ALBANY, N.Y.—Speaking before a joint hearing conducted by the Senate Labor and Social Services Committees, Ken Pokalsky, vice president of The Business Council of New York State delivered testimony in opposition to paid family leave proposals.
“The Business Council believes it is important to allow employers to fashion their overall leave policies based on their own circumstances and capabilities, and within the context of company-specific compensation plans,” Pokalsky said
ALBANY, N.Y.—With less than two weeks left before the April 1 deadline for passage of New York State’s Fiscal 2015-16 state budget, The Business Council of New York State, Inc. continues to press its positions on items contained in the Governor’s Executive Budget and the recently passed State Senate and State Assembly one-house budget proposals
ALBANY, N.Y.—Citing the need to continue critical environmental cleanup and redevelopment projects across the state, The Business Council of New York State, Inc. today called on the Governor and the Legislature to extend the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP).
“There is clear and convincing data to substantiate that the New York Brownfield Cleanup Program is a cost-effective environmental remediation and economic development tool, which has delivered results in rural and underserved communities’ alike
ALBANY—The Business Council supports Senate proposal to eliminate energy surcharge
The Business Council of New York State, Inc. applauds the State Senate for proposing the elimination of the Section 18-a temporary energy surcharge in its budget proposal for Fiscal 2016.
This provision, set forth in S
ALBANY, N.Y.—Saying the time for bold action to reduce high energy costs in New York State is at hand, business leaders from across the state today called on the Governor and the state Legislature to take immediate action to reduce energy taxes that add as much as 67 percent to industrial electric delivery charges in parts of Upstate New York
ALBANY, N.Y.—Recognizing the importance of small business to the state’s economy and the challenges faced by small business owners, The Business Council of New York State is conducting a survey of small businesses to help direct its advocacy efforts.
The survey asks business owners about their priority issues and concerns and provides member businesses with an opportunity to offer feedback to The Council on its efforts
ALBANY—Raising the tipped workers’ wage minimum by 50 percent is a huge increase that should have, at a minimum, been phased in over time. Affected employers are already required to ensure that their employees receive compensation equivalent to or greater than the minimum wage. This dramatic increase only hinders their ability to create new jobs as employers are forced to reduce their overall labor costs and may also result in a net reduction in the tips that affected workers earn
ALBANY, N.Y.—The Public Policy Institute of New York State (PPI) today unveiled new resources to serve as guides for businesses in navigating the new education standards and recapped five regional forums surrounding business engagement in education.
In addition to Common Core Standards: What Every New Yorker Needs to Know and Partnering with Schools for College and Career Readiness: Resources for the New York State Business Community, which were published by PPI this past summer, regional “spotlight” pieces on business-education partnerships in the Capital Region, Southern Tier, Mohawk Valley, Hudson Valley and Finger Lakes, as well as an in-depth PowerPoint presentation by education expert Allison Armour-Garb, are also now available on PPI’s website
ALBANY, N.Y.— During testimony today before a joint meeting of the Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways and Means Committee, Ken Pokalsky, vice president of The Business Council of New York State delivered testimony in support of continued spending control and in opposition to increasing the state minimum wage
Albany, N.Y. — New York’s manufacturing sector continued to lose jobs in December 2014, while most other private-sector job categories showed gains, according to the Monthly Economic Outlook released today by The Public Policy Institute of New York State (PPI). New York’s statewide unemployment rate in December was 5