2018 JOINT LEGISLATIVE HEARING SCHEDULE

Senate Finance Committee Chair Catharine M. Young and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Helene E. Weinstein announced the Joint Legislative Hearing Schedule on the 2018-2019 Executive Budget Proposal.

The hearings will be available for viewing on the Senate and Assembly websites. The Legislative Channel (on cable systems throughout the state) 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 hearings will commence on Tuesday, January 23, and conclude on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. The respective state agency or department heads will begin testimony each day, followed by witnesses who have requested to testify on that area of the budget. Those that have signed up to testify must limit comments to no more than 10 minutes.