Deputy
Assembly Budget Director Victor Franco testified he would «hide» public money Silver allocated to himself from a spreadsheet listing allocations to all members of the Assembly, as was standard at the time.
Not exact matches
The
director - general assured that the
Budget Office was committed to ensuring involvement of Nigerians in the budget process, adding that the National Assembly was also committed to passing the budget in
Budget Office was committed to ensuring involvement of Nigerians in the
budget process, adding that the National Assembly was also committed to passing the budget in
budget process, adding that the National
Assembly was also committed to passing the
budget in
budget in March.
Fields is being elevated to the
budget studies
director post after serving as a the deputy fiscal
director for the
Assembly.
Frank Mauro, executive
director emeritus of the Fiscal Policy Institute and a onetime secretary of the
Assembly Ways and Means Committee, argued against Proposal One, writing at the time that it would have made the state
budget process «even more of a mess than it has been in many recent years.»
The board is composed of the governor's Division of
Budget director and representatives from the
Assembly and Senate.
Fuleihan, who will replace Mark Page as
director of the Office of Management and
Budget, was a longtime top aide to
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
Executive
Director Ron Deutsch testified before the Senate Finance and
Assembly Ways and Means Committees on the Governor's 2015 - 2016 Proposed
Budget and Financial Plan.
Budget Director Robert Mujica told lawmakers during the joint Senate and
Assembly hearing on taxes that Cuomo plans to detail the proposal in an amendment to the spending plan he released last month.
Testifying before a joint
Assembly - Senate
budget hearing on Thursday, Thruway Authority Executive
Director Tom Madison acknowledged a financial plan for replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge is yet to be finalized.
The loan must be approved by the Public Authorities Board, which includes Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
budget director Bob Megna,
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco.
Today, a key piece of evidence was a hand - written note by a top
Assembly policy advisor, who now serves as
budget director for Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Victor Franco Jr., the
Assembly's deputy
budget director, testified that Silver never mentioned the two Taub grants and he was never instructed to expedite their processing.
Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on
budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS
Assembly Ways and Means Committee,
director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy Director of the Rockefeller Institute of Gov
director of
Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group,
director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy Director of the Rockefeller Institute of Gov
director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy
Director of the Rockefeller Institute of Gov
Director of the Rockefeller Institute of Government.
Cuomo's
budget director, Robert Megna, as well as
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco, each have a vote on the panel that could scuttle the loan.
But the loan request was halved at the Public Authorities Control Board meeting last month by the panel's three members: Senate Finance Chairman John DeFrancisco, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
budget director Bob Megna and
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
Testifying at the year's first NYC Council
budget hearing, de Blasio's Budget Director (and former top Assembly staffer) Dean Fuleihan said the city would be hurt by deep cuts proposed by Cuomo in funding for homeless services and insufficient education fu
budget hearing, de Blasio's
Budget Director (and former top Assembly staffer) Dean Fuleihan said the city would be hurt by deep cuts proposed by Cuomo in funding for homeless services and insufficient education fu
Budget Director (and former top
Assembly staffer) Dean Fuleihan said the city would be hurt by deep cuts proposed by Cuomo in funding for homeless services and insufficient education funding.
The loan was subject to approval by the board and could have been tanked by a single «no» vote from any one of its three voting members:
Budget Director Bob Megna,
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco.
A «no» vote by any one member of the PAC Board, which includes DeFrancisco,
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and state
Budget Director Bob Megna, would be enough to scuttle this deal.
The Senate GOP longtime lead negotiator Robert Mujica left to become Cuomo's
budget director while
Assembly Chief Counsel James Yates retired this summer, potentially putting state lawmakers at a disadvantage in 2016.
Barbara Bartoletti, legislative
director for the League of Women Voters of New York State, said at the news conference that she expects the Senate to include the credit in their
budget, and hopes the
Assembly does not.
Saladino and Nevin worked together for years in Albany when Saladino was a state assemblyman and Nevin was a
budget analyst,
director of operations for Republicans and on the
Assembly GOP campaign committee.
