STATE LEGISLATURE RELEASES JOINT LEGISLATIVE HEARING SCHEDULE ON THE BUDGET

The State Legislature has announced the Joint Legislative Hearing Schedule on the 2016-2017 Executive Budget proposal.

These hearings are intended to provide the appropriate legislative committees with public input on the Executive Budget proposal. The hearings will be available for viewing on the Senate and Assembly websites. The New York State Legislative Channel, which is Time Warner Cable Channel 83 in the Syracuse area, also will carry the proceedings, which will be preempted when the houses are in session. At the conclusion of the legislative deliberations, the channel will resume televised coverage of the hearings.

In accordance with the schedule, the public budget hearings will commence on Wednesday, January 20, and continue through Tuesday, February 9, 2016. The respective state agency or department heads will begin testimony each day, followed by witnesses who have signed up to testify on that area of the budget. Requests to testify must be made by contacting the appropriate person listed on the attached budget schedule (area code 518) no later than the close of business, two business days prior to the respective hearing. 

Because of time constraints, only a limited number of witnesses can be accommodated at any given hearing. For each individual testifying before the committees, it is required that 50 copies of their written testimony be provided to the registration desk at each respective hearing.

Please see below the full Joint Legislative Hearing Schedule.  To watch a video of the hearing, please click on the times below, on the day of the respective hearing.  

2016 Joint Legislative Public Hearings Schedule