The state's so-called "labor-neutrality law"
and other HR-related legislation from the 2002 session will
be the focus of a March 4 meeting of The Business Council's
Labor and Human Resources Committee.
The
committee will meet from 10 a
Saying
auto insurance fraud costs New Yorkers more than $1 billion
a year, the Senate Majority has proposed new legislation to
combat that fraud.
As
many as one-third of all auto-insurance claims contain some
element of fraud, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said,
and that is "a major reason why auto rates in New York are
the fourth highest in the country
Forty-nine
states have cut Medicaid or made plans to do so in the current
fiscal year, and 32 have taken action twice, according to
a new report from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the
Uninsured.
"Thirty-two
states found it necessary to take further action to reduce
spending for the year, and five states, which had not taken
action prior to July, now feel cuts are necessary," according
to Medicaid Spending Growth: A 50-State Update for FY 2003
Governor
George Pataki has emphatically rejected proposals for higher
taxes that an increasing number tax-and-spend advocacy groups
have been advancing.
"Already
there are those rushing forward urging us to take the path
that New York and other states have taken before-massive job-killing
taxes," the Governor said in remarks Jan
ALBANY—New York State's population grew at a faster pace from 2001-2002 than in the previous year, but the state's growth lagged behind 42 other states, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau show.
As of July 2002, New York was home to an estimated 19,157,532 residents. That figure was up 0.4 percent from a year earlier
ALBANYSkye
Morey Heritage of Clifton Park, Saratoga County, has been appointed manager
of regional affairs for The Business Council.
In that role,
she serves a liaison between The Council and New York's local and regional
chambers of commerce. She will also provide management support to the Chamber
Alliance of New York State (CANYS), a statewide association of chamber executives
that is affiliated with and administered by The Business Council
The
Business Council is an Albany treasure. This is my first appearance
before your group, and you may not know me as well as I would
like. I hope and expect to change that. But be assured, by
your good works, I know you very well
ALBANYTwenty-four
New York State elementary schools in all parts of the state will receive the
highest honor given to schools by New York State's private sector: the 2003
Pathfinder Award. The Business Council gives this award each year to honor
schools that improve the most from one year to the next as measured by students'
standardized test scores
Facing
a potential budget deficit of $2 billion this year and one
several times larger next year, New York State faces a choice
between jobs and taxes-and must choose jobs, Governor George
Pataki said Wednesday in his State of the State message
ALBANYLee Miringoff and Barbara Carvalho of the Marist College Institute
for Public Opinion will make a keynote presentation at noon Tuesday, January
14, at a Legislators' Luncheon sponsored by the Chamber Alliance of New York
State (CANYS).
Miringoff is director of the institute; Carvalho is director of the Marist
Poll