Sentences with phrase «joint budget hearing»

Their release corresponds with the first joint budget hearing, which was held today and drew local elected officials from all over the state to testify.

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)

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

Testimony of RuthAnne Visnauskas Commissioner / CEO of New York State Homes and Community Renewal Joint Budget Hearing of the Legislative Fiscal Committees on the Housing Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 - 19

There was much criticism from Republicans last year when the legislature failed to hold joint budget hearings.

Testimony of James S. Rubin Commissioner / CEO of New York State Homes and Community Renewal Joint Budget Hearing of the Legislative Fiscal Committees on the Housing Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 - 17

SUNY CFO Eileen G. McLoughlin, left, and SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson appear before a New York state Legislature joint budget hearing Tuesday Jan. 23, 2018 in Albany, NY.

There is no session today, but lawmakers are still in Albany for joint budget hearings.

At the daylong joint budget hearing — the seventh of 13 planned for this legislative session — lawmakers wanted to know how it was that, even in a tight budget year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal came up so short of what education officials say schools need to get by next year.

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)

• A parade of mayors from across the state heads to Hearing Room B in the Legislative Office Building for the first joint budget hearing of 2014.

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 Michael Bloomberg had some fun with Queens Senator Malcolm Smith today before his testimony before the joint budget hearing in Albany.

NYPTA testified today before the New York State Legislature's Joint Budget Hearing on Transportation that any state plan to fund transportation must include adequate funding for upstate and suburban downstate transit systems.

At 9:30 a.m., the state Legislature holds a joint budget hearing on environmental conservation, with testimony by state DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos, PSC Chairwoman Audrey Zibelman, and others, Legislative Office Building, Hearing Room B, Albany.

When the governor has said to us he would like us to cut 10 percent, we are talking about cutting thousands of employees, and there is no way I can cut thousands of employees without shutting down courts,» Pfau told legislators at today's joint budget hearing.

Seggos told lawmakers on Monday at a joint budget hearing he wants a good, working relationship with the federal government — a challenge he acknowledges given the new administration in Washington.

«If there is an emergency there should be an opportunity and an avenue by which the budget can be changed appropriately, without increasing the overall budget as well,» said Health Commissioner Howard Zucker at a joint budget hearing earlier this month.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Queens Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan got into a fairly heated exchange today at the joint budget hearing in Albany.

The President of the NYS Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) Donn Rowe just testified before the joint budget hearings, warning that closing prisons «will represent a clear and present danger to our prison system and the men and women who serve it.»

Also, the Senate majority has redirected $ 500 million worth of competitive education funding Cuomo proposed in his budget — money the GOP insists, as per LG Bob Duffy's testimony during the joint budget hearings — was supposed to apply to this fiscal year.

Today's joint budget hearing is on Workforce Issues.

Later, the governor decided to combine the budget presentation and the State of the State into one big address, a move that state lawmakers ensures a rather busy February of joint budget hearings.

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.

At 1 p.m., legislators hold their 10th of 13 joint budget hearings on the workforce development portion of Cuomo's spending proposal, Hearing Room B, LOB, Albany.

At 9:30 a.m., legislators hold the 11th of 13 joint budget hearings, focusing on the public protection portion of the governor's budget, Hearing Room B, LOB, 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.

Also at 9:30 a.m., the Legislature holds a joint budget hearing on health / Medicaid, Legislative Office Building, Hearing Room B, 2nd floor, Albany.

In Day Four of testimony at the joint budget hearings in Albany, Department of Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald was asked several questions about the proposed I - 98 highway that Governor Andrew Cuomo mentioned in his State of the State proposal.

«We have been advised that such a taking is illegal and unconstitutional,» Scharfenberger said during a joint budget hearing Monday in Albany.

Mr. de Blasio has surely come to expect the verbal manhandling that accompanies these joint budget hearings.

Testifying before the joint budget hearing, lawmakers and members of the press got the rare opportunity to ask questions to State Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah.

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.

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.

On a per capita basis, the state Aid and Incentives to Municipalities grants allocated to Albany lag behind that given to all other upstate cities, Sheehan had noted in her appearance before this year's joint budget hearing on local government support.

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

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.

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.

Addressing Albany legislators at a joint budget hearing of the Senate and Assembly on Jan. 25, Bloomberg said that unless state cuts are reversed, he would have no choice but to slash the city work force by 19,000, including 8,500 teachers.

In the report, and his testimony before a joint budget hearing, de Blasio argued that the tax is necessary to guarantee a «dedicated funding stream» directed to pre-K, without having to renegotiate funds every year in the state budget.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito helped push Mayor Bill de Blasio's universal pre-kindergarten plan during testimony to a joint budget hearing in Albany on Monday afternoon.

In a Feb. 5 testimony during the Legislative Fiscal Committees» joint budget hearing, Digman touted the gains that I.T.S. had made under his direction, and said they were in line with Cuomo's plan for reducing «administrative and financial stress» for agencies and those who interact with the government's services.

Skelos made the comment after a joint budget hearing that set «table targets» — fixed amounts various legislators will be able to allocate in specific program areas — as he repeated his disappointment with with an ethics agreement between the governor and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Look no further than Wednesday's joint budget hearing on economic development.

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

Sheehan told a joint budget hearing that while the city is in dire straits, it should not be asked to accept the budget - closing funds as a «spin - up» of future state PILOTs, or payments in lieu of taxes on the roughly 60 percent of land within the city's borders that is off the tax rolls.

The following is testimony submitted by StudentsFirstNY Organizer Asia Thomas to the Joint Budget Hearing on Elementary & Secondary Education:

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