Senate Rules Committee Still Trucking
February 12th, 2009
The New York State Senate Temporary Committee on Rules Reform has been busy as of late. Besides holding hearings in Albany and Syracuse they also have a spiffy new website. Two more public hearings are expected this month–in Manhattan on the 26th and on Long Island on the 27th. Video of the last two hearings can be found here.
The co-chair of the committee, Sen. David Valesky, is quoted on the new site as saying, “For too long, the State Senate has operated with oppressive rules that stifled the will of the people. As we begin this new session, and this new Senate, we have an opportunity to make this body more deliberative, more open and more responsive.”
Did we mention that the committee hired Andrew Stengel of the Brennan Center to be their senior policy adviser on government reform? Stengel has been a fierce critic of Albany’s inner workings. Here is some of his past work.
By David King on February 12, 2009, 12:06 pmIn category: Gotham City | No Comments »

