2010-11 Budget Information Center
In January, Governor David Paterson released his Executive Budget recommendation and, as expected, it was very lean.
Given the size of the expected $7.4 billion fiscal gap in SFY 2010-11 and increasing gaps over the next several budget cycles, State lawmakers are faced with difficult budget-balancing decisions.
At NYSAC's 2010 Legislative Conference, Division of Budget Director Robert Magna made a state budget presentation to a meeting of county executives, board chairs and administrators and managers. His presentation is available here.
For more information on the budget, click here.
NYSAC Addresses Senate Local Govt Committee
NYSAC Executive Director Stephen Acquario addressed the Senate Local Government Committee recently. He discussed the difficult decisions that counties made to balance 2010 budgets and asked the committee members to take up county home rule bills before the end of the session.
2010 NYSAC Legislative Program
We understand the challenging outlook for New York State’s economy and has developed a legislative platform that we believe better serves the taxpayers of New York State while simultaneously strengthens the State and County partnership.
As we make our way through the national economic crisis, NYSAC urges an increased focus on reduced spending and profound programmatic reform in order to maximize county flexibility for essential public services.
Click here for a copy of NYSAC's 2010 Legislative Program
