Legislative Priority

2012 NYSAC Legislative Priorities

Below, you will find links to download the 2012 NYSAC Legislative Platform and testimony on the Executive Budget as well as NYSAC Fact Sheets, White Papers, and Resolutions regarding the five areas of the State Budget that make up NYSAC's 2012 Legislative Priorities: Medicaid Reform, Pension Reform, Children with Special Needs (Preschool Special Education and Early Intervention), Public Safety, and Human Services.

Enacted 2012-13 New York State Budget County Impact Summary

This year’s State Budget, which went into effect on April 1st, includes a mechanism that will save county taxpayer dollars in future years.

It was balanced, in large part, with new revenues produced from tax reforms enacted in December 2011 and savings from State agency consolidations and procurement reforms.

Click here to view NYSAC's detailed summary of the impact the 2012-13 New York State Budget will have on counties.

2012 NYSAC Legislative Platform

The 2012 County Legislative Program includes a series of mandate reform proposals designed by county officials with a goal of making New York a better, stronger and economically viable State in which to live, work and raise a family. To view the full program, click on the image or click here.

NYSAC Testimony on the 2012-2013 Executive Budget - January 24, 2012 - click here to download.

Medicaid Reform

• Fact Sheet: Capping the Growth in County Medicaid Costs
• White Paper: Reforming the way we finance Medicaid will lead to taxpayer accountability
• NYSAC Resolution

Pension Reform

• Fact Sheet: Reforming the Pension System
• White Paper: Achieving Balance- The Need for Further New York Pension System Reforms
• NYSAC Resolution

Children with Special Needs

• Fact Sheet: Bringing Greater Accountability to the Preschool Special Education Program and Increasing the Efficiency of Early Intervention (EI) Service Delivery
  • Expanded Fact Sheet: Early Intervention/Preschool Special Education
• White Paper: PreSchool Special Education - A Summary and Call for Reform
• White Paper: Putting Kids First- Reforming the Early Intervention Program
• NYSAC Resolution

Public Safety

• Fact Sheets
  • Public Safety
  • Juvenile Justice
• Article: Lippman Vows Changes to Confront Doubts About Youth Reform Bill, New York Law Journal
  (June 26, 2012)
  

Human Services

• NYSAC Resolution