Sentences with phrase «assembly back an extension»
Both Cuomo and the Democratic conference in the Assembly back an extension of mayoral control for Mayor Bill de Blasio in the state budget.
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The Assembly is also backing a longer extension of mayoral control for city schools: Gov. Andrew Cuomo backs a three - year sunset, Democrats put that figure at seven.
The letter comes as Assembly Democrats are poised to back an extension of mayoral control for the next two years.
One compromise measure could be to link an extension of rent control to the passage of the tax credit, a bill that has an uncertain future in the Democratic - led Assembly and is backed by parochial and private schools.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie reportedly promised the mayor back in April — after the budget deal was done — that he would draw a line in the sand on a two year extension for mayoral control, seeking to end its use as a bargaining chip for unrelated issues.
State lawmakers appeared to make little public headway on how long to extend the program, which Assembly Democrats previously approved for a three - year extension, a bill that is backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie flatly said Wednesday night he would not bring his chamber back into session to vote on another extension of mayoral control of New York City schools.
The Democratic - led Assembly backed a two - year extension of mayoral control along with an extension of county tax provisions.
De Blasio had sought a permanent extension of mayoral control, but in recent weeks has settled for a three - year sunset as backed by Assembly Democrats.
De Blasio started the legislative session by calling on Albany to make mayoral control permanent, but last month said he would settle for a three - year extension that was backed by Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic majority in the Assembly.
De Blasio pointedly praised Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's backing of a three - year extension as well as his efforts at the negotiating table in a statement issued earlier this week that excluded any mention of Cuomo.
Cuomo and Assembly Democrats back a three - year extension with no changes to the existing program.
When I asked if he and other millionaire's tax extension supporters would back raising the assessment to only impact the truly rich in New York, which is something Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver appears open to, Kink replied:
The Democratic - led Assembly backed Cuomo's proposal earlier this year for an extension of mayoral control of three years, without any changes to the program.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has said he would not back an extension of the program that includes measures aimed at bolstering charter schools.
The annual extensions have become a pattern, as Cuomo is disinclined to back de Blasio's request, Assembly Democrats have long been ambivalent about mayoral control in general, and Senate Republicans continue to seek revenge whenever possible after de Blasio tried and failed to upend their majority in 2014.
The Senate, which had adjourned on Wednesday evening without taking up any bills, was expected back in the State Capitol on Thursday to consider the extensions and other elements of the Assembly bill, which also contained a relief package to Vernon Downs, a racetrack and casino outside Utica; access to more money for Adirondack road and well construction; and more than $ 50 million for flood victims on Lake Ontario.