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ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON REAL PROPERTY TAXATION
ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITIES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

SUBJECT:
Local Governments, Real Property Taxation and Cities Budget Implementation Hearing

PURPOSE:
To examine the impact of the 2014-2015 State Budget on counties, cities, towns and villages, including discussion of the Property Tax Freeze Credit and changes to the School Tax Relief (STAR) exemption program.

Albany, NY

Wednesday
December 17, 2014
11 AM
Legislative Office Building
Roosevelt Hearing Room C, 2nd Floor

Oral Testimony By Invitation Only

The committees wish to examine the impact of the 2014-2015 State Budget on counties, cities, towns and villages. Included in the discussion will be an examination of the Property Tax Freeze Credit and changes to the STAR program.

Persons invited to present pertinent testimony to the Committees at the above hearing should complete and return the enclosed reply form as soon as possible. It is important that the reply form be fully completed and returned so that persons may be notified in the event of emergency postponement or cancellation.

Oral testimony will be limited to 10 minutes duration. In preparing the order of witnesses, the Committees will attempt to accommodate individual requests to speak at particular times in view of special circumstances. These requests should be made on the attached reply form or communicated to Committee staff as early as possible.

Ten copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing registration desk. The Committees would appreciate advance receipt of prepared statements.

In order to further publicize these hearings, please inform interested parties and organizations of the Committees' interest in hearing testimony from all sources.

In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the Assembly, in accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.

William B. Magnarelli
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on
Local Governments
Sandra R. Galef
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Real
Property Taxation
Felix W. Ortiz
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Cities



PUBLIC HEARING REPLY FORM

Persons invited to present testimony at the public hearing on Local Governments, Real Property Taxation and Cities Budget Implementation Hearing are requested to complete this reply form as soon as possible and mail, email or fax it to:

Ali Baumgartner
Legislative Associate
Assembly Committee on Local Governments
Room 520 - Capitol
Albany, New York 12248
Email: baumgartnera@assembly.state.ny.us
Phone: (518) 455-4363
Fax: (518) 455-5182
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