N.Y. Legislative Law § 53: Budget review process

§ 53. Budget review process. Within ten days after submission of the

budget by the governor pursuant to article seven of the constitution,

the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly

shall jointly or separately promulgate a schedule for the specific

budget-related actions of each house, including but not limited to the

following:

1. a preliminary response by the houses to the governor's budget

submission;

2. fiscal committee hearings on the budget, hearings with heads of

departments and divisions pursuant to section three of article seven of

the constitution, and other actions which may be taken by the fiscal

committees, which shall be designed to inform the public of the contents

of the governor's budget, policy issues relating to such budget and such

other information as the senate and the assembly shall jointly or

separately determine. Such hearings and other actions may be conducted

jointly or separately;

3. a date for the production of a forecast or forecasts on receipts

which shall constitute an evaluation developed by the fiscal committees

of each house, jointly or separately, of the receipts likely to be

available to the state absent passage of any new revenue measures. Such

forecast or forecasts shall also contain an evaluation of the receipts

likely to be available to the state upon passage of any revenue measure

submitted and proposed by the governor pursuant to section three of

article seven of the state constitution; and

4. the dates for public hearings required by the provisions of section

thirty-two-a of this chapter.