BALCONY Announces 20 New Members Since January 2010

NEW YORK, NY (08/05/2010)(readMedia)-- BALCONY, the Business and Labor Coalition of New York (www.balconynewyork.com), today, Wednesday, announced 20 new members since January 2010. The members of BALCONY include labor unions, businesses, trade associations, not-for-profits, and chambers of commerce.

Bruce Ventimiglia, co-chair of BALCONY and president and chairman of Saratoga Capital Management, expressed his excitement that the BALCONY coalition (formed in 2006) is growing so rapidly, "It's really great to see the commitment BALCONY has received from both the business and labor ends of the spectrum as they are coming together to find common ground on New York public policy issues that effect all of us."

"It is wonderful to see so much interest in BALCONY and what it represents," said Alan Lubin, a co-chair of BALCONY and formerly the Executive Vice President of the New York State United Teachers, "what's great about our members is that they know it's not what you get out of BALCONY that's important, but what you put into it. We don't always agree on everything, but we are all deeply committed to finding and pursuing common sense, common ground solutions to the problems facing New Yorkers."

New BALCONY Members Since January 2010:

MVP Health (www.mvphealthcare.com), Infrastructure USA (www.infrastructureusa.org), Northeast Securities (www.nesec.com), Concrete Alliance (www.theconcretealliance.com), Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. (www.tpna.com), Residential Home Funding (www.rhfunding.com), The Advance Group (www.theadvancegroup.com), Transparent Health Network (www.transparenthealthnetwork.com), Impact Plus, HAKS (www.haks.net), Content Critical (www.contentcritical.com), readMedia (www.readmedia.com), Life Line Screening (www.lifelinescreening.com), Entre Computer (http://www.entrecs.com), GSP Network (www.gspnetwork.com), JuniperHill (www.juniperhillam.com), OTG Management (www.otgmanagement.com), Pulse Marketing (www.pulsemarketinggroup.com), Belluck & Fox (www.belluckfox.com), and BMRx (www.bmr-inc.com)

BALCONY, the Business and Labor Coalition of New York, represents more than 1,000 New York businesses, labor unions, and trade associations. BALCONY seeks common ground in the public policy debate in New York to spur economic development through the adoption of business/union friendly, socially responsible common sense laws that maintain and improve the quality of life for working New Yorkers.

BALCONY has relocated our offices to: 481 8th Avenue * Suite 1202 * New York, NY * 10001

Our phone number remains the same: 212-219-7777

www.balconynewyork.com