Assemblyman Ron Canestrari, Chair of the Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education
As members of the Legislature’s General Budget Conference Committee, (from left) Senate Finance Committee Chair Owen Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Ways and Means Committee Chair Denny Farrell Jr., Majority Leader Paul Tokasz, Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs and Minority Leader Charles Nesbitt receive a report from the subcommittee on Higher Education. The General Budget Conference Committee leads the Legislature’s efforts to reconcile differences between Assembly and Senate financial plans in order to reach an agreement on a state budget for the 2005-2006 state fiscal year.
