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longer able to bear the full burden of health-care costs that have been increasing
much faster than inflation for many years, New York State employers in significant
numbers are asking their workers to pay more of the costs of health insurance
benefits, according to The Business Council's latest annual survey of New
York State employers' compensation practices
Robert
Ward, director of research for The Public Policy Institute,
has written a comprehensive new book detailing the structure
and operations of New York State government. The Institute
is The Business Council's research affiliate
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Carl T. Hayden, chairman emeritus of the New York State Board of Regents and
a driving force behind successful initiatives to improve teaching, learning,
and accountability in New York schools, will receive the prestigious Corning
Award for Excellence for 2002.
The award, which
is sponsored by Corning Incorporated, will be presented Wednesday, Sept
The
Business Council reprise a popular seminar designed to help
New York's high-tech businesses sell information-technology
products and services to the state.
The
seminar, "Doing IT Business with New York State, Today and
Tomorrow," will run from 8:30 a
A
stretch of typical mid-summer heat has brought renewed attention
to concerns that New York State must increase its electricity-generating
capacity.
For
example, early on July 30, New York's Independent System Operator,
which oversees the energy grid, predicted that the state could
break the previous record for one-day peak electricity demand
All
Business Council members are eligible to offer their employees
a supplemental life insurance (SL) benefit that has proven
overwhelmingly popular with the employees of Council members
already offering this benefit, said Bob Crandall, The Council's
director of member services
Governor
George Pataki has signed into law an extension of the state's
successful Power for Jobs program. The extension was a top
legislative priority of The Business Council.
The
legislation will make available 183 megawatts of electricity
in a new "Phase Five" of the program
The
state board that oversees siting of new power plants has approved
a Business Council-backed proposal to build a new 580-megawatt
electricity-generating plant in Brookhaven, Suffolk County.
The
Business Council successfully sought status as an intervenor
in the Siting Board's proposal-review process
The
state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has issue
a draft policy for incorporating "environmental-justice" concerns
in its permit-review process. DEC is encouraging public comment
on the proposal
A
consortium of high-tech companies has decided to develop its
research center for the next generation of computer chips
at the State University of New York in Albany, Governor Pataki
announced July 18.
A similar investment by the consortium, International Sematach,
in Austin, Tex