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Insiders said the bill dramatically hiking the number of charter schools was a major breach in Democratic unity.

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If there's a billing dispute it can take months of phone calls and emails to get a case resolved, said Conley, who gained an insider's knowledge during years working for insurance companies.

Insiders, who defend the Governor, say he had no choice but to veto the TAP funding because it was attached to a larger spending bill rather then being introduced on its own.

Legislative insiders said Silver is miffed that Senate Democrats passed a bill Monday to lift the statewide cap on charter schools to 460 from 200 — putting the political hot potato squarely in his lap.

Insiders say that this is an important election for Hikind because most of the candidates he has recently supported in community elections including Brad Lander, Bill Thompson and Joe Lazar have lost the Orthodox Jewish vote.

Another insider said the breakaway Dems won't help control the agenda like they did the past two years, but they do expect to be able to get some bills to the floor — though not contentious ones like the public financing of campaigns that are being pushed by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

Party insiders say that's enough to keep operations running (payroll, general bills etc.) through the end of the summer, and that doesn't leave much — if anything — left over for the elections in what is supposed to be a great year for Republicans.

Besides the Bronx, Assembly insiders say Mr. Heastie has the backing of the Kings County Democratic Party and of Mayor Bill de Blasio — though both have denied backing any one of the contenders, outside of saying the speaker should be from New York City.

Democrats who backed the bill are finding big banks far less eager to host fundraisers and provide campaign cash heading into the tightly contested midterm elections this fall, insiders say.

But some insiders said that a Wednesday vote seemed highly optimistic, based on the normal, 48 - hour turnaround time that the nonpartisan staff needs to craft the precise legal language in a highly complicated budget bill.

«Bill de Blasio wants Melissa Mark - Viverito to get as many votes as possible so that he can claim not only a win but a huge mandate and have even more leverage and power to push his agenda and diminish the power of critics and skeptics,» said one labor insider.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has tapped a Queens district leader and organized labor insider to join his administration, sources say.

GOPers were furious over what they viewed as heavy - handed lobbying by Bloomberg and his team as they tried last week to kill the governor's union - favored compromise bill to limit the public release of teacher evaluations, insiders say.

«This is definitely a smack in the face from Bill de Blasio to Eric,» said the insider, who is not attached to either of the campaigns for the open seat, told the Observer.

Cuomo says his bill, which insiders say has virtually no chance of passing before the Legislature departs, is designed to give the governor the true power to run the system.

Cuomo says his bill, which insiders give little chance of passing before the Legislature leaves this week, is designed to give the governor the true power to run the system.

If there's a billing dispute it can take months of phone calls and emails to get a case resolved, said Conley, who gained an insider's knowledge during years working for insurance companies.

His behind - the - scenes maneuvering is likely to result in a bill that provides more money for clean - coal projects and assistance to industry than the House version, say insiders.

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Brand, say Capitol insiders, portrayed the bill's backers as «animal rights wackos» who would next want to free all the dogs, cats and cows in the state.

According to Josiah Hernandez, chief strategy officer of Coinsource, «If someone's looking to pay the bills, it may be logical to take out, say, a month's worth of necessities,» Hernandez spoke to the Business Insider.

Speaking to Business Insider two weeks after the startup announced it had raised $ 40mln in new funding since October, CEO Bill Barhydt said western institutional money would begin to «dip its toes» into crypto assets in 2018.