As
preliminary budget hearings at the City Council approach the end of their third week, the Committee on Governmental Operations will meet Thursday to evaluate the expense plan for a host of city agencies.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito did not sign the letter, but a spokesperson for the speaker told Gotham Gazette that during
preliminary budget hearings the Council will be looking for ways city agencies can find savings.
The series of executive budget hearings was another step in the lengthy and detailed budget process that includes the mayor's preliminary budget, a month of
preliminary budget hearings,
Council caucuses typically draft budget priorities as the council finalizes
preliminary budget hearings on the mayor's financial plan for the city.
After the budget is approved, the Council can insert its spending plan into the mayor's executive budget, which follows after
preliminary budget hearings have concluded and the Council issues its response to the mayor.
This week will see the beginning of
preliminary budget hearings at the City Council, where Council members will hear from representatives of the de Blasio administration about the mayor's proposed budget for next fiscal year, which begins July 1, and ask questions about how money is being allocated, savings, and more.
This week will be another busy one when it comes to budgets: the City Council continues
its preliminary budget hearings and state budget negotiations enter their final ten days - a state budget is due by April 1 and some say a deal could be announced before the end of this week.
Thursday At the City Council on Thursday, the following committees will hold
preliminary budget hearings: — Transportation at 9:30 a.m., regarding the MTA — Fire and Emergency Management at noon, regarding Fire / Emergency Medical Service and the Office of Emergency Management — For - Hire Vehicles at 1:30 p.m., regarding the Taxi and Limousine Commission — Transportation and the Capital Budget at 3 p.m., regarding the DOT expense and capital budgets
At 10 a.m., NYC Council
preliminary budget hearings will begin with a general overview, featuring representatives of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Finance, Comptroller Scott Stringer, and the Independent Budget Office, among others.
At 10 a.m., the NYC Council Public Housing Committee will be holding
a preliminary budget hearing to review the Authority's current and future expenses, revenue, and operations, Committee Room, City Hall, Manhattan.
Protesters objected to this even before the NYPD's intentions were made official at
the preliminary budget hearing.
In
the preliminary budget hearing for DCAS, and in the accompanying document, this item was highlighted for members of the committee.»
Tuesday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Juvenile Justice, jointly with the Committee on General Welfare and the Committee on Women's Issues for
a preliminary budget hearing.
«I think it's a concept that is worth talking about, worth exploring,» Ponte told the City Council during
a preliminary budget hearing at City Hall.
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.
At 10 a.m., members of the NYC Council's Committee on Governmental Operations hold
a preliminary budget hearing to discuss the mayor's budget proposals for the next fiscal year, and examine spending during the current fiscal year by eight city agencies, boards, commissions, departments and offices, as well as community boards; Committee Room, City Hall, Manhattan.
Also at 10 a.m., the NYC Council Transportation Committee holds
a preliminary budget hearing on transportation, Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.
The New York City Council's Courts and Legal Services Committee holds
a preliminary budget hearing, Committee Room, City Hall, Manhattan.
A significant increase in Teacher's Choice, which the Council has funded for more than 25 years, topped his list of requests at the annual
preliminary budget hearing.
The plan will be presented Thursday at
a preliminary budget hearing held by the Public Safety Committee.
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.
The City Council Committee on Veterans held
a preliminary budget hearing Monday, hearing testimony from the Department of Veterans Services and advocates for military veterans in New York City.
Only the chairman of the committee, Brooklyn Councilman Rafael Espinal, and Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras were present — Council members Rory Lancman and Karen Koslowitz, in addition to Mr. Gentile, did not attend
the preliminary budget hearing.
Amid
a preliminary budget hearing where the City Council's Committee on Governmental Operations heard testimony from several city agencies and other entities under its purview, representatives from the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, or OATH, did not ask for massive new resources, but explained the impact of an increased budget and an increased caseload, while also asking for more personnel.
At its March City Council
preliminary budget hearing, COIB representatives explained underfunding of the agency resulting in its inability to carry out its mandated training of city employees around conflict of interest rules and its inability to retain employees.
2:00 PM — New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer delivers testimony at the City Council
preliminary budget hearing, Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.
Thursday At the City Council on Thursday: The Committee on Finance will meet at 9:30 a.m. for
a preliminary budget hearing.
