Sentences with phrase «assembly proposed an increase»

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Aetna made an issue last year of its presence in Connecticut when it joined other businesses lobbying Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the General Assembly to roll back proposed tax increases.

Meanwhile, the Assembly will propose increasing taxes on the wealthy, hiking rates on those who make more than $ 5 million — a measure beyond what Cuomo has proposed for extending the millionaires tax rates due to expire at the end of the year.

Senate Republicans last year called a minimum wage increase as proposed by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver a «job killer.»

Both the Assembly and Senate want to increase foundation aid beyond the $ 266 million proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

ALBANY — The Business Council is applauding the Senate Majority for its attempts to rein in spending and its announcement that it will reject both the $ 1.7 billion in tax and fee increases included in the Executive Budget, and the Assembly Majority's proposed $ 1.5 billion increase in the state's personal income tax.

There are more landmine up ahead as well, including a likely push from lawmakers in both parties to add more money to the proposed $ 338 million increase in foundation aid and, from Assembly Democrats, opposition to an increase in charter school tuition aid.

In this report, FPI estimates costs for increasing workers» weekly wages during temporary disability leaves and extending those benefits to family leaves under proposed legislation in the Assembly and Senate.

A push by state Assembly Democrats wants a New York City - specific minimum wage that's $ 1 more than Gov. Cuomo's proposed increase for the entire state.

And he called the escalating proposed increases a «bidding war» between Assembly Democrats, Cuomo, and Obama.

The increase would come in the Assembly's version of a proposed new budget, which is subject to negotiations with the Senate and Cuomo.

Earlier this year, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced he would implement a series of recommendations — proposed by the Assembly Workgroup on Legislative Process, Operations and Public Participation — designed to increase transparency, efficiency and participation in the chamber.

Following the news yesterday that two Republicans — Sen. Roy McDonald and Sen. George Maziarz — might be willing to consider supporting Sen. John Bonacic's bill that would, as the Assembly Democrats have proposed, continue the PIT increase while boosting the threshold to $ 1 million, Skelos called in to the John Gambling Show on WOR to restate his opposition to the measure.

The Assembly Democrats have proposed continuing the PIT increase but raising the threshold to $ 1 million to make the tax live up to its name.

Cuomo, however, was less enthused with a proposed increase in taxes via the Assembly Democrats, pointing to opposition over the extension of the millionaires tax from Senate Republicans.

Assembly Democrats are expected to propose a separate one - house budget resolution that includes increasing taxes for those who make $ 5 million and more, beyond the straight extension.

The Senate Republicans are calling for a $ 1.655 billion increase in school aid, grants for charter schools and $ 4.6 million in aid to nonpublic schools, while the Assembly Democrats, aligned with the state teachers unions, proposed a $ 1.1 billion increase in Foundation Aid.

The first of two Assembly hearings on the state Thruway Authority's proposed truck toll increase was held in Albany Wednesday.

There are still disagreements over how to disperse economic development funds for upstate New York — Skelos and Assembly minority leader Brian Kolb said they want to see Cuomo's plans modified — as well as a proposed increase in the minimum wage.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, proposed the increase early this year.

The Newtown massacre has generated so much proposed legislation — to expand the state's assault - weapons ban, make gun permit holders» names available publicly, reform the mental health system, and increase school security — that leaders of the General Assembly have decided they need to step in and direct traffic.

The budget includes a $ 1.5 billion increase in education funding, greater than the $ 961 million the governor proposed in January, but not as much as the $ 2.13 billion that the state Assembly wanted.

The leader of the majority party Democrats in the Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, was the first to propose the minimum wage increase back in January.

ALBANY — The Democratic - led Assembly's budget proposal includes an increase of $ 1.8 billion in education aid, a significant bump from the $ 1.1 billion proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo in his executive budget.

Several Assembly Republicans, who are in the minority party in that house, held a hearing on the 45 % toll increase for trucks proposed by the Cuomo Administration's State Thruway Authority.

Several Assembly Republicans, who are in the minority party in that house, held a hearing on the 45 percent toll increase for trucks proposed by the Cuomo administration's Thruway Authority.

