ALBANY, N.Y.— The Public Policy Institute of New York State, Inc. (PPI), the research and education arm of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. released an in-depth study on contract procurement. The report, Re-examining Issues in Procurement, addresses the challenges companies face when doing business with state and local governments
ALBANY, N.Y. — The Business Council of New York State, Inc.'s Board of Directors sent a letter to Governor Cuomo urging the administration and legislative leaders to work together in reforming New York's antiquated Scaffold Law by adopting a comparative negligence standard for Labor Law sections 240 and 241
ALBANY—“The recommendations of Governor Cuomo's Tax Relief Commission contain several provisions strongly supported by The Business Council of New York State. These include a significant restructuring of the corporate franchise tax, broad-based business tax rate reductions, and expedited business relief from the “Section 18-a” assessment on energy purchases
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Business Council of New York State, Inc. presented testimony today conveying the need for companies to have access to the full range of online and mobile marketing tools in order to best communicate with their customers at the New York State Assembly Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection hearing
ALBANY—“Nothing has transformed the rural economies of Marcellus Shale states like natural gas drilling. Viewing job creation data on a statewide basis ignores the localized job creation benefit that drilling provides. The Public Policy Institute of New York State compared five Marcellus Shale counties in Pennsylvania with five Marcellus Shale counties in New York between 2009 and 2010 and found private sector employment grew
ALBANY, N.Y. — Today, The Business Council of New York State, Inc., urged the legislature to repeal the annual wage notification provision of the Wage Theft Prevention Act in testimony given to an Assembly Labor Committee Hearing in Albany, N.Y.
“The wage notification and acknowledgement requirement of the Wage Theft Prevention Act provides little, if any, additional benefit to employees,” said Ken Pokalsky, vice president of government affairs for The Business Council of New York State, Inc
ALBANY—“We applaud Senator Skelos and his conference members for developing this aggressive package of tax reforms, and for including business and other taxpayer ideas. The Senate Republican reform recommendations also reflect a number of tax reform priorities identified by Business Council members
ALBANY—Today's New York Technology Roundtable session, convened by The Business Council of New York State, Inc. focused on SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's (CNSE) Smart Cities Technology Innovation Center (SciTI) that will transform Albany's historic Kiernan Plaza.
Michael Fancher, vice president for business development and economic outreach at the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), discussed how CNSE is working to expand the smart phone industry's “virtuous cycle of growth” to encompass emerging smart devices by leveraging the linkages already in place within the computer chip industry
ALBANY—“The Tax Reform and Fairness Commission has issued a thoughtful and thorough report, and is recommending a number of tax policy changes that will streamline and modernize the state's business tax code, and improve New York's economic competitiveness,” said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq
ALBANY—The Business Council of New York State, Inc. recently announced five members newly elected to serve on its Board of Directors.
Representing a cross section of industries and regions around New York, The Business Council's new directors include:Â David Anderson, president & CEO, HealthNow New York, Inc