Sentences with phrase «assembly vote on budget»

Members of the New York State Assembly vote on budget bills while in session at the Capitol Wednesday, April 5, 2017 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

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When regional and national assemblies meet to establish budgets, elect officers and vote on pronouncements, they are also doing something far more important: they are reasserting (and reinterpreting) their denominational culture.

The Assembly does plan to vote on remaining budget bills that have been printed and already approved by the Republican - led Senate.

There was intermittent voting on budget bills today in the Assembly, which followed the lead of the Senate, approving legislation that the upper house took up late yesterday.

Democratic lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly on Tuesday pushed for measures that would make it easier to vote in New York, bills that fell by the wayside during the budget talks.

Updated: The Assembly will consider the ethics legislation outside of the one - house budget resolution, but both measures will be voted on next week.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie expects to include ethics legislation along with the Democratic - led Assembly's one - house budget resolution when it is voted on next week, he said at a Crain's New York breakfast.

The proposal made Monday morning comes as the majority conferences in the Senate and Assembly are set to unveil their one - house budget measures and vote on them this week.

It has an impact on the dynamic of the Mayoral race and it can also impact on how you run your administration — don't forget that Ken had a strong working relationship with the Green Party Assembly members during 2004 - 08 when he needed their votes to pass his budget.

Assembly Democratic majority members were scheduled to go into conference just prior to 10 p.m. and they had requested a «message of necessity» from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would let them vote on at least two noncontroversial budget bills without the customary three - day «aging» period that is supposed to provide time for actually reading the bills members will vote for.

The Assembly wrapped up its voting about 45 minutes before midnight on April 1, just barely delivering an on - time budget.

The state Senate passed a budget bill, and the Assembly is expected to vote on it on Wednesday morning.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Here's a look at key items in New York's new $ 153 billion state budget, approved Sunday night, after the New York Senate approved the spending plan (the Assembly voted on Saturday):

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo had agreed last year to an amendment, but the Democratic - led Assembly balked at a vote on the measure, which came with a broader agreement on the state budget.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb on Tuesday became the latest elected official to raise issues with the spending proposal, which was due to be voted on last week by the board, but the meeting was rescheduled to today after «scheduling» issues arose, according to the Division of Budget.

But if Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver loses his 108 - vote veto - proof majority, the Republican conference will take on a whole new level of importance — particularly during a tough budget battle in which likely Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made clear that everything — including education aid — will be on the cutting table.

In February 2013, during a London Assembly meeting following the publication of the 2014 budget for London, Johnson was ejected from the meeting following a vote and on the grounds that his Deputy Victoria Borwick had left the chamber.

ALBANY — As the state Assembly finished action on the 2017 - 2018 budget Saturday evening, dozens of members — cooped up in Albany for at least 13 days — rushed out of the chamber before the final vote tally was announced.

The issue remains open for discussion even as the Senate and Assembly begin voting on various budget bills.

At least two Senate Democrats, who up until now have kept government running by voting in favor of weekly budget extenders, are threatening to vote «no» on the next extender bill, which will come before the Senate and Assembly on Monday.

The Senate and Assembly are expected to begin voting on budget bills as soon as Thursday.

The vote on that bill — originally expected to occur last month — now might not happen until June because the assembly has prioritized the state budget, said Assemblyman John McDonald, a co-sponsor of the bill.

The City Council's general welfare committee voted unanimously to pass a resolution this morning calling on the state Assembly and Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo to change state budget language to allow New York City to use state funds to pay for rental subsidy programs for the homeless.

Cuomo's budget director, Robert Megna, as well as Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco, each have a vote on the panel that could scuttle the loan.

The Democratic - led Assembly voted for the final budget legislation on Saturday; the Republican - controlled Senate has scheduled a Sunday vote.

Lawmakers in the Democratic - led Assembly planned to vote on the final piece of the budget in the wee hours of Saturday morning; it is unclear when the Republican - controlled Senate will return to Albany to take up the legislation.

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle is pushing for a vote on the measure before the budget is considered; the Republican - led Senate meanwhile has approved the bill for the last seven years.

Both the Senate and Assembly had a snow day yesterday, but they're scheduled to be back at work today, voting on their respective one - house budgets.

