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The meeting of the General Conference Committee, known colloquially as the “mothership,” marks the start of the end phase of budget talks, when legislative leaders start making deals with the governor in order to agree on a spending plan.
Lawmakers are beginning budget talks as the deadline looms, but there are disagreements on spending and taxes.
State Sen. Patrick Gallivan and state Sen. Robert Ortt sent a letter to the chairs of the Senate committees on transportation, investigations and government operations and veterans, homeland security and military affairs urging them to conduct oversight hearings to assess the state’s response during the historic storm of a century in Western New York last
As New York State lawmakers gathered for their first day of legislative session, they voted in Andrea Stewart-Cousins as the Senate Majority leader, making her the longest serving Democratic majority.
Ortt replaced Sen. John Flanagan.