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Joint Senate-Assembly budget hearings on Governor Hochul’s 2022-2023 Executive Budget proposal continue on Tuesday ~ Topic: Transportation ~ Watch here beginning at 9:30AM
February 14, 2022
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- New York State budget
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 this week.
A series of 13 joint Senate-Assembly budget hearings are being held. See the full schedule here: https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/liz-krueger/legislature-announces-2022-joint-legislative-budget-hearing
Tuesday’s hearing on Transportation can be viewed here beginning at 9:30AM: https://www.nysenate.gov/calendar/public-hearings/february-15-2022/joint-legislative-public-hearing-2022-executive-budget
Archived videos of each hearing will be available.
All of this year’s hearings are being conducted virtually.
During the hearings members of the Legislature’s fiscal committees will hear 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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