Not exact matches
In New York City, City Council
hearings will continue on Mayor Bill de Blasio's
preliminary fiscal year 2016
budget - once those
hearings wrap up at the end of the month, the Council will craft its response to de Blasio, negotiations will continue, and the mayor
Also at the
hearing, the county comptroller's office released a fact sheet showing there was a $ 48.9 million
budget deficit for 2017, according to
preliminary unaudited results from Nassau's five primary operating funds.
Members of the City Council's Finance Committee pressed the de Blasio Administration for more transparency in the proposed $ 77.7 billion
budget today, kicking off the first of many
hearings on the
preliminary budget.
Members of Community Board 8 had cheered at a meeting earlier this month when they
heard that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's
preliminary budget had delayed funding for the facility.
The City Council will hold a series of
hearings on the mayor's
preliminary budget and issue a response with policy recommendations, as well as expense and revenue proposals.
QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz will chair an upcoming Queens Borough Board public
hearing on the Mayor's Fiscal Year 2016
Preliminary Expense and Capital
Budgets.
INDIAN LAKE A last - minute decision to increase fund balance usage for the highway department at a
budget hearing last week saw the Town of Indian Lake's 2018
preliminary budget come in under the cap.
The purpose of the public
hearing will be to obtain the views and recommendations of the Queens Community Boards, residents and stakeholders on the proposals contained in the Mayor's FY 2017
Preliminary Budget.
The Queens Borough Board
Budget Hearing is an opportunity for community based organizations and public institutions to present their budget requests and provide comments on the Fiscal Year 2019 Preliminary Budget to the Queens Borough
Budget Hearing is an opportunity for community based organizations and public institutions to present their
budget requests and provide comments on the Fiscal Year 2019 Preliminary Budget to the Queens Borough
budget requests and provide comments on the Fiscal Year 2019
Preliminary Budget to the Queens Borough
Budget to the Queens Borough Board.
QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz will chair an upcoming Borough Board public
hearing on the Mayor's Fiscal Year 2016
Preliminary Expense and Capital
Budgets.
The Council's first
hearing on Mayor Bill de Blasio's $ 82 billion fiscal year 2017
preliminary budget began nine minutes after its scheduled time, at 10:09 a.m., more prompt than typical Council
hearings.
Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its
preliminary budget oversight
hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive
budget for New York City.»
In New York City, City Council
hearings will continue on Mayor Bill de Blasio's
preliminary fiscal year 2016
budget - once those hearings wrap up at the end of the month, the Council will craft its response to de Blasio, negotiations will continue, and the mayor will present his Executive Budget, leading to another round of council hea
budget - once those
hearings wrap up at the end of the month, the Council will craft its response to de Blasio, negotiations will continue, and the mayor will present his Executive
Budget, leading to another round of council hea
Budget, leading to another round of council
hearings.
The Southold Town Board has set two public
hearings for Nov. 5, at which residents can weigh in on the
preliminary 2015
budget.
The Southold Town Board unanimously passed a $ 44 million
preliminary budget at its meeting Tuesday night, setting up the proposal — which pierces the tax cap and raises the tax rate by 7.57 percent — for public
hearings next month.
In February, the mayor unveiled his
preliminary budget and over the next two months the council held public
hearings on it.
«It's urgent that we move forward,» Assemblyman Michael Cusick, a Democrat, said during a finance
hearing in Albany Monday where the mayor was presenting his
preliminary budget.
The City Council is set to begin
hearings next week on Mayor Bill de Blasio's $ 88.67 billion
preliminary budget proposal for fiscal year 2019, with a smaller but significant figure likely to become an issue of controversy in negotiations between the two sides of City Hall.
Bratton, along with other NYPD brass including Chief Philip Banks, was testifying before the Public Safety Committee as part of
hearings on the city's
preliminary budget.
City Council members pressed
budget officials from Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration for more transparency and a better accounting of spending and revenue plans at a Monday
hearing on the mayor's $ 88.67 billion proposed
preliminary budget for the 2019 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
Hartzog also said that funding for DemocracyNYC, a voter engagement program announced by the mayor in his State of the City speech last month, would be included in the executive
budget which is released after the Council has held weeks of
hearings and had an opportunity to respond to the
preliminary spending plan.
Earlier in the
hearing, Chancellor Dennis Walcott confirmed that next year's DOE
preliminary budget, which will go up by $ 183 million or about 1 percent, does not include any teacher layoffs.
UFT Vice President for Education Evelyn DeJesus testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education regarding the FY 2016
preliminary budget, mayor's FY ’15
preliminary management report and agency oversight
hearings.