Eliot Spitzer, state attorney general and candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2006, will give a keynote address at The Business Council’s Annual Meeting, which is set for September 21-23 at The Sagamore in Bolton Landing on Lake George.
State Comptroller Alan Hevesi is also scheduled to speak at the meeting.
Spitzer is on the agenda for the Council’s formal dinner program Wednesday, September 21. During that evening’s program, the Council will also elect new directors and present the Corning Award for Excellence. Linda Sanford of IBM, the Council's new chair, will discuss an innovation agenda for New York State. The dinner program will begin at 7 p.m.
Hevesi is scheduled to speak during the morning program on Thursday, September 22.
Eliot Spitzer became attorney general in 1999. In that role, he is effectively the main attorney for the state of New York and the executive branch of its government. Before taking that role, he was a clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Robert W. Sweet and was an assistant district attorney in Manhattan under Robert Morgenthau from 1986-1992, rising to become chief of the labor racketeering unit. He also spent time in private practice before he became attorney general in 1999. He is a 1981 graduate of Princeton University and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Alan G. Hevesi was elected state comptroller in 2002. In that role, he is sole trustee of the nation’s second largest pension fund, audits spending practices of all state agencies and local governments, reviews the budgets of New York State and New York City, and reviews and approves all state contracts. Previously, he served two terms as New York City Comptroller, was a member of the state Assembly for 22 years, and was a professor of political science at Queens College from 1967-1993. He earned a doctorate from Columbia University.
All Business Council members are invited and encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting, which is the Council’s most important annual event. The agenda also includes:
- A panel discussion on New York’s place in the global economy.
- A debate on the pros and cons of the proposed constitutional
amendment, which would take power in the state’s budget-making
process away from the governor and give it to the legislature.
- Meetings of the boards of the Council and its research affiliate,
the Public Policy Institute, as well as the Council’s Government
Affairs Council, the Homeland Security Council, the Chamber Alliance
of New York State (CANYS), and the Education Task Force.
- A range of recreational and social events.
Agenda and registration details are on our Annual Meeting Web page.