Sentences with phrase «budget negotiators in»

Budget negotiators in Albany have nixed most of the $ 1 billion in new taxes and fees proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as part of a plan to deal with the state's budget deficit.

Not exact matches

Ten days before the start of a new fiscal year, House and Senate negotiators working to resolve differences in $ 30.5 billion spending plans are closing in on a fiscal 2012 budget agreement, according to one of the six conference committee members.

And if Paterson embraces $ 400 million in Medicaid savings suggested by the GOP, negotiators are that much close to a balanced budget.

At issue, Skelos said, was an unnamed negotiator in the room boosting Mayor Bill de Blasio's agenda in the state budget.

Union members at financially distressed hospitals across the state are taking action to urge state budget negotiators to include funding for these hospitals in the final state spending plan.

The Senate GOP longtime lead negotiator Robert Mujica left to become Cuomo's budget director while Assembly Chief Counsel James Yates retired this summer, potentially putting state lawmakers at a disadvantage in 2016.

Washington (CNN)- Rep. Paul Ryan, the top Republican involved in budget talks, told reporters Tuesday that negotiators were closing in on a deal with a Friday deadline for doing so fast approaching.

Sears is running on the strength of her experience in the Council as a budget negotiator and has defended her vote to extend term limits by saying more than eight years is needed to complete long - term capital projects.

Mr. Silver had served for more than two decades as the Assembly speaker, imposing his will on matters large and small; he had a reputation as a staunch defender of New York City, a shrewd negotiator in budget talks and, at times, a recalcitrant opponent of anything he disliked.

Known as a master negotiator, Silver is one of the «three men in the room» during budget talks, along with Cuomo and the leader of the Senate.

And with 20 budget cycles under his belt, Silver is the most practiced negotiator in Albany's famed three - men - in - a-room troika of executive and legislative leaders who hash out deals on major policy.

As congressional negotiators homed in on a spending deal early this year, Mr. Brown pushed Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, to attach his pension language to the larger budget agreement.

Indeed, one of the most promising aspects of this consensus is the near - agreement earlier this month by Congressional budget negotiators that would have meant a record increase in education funding.

Yes, there are some very corrupt, undeserving registrants operating within the industry who should be in jail, but by the same token, there are some very honest, educated, professional negotiators (often not the one's with the largest advertising budgets, because they don't need that sort of chest - thumping hoopla) from whom to choose from.

They are a team of go - getters who together possess a vast amount of knowledge regarding the market, have a keen sense of the needs of their clients, are professional and extremely friendly and excellent negotiators Above all, they are absolutely sincere in their commitment to find you the perfect home within your budget.