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Joint Senate-Assembly budget hearings on Governor Hochul’s 2022-2023 proposed Executive Budget conclude today with a look at Economic Development (9:30AM) and Taxes (1PM) ~ WATCH HERE
February 15, 2022
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Albany, N.Y.–State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C,I-Big Flats), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee, reminded area residents this year’s joint Senate-Assembly hearings on Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed 2022-2023 New York State budget will conclude today following several weeks of hearings.
A series of 13 joint Senate-Assembly budget hearings will have been held. See the full schedule (and archived videos of each hearing) here: https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/liz-krueger/legislature-announces-2022-joint-legislative-budget-hearing
Today’s hearing on Economic Development can be viewed here beginning at 9:30AM: https://www.nysenate.gov/calendar/public-hearings/february-16-2022/joint-legislative-public-hearing-2022-executive-budget
Today’s hearing on Taxes can be viewed here beginning at 1PM: https://www.nysenate.gov/calendar/public-hearings/february-16-2022/joint-legislative-public-hearing-2022-executive-budget-0
During the hearings members of the Legislature’s fiscal committees heard testimony from top Hochul administration officials, state agency heads, local leaders, and representatives of the wide range of stakeholders impacted by the state’s annual budget.
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