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02
Jan
2001
New York State School District Tax and Spending Proposals, 2001-02 School Year Over 2000-01 Year Data: New York State Education Department Analysis by The Public Policy Institute of New York State (www.ppinys.org) School District Change in Taxes Per Student Change in Spending Per Student Change in Enrollment Taxes Per Student, 2001-02 Spending Per Student, 2001-02 Total Spending, 2001-02 Total Tax Levy, 2001-02 Projected Enrollment, 2001-02 Taxes Per Student, 2000-01 Total Tax Levy, 2000-01 Spending Per Student, 2000-01 Total Spending, 2000-01 2000-01 Enrollment Albany County                       ALBANY 0
02
Jan
2001
Years of aggressive tax reductions and a new effort to contain the state's debt are receiving credit for two positive new announcements about New York's fiscal health made recently by Governor Pataki. The Governor announced on Dec
02
Jan
2001
Governor Pataki is exactly right: Upstate New York's economy is getting better, but it's not as strong as it can be if we continue to improve our state's business climate. The Governor's new proposals to cut taxes on manufacturing employers will pay off. Eliminating the alternative minimum tax and enacting a single sales factor for manufacturers will reward companies, rather than punishing them with higher taxes, when they invest in New York
02
Jan
2001
Governor Pataki announced a broad plan to strengthen the Upstate New York economy, including proposals to adopt a "single sales factor" that would apply corporate income tax to manufacturers only on their sales in the state, and to eliminate the alternative minimum tax
01
Jan
2001
  A Message from the President of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. New York is on the right economic track.   Ten years ago, you couldn’t say that. For many years before the middle of the 1990s, New York had been in a downward spiral. We were hemorrhaging jobs. In 1991 alone, New York State lost more than 300,000 jobs
17
Dec
2000
Throughout our history, from pioneering canal days to the height of America's industrial and manufacturing age, New York has been a national leader in embracing new ideas and technologies to expand commerce, build our economy, and provide opportunity for our citizens. A glaring exception came a decade or more ago when past state leaders failed to comprehend the benefits and opportunities presented by the computer chip revolution that overnight brought sweeping changes to our national and state economies
14
Dec
2000
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has proposed an investment of $500 million in public and private funds to attract life-sciences industries to New York and to make the state a leader in job creation in biotechnology. He unveiled a plan called Generating Employment through New York Science-GEN*NY*SIS-at a Dec
14
Dec
2000
Today Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and his colleagues in the Senate Majority proposed a farsighted investment in the life sciences in New York. We think this is a great idea. The proposed programs would pay intellectual, technological, and economic dividends for generations
06
Dec
2000
ALBANY—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has indicated that a large-scale dredging of the Hudson River is its preferred option for removing PCBs in sediment at the river's bottom. We oppose this plan. We are unconvinced about the effectiveness of dredging and of the need to do it
01
Dec
2000
ALBANY—The Business Council and various regional chambers of commerce around the state have scheduled six more ceremonies in the weeks ahead at which schools around the state will receive the first annual "Pathfinder Awards." Pathfinder Awards have already been presented at five similar events