Assemblywoman Galef wants change in budget process
Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, D-Ossining, is sponsoring two bills calling for institutional change in the state budget process.
One bill would alter the fiscal year to run from May 1 through April 30. The change from the present April 1 deadline would provide time to get first quarter tax revenue figures on which forecasts are based, she said. The current April 1 deadline is a throwback to the early 1900s when legislators were in Albany just three months a year and ended their session in time to go back and farm the land, Galef said.
A second bill would require the state to revert to the prior year’s budget if the new dealine is not met. That would “encourage serious, timely talks” leading to “an on-time budget,” she said.
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Assemblywoman Galef may want to consult with school boards in her district—not having a state budget resovled until May 1st means that school district budgets are at best a guess.
This lady is a joke. Her idea of reform is to introduce some lame bill once a year and watch as it sits there and dies a quiet death. She’s been there waaaaay to long and doesn’t realize she is part of the problem.
Ms. Galef you call yourself a “Reformer” you want change in the budget process so you are sponsoring two bills. These bills will not pass, like all of the other bills you have pushed for reform. Because Speaker Sheldon Silver won’t let them pass, shouln’t a true “Reformer” have the courage to publicly call on Sheldon Silver to let these bills come up for a vote?
Ms. Galef – you can fool some of the people some of the time. But, I believe your years of fooling people into thinking you are a “Reformer” are quickly coming to an end. You are not part of the solution you are part of the problem.
You have no clout in Albany that is why Westchester County was short changed in the budget process this year. Do you really want us to believe you are going to get these 2 bills passed through the Assembly.
Give the voters a break, this will not happen. If you really want to do something for the people in your community. Get our taxes lowered.
Galef is a total joke. While I’m sure she is well intentioned she has really done nothing (including trying) to reform the process. She thinks not taking member items is a symbolic gesture of reform but all she does is shortchange her constituents. She introduces bills, sends out a press release and calls it a day. She doesn’t lobby her colleagues for successful passage. She doesn’t use her bully pulpit to draw attention to the gridlock – she just hopes for a nice article in the paper and that no one will call her out and reveal that all she does is create an illusion of action. The people want reform and Galef sure isn’t delivering it.
Also, let’s not forget that she voted for Tom DiNapoli as comptroller because “he was the most qualified.” What a load of crap! That vote was symbolic of everything Galef does.
When she was finally given an opportunity to do something good for the reform movement in NY she turned her back and showed her true status quo colors…
that vote for tom will bite her in the ass
By voting for Tom DiNapoli as controller she has shown that she is for keeping the status quo and not for reform. A reformer fights for change and works for the community that they represent. For years she has said she is a leader in the reform movement. What has she reformed?