The 2021 Legislative Session Calendar can be found here.
Continue Reading →Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Announces Committee Chairs For 2021-22 Session
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins today announced Senate Committee Chair assignments for the upcoming Legislative Session. Over its first Session, the new Senate Democratic Majority held over 100 hearings and roundtable discussions, excluding the usual budget hearings. Hearings were held on issues ranging from sexual harassment and housing discrimination to addressing the opioid and substance abuse crisis and housing protections. These Senate hearings and roundtables were held throughout New York State, to encourage greater participation and a diversity of views, ...
Continue Reading →Speaker Heastie Announces Leadership Positions and Committee Chairs for 2021 Legislative Session
The list of Assembly Leadership Positions and Committee Chairs for 2021 Legislative Session can be found here.
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COVID-19 Update
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Continue Reading →Senate Blue Book
The Senate has released their analysis of the Governor’s Executive Budget. You can view the analysis here.
Continue Reading →Assembly Yellow Book
The Assembly has released their analysis of the Governor’s Executive Budget. You can view the analysis here.
Continue Reading →Speaker Heastie Announces Staff Appointments
Speaker Carl Heastie today announced that the following individuals have taken on new roles in the Assembly:
LouAnn Ciccone has been appointed Secretary to the Speaker/Senior Policy Advisor. A veteran of the Assembly and longtime member of the Speaker’s senior staff, she previously served as Secretary for Program and Policy.
Julia Mallalieu has been appointed First Deputy Secretary to the Speaker for Program and Policy. She has served in the Assembly since 1995, first as Associate Counsel, and later as Assistant Secretary ...
Continue Reading →Legislature Announces Joint Budget Hearing Schedule
Senate Finance Committee Chair Liz Krueger and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Helene E. Weinstein today announced the Joint Legislative Hearing Schedule on the 2020-2021 Executive Budget Proposal. These hearings, each of which focuses on a programmatic area, 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 Legislative Channel (on cable systems throughout the state) also will carry ...
Continue Reading →Governor Cuomo Outlines FY 2021 Budget: Making Progress Happen
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today outlined the FY 2021 Executive Budget, advancing a clear vision and bold, nation-leading and historic actions to make progress happen in the State of New York.
The budget plan features a $33 billion five-year plan to combat climate change, including a new plan to streamline government bureaucracy to deliver renewable energy projects faster; a $25 billion expansion of New York’s largest-in-the-nation building program, bringing it to $275 billion; an historic $28.5 billion investment in education while ...
Continue Reading →Governor Cuomo Outlines 2020 Agenda: Making Progress Happen
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today delivered his 2020 State of the State address. The Governor’s 2020 agenda – Making Progress Happen – features nation-leading proposals to tackle critical issues facing New York and the country including a domestic terrorism law to address the spike in hate crimes, a $3 billion environmental bond act to fight climate change, legalized cannabis and historic infrastructure and economic development investments like a new Empire Station Complex and a reimagined Erie Canal. The Governor’s agenda ...
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