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Howard Wolfson to Keynote Business Council Annual Meeting in Buffalo

ALBANY, NY (08/26/2008; 1133)(readMedia)-- Fox News Political Analyst Howard Wolfson will be the keynote speaker at The Business Council of New York's Annual Meeting, being held in Buffalo, September 16-18.

Wolfson will address the meeting at a dinner on Tuesday evening, September 16, at the Adam's Mark Buffalo-Niagara Hotel. He will discuss this year's election.

Before joining Fox News, Wolfson was a top strategist for the presidential campaign of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. He also served as the Communications Director in both Sen. Charles M. Schumer and Sen. Clinton's first Senate campaigns.

Also speaking at the Tuesday night dinner will be Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson, PhD.

Single and corporate table prices are available for the dinner. Contact Ellen Muir at 800.358.1202.

Reporters are invited to cover this event.

The Council's Annual Meeting attracts about 400 top business and government leaders in the state for discussions of policy issues that matter to the state's business community. The Business Council is New York's largest broad-based business group. Headquartered in Albany, it advocates for economic growth, good jobs and stronger communities across the state. The Council's more than 3000 members represent employers of well over 1.2 million New Yorkers in all parts of the state and all sectors of business, industry, education and not-for-profit activity.

Council members and future members are welcomed at the meeting. A full agenda and registration information can be found at: http://www.bcnys.org/whatsnew/events/amagenda.htm

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