The first of two Assembly hearings on the New York State Thruway Authority's proposed truck toll increase was held in Albany Wednesday.

The Assembly has proposed implementing the increase as scheduled.

Not included in the senate budget is an increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour as the Assembly and Governor Cuomo have proposed.

The Assembly's budget also does not include Cuomo's broad education policy reforms, with much of those measures linked to a $ 1.1 billion proposed spending increase for education.

The Democratic - led Assembly is expected to propose a budget resolution next month that would increase taxes on the rich.

Earlier in March the Minority Caucus submitted a resolution opposing the once - proposed bicycle fee increase, which has since been removed from consideration by the NYS Assembly.

The Senate and Assembly each increase education well above Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed level, and each leave key elements of the governor's plan out.

Both the Assembly and the Senate significantly increase school aid spending from Cuomo's budget, with the Assembly recommending a $ 1.8 billion increase, and the Senate proposing $ 1.9 billion more.

The Assembly wants to increase state aid to public schools by $ 1.8 billion, or $ 864 million more than Cuomo proposed.

«It's important that we think about it as something across the board so as to not change the balance of power between the executive and the Legislature,» said Assembly appointee Roman Hedges, who proposed an inflation - adjusted increase to legislators» salaries of about $ 35,000, which went nowhere.

The Assembly Democrats on Tuesday unveiled its version of the budget, focusing on more money for public housing, increased help for child care and a higher minimum wage than even Cuomo has proposed.

But Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx) said the governor did not go far enough — and argued the tax on millionaires needs to be increased in order to boost school funding beyond what Cuomo proposed.

The Senate and Assembly each increase education well above Governor Cuomo's proposed level, and each leave key elements of the governor's plan out.

The issue: After Assembly Democrats proposed increasing the income tax on high - wealth earners in 2016, the issue fell off the table.

In his executive budget proposal in January, Mr. Paterson proposed an increase of $ 1 a pack — a proposal previously opposed by the Senate but supported by the Assembly.

Assembly Democrats and Senate Republicans will want a significant increase, likely more than what Cuomo has proposed, and the governor is using that to his advantage.

Despite his «read my lips» campaign pronouncements, Malloy went before a joint session of the Connecticut General Assembly six weeks ago and proposed a budget that increased taxes by hundreds of millions of dollars, shifted hundreds of millions more in state spending to the state credit card and proposed devastating cuts to a broad array of vital state services.

While Connecticut's state budget approval process is far from over, the Connecticut General Assembly's Appropriations Committee has made some significant changes to Governor Dannel Malloy's proposed state budget including deleting some of Malloy's $ 80 million in cuts to public schools and reducing Malloy's plan to INCREASE charter school funding by more than 25 percent.

When Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy addressed a joint session of the Connecticut General Assembly ninety days ago to present his proposed state budget, he called for record cuts to Connecticut's public schools while demanding the legislature increase funding for charter schools by more than 25 percent.

But now, in a stunning development, the Democrats in the General Assembly have proposed an additional $ 135 million in cuts to Connecticut's public colleges and universities, ensuring massive tuition increases and major reductions in programs and services at all public institutions of higher education in Connecticut.

It is interesting to note that most of these important bills have been proposed by Republican members of the Connecticut General Assembly, but an increasing number of Democratic legislators are standing up and speaking out in favor of Connecticut's students, parents, teachers and public schools.

Following up on the RTI discussion as it relates to overall teacher pay, Governor Haslam has proposed and the General Assembly has approved BEP salary fund increases of 4 % per year over the past three years.

A clue to why the proposed increase to a 51 % green power mandate failed could be found in Assemblyman Perez's related measure Assembly Bill 148 — the Salton Sea Renewable Energy Bill.

After you take out the occasional embarrassment like the citizens assembly on delaying action against climate change as long as electorally convenient, the climate achievements of those governments come down to remarkably low proposed emission reductions, increases in MRET, a series of on again off again focus group - driven programs like Green Loans and the solar feed - in tariff, and shovelling as much coal as possible out of the ground and exporting it.