Kenneth J. Pokalsky
Ken is responsible for: Management of The Business Council’s Government Affairs staff and its overall advocacy efforts; Legislative and regulatory advocacy on economic development, taxation and workers’ compensation issues. Ken also oversees The Business Council’s review of the state’s rulemaking activities and is responsible for issues relating to the State Administrative Procedures Act.

Liaison with: Empire State Development Corporation, Department of Taxation and Finance, Workers’ Compensation Board, and the Governor’s Office of Regulatory Reform.

Ken has been with The Business Council since 1982. He is a graduate of the SUNY Albany Graduate School of Public Affairs (MPA ‘83) and SUNY at Brockport (BA in Political Science, ‘80).

Ken can be reached at ken.pokalsky@bcnys.org.