Floor & Hearings · 2015–16 session

Committee hearings

Public hearings from both chambers: Senate transcripts from the state's API and Assembly video from its archive. When both exist for the same hearing, they're linked in one row.

30 hearings· 30 Senate

October 2016

SenateWednesday · 7:00 PM
Public Hearing to Hear Testimony About Coast Guard'S Controversial Plan to Create Ten Commercial Barge Anchorages from Yonkers to Kingston
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May 2016

SenateThursday · 11:00 AM–2:00 PM
Public Hearing: To Examine the Merits of Extending Mayoral Control of Schools in New York City
Education
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SenateWednesday · 10:00 AM–1:00 PM
Public Hearing: To Examine the Merits of Extending Mayoral Control of Schools in New York City
Education
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April 2016

SenateWednesday · 4:00 PM–6:00 PM
R0undtable Discussion to Examine the Issues Facing Communities in the Wake of Increased Heroin and Opioid Abuse
Heroin and Opioid Addiction
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SenateThursday · 12:00 PM–5:00 PM
R0undtable Discussion to Examine the Issues Facing Communities in the Wake of Increased Heroin and Opioid Abuse
Heroin and Opioid Addiction
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February 2016

SenateFriday · 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
To Examine the Issues Facing Communities in the Wake of Increased Heroin and Opioid Abuse
Heroin and Opioid Addiction
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SenateThursday · 1:30 PM–3:30 PM
New York State 2016 Economic and Revenue Consensus Forecasting Conference
Finance, Ways and Means
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Senate

January 2016

SenateWednesday · 1:00 PM–1:30 PM
Public Hearing: Nomination of Janet Difiore for Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals
Judiciary
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SenateWednesday · 1:00 PM–2:00 PM
JUDICIAL HEARING FOR CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS NOMINEE: DISTRICT ATTORNEY JANET DiFIORE
Judiciary
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Senate

September 2015

SenateMonday · 6:00 PM–8:00 PM
Public Hearing the Future of Sheltered Workshops in New York State for Families and Individuals with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
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SenateThursday · 10:30 AM–1:30 PM
Public Hearing to Identify Opportunities in the Delivery of Social Services, from Prenatal to Pre-K, to Ensure That Services Are Being Delivered Efficiently and Effectively to Those Who Need Them
Social Services, Children and Families
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July 2015

SenateThursday · 1:00 PM–3:30 PM
Public Hearing to Identify Gaps in the Delivery of Social Services in New York State
Social Services
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SenateWednesday
The Future of Rural Public Transportation
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June 2015

SenateTuesday · 6:00 PM–8:00 PM
To Examine the Issues Facing Communities in the Wake of Increased Heroin and Opioid Abuse
Heroin and Opioid Addiction
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May 2015

SenateWednesday · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Public Hearing: To Address New York State’s Cyber Security Infrastructure, Including the Challenges, Risks, and Protocols Used to Protect State Information, Hardware, Software, and Systems
Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs, Consumer Protection, Codes
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SenateWednesday · 12:00 PM–3:00 PM
Public Hearing: Update on the Energy Highway and Reform of the Energy Vision Initiatives
Finance, Energy and Telecommunications
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April 2015

SenateThursday · 7:00 PM–9:47 PM
To Examine the Issues Facing Communities in the Wake of Increased Heroin and Opioid Abuse
Heroin and Opioid Addiction
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March 2015

SenateTuesday · 11:00 AM–2:00 PM
Public Hearing to Address Issues Affecting Families in the Workforce
Social Services, Labor
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SenateWednesday · 10:00 AM–1:00 PM
Public Hearing: Examining Police Safety and Public Protection in New York City
Investigations and Government Operations, Codes, Crime Victims, Crime and Correction, Civil Service and Pensions
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February 2015

SenateThursday · 3:30 PM–5:30 PM
New York State 2015 Economic and Revenue Consensus Forecasting Conference
Finance, Ways and Means
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