Testimony from March 12 public hearing on New York State's personal income tax system

April 23, 2009

Transcript of March 12 public hearing

Testimony from Frank Mauro of the Fiscal Policy Institute

Testimony of E.J. McMahon of the Empire Center for New York State Policy

Testimony of Ken Polkalsky of the Business Council of New York State

Testimony from Donald Boyd of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government

Slide presentation from Donald Boyd of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government

Testimony from Elizabeth Lynam of Citizens Budget Commission

Testimony from Jessica Wisneski and Bob Cohen of Citizen Action of New York

Testimony from Ron Deutsch of New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness

Slide presentation from Ron Deutsch of New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness

Testimony from Jason Angell of the Center for Working Families

Testimony from Brian McDonnell of AFSCME

Testimony from Fran Turner of CSEA

Testimony from Richard Gilbert of Interfaith Impact of New York State

Testimony from Daniel Hahn of Lutreran Statewide Advocavy

Testimony from Dan Jacoby

On March 12, 2009, the Senate Select Committee on Budget and Tax Reform held its first public hearing in Albany to explore progressive changes to New York State's personal income tax system. The Select Committee heard oral testimony from 10 experts and collected written testimony from several other interested parties.

Below are links for the transcript of the public hearing and the testimony that was submitted to the Select Committee. The Select Committee's staff will issue a report detailing the key findings and conclusions from the testimony.

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