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FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018
BUDGET BILLS


"RED ALERT:
The NYS budget is OFF the constitutional rails
"
Article VII, §§1-7; Article IV, §7; Article III, §10 of NYS Constitution --
hand-out to Westchester Co. Legislators at Feb. 3, 2017 local budget hearing

[budget resource page -- constitutional, statutory, rule provisions & caselaw]

 


Appropriation bills

State Operations Budget Bill -- Governor's original #S.2000/A.3000   Div of Budget webpage
              2/17/17: Governor's 30-day amended bill #S.2000-a/A.2000-a   narrative  details
                        3/13 -- Senate "amended" -- S.2000-b 
 Senate webpage 
                        3/13 -- Assembly "amended" -- A.3000-b   Assembly webpage

            
 4/8:  Three-Men-in-a-Room "amended" #S.2000-d/A.3000-d   also c
                                            Senate webpage   Assembly webpage
 


Legislative/Judiciary Budget Bill --  Governor's original: #S.2001/A.3001

                           Senate webpage-S.2001      Assembly webpage - A.3001     


Debt Service Budget Bill --  Governor's original #S.2002/A.3002

                          3/20:   Senate "amended"  S.2002-a   Senate webpage
                          3/20:   Assembly "amended"  Assembly webpage          Ways & Means -- March 22



Aid to Localities Budget Bill -- Governor's original: #S.2003/A.3003
                         2/17 Gov's 30-day amending:  S.2003-a/A.3003-a   narrative   details
                         3/13 -- Senate "amended" -- S.2003-b    Senate webpage
 
                         3/13: Assembly "amended" -- A.3003-b
  Assembly webpage
                         4/4:  Three-Men-in-a-Room "Amended" #S.2003-d/A.3003-d  also c 
                                              Senate webpage   Assembly webpage           


Capital Projects Budget Bill -- Governor's original: #S.2004/A.3004

                         2/17: Gov's 30-day amending:  S.2004-A/A.3004-A   narrative   details
                         3/13: Senate "amended" -- S.2004-B   Senate webpage
                         3/13: Assembly "amended"   Assembly webpage

           
   4/& & 4/7:   Three-Men-in-a-Room "amended"  S.2004-d/A.3004-d  also c
                                                     Senate webpage   Assembly webpage  


   
                                                        

Article VII (language) Bills

 Public Protection and General Government -- Governor's original: #S.2005/A.3005
                                                            Gov's 30-day amended S.2005-a/A.3005-a  narrative details  new part AA

               3/13:  Senate "amended" -- S.2005-b        Senate webpage
                3/13:  Assembly "amended" -- A.2005-b  Assembly webpage
                4/4:
Three-Men-in-a-Room "amended" #S.2005-c/A.2005-c 
                                          Senate webpage  Assembly webpage


Education, Labor and Family Assistance Bill
-- Governor's original: #S.2006/A.3006

                                Gov's 30-day amended billl #S.2006-a/A.3006-a         narrative    details

                     3/13:   Senate "amended" -- S-2006-b       Senate webpage
                    3/13:   Assembly "amended" -- A-2006-b  Assembly webpage
                    4/4:     Three-Men-in-a-Room "amended" #S.2006-c/A.3006-c 
                                            Senate webpage  Assembly webpage


Healthy & Mental Hygiene Bill -- Governor's original #S.2007/A.3007 

             
       3/13:  Senate "amended" -- S-2007-a       Senate webpage
                     3/13:  Assembly "amended" -- A-2007-a   Assembly webpage  

                     4/4:    Three-Men-in-a-Room "amended" #S2007-b/A.3007-b 
                                                  Senate webpage   Assembly webpage


Transportation, Economic Development & Environmental Conservation -- Governor's original #S.2008/A.3008

                   Gov's 30-day amended bill #S.2008-a/A.3008-a    narrative  details
            
      3/13:   Senate "amended" -- S-2008-b        Senate webpage
             
      3/13:   Assembly "amended"  -- A-2008-b   Assembly webpage   

                   4/4:     Three-Men-in-a-Room "amended" #S.2008-c/A.3008-c
                                                   Senate webpage   Assembly webpage

Revenue -- Governor's original #S.2009/A.3009

                   Gov's 30-day amended bill: #S.2009-a/A.3009-a
              3/13:   Senate "amended"  -- S-2009-b    Senate webpage
                   3/13:   Assembly "amended" -- A-2009-b   Assembly webpage  
                   4/8:     Three-Men-in-a-Room #S.2009-c/A.3009-c
                                                        Senate webpage    Assembly webpage


     

 

VIDEO: April 4, 2017 Senate Finance Committee meeting
#S.2005-C; #S.2006-C; #S.2008-C; #S-2007-B

VIDEO: April 5, 2017 Senate Finance Committee meeting 
#S.2001; #S.2003-D

VIDEO:  April 9, 2017 Senate Finance Committee meeting
#S.2000-D; #S.2004-D; #S.2009-D

 

VIDEO - Assembly/Wedneday, April 5, 2017 -- Part 1   Part 2
#3005-C; #3006-C; #3007-B; #3008-C

VIDEO - Assembly/Thursday, April 6, 2017
Aid-to-Localities: #3003-D

VIDEO - Assembly/Friday, April 7, 2017
Capital Projects #3004-D; Legislature/Judiciary #3001

VIDEO - Assembly/Saturday, April 8, 2017
Revenue #3009-C; State Operations #3000-D

 

 

 

 

Comptroller DiNapoli February 2017 Report on Proposed Executive Budget

April 12, 2017
Assembly Summary of Recommended Changes to Executive Budget

Governor Cuomo's vetoes of legislative adds

Comptroller DiNapoli's May 18, 2017 Report on Enacted Budget
May 18th press release

Message:

"Ideally, decisions on resources, policies, and the budget process should meet high standards of transparency and accountability. Here, however, the Enacted Budget falls short in some important ways.

The Budget includes hundreds of millions of dollars in new lump-sum appropriations that allow taxpayer dollars to be spent with minimal disclosure. Significant amounts of spending have been shifted off-budget, which reduces transparency and oversight for those resources and obscures the actual level of State spending. Members of the public, and even members of the Legislature, had little time to review important elements of the final budget bills before their enactment. 

"Executive Summary"

"For the first time since 2010, final legislative action on the Budget occurred more than a week after the start of a new fiscal year. Revisions to the Executive Budget related to both spending and policy provisions were enacted with little time for public review. Several other aspects of the Enacted Budget raise concerns regarding transparency, accountability and oversight.

The Budget continues use of lump-sum appropriations, including a new $385 million appropriation for the State and Municipal Facilities program, which now totals more than $1.9 billion. Such broad authorizations allow expenditures with minimal disclosure of how funds are allocated, how recipients are selected and what public benefits are expected. In addition, significant amounts of spending are shifted off-budget, obscuring the level of State spending and year-to-year growth. For example, revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement will be used to pay certain Medicaid costs outside the budget, estimated by the Executive to total $125 million this year and $400 million annually going forward. Other resources from the State Insurance Fund and the State of New York Mortgage Agency Mortgage Insurance Fund, totaling $255 million, will be used outside the budget for various purposes.

The Enacted Budget does not include certain Executive proposals that would have reduced accountability and oversight. While such omissions are a positive step, the Budget lacks needed reforms to the State’s procurement practices that could enhance protections against corruption and waste."

click here for: 
CJA's Citizen-Taxpayer Actions to End NYS' Corrupt Budget "Process"
& Unconstitutional "Three Men in a Room" Governance
 

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2017 Legislative Session    

 

CJA's Budget-Related FOIL Requests -- 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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