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2019 Legislative Session



SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
(23 members -- Senate Rule VII, §1)
Chair:  Liz Krueger-- an added $34,000 
Ranking MemberJames Seward -- an added $20,500
Members Robert Antonacci, ESQ.,
Jamaal Bailey, ESQ.
,  Brian Benjamin,  Neil Breslin, ESQ., Leroy Comrie,
Brad Hoylman, ESQ.,
Timothy Kennedy, Andrew Lanza, ESQ. John Liu, Kenneth LaValle, ESQ., Betty Little,
Velmanette Montgomery, Kevin ParkerMichael Ranzenhofer, ESQ., Gustavo Rivera, Patti Ritchie,
Joseph Robach, James Skoufis, Diane Savino, Toby Ann Stavisky, Kevin Thomas, ESQ.,
[Catharine Young -- resigned]


ASSEMBLY WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE
(35 members -- Assembly Rule IV, §1a)
Chair: Helene Weinstein, ESQ.-- an added $34,000
Ranking Member
William Barclay, ESQ. -- an added $20,500  
December 19, 2018 press announcement


Members
Jeffrion Aubrey, , Michael Benedetto, Kevin Blankenbush, Edward Braunstein, ESQ.,
Kevin Cahill, ESQ., William Colton, ESQ., Vivian Cook, Clifford Crouch, Brian Curran, ESQ., Michael Cusick,
Michael Fitzpatrick, David Gantt, Deborah Glick, Stephen Hawley, Joseph Lentol, ESQ., Nicole Malliotakis,
John McDonald, III, Michael Miller Michael Montesano, ESQ., Catherine Nolan, Felix Ortiz,
P
hilip Palmesano,
N. Nick Perry, J. Gary PretlowEdward Ra. ESQ., Phil Ramos, Robert Rodriguez, Nily Rozic,  Robin Schimminger, ESQ., Aravella Simotas, ESQ., Fred Thiele, Jr., ESQ., Raymond Walter, ESQ., David Weprin, ESQ.

1.

CJA's January 18, 2019 e-mail --
"Request to Testify at the Legislature's Jan. 29, 2019 and Feb. 11, 2019 Joint Budget Hearings --
plus request as to the referred-to constitutional provisions concerning budget approval by April 1st"

Jan 18, 2019 e-mail from Assembly Ways & Means
Jan. 18, 2019 e-mail from from Senate Finance

CJA's Jan. 18, 2019 e-mail to Assembly Ways & Means with completed form
CJA's Jan. 18, 2019 e-mail to Senate Finance with completed form

 

2.

CJA's January 18, 2019 e-mail to Assembly Ways & Means Ranking Member Barclay, Esq. --
"FW: Request to Testify at the Legislature's Jan. 29, 2019 and Feb. 11, 2019 Joint Budget Hearings -- plus request as to the referred-to constitutional provisions concerning budget approval by April 1st"      Correction

click here for:
CJA's May 16, 2018 NOTICE/complaint to Acting Attorney General Underwood


3.
CJA's February 11, 2019 e-mail to Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Seward --
"QUESTIONS: (1) CJA's citizen-taxpayer action, suing the Legislature for its corruption with respect to the budget; (2) the fiscal committee's Jan. 15, 2019 announcement of their joint budget hearings; & (3) 'full-time' v. 'part-time' legislators"

 

4.
CJA's February 12, 2019 e-mail to Assembly Ranking Member Barclay's Legislative Director --
"Request for posting of the Green Book/analysis of the budget, etc."

Legislative Director's February 12, 2019 responding e-mail with attached Green Book page

CJA's February 12, 2019 e-mail -- "Thank you!"

5.
CJA's February 12, 2019 e-mail to Senate Finance Committee Chair Krueger --
"Follow-Up to Yesterday's E-Mail: "QUESTIONS...(2) the fiscal committee's Jan. 15, 2019 announcement of their joint budget hearings; & (3) 'full-time' v. 'part-time' legislators"


6.
CJA's February 14, 2019 letter to Senate & Assembly Fiscal Committee Chairs & Ranking Members --
"EVIDENCE substantiating written testimony for the Legislature's February 11, 2019 budget hearing on 'local government officials/general government', submitted at last year's January 30, 2018 budget hearing on 'public protection' -- and required to be preserved pursuant to Legislative Law §67  
transmitting e-mail

January 30, 2018 budget hearing on "public protection"

February 5, 2018 budget hearing on "local government officials/general government"

 

7.
CJA's February 19, 2019 written testimony,
with appended QUESTIONS

submitted for the February 11, 2019 budget hearing
on "local government officials/general government"

 

8.
February 26, 2019 --
1st Meeting of Senate Finance Committee


9.
C
JA's March 1, 2019 e-mail to Fiscal Committee Leadership --
"AGENDA:  Legislative/Judiciary Budget Bill #S.1501/A.2001 -- & the Questions to be Answered by Chief Administrative Judge Marks & by Temporary Senate Presidents Steward-Cousins/Flanagan & Assembly Speaker Heastie"

10.

March 5, 2019 --
2nd Meeting of Senate Finance Committee

11.
CJA's March 8, 2019 e-mail to Senate Finance Chair Krueger --
as member of Senate Committee on Budget & Revenues

 

12.
March 12, 2019 --
3rd Meeting of Senate Finance Committee



13.

Meetings of Assembly Ways & Means Committee

Jan. 14, Jan 28, Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 27, March 5

 

14.

March 13, 2019
Meetings of the Fiscal Committees

6th Meeting of the Assembly Ways & Means Committee

15.
March 26, 2019
4th meeting of Senate Finance Committee -- #S.1502--State Debt Service
Krueger:  "We just have one bill...This is the first budget bill of the year, so we're officially off and running on the beginning of the budget bill process"

 

16.
March 31, 2019
5th meeting of Senate Finance Committee --
State Operations; Legislative/Judiciary Budget Bill; Revenue

6th meeting of Senate Finance Committee

 

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April 1, 2019 Senate Finance Committee meeting

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click here for:
post-pay raise 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

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


 

 

 

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