2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 12 - Economic Information and Research › 241 - Advisory Council on Economic Information and Research.

§  241.  Advisory council on economic information and research. 1. The
commissioner is authorized and directed to appoint the advisory  council
on  economic  information  and  research, to advise and assist him in an
ongoing review of the state's economic information and research needs.
2. The advisory council on economic  information  and  research  shall
advise  the commissioner and make recommendations concerning information
available on the economy of the state, its regions and  localities,  and
the  information  and  research  needs  of  state  and local government,
business planners,  academic  researchers,  and  others  concerned  with
economic  development  in  the  state.  Specifically,  the council shall
review and submit recommendations on:
(a) currently available data concerning the economy of New York  state
and  the  demand for such data from both public and private users at the
state and local levels with respect to  their  scope,  quality,  detail,
timeliness and accessibility;
(b)   state   policies   and  procedures  concerning  the  collection,
maintenance and dissemination of economic data and economic  development
data and the assignment of responsibility for such tasks;
(c)  the  cooperation  and  collaboration among different agencies and
offices  of  state  government   in   the   collection,   analysis   and
dissemination  of  economic data and economic information including, but
not limited to, the nature of consultation about the information  to  be
collected  and  the  extent  to  which  standardized data and compatible
information systems have been and should be introduced;
(d)  the  relationship  between  the  state's   economic   information
collection  and  maintenance  and  other  public and private information
sources within the state, including especially the capacity of the state
to incorporate data and information provided by other systems;
(e) the capabilities of  the  state's  existing  economic  information
system  in  light  of  the  objectives of economic development, changing
federal policies and support for economic information,  and  changes  in
the state's economic structure;
(f)  the  design,  location  and maintenance of the statewide economic
information system established pursuant to this article,  including  the
content  and  organization of the data, the means for incorporating data
from and providing access to academic, municipal and private sector data
producers within the state, and the means for providing access  to  data
users within the state;
(g) critical areas of unmet economic research needs and how such needs
can  be met, including the need for an economic early-warning system and
of timely and accurate forecasts  of  occupational  supply  and  demand,
analysis  of  sub-state  regional  economies,  and analysis of important
industrial sectors in the state;
(h) the need for  a  state  clearinghouse  for  economic  research  to
maintain  and  disseminate  research  on  the  economy of the state, its
regions and localities and on economic development programs; and
(i) state policy on charges for economic data and information provided
to the public.
3. (a) The advisory council shall  submit  an  annual  report  on  its
findings  and  recommendations  on  or  before  October  first, nineteen
hundred eighty-eight and on or before each October first  thereafter  to
the  governor,  the president pro tem and minority leader of the senate,
and the speaker and minority leader of the assembly.
(b) (i) The department shall submit to the director of the budget, the
chairperson of the senate finance committee and the chairperson  of  the
assembly ways and means committee an evaluation of this program prepared
by  an  entity  independent  of the department. Such evaluation shall be

submitted on or before September first, two  thousand  five  and  on  or
before September first every four years thereafter.
(ii)  Between  evaluation due dates, the department shall maintain the
necessary  records  and  data  required  to  satisfy   such   evaluation
requirements  and  to  satisfy  information  requests  received from the
director of the budget, the chairperson of the senate finance  committee
and  the  chairperson  of  the assembly ways and means committee between
such evaluation due dates.
4. The advisory council shall consist of the commissioner,  who  shall
serve  as  chair,  the  commissioner  of  labor, and the commissioner of
education, or their designees,  one  representative  designated  by  the
temporary  president  of the senate and one representative designated by
the  speaker  of  the  assembly  and  eight  members  appointed  by  the
commissioner, who shall have an expertise in economic analysis, planning
or  data  collection, maintenance and distribution, one representing the
state university of New York, one representing the  city  university  of
New  York,  one  representing independent universities, one representing
the   state   association   of   regional   planning   and   development
organizations,  one  representative  of  local government interests, one
representative of business and industry interests, one representative of
labor interests, and one representative of private economic research and
forecasting entities. The members  shall  receive  no  compensation  for
their  services  but  shall  be  allowed  actual  and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties.
5. The council shall coordinate its  activities  with  research  being
undertaken  by  the New York state occupational information coordinating
committee and the  legislative  commission  on  skills  development  and
career education.
6.  The  commissioner  and  the commissioner of labor may each appoint
professional staff to assist the council with its duties.
7. The commissioner may request and  shall  receive  from  any  public
authority,  public  benefit  corporation,  department,  division, board,
bureau, commission or agency of the state or any  political  subdivision
thereof,  such  assistance  as will enable the council to properly carry
out its duties hereunder.