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Joint Senate-Assembly budget hearings on Governor Hochul’s 2023-2024 Executive Budget proposal conclude this week ~ Tuesday's Topic: Health/Medicaid ~ Watch here beginning at 10:00AM
February 28, 2023
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Albany, N.Y., February 28—State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C,I-Big Flats), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee, reminded area residents that this year’s joint Senate-Assembly hearings on Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed 2023-2024 New York State budget will conclude this week with a series of hearings, including today's hearing examining Health/Medicaid.
A monthlong schedule of 13 joint Senate-Assembly budget hearings are being held. See the full schedule here, as well as links to archived videos of all previously held hearings: Legislature Announces 2023 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing Schedule | NY State Senate (nysenate.gov)
Today’s hearing on Health/Medicaid can be viewed here beginning at 10:00AM: Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2023 Executive Budget Proposal: Topic Health/Medicaid | NY State Senate (nysenate.gov)
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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