ALBANY, N.Y.— Linda S. Sanford, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Transformation at IBM and past chairman and co-chairman of The Business Council, will receive the 2011 Corning Award for Excellence. This is the most prestigious award presented by The Business Council of New York State, Inc.
Sanford will receive the award Thursday evening, September 22, at The Business Council's Annual Meeting at The Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing, NY
The Business Council is proud to welcome Stuart Varney as a guest speaker at the 2011 Annual Meeting. Varney is a world-renowned business journalist and host of Varney & Company on the FOX Business Network.
A founding member of CNN's news team in 1980, Stuart Varney won the Peabody Award for his coverage of the stock market crash in 1987
Former Congressman Tom Reynolds and political consultant Bruce Gyory will lead a discussion on demographic and redistricting trends in New York State at The Business Council's Annual Meeting. These distinguished guest speakers will help us chart the Empire State's emerging political trend lines and the play off between the rise of independent voters upstate and in the suburbs and the growth of the minority vote throughout New York
ALBANY—The Business Council's Board of Directors is pleased to welcome its newest member, Joseph F. Raccuia, president & CEO of Finch Paper LLC in Glens Falls. Raccuia was elected to the board of directors at its July 19 meeting at The Otesaga in Cooperstown.
“Joe is a decisive leader, widely recognized as visionary in his industry with excellent team building and communication skills,” said Kevin Burke, chairman, president and CEO of Consolidated Edison and chairman of the board of directors at The Business Council
ALBANY— “In times of fiscal crisis, Governor Carey had the courage to take strong action when action was needed. The work he did should be remembered and honored today and we hope that as we continue to revive New York's economy from its current crisis we can endeavor to have the courage to make the hard choices that Governor Carey did,” said Heather Briccetti, acting-president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc
ALBANY— “With a positive legislative session behind us, the business community strongly believes that work remains to be done to lower the cost of government, create private sector jobs and strengthen New York's economy.
The Governor's second phase of his plan for a new New York sends a signal to business leaders that the state is prepared to not only control the cost of government but to invest in business
ALBANY There are very few opportunities available to New York State with the same job-creating potential as exploring and developing the Marcellus Shale formation, according to a new report released today by the Public Policy Institute, Inc. (PPI), the research arm of The Business Council of New York State Inc
Binghamton - Biopharmaceutical research and manufacturing holds great promise for economic growth in New York. If properly developed and supported this sector could be the engine driving an economic resurgence in New York. That is the finding of a new study by the Public Policy Institute, the research arm of The Business Council of New York State, entitled “New York Must Step Up Its Game: The Global Struggle for Biopharmaceutical Jobs”
ALBANY—“The economic advantages of developing the Marcellus Shale are significant — New York would see thousands of new private-sector jobs, new private sector investments, an expanded and diverse tax base and leasing and royalty payments to landowners. New York can not simply stand on the sidelines while Pennsylvania other states see the employment and economic benefits from shale exploration
ALBANY— The Business Council welcomes Darren Suarez as a new director of government affairs. In that roll, he will foster The Business Council's advocacy efforts by spearheading the Council's energy and environment committees. He will use his extensive knowledge of environment and energy issues in New York to formulate a legislative agenda that reduces barriers to private sector investment and economic growth