NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE

PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR

For Immediate Release:

September 18, 2015 Sept. 24 Joint – Assembly Standing Committee on Children and Families Chair: Assembly Member Donna Lupardo Assembly Standing Committee on Social Services NOTE Chair: Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi NEW Assembly Standing Committee on Education DATE Chair: Assembly Member Catherine Nolan AND and Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force TIME Chair: Assembly Member Marcos A. Crespo Public Hearing: Child Poverty in New York State Place: Assembly Hearing Room, 250 Broadway, Room 1923, 19th Floor, New York, New York Time: 10:00 AM Contact: Anthony Lino (518) 455-4371 Media Contact: Assembly Press Office (518) 455-3888 Sept. 28 Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation Chair: Assembly Member Steve Englebright Public Hearing: Plum Island Place: Auditorium, Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville,

New York Time: 11:00 A.M. Contact: Ashley Luz (518) 455-4363 Media Contact: Assembly Press Office (518) 455-3888 Sept. 28 Senate Standing Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Chair: Senator Robert Ortt Public Hearing: The future of sheltered workshops in New York State for families and

individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities Place: Center for Tomorrow, University of Buffalo, North Campus, 119 John Beane Center, Buffalo, New York Time: 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. Contact: Daniel Toomey (518) 455-2559 Media Contact: Antoinette DelBel (518) 455-2024 ORAL TESTIMONY BY INVITATION ONLY Oct. 8 Joint – Assembly Standing Committee on Health Chair: Assembly Member Richard N. Gottfried Assembly Standing Committee on Mental Health Chair: Assembly Member Aileen M. Gunther and Assembly Task Force on People with Disabilities Chair: Assembly Member David I. Weprin Public Hearing: Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment and Services Place: Roosevelt Hearing Room C, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor, Albany, New York Time: 10:30 A.M. Contact: Logan Hardy (518) 455-4371 Media Contact: Assembly Press Office (518) 455-3888 ORAL TESTIMONY BY INVITATION ONLY

John J. Flanagan Temporary President,

Majority Leader and Coalition Leader

Jeffrey D. Klein Coalition Leader

New York State Senate

Carl E. Heastie Speaker

New York State Assembly

Oct. 14 Assembly Standing Committee on Education Chair: Assembly Member Catherine T. Nolan Public Hearing: Chronically Struggling Schools and School Receivership Place: Roosevelt Hearing Room C, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor, Albany, New York Time: 10:30 A.M. Contact: Maria Volpe-McDermott (518) 455-4881 Media Contact: Assembly Press Office (518) 455-3888 Oct. 23 Joint – Assembly Standing Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Chair: Assembly Member James F. Brennan and Assembly Standing Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation,

Commerce and Industry Chair: Assembly Member Robin Schimminger Public Hearing: Providing Affordable and High Quality Cable, Broadband, and Telephone Service Place: Assembly Hearing Room, 250 Broadway, Room 1923, 19th Floor, New York, New York Time: 10:30 A.M. Contact: Robert L. Franchini (518) 455-4881 Media Contact: Assembly Press Office (518) 455-3888 ORAL TESTIMONY BY INVITATION ONLY OTHER MEETINGS OF INTEREST: Oct. 1 Joint – Assembly Standing Committee on Health Chair: Assembly Member Richard Gottfried and Assembly Standing Committee on Oversight, Analysis and Investigation Chair: Assembly Member Ellen Jaffee Roundtable: The Early Intervention program and examining the implementation of

using fiscal agents to pay service providers Place: Board of Trustees Board Room, Rockland Community College, 145 College Road, Suffern, New York Time: 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Contact: Colleen Honan (518) 455-4355 Media Contact: Assembly Press Office (518) 455-3888 Oct. 7 Senate Task Force on the Delivery of Social Services in New York City Chair: Senator Tony Avella Public Meeting: The Current State of Homelessness in New York City Place: Senate Hearing Room, 250 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, New York Time: 11:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. Contact: Sofya Petrukhin (718) 357-3094; (917) 442-9687 Media Contact: Andrei Vasilescu (718) 357-3094; (631) 332-2481 ORAL TESTIMONY BY INVITATION ONLY