Relations between Cuomo and the Legislature took a drastic turn for the worse in the fall when the governor's appointees to a special pay panel blocked what would have been the legislators» first pay raise since 1999. (nydailynews.com)
Flanagan and Cuomo have increasingly been at odds for the last several weeks, with the governor blaming the Senate GOP conference for failing to come to terms for a special session of the Legislature in December, which would ostensibly have resulted in the first pay raise for lawmakers since January 1999. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Feelings remain sore after a special session in December failed to coalesce, denying lawmakers their first pay raise since 1999. (nystateofpolitics.com)