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NECSN CEO Kyle Rosenkrans testified on the need for facilities funding for charter schools at the Joint Budget Hearing on Elementary and Secondary Education.

The executive director of the New York City Board of Elections said at a City Council budget hearing on Friday that recent failings by the board, revealed in a WNYC report, were not entirely the BOE's responsibility and that voters in New York needed to step up their participation and involvement in ensuring that their votes count.

About 100 people who have been diagnosed with mental illness sat silently at a budget hearing on the state's mental health budget to protest provisions in the law that they say unfairly «stigmatize» them.

She testified at an Erie County budget hearing on Tuesday.

Contreras was one of four superintendents from the state's big five school districts speaking at a joint legislative budget hearing on elementary and secondary education.

Unions for employees of these agencies are expected to testify about the downsizing during Wednesday's legislative budget hearing on workforce development.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio testifies before the New York State Legislature joint budget hearing on Monday, January 30, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio greets legislators before testifying at the New York State Legislature joint budget hearing on Monday, January 30, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Addressing the City Council at a budget hearing on Monday, Fariña said principals have been seeking guidance on the matter, although the Department of Education has yet to come up firm rules.

Tensions between upstate Senators and the Mayor of New York City were highlighted during a budget hearing on aid to local governments in Albany, when lawmakers questioned the mayor for over five hours.

Murphy said he has a «thousand and one questions» and said he plans to grill administration officials during an economic development budget hearing on Wednesday about what will happen to the Indian Point property and how the state will address the economic hit.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, second from right, testifies before the New York State Legislature joint budget hearing on Monday, January 30, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

The mayor is due to testify at a legislative budget hearing on January 26.

New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker testifies before a joint legislative budget hearing on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

But lawmakers — during legislative budget hearing on taxes — as well as advocates on the fiscally conservative as well as progressive sides questioned the credit's usefulness.

Layoffs are not the way to balance the city's education budget, UFT President Michael Mulgrew testified at a City Council budget hearing on June 6.

Anti-fracking protesters from Frack Action attend the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee's budget hearing on Monday, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah answered questions.

NYSUT tends to maintain an arm's - length distance from some of the more attention - getting political actions organized by AQE, such as a February rally outside the Executive Mansion and a protest that halted a legislative budget hearing on Cuomo's plans for education.

«Sen. Savino attends not only every session day, but every budget hearing on non-session days and her expenses could easily be matched up with the calendar,» said a spokeswoman for the lawmaker who represents Staten Island and part of Brooklyn.

«I don't think that this population, given the explosion in the number of millionaires since the tax has been in place and the level of income that these folks have, that this would be a good time to provide a $ 3.7 billion tax cut to the wealthiest,» Deutsch testified at a budget hearing on Tuesday.

But at a City Council budget hearing on Monday, Mr. Ponte said they did, although it took a bit of cajoling from council members who pressed him to reveal the names of those who advised him on the use of the S.U.V.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Sen. John DeFrancisco Wednesday at a legislative budget hearing on education blasted the state attorney general's probe into discipline in Syracuse schools.

Demonstrators twice interrupted the joint legislative budget hearing on taxation in Albany on Tuesday.

De Blasio was the first to testify at a joint legislative budget hearing on local governments, making his annual journey to the Capitol, where he also met privately with Cuomo for an hour, and was scheduled to meet with three of five legislative conference leaders:

That was the overarching message provided to the City Council's Governmental Operations Committee by two district managers for Manhattan community boards at a preliminary budget hearing on Monday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education agenda took a solid one - two to the gut, courtesy of two of New York City's heavy hitters during a joint budget hearing on education in Albany on Feb. 3.

«The city of New York can not be treated differently,» said state Sen. Diane Savino (IDC - Staten Island), another champion of Close to Home, during a budget hearing on human services last week.

Typically, a state budget hearing on focuses on school aid.

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.

Testimony presented at the New York State Legislature's Joint Budget Hearing on Economic Development and Taxes

Long Beach residents express concerns over a proposed tax hike during a Long Beach City Council budget hearing on Tuesday at City Hall.

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.

DeFrancisco, who was overseeing the joint budget hearing on education for the senate majority, was looking for a copy of the schools chancellor's testimony.

About two dozen Occupy demonstrators chanting «hey you, millionaires, pay you're fair share unfurled banners at a legislative budget hearing on taxes.

Ball was testifying at a joint legislative budget hearing on the topic of environmental conservation.

Also at 5 p.m., Sen. George Latimer and Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer hold a community budget hearing on the New York state budget, Grinton I. Will Library, 1500 Central Park Ave., Yonkers.

At 2:30 p.m., Sen. Cathy Young and Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein will hold a joint legislative budget hearing on workforce development, Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany.

The weather is making headlines this morning, and has resulted in the cancelation and / or postponing of a number of planned events — including today's joint legislative budget hearing on the housing portion of the executive spending plan — as well as school closings.

At 9:30 a.m., a joint legislative budget hearing on economic development gets underway, Hearing Room B of the Legislative Office Building, Albany.

At 9:30 a.m., Senate Finance Committee Chair Cathy Young and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Denny Farrell preside over a joint budget hearing on the higher education portion of the governor's spending plan, Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Albany.

At 1 p.m., NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton testifies before a NYC Council budget hearing on public safety, City Hall, Manhattan.

The mayor, who has been locked in a public feud with the governor since July, is due to testify in Albany before lawmakers at a joint budget hearing on Tuesday.

Also at 10 a.m., the NYC Council Transportation Committee holds a preliminary budget hearing on transportation, Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.

A reader sent in this clip of Assemblyman Joel Miller getting rather heated outside yesterday's joint legislative budget hearing on education aid, arguing with one of the AQE protestors who crashed the event with chants of: «Governor Cuomo, don't kiill CFE!»

«When we look at broadly the Special Victims Division, there are some cases, I believe, where we... could probably make some improvements on how we use technology going forward,» Shea said, speaking after the City Council's executive budget hearing on public safety.

At 10 a.m., the Subcommittee on Libraries will meet jointly with the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations for a preliminary budget hearing on libraries.

It was a small house Thursday night, as the Buffalo Common Council held a budget hearing on Mayor Byron Brown's proposed $ 494 million spending plan.

Tensions between upstate state senators and the mayor of New York City were highlighted during a budget hearing on aid to local governments in Albany when lawmakers questioned the mayor for more than five hours.

During nearly four hours of questioning at a state budget hearing on transportation spending, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota assured Senate and Assembly members that an $ 836 million «subway action plan» launched last summer to fix the city's subway system is improving service, although he admitted there still is plenty of work still to do.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz chaired the Queens Borough Board's annual budget hearing on Thursday, February 20, at Queens Borough Hall.