Sentences with phrase «assembly blocked a bill»

On Tuesday, Cuomo said the Democrat - led Assembly blocked a bill that would have done much of what is contained in his executive action, even though it was passed unanimously in the Republican - led Senate.

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Assembly Democrats are blocking a Cuomo - backed bill that would allow booze to be sold in movie theaters.

Assembly Democrats this coming week will vote on a bill to make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice as a adults — pressuring Senate Republicans who have long blocked the measure.

Before the Assembly had passed the lockbox bill, an anonymous transit advocate also told Transportation Nation's Jim O'Grady, «We're hearing that Cuomo is blocking the lockbox bill so that he can retain the ability to steal transit funds.

His potential primary opponent, Rachel May, disagrees and says Valesky and his renegade colleagues have allowed Senate Republicans to block progressive legislation passed in the Assembly, including a series of bills aimed at early voting and automatic voter registration.

Squadron and Kavanagh's bills to close the LLC Loophole passed the Assembly with broad bipartisan support in 2015, including Speaker Carl Heastie, but were blocked from a full Senate vote by the Senate Majority.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is blocking a bill that would create an independent commission to redraw legislative districts, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch charged this morning.

The Times questions Cuomo's motives for pushing his cap bill and calls on Assembly Sheldon Silver to stop making noises about negotiating and block the measure outright.

But Schimminger blocked a bill pushed by Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle (D - Rochester) that would allow Sunday alcohol sales at restaurants to begin at 8 a.m. — a measure that mirrors one introduced in the Senate by Sen. Thomas O'Mara (R - Elmira).

He systematically blocked all the most progressive, pro-tenant bills passed by the NYS Assembly for the last two years.

Cuomo trashed NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Democrat - dominated Assembly over their efforts to block a daycare center regulation package — as the governor prepared to sign «emergency regulations» instating the new rules over their resistance.

The Senate passed two bills that are components of the omnibus Women's Equality Act, which has passed the Assembly twice but remains blocked in the Senate due to Republican opposition.

ALBANY — The Democrat - led New York State Assembly came to terms late Tuesday on a bill that would raise the age of criminal responsibility in the state to 18, an issue that had been a major stumbling block in the state budget negotiations and was a longstanding priority for progressive groups around the state.

In the Assembly, where the measure has been blocked the past six years, some who oppose the measure want a chance to speak out against it, Morelle, the bill sponsor, said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo trashed Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Democrat - dominated Assembly over their efforts to block a daycare center regulation package — as the governor prepared to sign «emergency regulations» instating the new rules over their resistance.

The bill cleared the Senate with a comfortable, bipartisan majority — as it has in four previous years — but it has been blocked from consideration by Democrats who dominate the state Assembly.

But the Democratic Assembly and Republican State Senate passed bills earlier this year to block the measure, arguing it was too costly to consumers and unfairly rewarded store owners — and Cuomo ultimately agreed.

Stewart - Cousins and Teachout are slated to discuss the IDC coalition with the Senate GOP and how, in the age of President Trump, it blocks progressive bills that passed the Assembly.

A Heastie spokesman did not rule out the introduction of a new bill to address the situation, but said the Assembly first wants to see the outcome of a lawsuit seeking to block the rules brought last week by the city and state teacher unions, who are powerful allies to the Assembly Dems.

NEW YORK CITY, NY — The New York Assembly passed legislation Tuesday blocking the implementation of New York City's new five cent fee on paper and plastic bags, one day after the bill was also passed by the State Senate.

The remarks came as the Senate passed two bills that are components of the omnibus Women's Equality Act, which has passed the Assembly twice but remains blocked in the Senate due to Republican opposition.

Progress on that bill ended when Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver blocked it and the Democratic governor introduced his own to create a teacher evaluation system that would be ready for use in the September semester.

ALBANY — Assembly Democrats this week will vote on a bill to make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice as a adults — pressuring Senate Republicans who have long blocked the measure.

The State Assembly has passed NY Health, a single payer bill, the last two years but it has been blocked in the State Senate despite being sponsored by almost half of the Senators.

The New York Senate has blocked two bills passed by the Assembly last week — one banning gay conversion therapy for minors, as well as the Gender Expression Nondiscrimination Act (GENDA).

While Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins has blamed the Senate Republican majority for blocking ethics reform, she should ask Assembly Democrats why they sabotaged the pension bill in favor of a watered - down version.

Similar bills have passed the Assembly for several years, but have been blocked by the Republican - led Senate.

Felder and dozens of other legislators are pushing bills in the senate and assembly that would effectively block the city law.

In the piece, we discuss New Jersey's Assembly Bill 3105, which would block approval of virtual charters for one year while a study of the general effectiveness of full - time online schooling is conducted.

Assembly Republicans attempted to change the bill to allow for the student test data to be used to remove teachers, but Democrats blocked a vote.

Assembly lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would have blocked a statewide presidential election recount in 2016.

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Some Democrat Assembly members have even blocked another bill that would have limited the use of oil products in California.