Sentences with phrase «assembly measures passed»

Shortly after the bill cleared Senate committee, O'Donnell's companion Assembly measure passed, 106 - 13.

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Meanwhile, Cuomo is pushing for an overhaul of the state's treatment of the developmentally disabled and while that measure has passed the Senate, the Assembly is yet to take it up.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has made it clear the measure will pass without a fuss in his house.

While it's true Grisanti's conference is unwilling to take up the bill passed by the Democrat - controlled Assembly and championed by Speaker Sheldon Silver, the senator is hardly the only person against moving the measure.

He also said the Legislature missed an opportunity to reach a deal on a property tax cap — one of the signature issues of his gubernatorial campaign platform — after the Assembly departed without passing the measure, leaving the Senate to approve a one - house bill.

The measure, which passed the Senate last night 43 - 18, will be voted on by the Democratic - led Assembly this morning.

Skelos in the past hasn't ruled out passing other measures as well, but with wide support for the minimum wage increase reflected in polls and the Assembly's passage of the bill today, the political pressure on the 32 - member conference has intensified.

With ethics back in the headlines due to the pending sentencing for Skelos as well as former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, lawmakers may want to pass an ethics measure in some form before running for re-election later this year.

Also at noon, Anti-trafficking advocates and survivors urge the Assembly to pass a measure that would further protect child sex trafficking victims, Legislative Office Building, Room 130, Albany.

The Assembly and Senate both voted into the early hours of the morning, passing several noncontroversial budget bills — for example, a transportation funding measure that did not include anything for the MTA, which is an area that has caused considerable consternation this session.

In 1919 parliament passed the National Assembly (Powers) Act, which provided that the Church of England would be entitled to self regulation by Church Measures, which could be approved or rejected (but not amended) by parliament.

State legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agree on the concept of passing a package of measure designed to curb heroin addiction in New York and are working out the details, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Wednesday said.

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle on Tuesday introduced an alternative version of a bill designed to legalize mixed - martial arts in New York in an effort to pass the measure in the final days of the legislative session.

The measure to name the span the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge passed the State Senate late Wednesday on the last day of the legislative session, but it failed to pass the Assembly.

A measure to rename the bridge after Gov. Mario M. Cuomo failed to pass the State Assembly on Wednesday.

As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law» by a 59 - 2 vote, Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville), the author and lead sponsor of the bill, has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Assembly to bring the public safety measure to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

Adams said the Senate had passed the proposal in both 2007 and 2008 and similar measures had been introduced in the Assembly.

New Jersey's Democrat - led Assembly passed a measure that would force the governor's beach house to close during a shutdown, while a second measure they approved would keep state parks open.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said he would review a bill that would prohibit New York state and local police from participating in immigration enforcement efforts with federal law enforcement, a measure that passed the Democratic - led Assembly this week.

Senate Republicans are nudging de Blasio to release more information on how the city spends its education money; the Assembly on Monday passed an omnibus bill that packages a two - year extender with a continuation of local government tax measures.

Silver on Sunday released a list of measures the Assembly — which is dominated by Democratic lawmakers — have passed in the last several years, but have failed to gain traction in the Republican - led Senate.

«In addition to the enacted measures, the Assembly Majority has independently passed a number of ethics - related bills that were not taken up by the State Senate.

A bill to do many of the same things failed when Democrats in the Assembly did not pass it, instead siding with de Blasio, who cited technical concerns over the way the measure was structured.

The measure passed the New York Senate nearly unanimously and sailed through the Democrat - controlled Assembly by a vote of 97 - 38.

The Assembly has passed a measure to allow early voting three times, he said, only to see it sputter in the Senate.

Governor Cuomo has been in support of the measures de Blasio is now pushing, as has the Democrat - controlled State Assembly, which has time and again passed such bills, which fail in the Senate.

I am proud to stand with this coalition to urge the State Senate and Assembly to pass this measure as quickly as possible.»

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver admitted Monday that a measure to prolong the millionaire's tax would likely be DOA in the Senate and would definitely be vetoed by the governor if, by some miracle, it was passed by both houses of the Legislature.

The Democratic - led Assembly this month passed a measure that would impose a two - year delay in aspects of Common Core when it comes to student and teacher assessment.

The Democratic - led Assembly is expected to vote on and pass a host of rent regulation expansions, measures the GOP - controlled Senate likely won't support.

Cuomo in February set out to pass what he said would be the most stringent ethics and disclosure measures in the nation — a push that was undertaken after the arrest of now former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on charges of fraud and extortion.

The Assembly approved the bill on Monday, the eighth time the chamber has passed the measure.

The measure has passed the Assembly for six consecutive years.

The Senate twice passed a one - house property tax cap bill when the chamber was under Democratic control, but that was back when it was assured the Assembly Democrats wouldn't take up the measure, making the vote entirely symbolic.

Assembly Democrats say they've already passed similar measures, and they support Cuomo's efforts.

A year ago, the measure passed in the Assembly, but failed in the Senate by eight votes.

Many believe Cuomo prefers governing, as his father did, with a Democratic Assembly and Republican Senate, allowing him to pass more conservative fiscal measures when necessary.

ALBANY — Hours after the Assembly's Democratic majority had a closed - door luncheon with Gov. - elect Andrew Cuomo, the chamber on Tuesday passed a plan to restructure the bankrupt New York City Off - Track Betting Corp. and a measure designed to fight «wage theft» by employers.

The measure passed an Assembly committee, which is all that was needed to take effect, on Jan. 8, the day after the measure became public.

Unlike his proposal, the measure the Assembly passed last year would provide 12 weeks of paid leave through the state's temporary disability insurance system, and the employee contribution would be set at 45 cents a week.

The New York State Assembly approved the state budget at the beginning of April, but even though it passed both houses, Republicans were strongly opposed to a measure raising the minimum wage.

Senate Republicans are pressuring the Assembly to vote on the eight measures they passed.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- The New York State Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation this week which closes loopholes and provides additional measures which lawmakers said will reduce and prevent gun violence in the state.

The measure passed the chamber in the past but died in the Assembly.

The measures are expected to come to the floor for a vote in the Assembly in the next month, where it could likely pass.

The national assembly had passed the measure last May, but the Nigerian president reportedly had delayed signing it into law.

Cuomo was pushed by ethics watchdogs this past legislative session to focus on government reform measures, many of which stood little chance of passing in the Assembly and Senate.

In the final hours of their annual session, the Assembly and Senate last week quietly passed a handful of spending measures that steered $ 56 million to 1,675 pet projects across the state, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy.

Remember: This was supposedly agreed on last year, but the Assembly blamed at passing what the Senate had already approved, thanks to backlash from labor unions — and their elected official allies — that the measure was too broad and would hurt low - level public employees.

The state Senate passed three planks of Cuomo's Women's Equality Act, putting further pressure on the Assembly to take up the measures individually.