Sentences with phrase «as state legislators plan»

As state legislators plan to start interviewing potential appointees to replace former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman next week, the State Democratic Party is also considering how to address the vacancy.

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Hudson Valley Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney and New York's Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood are among 16 people state legislators plan to interview to take over as New York's top law enforcement officer through the end of the year.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced continued widespread support from federal, state and county legislators as well as other former and current elected officials, community and business leaders for current plans to build a new bridge to replace the Tappan Zee.

That means that if state legislators adopted a plan as early as March 13 that was then signed by Cuomo, it would require Justice Department approval in a matter of days before the beginning of petitioning — an unlikely feat.

Gov. Andrew says he wants ethics reform as part of the budget or he will hold up the state's spending plan, while legislators say they want to negotiate the issue separately.

The letter credits the sponsors of the bills, Senator David Carlucci and Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee, as well as co-sponsor Assemblymember Kenneth Zebrowski, with designing a plan the county legislators describe as a collaborative partnership between a state - appointed monitor and East Ramapo officials to develop a five - year plan to improve the operation of the district and rebuild trust in the community.

State Senator Jose Peralta, who opposed congestion pricing and East River bridge tolls as an Assembly member, is the first state legislator to publicly endorse the Move NY toll reform State Senator Jose Peralta, who opposed congestion pricing and East River bridge tolls as an Assembly member, is the first state legislator to publicly endorse the Move NY toll reform state legislator to publicly endorse the Move NY toll reform plan.

On other government ethics reform, the budget did not ban outside income for state legislators as the governor had planned.

Beacuse the Legislature hasn't been able to agree on a date on which both the federal and state primaries can be held, legislators who try and fail to run for Congress have, for the past several campaign cycles, had the option of running for their old seats as a Plan B.

Sen. Jose Peralta, a Queens Democrat who opposed congestion pricing and East River bridge tolls as an Assembly member, became the first state legislator to publicly endorse the Move NY toll reform plan.

Curran, a Nassau County legislator from Baldwin, and Martins, a former Mineola mayor and state senator from Old Westbury, have attacked each other's plans as «window dressing» or for merely checking «a box.»

Several legislators — already angry with Cuomo over the demise of a special session that was expected to include a salary increase, as well as over the governor's decision to drop the normal State of the State presentation in Albany — attacked his plans.

As part of the $ 2.8 billion budget reduction plan legislators were poised to vote on, the state will likely hold up for six months millions of dollars in HEAL NY funds to Flushing Hospital, Jamaica Hospital, Elmhurst Hospital, Mt. Sinai Hospital in Astoria and Forest Hills Hospital, according to Stavisky.

Legislators rejected this change during the first round of budget negotiations, with the Assembly creating a credit based on income (and not tied to local spending) and the State Senate embracing a simpler but less onerous plan advanced by groups representing cities, towns, counties, school boards and villages to give the «freeze» check back to the local government to invest as it sees fit.

On Monday, he offered the proposal as an amendment to his state budget plan, which legislators are supposed to act on by April 1.

The Democratic governor offered it as an amendment to his state budget plan, which legislators are supposed to act on by April 1.

Wading into the debate over stop - and - frisk police tactics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change in New York State law that would drastically reduce the number of people who could be arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.

As much as we here at Teacherpensions.org would like to shift the conversation to whether or not those pension plans are providing adequate retirement security to all teachers — they generally are not — the reality is that state legislators are much more focused on these large budgetary pressures than they are on retirement benefits for individual teacherAs much as we here at Teacherpensions.org would like to shift the conversation to whether or not those pension plans are providing adequate retirement security to all teachers — they generally are not — the reality is that state legislators are much more focused on these large budgetary pressures than they are on retirement benefits for individual teacheras we here at Teacherpensions.org would like to shift the conversation to whether or not those pension plans are providing adequate retirement security to all teachers — they generally are not — the reality is that state legislators are much more focused on these large budgetary pressures than they are on retirement benefits for individual teachers.

Keri Hunter serves as EdChoice» svice president of training and outreach at EdChoice, where she manages the organization's team of EdChoice Experts, administers a portfolio of grant programs and plans and executes training conferences across the United States for legislators, parents and other educational choice stakeholders.

More than 140,000 letters were sent to state legislators and calls flooded the governor's office as Planned Parenthood supporters spoke out against the pending legislation.