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Heastie says the acting attorney general, Barbara Underwood, is also invited to interview for the job.

Heastie said the acting attorney general, Barbara Underwood, is also invited to interview for the job.

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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday said it was unlikely Democratic lawmakers will take up changes to the SAFE Act, calling amendments to the gun control law in his chamber «challenging.»

«The mayor is acting on behalf of the city and the governor in his mind is acting on behalf of the state,» Heastie said.

The June 17 shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina church that left nine people dead cooled legislative talks over changes to the SAFE Act in New York, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Thursday in a radio interview.

As he undertakes a tour of different upstate New York regions, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in an interview on Tuesday said Gov. Andrew Cuomo assured him a component of the SAFE Act would ultimately be put in place despite a two - way agreement with Senate Republicans.

Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood is also expected to be invited, Heastie said.

«We're going to pass it as a standalone today and we believe should be passed as a standalone,» Heastie said of the DREAM Act.

Heastie's office said Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood, Schneiderman's immediate successor, has been invited to participate.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said earlier Monday that «it's not looking good» for getting the DREAM Act, which would provide college tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, and the tax credit, which would incentivize donations to groups that boost public and private education, in the final budget.

Republican Sen. Michael Nozzolio in a statement said Speaker Carl Heastie «refused» to participate in the negotiations over the SAFE Act changes.

«This is an ill advised end run around the Legislature and the Safe Act,» said Heastie, a Bronx Democrat.

In a statement given to Gormley over the weekend and re-issued to me last night, Mike Whyland, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, said the amendments would «of course» be printed «because the Constitution requires us to act on them as submitted.»

I don't see much news in Heastie saying the Assembly has no interest in reforming the SAFE Act.

Cuomo, in a conference call with Heastie earlier in the morning, said Congress needs to act on the disclosure issues surrounding social media campaigning.

«We will follow constitution & conduct open process to vet AG applicants, including Acting AG Barbara Underwood,» Heastie said in a tweet Thursday.

Heastie said it is time for the Republican - controlled Senate to support the state Dream Act, which has the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«To just want to exclude New York City or differentiate it, what is a uniform policy throughout the entire state, and I think it would be very difficult for us to move away from strong support of the SAFE Act,» said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Wednesday insisted negotiations were ongoing on pension forfeiture, while Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a statement said his house was ready to act.

Last week, the Assembly Democrats again passed a stand - alone version of the DREAM Act, and Speaker Carl Heastie said in no uncertain terms that he does not believe these two otherwise unrelated issues should be linked.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said in a statement that his conference is «prepared» to act on the extender.

«Of course the appropriations bills will be printed because the constitution requires us to act on them as submitted,» said Michael Whyland, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx).

Both Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said they were still sketching out their priorities for the remaining six weeks of the session, but they were reluctant to act on any bills bubbling through their committees.

«Right now, two of the «three men in the room» negotiating the budget understand the importance of the DREAM Act and how it will benefit this state,» Moya said, referring to Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, visibly frustrated, called two press conferences at the Capitol to say his members are ready to act — and, eventually, to rebut Cuomo.

Late Monday, people following the jockeying said majority leader Joe Morelle — who, by the chamber's rules, becomes acting speaker if Silver resigns — and Carl Heastie, the Bronx County Democratic Chairman, were top contenders.

«We'd love to see the Dream Act passed,» said Heastie.

When asked how the new legislation and the DREAM Act would interact with Cuomo's Excelsior scholarship — which provides tuition free college for middle class New Yorkers, and includes a provision for funding for Dreamers — Heastie said the plan was a good one, but the Assembly would counter it with their own version of the scholarship.

At the Monday news conference, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, said he hoped the Senate would once again take up the bill and pass the DREAM Act.