News

23
Jan
1998
Matthew Maguire has returned to The Business Council as Director of Communications and as Director of Development for The Public Policy Institute. Maguire worked in public relations for The Business Council in the early 1980s. He has spent the last 11 years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he worked in both public relations and fund-raising
09
Jan
1998
2,506 employers join in 'Operation UI Pre-Pay,' triggering across-the-board rate reduction to save most companies $63 per employee Working with hundreds of member companies, Chambers of Commerce, trade associations and other allies across the state, The Business Council has engineered a $420 million cut in this year's unemployment insurance taxes in New York
07
Jan
1998
Governor Pataki is right to take pride in the tremendous record of change, renewal and growth that New York has developed in the last three years. This state is making its comeback. Three years ago, George Pataki stood almost alone in his belief that New York could turn around -- and in his understanding that it would take a smaller, smarter government to do the job
01
Jan
1998
Getting Better, But Still Not Good Enough New York State's economy is stronger than it's been in years. We've added more than 140,000 private-sector jobs since early 1995, and are within striking distance of the nationwide growth rate after a decade of lagging far behind. That better news seems likely to continue
01
Jan
1998
Economic Development In New York The idea of being active in economic development is not new in New York. At the same time the state was starting to make itself uncompetitive by raising taxes and creating new regulations, the Urban Development Corp. and Job Development Authority were born. Those programs were helpful, and their remaining operations remain so
01
Jan
1998
Site Selection, Incentives, and Jobs Let's say you're an executive at a medium-sized or large manufacturing company. Your products are sold throughout the United States. Like many American manufacturers, your business has enjoyed especially rapid growth in foreign markets over the past decade. Overall sales are up; projections show that solid growth will continue
01
Jan
1998
TO: Chambers of commerce/regional associations We're told that Senate Majority Leader Bruno will soon introduce legislation to enact the major business-tax reduction package he proposed several weeks ago. As you know, continued progress in reducing New York's tax burden is one of our very highest priorities for 1998
01
Jan
1998
HOW NEW YORK STATE CAN GRAB ITS SHARE OF 2 MILLION NEW JOBS For years, other states have taken more than their fair share of the nation's new jobs, leaving New York in the dust. We're doing better now, but our economic growth still lags most other states. We can change that. How? By beating other states in the tough game of convincing employers New York wants them here
01
Jan
1998
Why Jobs Go Where They Go: A Closer Look To understand clearly why jobs grow in one place and not elsewhere, it’s helpful to understand what every business is trying to achieve. That is, to create the best possible service or product, at the lowest possible cost — because that’s the way to maximize the odds you’ll stay in business, make a profit, and maybe even be able to grow
22
Oct
1997
Presented by: Diana A. Ehrlich October 22, 1997, Sayville, New York Before we begin, we wish to thank the members of the Committee, especially Chairman Ramirez and Assemblyman Paul Harenberg, for their formidable efforts to bring about meaningful reform of the property tax system in 1997. Thanks in large part to your commitment this past spring and summer, we've now taken the first important steps toward creating a fairer, more workable, and better understood real property tax assessment process in New York State