The Business Council is offering
a new seminar series designed to help businesses understand property-tax
assessments and how they can be challenged to reduce those taxes.
The one-day seminars will
be offered June 13, and 19 in Syracuse, and Saratoga Springs, respectively.
The seminar will help managers
understand how real-estate assessments are determined and how employers
can make informed decisions on steps that might lead to reductions in those
taxes
ALBANY-The Business
Council of New York State will present a "Pathfinder Award" to Public School
# 19 of the Bronx Friday, April 6, at the school.
The Business
Council created the Pathfinder Awards in 2001 to recognize schools that show
the most improvement from one year to the next as measured by the state's
new academic standards
The Superfund refinancing
and reform proposal advanced in the Senate's budget resolution is "a major
step forward that reflects our mutual goals of protecting both the environment
and the economy," according to Ken Pokalsky, director of environmental and
regulatory affairs for The Business Council
New York businesses should
urge lawmakers to restrain spending in the 2001-02 state budget, Governor
George Pataki said at The Business Council's annual Small Business Day March
27.
"We cannot go back to the
failed policies of the past," the Governor said during a luncheon address
The state Assembly has passed
a package of bills designed to help small businesses in New York State compete.
The package would:
Establish a high-tech
incubator program with New York State Office of Science, Technology, and
Academic Research (NYSTAR). The bill is A.3124/Sweeney
ALBANYDennis
Ross, president of Mitchell Ross Associates Architects of Voorheesville, has
been named Small Business Advocate of the Year. Governor George Pataki presented
the award today during at The Business Council's annual Small Business Day
at the Empire State Plaza in Albany
ALBANYA
new bill that would make affordable health insurance more accessible for sole
proprietors of businesses is a major step forward in the ongoing effort to
make employment-based health insurance affordable, available, and widespread,
Business Council President Daniel B
Manufacturing remains the
key component of the upstate economy, and state economic policies must continue
to reflect the priorities and realities of manufacturing, Governor Pataki's
chief economist told The Business Council this week.
Addressing The Council's
Government Affairs Council (GAC) March 20, Stephen Kagann said it is wrong
to assume that some decline in manufacturers' job share upstate means that
manufacturing is losing importance upstate
What New York's
energy market needs most is more power plants and a faster process for siting
them, a panel of top economists, utility executives, and industry and labor
leaders concluded in a panel discussion today.
During the
discussion, a consensus also emerged about what New York's energy markets
need least: new legislative intrusion into energy markets to legislate prices,
redo deregulation, or re-regulate energy
The
state Assembly has unveiled a $85.97 billion budget resolution
for 2001-02 that includes $519 million in tax cuts and a new
commitment of $2.17 billion to the state's general reserves.
"The
budget resolution . . . responsibly supports education, health
care and job creation, and provides prudent tax cuts to help
working families," Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan)
said