schenectady and Ulster Counties); and Richard Funke (R) in Senate District 55 (Monroe and Ontario Counties)
ALBANY, NY—October 20, 2014—The New York State Board of Regents took a preliminary vote today to introduce flexibility into high school graduation requirements, creating new options for students who excel in career and technical education, foreign languages and the arts.
The “4+1” approach to a high school diploma, would allow students the option of substituting one of the Regents exams required for graduation with a comparably rigorous assessment
ALBANY— In a world where everything is getting more complex, The Business Council of New York State has just made things a lot simpler and more convenient for members who depend on our Website (bcnys.org) for the latest information.
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Albany, NY—October 13, 2014—The Political Action Committee of The Business Council of New York State has endorsed 29 members of the State Assembly and 29 members of the State Senate. The endorsements are based largely on how these incumbent lawmakers ranked on The Business Council's Legislative Scorecard of priority issues for the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions
Albany, N.Y.—The Political Action Committee of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. has endorsed Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's re-election bid.
“Looking at the state's next set of challenges, and what we were able to accomplish over the past four years, The Business Council believes that Governor Cuomo is the best choice to lead the effort,” said Heather C
Albany, N.Y.—The Political Action Committee of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. has endorsed John Cahill for New York State Attorney General.
“The office of Attorney General, through the Department of Law, has enforcement, regulatory and policy-making functions that can have significant impact on individual businesses and on industry sectors
New York, NY—Business, Broadway and politics converge on Thursday, October 16, 2014, when the leading business organization in the state, The Business Council of New York State , teams up with award-winning writer, director, producer and actor Tony Lo Bianco to host an exclusive performance of The Little Flower to benefit the Business Council Political Action Committee
Albany, N.Y.—The Board of Directors of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. has elected David Smith, Esq. of National Fuel Gas Company, and G. Thomas Tranter, Jr. of Corning Enterprises, Co-Chairmen at the statewide business organization's annual meeting last week in Bolton Landing, N
Bolton Landing, N.Y.—Author and chairman/CEO of Forbes Media, Steve Forbes told more than 300 assembled business and government leaders that, “the United States should “junk” the current tax code and start all over again.”
Delivering the keynote address at The Annual Meeting of The Business Council of New York State, Forbes said, “there are 272 words in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and 1,458 words in the Declaration of Independence and everyone understands what those documents mean
Albany, NY—Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will address The Annual Meeting of The Business Council of New York State at The Sagamore Resort, Bolton Landing, Warren County, on Friday September 19 at 10:00 a.m.
Gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino will address the meeting on Thursday evening at about 7:00 p