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Joint Senate-Assembly hearings on Governor Hochul’s 2025-2026 Executive Budget proposal continue on Thursday ~ Topic: Transportation ~ Watch here beginning at 9:30AM
February 6, 2025
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- 2025 State Budget
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"We welcome this year’s budget hearings, at this critical time, for direct input and critique on a range of policy areas that will decide the short- and long-term future and strength of our local communities and economies,” said Senator O’Mara.
Albany, N.Y., February 6—State Senator Tom O'Mara (R,C--Big Flats), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee, said that joint Senate-Assembly hearings on Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed 2025-2026 New York State budget will continue on Thursday with a review of the governor's proposals for Transportation.
This year's budget hearings began this week and kicked off a monthlong schedule of joint Senate-Assembly hearings on the governor's proposed budget. See the full schedule HERE.
Today's hearing on Transportation can be viewed HERE beginning at 9:30 AM.
Archived videos of each hearing will be available following each of the upcoming hearings.
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.
“Senate Republicans will continue to be a voice for lower taxes, less regulation, greater accountability, affordability, economic growth, job creation, and more common sense on state fiscal practices. We welcome this year’s budget hearings, at this critical time, for direct input and critique on a range of policy areas that will decide the short- and long-term future and strength of our local communities and economies,” said O’Mara, who represents the 58th Senate District comprised of Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, and Yates counties, and a part of Allegany County.
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