The top leaders in the Senate and Assembly on Tuesday formally have scheduled three days for budget bill voting: March 27, 28 and 29.

The Democratic - led Assembly plans to finish voting on the 2016 - 17 state budget on Friday during the day, a spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said.

Members of the state Assembly could as early as this week vote on a bill that would undo the changes to the STAR School Tax Relief program that were included in last year's budget negotiations but which have sparked statewide complaints.

I've spoken to sources in both the Assembly and Senate today, and have been told that an agreement on FMAP is possible, particularly since it appears very clear now after last week's vote by the US Senate on the unemployment benefits bill that the $ 1.7 billion worth of Medicaid funding expected by NYC and the state in this budget cycle won't be coming any time soon.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver just told reporters that he expects votes on budget bills to begin as early as Wednesday — well before the state's April 1 deadline.

Senate leader John Sampson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have agreed on the plan, but Sampson may not have the votes; Governor Paterson may use his line - item veto to strip it of member items (earmarks), millions in restored school aid, and any spending he doesn't think we can afford; and it may be anywhere from $ 200 million to $ 1.5 billion short of closing the budget gap, depending on whether Congress comes through with $ 1 billion in Medicaid funds.

Assembly members discuss and vote on the state budget on the floor of the chamber on Monday, March 31, 2014 in Albany.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos pushed ahead with a floor vote on the budget anyway, saying he wouldn't be «held hostage» by Senate Republicans.

Highlights of the two - year state budget up for approval Wednesday in the Wisconsin Assembly, a vote that comes more than two months after the spending plan was due on July 1.

ALBANY — As the Assembly approved a pair of budget extender bills that had passed the Senate earlier on Monday, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin encapsulated the mood of numerous legislators who reluctantly voted yes.

In the coming weeks, the state Assembly and Senate will vote on their one - house budgets and negotiations between the governor and state legislative leaders will heat up.

By the time the state budget was voted on, Heastie, the 47 - year - old accountant and former budget analyst from the Bronx, elected to the Assembly in 2000, had been in his new job for less than two months.

The state's highest court said a governor is allowed to insert language into the budget's appropriations bills to change policies, and the Senate and Assembly are limited to just a «yes» or «no» vote on the amount of money allotted for the program.

They are hoping the General Assembly can vote on the budget agreement next week.

On the House side, Minority Leader Themis Klarides said Democrats blocked them from bringing the Republican budget to the floor for a vote in the Assembly's Appropriations Committee.

The state legislature is finished voting on a $ 141.3 billion state budget, with the Assembly completing it's work shortly before midnight on Thursday.

State Rep. Christine Sinicki, D - Milwaukee, and other Assembly Democrats approach the front of the chamber in outrage as their Republican counterparts cut off debate and voted on the budget repair bill in session at the state Capitol in Madison early Friday morning.

Demanding that Gov. Cuomo pay up on the state's long - overdue $ 2.5 billion debt to New York City public schools, two education advocacy groups at a press conference on Feb. 19 released a report that broke down the money owed by Assembly and Senate district in New York City so that each lawmaker who is going to vote on the state budget can tell exactly how much money is missing from his or her district.

On Wednesday, the Democrat - led Assembly aligned itself with Cuomo, a second - term Democrat, on measures like voting and campaign finance reform, while separating on other items related to transparency and budget controOn Wednesday, the Democrat - led Assembly aligned itself with Cuomo, a second - term Democrat, on measures like voting and campaign finance reform, while separating on other items related to transparency and budget controon measures like voting and campaign finance reform, while separating on other items related to transparency and budget controon other items related to transparency and budget control.

Government ethics, voting, and campaign finance reform do not appear to be particularly high on the list of priorities for Cuomo, the Assembly majority, the Senate majority, or the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference (a group of eight breakaway Democrats that has a coalition agreement with Senate Republicans but nevertheless put forward its own conference budget resolution on Wednesday).

But Assembly Democrats wanted to act on the measure outside the budget so opponents could argue and vote against it.

Debate in both houses of the state Legislature stretched from afternoon into evening, with the Assembly adjourning around 9 and the Senate around 10 p.m.. Both will be back to finish voting on budget bills Tuesday morning - legslation that members mostly have not had a chance to read.