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Day after day, lawmakers are listening to a parade of agency heads and advocates praise or condemn Governor Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal. On Monday, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee heard testimony on taxes and economic development. It’s clear lawmakers are growing weary of all the show with no tell.

“It’s a little bit disheartening that we have no details now," said State Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry.

Aubry, who is concerned with the impending closures of state prisons, asked for more information on how the governor’s regional economic development councils would go about compensate affected communities. But he got no answer.

Aubry is not alone. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are cool to Cuomo’s new budget approach. Instead of saying where the cuts will be, Cuomo is often leaving it to newly created committees to recommend where cuts should be made to reach his target reduction.

“We want to know precisely what it is that we’re going to be voting on when we take that vote," said State Senator Andrew Lanza.

It’s a sign some say of a governor -- who rides high on voter approval -- thinks he can push just anything through the legislature.

"We’re not a separate rubber stamp, we are our own legislative body that’s deliberative," said State Assemblywoman Deborah Glick.

Meanwhile, as lawmakers look to understand the impact of the major cuts proposed across the board, the fight over whether to extend the so-called millionaires tax is intensifying.

“If in fact we do extend the millionaires tax, in fact it should go to mitigate some of the most harmful impacts of the budget cuts," said New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness Executive Director Ron Deustsch.

“Extending the tax increases will harm New York’s economic growth prospects and further undermine the stability of our revenue base," said E.J. McMahon of the Empire Center for New York State Policy.

One area where the pain is clearly outlined in the budget is education. New York City Schools Chancellor Cathie Black plans to argue against the $580 million cut to education, before a legislative committee on Tuesday.