NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
- Employer-Education Partnerships to Address the Skills Gap in New York
- Manufacturing's Changing Landscape in New York
- Which STEM jobs are hardest to fill in New York?
- Which STEM jobs are hardest to fill in New York?
- What does the skills gap map look like in New York?
- What is the STEM skills gap?
- The “Every Student Succeeds Act” offers New York a critical opportunity to focus K-12 accountability on college and career readiness
- Bridging the STEM skills gap: Employer/educator collaboration in New York
- PPI releases examination of STEM skills gap survey
- Politico New York: “Business, education groups call on State Ed to allow feedback on final state accountability plan” (1/8/17)
- Politico New York: “Poll: Less than half of NY parents believe students are ready for college” (12/16)
- New York State’s Public School Parents Believe Schools Are Not Preparing Students for College & Careers and Support Efforts to Measure and Improve School Performance, New Statewide Poll Finds (12/7/16)
- Appearance on Capitol Pressroom (9/28/16)
- Appearance on Capital Tonight (9/21/16)
- Coalition of Civil Rights, Education, Parent and Business Groups Calls on Board of Regents to Prioritize Achievement, Equity in State’s ESSA Accountability Plan (9/20/16)
- PPI Series, Part 15: The Most Important Reason that Higher Standards Are Here to Stay … is YOU! You Can Join in Supporting College and Career Readiness in Your Community
- PPI Series, Part 14: The Common Core Standards Have Created Powerful Efficiencies in the Market for Educational Materials
- PPI Series, Part 13: Common Core Opposition Is Largely Based on Misconceptions and Testing Worries; Public Support for High Standards Is Strong
- PPI Series, Part 12: Are you Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Sample Question from the New York State Grade 5 English Language Arts Assessment
- PPI Series, Part 11: Are you Smarter Than An 8th Grader? Sample Question from the New York State Grade 8 Math Assessment
- PPI Series Part 10: The Common Core is Not About Zany Math or Indoctrinating Children. It’s About Conceptual Understanding and Critical Thinking in Real-World Contexts (Just Like the New SAT)
- PPI Series Part 9: Making Sense of the Controversy Over Raising New York’s Education Standards: Let’s Review
- PPI Series Part 8: Making Sense of the Controversy Over Raising New York’s Education Standards: What Is At Stake?
- PPI Series Part 7: Making Sense of the Controversy Over Raising Education Standards: Redefining Proficiency
- PPI Series Part 6: Business and Higher Education Leaders Support College- and Career-Ready Standards to Boost New York’s Economy
- PPI Series Part 5: New York Needs College- and Career-Ready Standards to Bridge the Skills Gap
- PPI Series Part 4: Teachers Point to Early Benefits of Higher Standards (June 9, 2016)
- PPI Series, Part 3: Standards vs. Curriculum vs. Assessment—What’s the Difference? (June 2, 2016)
- PPI Series, Part 2: The Common Core Standards Represent “the Best of Our Knowledge” (May 26, 2016)
- PPI Series, Part 1: Common Core: Here to Stay? (May 19, 2016)
- PPI Releases Analysis of March Job Figures (May 3, 2016)
- PPI releases Common Core report (April 2016)
- Buffalo appears to be on the rise, yet this number begs to differ (December 2015)
- PPI analysis shows New York private sector employment increasing (July 2015)
- Public Policy Institute Unveils New Resources for Employers, Recaps 2014 Education Forums (February 2015)
- Public Policy Institute and Citizens Bank introduce initiative to promote workforce development through business engagement in STEM education (January 2015)
- Data analysis show New York job growth increased in November as unemployment declined (December 30, 2014)
- Public Policy Institute issue brief reports saving from design build project delivery method (November 2014)
- HSBC’s Mike Masse elected to Public Policy Institute of New York State board of trustees (July 14, 2014)
- IBM’s Sheila Appel elected to Public Policy Institute of New York State board of trustees (July 14, 2014)
- Public Policy Institute Study: Economic Impact of Corporate Income Tax Reform (January 2014)
- Contract Procurement: Overcoming barriers to New York businesses (December 2013)
- NYS P-TECH Leaders to Implement Innovative Educational Model Statewide (November 4, 2013)
- The Business Council announces Upstate Futurist Project
Policy arm of The Business Council will collaborate with business, industry, policy experts and government to reverse engineer upstate for economic growth (September 25, 2013)
- NYS P-TECH public-private partnerships announced (September 13, 2013)
- Workers' comp costs remain a barrier to economic growth and job creation in New York (October 2012)
- New York shows signs of improvement along measures of economic growth,
still needs to improve tax climate (September 20, 2012)
- Public Policy Institute Releases Report on New York’s Bioscience Sector
Buffalo-Rochester Region Called Premier Bioscience Cluster (June 26, 2012)
- New York state says jobless rate steady at 8.5 percent (May 18, 2012)
- Public Policy Institute releases new report on New York’s bioscience sector (May 2012)
- Public Policy Institute study shows the biopharmaceutical sector should be a growth engine for New York's economy (November 16, 2011)
- Public Policy Institute: State government initiatives have yet to affect New York’s ranking along economic indicators (Sept. 21, 2011)
- Public Policy Institute: Natural gas drilling is essential to New York's economic recovery (July 14, 2011)
- Public Policy Institute study shows the biopharmaceutical sector should be a growth engine for New York's economy (July 11, 2011)
- Public Policy Institute report demonstrates critical need to rebuild NY manufacturing (May 19, 2011)
- Study reveals 22 out of 25 highest taxed U.S. counties are located in New York State (April 2011)
- Public Policy Institute study shows the biopharmaceutical sector should be a growth engine for New York’s economy (April 12, 2011)
- Business Council says spiraling property taxes show need for cap, (Feb. 23, 2011)
- Public Policy Institute study details importance of financial services industry (May 18, 2010)
- Public Policy Institute report finds high taxes on electric power an economic drain
- Public Policy Institute report provides blueprint for a New York innovation economy
- Reader's View: Consumers pick up tab on new taxes
(The Saratogian)
- Public Policy Institute School Tax Watch shows smaller increases this year (May 2009)
- New York's business tax climate is the second worst in the nation, says a new analysis by the Tax Foundation (October 2008)
- The Business Council's Public Policy Institute and Empire Center for New York State Policy release benchmark study on tax rates for counties, towns, cities and villages (March 2008)
- Report finds escalating property taxes and local spending continue to hurt economy, despite STAR (February 2008)
- New Yorkers still heading south; new Census Bureau data show states that gained New Yorkers in 2005-2006 (February 2008)
- Updated data show that New York remains among the nation's biggest taxers and spenders in key categories(January 2008)
- CEO survey finds New York among nation's worst states to do business (January 2008)
- Percentage of New York workers represented by unions has increased (January 2008)
- Updated data show that New York schools spend more than any other state on a per-pupil basis (January 2008)
- Report finds New Yorkers continuing to move out of state (January 2008)
