Sentences with phrase «assembly hearing on the planned»

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UPDATE 2/23/18: Following the announcement of station closures in Upper Manhattan, State Assembly member Linda Rosenthal is calling on the MTA to halt its plans until it holds a public hearing first.

The state Assembly held a hearing Monday on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to spend $ 8 billion in subsidies to keep three upstate nuclear power plants operating for the next 12 years.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's bid to block his retrial on corruption charges, paving the way for a planned April 16 start to Silver's new trial in Manhattan federal court.

At the same time, the Democratic - led Assembly plans to hold public hearings on water quality issues in early September.

Members of the state Assembly are planning two big hearings in coming weeks that focus on critical components of the state's educational system.

The Senate and Assembly will hold their first in a series of legislative hearings on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed spending plan come Jan. 27, according to a schedule released on Friday.

Budget Director Robert Mujica told lawmakers during the joint Senate and Assembly hearing on taxes that Cuomo plans to detail the proposal in an amendment to the spending plan he released last month.

Testifying before a joint Assembly - Senate budget hearing on Thursday, Thruway Authority Executive Director Tom Madison acknowledged a financial plan for replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge is yet to be finalized.

The powerful Assembly Democrats are behind closed doors Tuesday morning, discussing specifics of a Cuomo education plan that some apparently heard about only late Monday, despite that a Cuomo administration official, speaking on background, told reporters that the deal has been in place for days and denied that there were messaging discrepancies coming from the executive and the Legislature.

During nearly four hours of questioning at a state budget hearing on transportation spending, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota assured Senate and Assembly members that an $ 836 million «subway action plan» launched last summer to fix the city's subway system is improving service, although he admitted there still is plenty of work still to do.

CSEA submitted testimony to the NYS Senate and Assembly Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities committees, which began hearings on the plan this week.

But Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says while he's not ruling out holding hearings on the state's handling of the Hoosick Falls water crisis, he doesn't plan on holding them anytime soon.

The congressional oversight of the PFOA situation in Hoosick Falls comes as the Democratic - led state Assembly plans hearings on water quality issues in early September, assessing issues on both Long Island and in the Capital Region.

Senate Republicans plan to hold a series of hearings on criminal justice issues starting this month, but have shown little willingness to take up previously proposed measures in the Democratic - led Assembly.

At 9:30 a.m., Senate Finance Committee Chair Cathy Young and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Denny Farrell preside over a joint budget hearing on the higher education portion of the governor's spending plan, Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., hearing on the higher education portion of the governor's spending plan, Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Albany.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's bid to block his retrial on corruption charges, paving the way for a planned April 16 start to the Manhattan Democrat's new trial in federal court.

Legislators used a joint Assembly / State Senate hearing in Albany today to savage Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city's plan to implement a nickel surcharge on disposable grocery bags next month.

Edward Lucas, PEF Executive Board Member and DOT civil engineer, testified at an Assembly hearing on DOT's two - year capital plan.

The Democratic - controlled state Assembly on Monday introduced a budget bill that would prohibit the purchase of zero - emission credits mandated under the clean energy plan until leaders of the PSC and the New York Energy Research and Development Authority appear before a joint hearing of the Senate and Assembly to answer questions.

There are no hearings currently planned, legislative spokesmen confirmed, but Democrats who control the Assembly recently had a forum focused on planned summer repairs to Penn Station and the ripple effects they could have throughout the metropolitan area's transportation system.

The New York State Assembly held a hearing on Governor Cuomo's plan to spend $ 8 billion in subsidies to keep three upstate nuclear power plants operating for the next twelve years.

The New York Assembly on Wednesday announced plans to hold a hearing on water quality in the state as officials scramble to address contamination in the upstate Village of Hoosick Falls.

CSEA submitted testimony to the state Senate and Assembly Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities committees, which began hearings on the plan.

CSEA submitted testimony to the state Senate and Assembly Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committees, which began hearings on the plans this week.

Longtime Assembly members were angry they weren't consulted about the plan, hearing details when news first broke on Sunday night.

The General Assembly's Appropriations Committee has just begun holding public hearings and state agency presentations on Malloy's proposed $ 19.8 billion budget, which is $ 569 million less than what lawmakers originally agreed to last year when they passed a two - year $ 40 billion plan.

Steve McLaughlin's fellow state Assembly members may not be planning hearings on PFOA water contamination in Hoosick Falls, but the Schaghticoke Republican said he's prepared to convene his own.

Based on the concerns raised at Monday's public hearing before the state assembly's Standing Committee of Environmental Conservation, state officials will draft a «battle plan,» in the words of State Senator Kenneth LaValle (R - Port Jefferson), for how they can fight to preserve the area as open space and avoid damaging its unique, diverse ecology.

Tomorrow — February 24, 2016 — the Connecticut General Assembly's Education Committee will be holding a public hearing on legislation that Governor Malloy and Lt. Governor Wyman submitted as part of their destructive proposed state budget, a spending plan that that coddles the rich while making massive cuts to vital health, human service and education programs.

On April 21st, members of the Assembly Education Committee held a hearing to consider the School Finance Network's plan.