Citizen's State Budget Session with Assemblyman Castelli Tonight

With legislative leaders tracking toward an on-time budget that cuts spending and contains no tax increases or borrowing for the second year in a  row, Assemblyman Robert J. Castelli (R, C – Goldens Bridge) has called his annual Citizen’s Budget Sessions, where local stakeholders in the 89^th Assembly District come to give their ideas, input, suggestions and express their concerns over the Governor’s proposed budget, prior to the Senate & Assembly budget resolutions.

Castelli will host the first event tonight, Wednesday, March 7^th in White Plains, where local elected officials, members of school groups and non-profits will be called to testify.

Concerned taxpayers and members of the public will also have an open microphone to air their support and/or concerns which Castelli can than take back to the legislature prior to convening the joint budget conference committees.

The preliminary details for TONIGHT's budget session are as follows:

WHO:   Assemblyman Robert J. Castelli (R, C – Goldens Bridge), Host

• Kate Slevin, Tri-State Transportation Campaign (Transportation) 
• Commissioner Mae Carpenter, Westchester County Office of the Aging (Health)
• Lisa Davis, Westchester-Putnam Association of School Boards (Education)
• Rachel Estroff, Parsons Memorial School PTA (Education)
• Terry Kirchner, Westchester Library System (Education)
• Frank Williams, White Plains Youth Bureau (Human Services)
• Reina Schiffrin, Planned Parenthood (Health)
• Mary Gadomski, Visiting Nurse Service of Westchester (Health)
• Terrence Guerriere, Gedney Association (Housing)
• Alexandra Wocjik, NYPIRG/SUNY Purchase (Higher Education)
• Rose Noonan, Westchester Women's Agenda (Human Services)