Poll: 72% of New Yorkers want school-tax cap

Joseph Spector reports on LoHud.com – “Nearly three in four voters want the state to cap property taxes, with 21 percent saying they may flee New York because of its current condition, a poll of registered voters reported yesterday. A Siena College poll found that 11 perce
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THE JOB-KILLERS ALBANY MUST AVOID

The following op-ed written by Kenneth Adams, president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. appeared in today’s New York Post. “Albany lawmakers apparently aren’t satisfied with passing a budget that raises many taxes, discouraging investment in N
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Business Council supports an act to amend the insurance law, in relation to revising the standards relating to the incorporation of stock or mutual insurance companies

The Business Council SUPPORTS this legislation that would amend §1201(a)(3) of the insurance law to remove the requirement that the proposed incorporators of a New York insurance corporation must publish in a newspaper their residence address and require, instead, that they need only
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Gas drilling brings new rules, concerns

Pressconnects.com reports today – “With an eye to protect secondary highways from damage from heavy natural gas exploration trucks, PennDOT has started to post 10-ton weight restrictions on several Bradford and Tioga county roads. But the unintended victims of the state po
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New battle risks delaying N.Y.’s expanded bottle law

Jay Gallagher reports on LoHud.com today – “New Yorkers are supposed to be bracing for paying a nickel deposit on water bottles starting June 1. But state leaders who approved the plan less than two months ago are now haggling over details of how to change it, putting in d
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ANDY SLAMS TAX HIKES

Fred Dicker of the New York Post reports today – “ATTORNEY General Andrew Cuomo has challenged the claim by Gov. Paterson and the Legislature’s Democratic leaders that they had to raise taxes last month to balance this year’s record-high state budget. Cuomo, an
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Business Council applauds Attorney General’s consolidation bill

“Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s bill to make local government consolidation easier is an important reform that can help lower the cost of government in the state,” said Kenneth Adams, president & CEO of The Business Council of New York State. “The New NY Government Reorga
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Comptroller April Cash Flow Report

The State Comptroller issued its cash flow report for the month of April, 2009, showing that state revenues for the first month of Fiscal 2010 were  $3.8 billion, or 44 percent, less than April 2008 and $239 million below the Governor’s April 28 projections. Comptroller Tom Dinapol
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“Preliminary” Recertification/Decertification Letters on Empire Zones

Empire State Development has sent letters to all current Empire Zone companies indicating whether they are likely to pass or fail the new “economic return” and “shirtchanger” criteria, adopted with the FY 2010 state budget (details on these Empire Zone program changes are avai
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Haunted by property taxes

Albany struggles to quell latest public outcry This interesting article was posted late last week on Pressconnects.com – “With unemployment in the state nearing record levels, and private companies freezing salaries, laying people off and requiring unpaid furloughs, state
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