R. Carlos Carballada, a top executive with M&T Bank and former Chancellor
of the state Board of Regents, has agreed to serve as chairman of The
Business Council's Education Committeeand
as The Council's chief advocate for higher standards in the education
system
The state
Department of Health's annual
report on managed care in New York shows that health plans are
continuing to improve the quality of care and are improving their
ability to measure plan performance.
The 1997 Quality Assurance Reporting Requirements
(QARR) report shows that statewide commercial quality rates compare
favorably with national benchmarks and statewide Medicare rates show
noticeable improvements
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
has $1 million available to co-fund projects that develop, improve or
commercialize solar products or wind technologies, or that develop manufacturing
methods for these products.
Eligible technologies include: photovoltaics and solar thermal electric
systems; components of photovoltaic and solar thermal systems; products
that involve photovoltaics; wind energy conversion devices and components;
and products that support wind energy systems and power plants
ALBANY—Business is dismayed that lawmakers, wrangling over a surplus
created by prosperity, are apparently talking little about tax reduction,
the policy likeliest to expand our prosperity.
Governor Pataki and the Legislature have enacted major tax-reduction
plans in each of the past five years' budgets
A proposed rate increase in New York's workers' compensation rates should
focus policymakers' attention on the need for further reform, according
to Elliott
Shaw, director of government affairs for The Business Council.
Business is concerned about "the potential return
to doubledigit rate shock," Shaw said in prepared
testimony to be delivered today at a hearing of the New York
Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB)
Bulletin #17: June 30, 1999
What do a ton-mileage tax cut, EITC have in common?
The must-do agenda for the new state budget includes the next major round of tax cuts. While little has been heard on the subject lately, Governor Pataki and Senator Bruno both have wide-ranging proposals on the table
Assemblyman Robin Schimminger (D-Erie) has urged Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver to ensure that "an appropriate level of avails" is set aside for
tax relief in conferencecommittee discussions on the state budget. "A
fair but favorable tax code is the most key component to creating the
jobcreation climate we mutually desire for our state," Schimminger said
in a letter to Silver Wednesday
Bulletin #16: June 29, 1999
News of more spending, one-shots: What about tax cuts?
Agreement on the parameters of a new state budget may finally be at hand. Negotiators for Governor Pataki, the Senate and Assembly reportedly are getting closer to agreement on how much revenue is available for spending this year
Bulletin #15: June 28, 1999
Tax cuts are working for New York - we need to do more
In all the public debate about state spending, let's not forget an even more important topic: tax cuts. New York State has led the nation in cutting taxes the past four years, and that's a key reason we're creating more jobs
The Business Council is urging lawmakers to increase reduced-rate power
available under New York's Power for Jobs program from 450 to 850 megawatts.
A bill that would do that has been introduced in both the Senate (S.2425-A)and
the Assembly (A.3115-A). The prime sponsors are Senator James
Wright (R-Watertown) and Assemblyman Joseph Robach (D-Rochester)