Joint Legislative Hearing on 2026 Exec. Budget Proposal: Labor/Workforce Development - 02/25/2026

Joint Senate Finance Committee & Assembly Ways and Means Committee · February 25, 2026

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Chairs opening and hearing rules

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Sen. Liz Krueger opened the joint hearing, reviewed timing rules for testifiers and questioners (chairs 10 min for government witnesses; rankers 5 min; other legislators 3 min), and explained that all testimony and follow-ups will be posted on Senate and Assembly websites. She introduced committee members and the panel order for the day.

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Joint Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means hearing on the governor's proposed FY 2027 workforce development budget. Agency witnesses, led by Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon, described a planned UI modernization, new training and apprenticeship investments, wage-theft enforcement and outreach, and answered legislators' questions about staffing, worker safety and civil-service modernization.

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