Sentences with phrase «senate during budget negotiations»

Waiting until after the April 1 start of the 2016 - 17 fiscal year could avoid a power struggle in the state Senate during budget negotiations should former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is also on trial on corruption charges, be found guilty and forced from his seat.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos told the NY Post he's prepared to fight on behalf of charter schools during the ongoing budget negotiations with Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and IDC Leader Jeff Klein.

Richard Azzopardi, a spokesman for the governor, later clarified that Cuomo had proposed the idea during closed - door budget negotiations, which Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan denied, but that the idea was shot down; no bill was ever advanced.

-- The Senate's planning to act to limit the Governor's power during budget negotiations.

But during the budget negotiations, the state Senate demanded the slower phase - in period before the minimum wage hit $ 15 for all other Upstate workers.

Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan will be joined by his colleagues in outlining the second part of the Senate's «Blueprint for a Stronger New York,» an action plan that will guide the conference during upcoming budget negotiations.»

In an interview this spring, Sen. James Seward, R - Milford, said fellow representatives in the Senate and Assembly discussed ride hailing during 2018 fiscal year budget negotiations.

The entire concept was reportedly rejected by Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during the final week of budget negotiations, only to reappear as part of the final package.

The Senate GOP said it plans to act within two weeks on its budget proposal that will be submitted to public budget conference committee negotiations with the Assembly and used during continued discussions with the governor.

ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Wednesday cast doubt on comments by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos that a minimum wage hike has not been seriously discussed during budget negotiations.

Initially, the state Senate had more than $ 100 million in its budget for the program but then agreed to lower it during budget negotiations.

That's one reason why the state Senate, fed up with the spending, cut back on the amount the state would pay for outreach during the budget negotiations this year.

DeFrancisco and his Republican Senate colleagues will likely push for more oversight of this and other economic development spending during upcoming budget negotiations.

Legislators rejected this change during the first round of budget negotiations, with the Assembly creating a credit based on income (and not tied to local spending) and the State Senate embracing a simpler but less onerous plan advanced by groups representing cities, towns, counties, school boards and villages to give the «freeze» check back to the local government to invest as it sees fit.

[67] Paladino has proposed the use of repeatedly calling special sessions to pressure uncooperative legislators into passing his legislation, much as governor Paterson did during the 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis and the 2010 budget negotiations.

The proposal stalled during budget negotiations, facing opposition from Republicans in the State Senate.

The final budget negotiations occur during secretive, closed - door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders — in this case, Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Long Island) and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx), and Klein, leader of the breakaway Democrats.

North Carolina's school funding allotment, which is based partially on the number of pupils, is complicated, but a directive that emerged from the Senate side of the legislature during this year's budget negotiations came with a simple message: Make classes smaller.

Initially, the state Senate had more than $ 100 million in its budget for the program but then agreed to lower it during budget negotiations.

The Senate, however, decided to scrap hearing any House bills yesterday, a tactic frequently employed by lawmakers during the waning days of session as leaders jockey for leverage in negotiations over the state budget and other major issues.