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Senate panel reads long list of nonpaid nominations and members question practice of appointing executive staff to boards
Summary
Senator Liz Krueger asked staff to read into the record a long, three‑page list of nonpaid gubernatorial nominations after the June 9 Finance Committee hearing and several senators raised concerns about the practice of appointing current executive‑branch employees to university boards.
Senator Liz Krueger, chair of the State Senate Finance Committee, asked staff to read a long list of nonpaid nominations into the record after the panel completed questioning of four paid Workers' Compensation Board nominees on June 9.
Committee staff read multiple names and the bodies to which they were nominated — including dormitory authority and convention center operating positions, regional park authorities, the State Athletic Commission, boards for arts and historic preservation, and trustees for CUNY and SUNY entities. Krueger said the list runs “going 3 pages,” and that the practice is to read them into the record when nominees do not appear in person.
Several senators raised…
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