March 12, 2015: Senate and Assembly Announce Conference Committee
Appointments
March 12, 2015 Assembly proceedings: Assembly Resolution 203 (at 23
mins)
Assembly Budget Resolution 203
Assembly Budget Resolution 203
March 12, 2015 Joint Legislative Budget Conference Committee
Press Release
March 16, 2015 budget
conference schedule
March 16, 2015 budget conference committee--public protection
March 19, 2015 General Conference Committee
March 19, 2015 budget conference committee -- public protection
Open Senate
Senate
Finance Committee meeting: March 30, 2015 -- S.2001-A -- .22 - 1.32
minutes -- disposing of six budget bills within less than 5 minutes
Senate
Finance Committee meeting: March 31, 2015
3 budget bills on agenda --
disposing of them within 3-1/2 minutes
Senate Finance Committee's March 31, 2015
2 budget bills on agenda --
disposing of them in less than 2 minutes
S2001/A3001
pdf: S2001-A/A3001-A
A5572
A1909
[2013-2097]
S1887-A:
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in
relation to requiring that
committee and floor votes be made available online and that
session
and committee meetings be live webcast and archived
2013-3046-C
Joint Commissionn on Public Ethics
Office of Inspector General
Commission on Judicial Conduct
City Bar Supports Judiciary's 2015-2016 Budget Request
March 30, 2015 Senate Finance Committee meeting
-- 21 secs to 1.30 minutes
[see also confirmation of Willam C. Thompson, Jr. as Director/Chairman of NY
Mortgage Commission & NYS Housing Finance Agency -- at 22:13 - 35:30]
Assembly floor proceedings: A.3001A March 31, 2015 (at 6:02
hours/minutes) - 9
December 3, 2014
"The
Commission Question: Would One Work for Legislative Pay Raises?",
Gotham Gazette (David Howard King)
January 21, 2015
"DiNapoli:
Legislative executive pay commission responsible way to look at raises",
Albany Times Union (Matthew Hamilton)
February 23, 2015
"Cuomo's
Plan to tilt Albany's balance of power", Capital New York (Liz Benjamin)
February 24, 2015
"Poll:
Corruption is a big problem", Albany
Times Union (Matthew Hamilton)
February 25, 2015
"Watch:
Governor Andrew Cuomo holds cabinet meeting", Albany Times Union
(Matthew Hamilton)
"Cuomo
talks three men in a room, Senate Dem Leader decries it",
Albany Times Union (Matthew Hamilton)
February 26, 2015
"Now,
Four Men in the Room", Wall Street Journal (Mike Vilensky)
"Budgeting
Ethics in Albany", NYT editorial
"Erasing
emails proves Cuomo's vow of transparency is a sham", NY Post (Bob
McManus)
March 2, 2015
"Catsimatidis
trying to slip pricey biofeuls mandate into budget", NY Post (Fred
Dicker)
March 4, 2015
"Would
the legislature sue me? Aw, cm'on", Albany Times Union (Casey
Seiler)
March 6, 2015
"'Three
men' deaf to calls for change", Times Union (Matthew Hamilton)
March 10, 2015
"Ethics
reform left out of Assembly spending proposals", NY Post (Carl
Campanile)
"Assembly
reveals details of $150.7B one-house budget", Albany Times Union
(Matthew Hamilton)
March 11, 2015
"Budget
process keeps same corrupt system", Record (Ken Hall)
"Heastie
defends...meetings ", Capital New York (Josepha Velasquez)
"Cuomo:
I won't 'sacrifice' ethics reforms in state budget", AP (David Klepper)
"Senate
reveals more on one-house budget resolution",
Albany Times Union (Casey Seiler)
"Heastie:
Policy is on the table in budget talks", Albany Times Union
March 12, 2015
"Heastie,
Cuomo express frustrations over budget negotiations", WRVO Public
Radio, Karen DeWitt
New York state budget showdown time", Albany Times Union (Matthew
Hamilton)
"One
house resos don't include policy; but could the final budget? Maybe",
Albany Times Union (Matthew Hamilton)
March 13, 2015
"A
not-so-grand bargain for New York State", Daily Freeman (Alan
Chartock)
"Senate
leader says differences should not lead to late budget", NY Now,
DeWitt
"WATCH:
Senator scolds men leaders for meeting without a 'mother'" Gannett
(Joseph Spector)
"Reform
group says ethics changes must go farther", NCPR (Karen DeWitt)
March 14, 2015
"How
not to raise the age", Marshal Project (Alexandra Cox)
"Why
Governor Cuomo's Education Proposals are As Bad for Students As They Are
For Teachers", The Nation (Leah Brunski)
March 16, 2015
"NY
time running out", (Freeman Kloppott)
March 18, 2015
"Cuomo
gains support for ethics policies", New York Times, Jesse McKinley
"Assembly,
Senate pass Sunshine Week bills", Albany Times Union (Matthew
Hamilton)
March 20, 2015
"Cuomo
focuses on ethics reform, not funding it", New York Times (Jesse
McKinley)
March 23, 2015
"Poll:
NYS Voters Want Ethics Issues Separate From The Budget", WXXI (Randy
Gorbman)
"Governor
signals what pieces might come off the table in budget talks",
Albany Times Union (Matthew Hamilton)
March 26, 2015
"State
budget talks to stretch into weekend", Gannett (Jon Campbell)
March 30, 2015
"Senate
approves three budget bills", Capital NY (Laura Nahmias)
March 31, 2015
"Missing
From New York's Budget", New York Times (editorial)
"Will
budget debate go past midnight",
Capital New York (Jimmy Vielkind)
"New
York lawmakers rush to beat midnight budget deadline",
AP (David Klepper)
April 1, 2015
"Lawmakers
wrap up state budget at 3:12 am", NYSNYS News (Kyle Hughes)
April 5, 2015 "DA's
must confront state corruption, too, not just the feds", Buffalo News
(Robert McCarthy)
"Editorial:
Ethics reforms fall short",
"The
latest New York State budget contains a lot of junk" (Alan Chartok)
April 6, 2015
State Senator Blames Cuomo for Criminal Justice Reform Failure, Vows to
Push Forward
", NY Observer (Will Bredderman)
April 7, 2015
"New
York voters may decide ", AP (David Klepper)
"DeFrancisco
on ethics reform in NY budget: 'Reasonable Compromise' after
negotiations with Cuomo", Auburn Citizen (Robert Harding)