Citizens
Budget Commission Director of State Studies David Friedfel shared how he prepares for the release of the budget, reminisced about his time with the Assembly Ways & Means Committee and offered advice to ordinary New Yorkers who want to understand the governor's pro
Budget Commission
Director of State Studies David Friedfel shared how he prepares for the release of the
budget, reminisced about his time with the Assembly Ways & Means Committee and offered advice to ordinary New Yorkers who want to understand the governor's pro
budget, reminisced about his time with the
Assembly Ways & Means Committee and offered advice to ordinary New Yorkers who want to understand the governor's proposal.
Frank J. Mauro, Executive
Director, Fiscal Policy Institute, presented testimony to the New York State Legislature's Joint
Budget Hearing on Economic Development and Taxes before the
Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees.
Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on
budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS
Assembly Ways and Means Committee,
director of
Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group,
director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy... (read more)
Testimony of Frank J. Mauro, Executive
Director, Fiscal Policy Institute, presented to the Joint
Budget Hearing on Economic Development and Taxes before the
Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees.
She began her career in public service with the New York State
Assembly in 1978, serving in various capacities on the Ways and Means and House Operations Committees, including Deputy
Budget Director and Assistant
Director of Research.
The government continued to hone this version of Silver with its next witness, Victor Franco Jr. the
Assembly's deputy
budget director who was appearing after being subpoenaed by the government.
Another witness, a deputy
budget director, later testified it was «the speaker» who, at the end of the day, controlled the who, what and when for funds in the state
Assembly.
The
Assembly is currently considering legislation that would require REDC members to complete annual financial disclosure statements; the state's
budget director has called this «an absurd and a not - so - subtle effort to end the REDCs.»
Then - legal counsel Andrew McDonald, center, applauds between Chief of Staff Timothy Bannon, left, and
Budget Director Benjamin Barnes as Gov. Dannel Malloy presents his first two - year budget during a joint session of the General Assembly in Har
Budget Director Benjamin Barnes as Gov. Dannel Malloy presents his first two - year
budget during a joint session of the General Assembly in Har
budget during a joint session of the General
Assembly in Hartford.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver chose former state
budget director Patrick Bulgaro.
On Monday, federal prosecutors in Mr. Silver's corruption trial turned to a relatively obscure staff member on the
Assembly Ways and Means Committee whose title seemed as bland as the job he held — deputy
budget director for
budget studies — to open a window into the seemingly impenetrable world of state finances that Mr. Silver controlled.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver appointed Pat Bulgaro, who has held several roles in state government, including as
budget director under Cuomo's father, ex-Gov.
The three - member Public Authorities Control Board, which included Cuomo's
budget director and a proxy for
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, voted unanimously to approve the loan.
De Blasio is relying on Heastie and his members to carry his water in those talks, and the two men huddled for over an hour Saturday afternoon along with several mayoral aides including Dean Fuleihan,
director of the city's Office of Management and
Budget and formerly a top number cruncher in the
Assembly.
The
Assembly Democratic Majority's
budget restores funding for the program, said Blair Horner, New York Public Interest Research Group's legislative
director.
Gov. William A. O'Neill of Connecticut presented a $ 4 - billion fiscal 1985
budget to the General
Assembly that calls for a 10.8 - percent increase in spending overall and an 11.8 - percent increase in state support for education in grades K - 12, according to Gordon Frassinelli, assistant state
budget director.
NECSN Interim NYS
Director Andrea Rogers lays out the good, the bad and the ugly for charter schools in the
Assembly and Senate
budget proposals.
The Senate and
Assembly recently released their
budget proposals and last week our Interim NYS
Director Andrea Rogers thanked the Senate for their «unwavering commitment to the more than 120,000 students in New York charter schools.»
Our Interim NYS
Director Andrea Rogers responded to the
Assembly's
budget proposal yesterday on POLITICO New York.