SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE

 Annual Report:   2020

2019 - 2021:  Chair Liz Krueger

2019
CHAIR: Liz Krueger
RANKING MEMBER: James Seward, Esq.

Members: Robert Antonacci, ESQ., Jamaal Baily, ESQ., Brian Benjamin, Neil Breslin, ESQ., Leroy Comrie, Brad Hoylman, ESQ., Timonty Kennedy, Andrew Lanza, ESQ., Kenneth LaValle, ESQ., Betty Little, John Liu, Velmanette Montgomery, Kevin Parker, Michael Ranzenhofer, ESQ., Gustavo Rivera, Joseph Robach, Diane Savino, James Skoufis, Toby Ann Stavisk, Kevin Thomas, ESQ., Catharine Young

[see: 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION]

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

CJA's February 14, 2019 letter to Chair Krueger & Ranking Member Seward --
"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

CJA's February 19, 2019 written testimony,
with appended QUESTIONS for Chief Administrative Judge Marks,
Temporary Senate President Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Heastie
submitted for the February 11, 2019 budget hearing
on "local government officials/general government"

CJA's March 1, 2019 e-mail to Chair Krueger & Ranking Member Seward --
"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"

2020
CHAIR: Liz Krueger
RANKING MEMBER: James Seward
Members: Jamaal Baily, ESQ., Brian Benjamin, Neil Breslin, ESQ., Leroy Comrie, Patrick Gallivan, Brad Hoylman, ESQ., Timonty Kennedy, Andrew Lanza, ESQ., Kenneth LaValle, ESQ., Betty Little, John Liu, Velmanette Montgomery, Kevin Parker, Michael Ranzenhofer, ESQ., Gustavo Rivera, Joseph Robach, Diane Savino, James Skoufis, Toby Ann Stavisk, Kevin Thomas, ESQ.

[see: 2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION]

CJA's February 7, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger & Ranking Member Seward
"Thank you -- RE: Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Local Government" 

CJA's February 10, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger & Ranking Member Seward
"Thank you -- RE: Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Public Protection"

CJA's February 11, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger & Ranking Member Seward
"'Public Protection' Budget Hearing -- Questions for Chief Administrative Judge Marks"

February 12, 2012 e-mail -- "Today's..." & here

click here for:  Questions for Marks & webpage

 CJA's February 12, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger & Ranking Member Seward
"Legislative & Judiciary Budgets -- & Legislative/Judiciary Budget Bill #7501/9501:
Questions for Stewart-Cousins, Heastie -- & for Marks"

click here for: CJA's Questions for Stewart-Cousins/Heastie & webpage

CJA's February 19, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger & Ranking Member Seward --
"CJA's Submissions for the record
of the Legislature's Feb 12, 2020 'public protection' budget hearing  

CJA's February 19, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger & Ranking Member Seward --
"Request for Committee review & determination of Feb. 18, 2030 letter to Governor -- & Questions for Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Heastie & for Chief Administrative Judge Marks"

cc:   CJA's February 18, 2020 letter to Governor Cuomo --
"Your January 21, 2020 address on the Executive Budget: Part I -- The 'very simple' budget numbers of your Executive Budget, starting with those on your 'Partners in Government' slide"

cc:   CJA's March 3, 2020 letter to Governor Cuomo --
"Your January 21, 2020 address on the Executive Budget -- Part II: The so-called 'independent commission [that] proposed pay raises for New York's elected officials because we performed' --
& your other related slides and claims about public trust in government, transparency, & 'nothing to hide'"

cc:   CJA's March 18, 2020 letter to Governor Cuomo --
"Your January 21, 2020 address on the Executive Budget -- Part III:  GOOD NEWS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY -- You Can Chuck Six of Your Seven 'Article VII Bills' Because They are Unconstitutional. Here's why based on analysis of the Court of Appeals' 2004 plurality, concurring, and dissenting opinions in Pataki v. Assembly/Silver v. Pataki, 4 N.Y3d 75" 

QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE MARKS