Governor George
Pataki has asked the federal government for $54 billion in new aid to rebuild
downtown Manhattan, reinvigorate the state's economy, and enhance the state's
security.
"We must make
restoring the strength of the New York economy one of our top priorities,
and, to do that, we must rebuild our nation's financial capital," the Governor
said in announcing the "Rebuild NY - Renew America" plan Oct
ALBANYNew
uncertainties about New York's economic future make it more important than
ever that state lawmakers help make affordable health insurance more accessible
to sole proprietors, Business Council President Daniel B. Walsh said today.
The Business
Council this week has stepped up calls to lawmakers urging them to pass legislation
that would let sole proprietors buy health insurance at group rates through
chambers of commerce and other business associations
New
York's research institutions may be asked to add new priorities
to their research agendas in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorism
attacks, U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-New Hartford), chair
of the House Science Committee, said in an Oct
The state Workers'
Compensation Board (WCB) has created an on-line form to help families that
lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 terrorism at the World Trade Center in New
York City.
Specifically,
the form is intended to relieve family members of WTC victims of the normal
requirement that they testify at a workers' compensation hearing to establish
that they are indeed the lawful dependents of the deceased or missing person
The Business Council has
sent a "message of thanks from a grateful business community" to the leaders
of Con Edison and Verizon for the efforts of their workers to help New York
recover from the Sept. 11 terrorism.
"We want to let you know
how inspired we are by the extraordinary efforts" of your employees, Business
Council President Daniel B
The Sept. 11
terrorism in New York City strengthens the arguments for increasing and
diversifying New York's energy supplies, participants in a Sept. 20 panel
discussion on energy said.
The wide-ranging
hour-long discussion took place Sept. 20 at The Council's Annual Meeting
Assembly Speaker Sheldon
Silver and U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton have urged The Business Council
and its members to help New York State and New York City recover from the
terrorism of Sept. 11.
Speaking at The Council's
Annual Meeting Sept. 20, Speaker Silver hailed a new spirit of bipartisanship
that has emerged in government circles in the aftermath of the terrorism
New York's research universities
and academic centers are powerful tools for economic development, and harnessing
these institutions' potential as engines of growth will remain a priority
for state government, Russell Bessette, executive director of New York State
Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research (NYSTAR) told The Business
Council
The charter school movement
is gaining momentum nationally, and the success of New York's charter schools
is contributing significantly to the trend, the president of the Charter
School Institute of the State University of New York told The Business Council.
Robert Bellafiore, President
of the Institute and a national leader in the charter-schools movement,
briefed The Council's Government Affairs Council (GAC) on charter schools
in New York at the GAC's Sept
As chairman
of The Business Council, let me thank you, The Business Council's
members, for your efforts this year to make New York State
a better state for business.
We can take
some pride in our achievements. In the last year, New York
has made progress in areas that are Business Council priorities