Sentences with phrase «state budget talks on»

State budget talks on Tuesday careened into a broader debate over Medicaid funding for New York City, which Assembly Democrats raising concerns over a $ 250 million «cost shift» from the state to the city.

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During the final flurry of negotiations on the 2016 - 17 state budget, a lot of semi-substantiated talk was going around the Capitol hallways about potential roadblocks to a final deal.

Senate Republican President Pro Tempore Len Fasano and Vincent Mauro Jr., Senate Democrats» chief of staff and New Haven's Democratic chairman, talk before a vote on the state budget last fall.

Talks on the state budget were stalled just days before the April 1 deadline, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers continued negotiations.

MONEY TALKS will focus on direct actions from March 26th - 30th that empower New Yorkers to lobby their State Senators on important issues in the about - to - be-passed state buState Senators on important issues in the about - to - be-passed state bustate budget.

Talks on the state budget were stalled just days before the March 30 deadline, as Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers continue negotiations.

Talks on the state budget were stalled just days before the March 30 deadline, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers continued negotiations.

Talks on the state budget were stalled just days before the March 30th deadline, as Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers continue negotiations.

The tax cap talk at the joint legislative hearing on the state budget and its impact on local governments was dovetailed by the GOP - led Senate approving, once again, a cap on property tax increases for New York City.

Aresimowicz also expressed strong optimism Wednesday that talks with state employee unions will reach a deal on concessions to help close the projected budget gap that is now more than $ 2 billion for the next fiscal year.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo rolled up Tuesday in an Uber, then talked state budget at the Reverend Dr. Bennett Smith Senior Family Life Center on Michigan Avenue in Buffalo.

MONEY TALKS will focus on direct actions from March 20 - 24th that empower New Yorkers to lobby their State Senators on important issues in the about - to - be-passed state buState Senators on important issues in the about - to - be-passed state bustate budget.

Informal conversations have been held on the state budget, though those talks are yet to heat up, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters on Wednesday at the Capitol.

She also thanked her colleagues for advocating on her behalf to be included in budget talks after it was announced that State Senator Jeff Klein, who heads the five - member, Republican - allied Independent Democratic Conference, would have a seat in closed - door negotiations.

Sheila A. Weinberg is founder & CEO, she will talk us through how to make sense of those big numbers thrown around in Albany (no not Sheldon Silver's, the ones in the state budget delivered on Wednesday).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders appear to have reached an impasse in talks on the state budget, as the March 31 deadline looms.

Amid the furor of getting the $ 168 billion state budget passed prior to the holiday weekend, there were several less talked about items that made it into the final spending bills, many of them focusing on advancing what Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office called «The Women's Agenda.»

Talks over completing the 2017 - 18 state budget blew up on Wednesday as Senate Republicans, frustrated with a lack of progress on key deals, signaled they're leaving the Capitol until an agreement is reached.

Cuomo's rally comes at the tail end of a winter break for state lawmakers, who return to the Capitol on Wednesday to rekindle talks on the state budget.

«While Cuomo may or may not have an issue mandate, for the moment, as we await his first executive budget, voters certainly support the governor on these issues that he talked about in the State of the State address.»

Here's US Sen. Chuck Schumer during a brief upstate swing through the Capital Region yesterday, talking about his hope that the Senate would vote on a bill that included some $ 16.1 billion worth of Medicaid funding for the states — including $ 1.1 billion New York has already accounted for in its 2010 - 2011 budget.

And I think it is very exciting,» Budget Director Robert Megna said in an interview on Talk 1300 AM's «Live at the State Capitol with Fred Dicker.»

The mayor's pension proposal — coming one day after a shrunken state budget from the new governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, with similar tough talk — represents a clear bid to capitalize on growing concerns about pension costs and rising anti-union sentiments, even among traditional labor allies.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — New York State Senator George Latimer failed to vote on the New York State Budget this past spring because he departed for Europe the day before the vote was held in the Senate to go on a week long vacation in the United Kingdom with his girlfriend, New Rochelle City Court Judge Susan Kettner, Talk of the Sound has learned.

State Senate voting records obtained by Talk of the Sound show AB 3000 (State Operations Budget - Approp) passed on April 9, 2017 with 57 Ayes, 0 Nos and George Latimer «excused», AB 3004 (Capital Projects - Approp) passed on April 9, 2017 with 57 Ayes, 0 Nos and George Latimer «excused», AB 3009 (Revenue Art.

Again accusing Republicans in Washington of «having declared war on New York,» Cuomo, as part of the upcoming state budget talks, wants to find a way to revamp New York's tax code to limit the impact of the federal law.

«Let's stop talking in circles this budget season and take a serious look at the millions already on the state's books that we can cut to show New Yorkers that we can be as responsible with our checkbook as they've had to be with theirs this past year.»

As state budget talks begin to heat up, that is his pitch for extending what's called the millionaires» tax - an 8.82 percent income tax on those earning more than $ 1 million annually.

ALBANY — Racing against a Thursday deadline, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he's reached a «framework» agreement on the state budget and suggested legislators wouldn't see a salary increase next year if any last - minute hang - ups delay budget talks into Friday.

Legislative leaders had talked optimistically about completing the new state budget by March 22, they resolved a number of budget related issues, including pension reform on March 15th.

On BronxTalk this past Monday night Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz talked about the letter he received recommending that Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. be ousted from the Democratic Party, community board selections, the state budget, and other topics.

This photo shows Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, R - Rockville Centre, talking about the state budget with the media at the state Capitol on in Albany, N.Y. Skelos said Thursday that he will cooperate with authorities following a published report that prosecutors and the FBI are investigating him and his son.

The latest budget talks came on the anniversary of the passage and creation of the state income tax, which was signed into law by then - Gov.

Having a budget done «on time» has been of talismanic significance for him during his tenure as governor, citing it as tangible evidence the state government is functioning after years of budget talks that could stretch into the summer.

Before the 2017 talks, Cuomo presided over a string of budgets passing in the Legislature before the deadline passed or on April 1, making for «on time» or «timely» budgets that did not require extenders to keep state government funded.

Cuomo and the state's legislative leaders in March agreed to stave off talks over ethics legislation after the passage of the budget, which was approved on April 1.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo won nearly every element of his hard - times budget proposal in talk with the Senate and Assembly, whose leaders acknowledged the state's grave fiscal crisis early on.

With state lawmakers gearing up for the legislative session that begins in January, State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie came to union headquarters on Dec. 12 to talk about the state economy and next year's budget prioristate lawmakers gearing up for the legislative session that begins in January, State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie came to union headquarters on Dec. 12 to talk about the state economy and next year's budget prioriState Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie came to union headquarters on Dec. 12 to talk about the state economy and next year's budget prioristate economy and next year's budget priorities.

Revenues from the ongoing Wall Street rally will be a «bright spot» heading into potentially difficult state budget talks complicated by the federal tax overhaul, but New York government leaders shouldn't count on stock market gains to cover a deficit projected to be in the billions of dollars, the state's top fiscal officer said Tuesday.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was not involved in budget talks with legislative leaders who met at the state Capitol on Columbus Day Monday.

Legislative leaders were back at the state Capitol on Columbus Day for more closed - door talks to find some way out of the nine - month - long budget stalemate that has left state and local governments in fiscal limbo.

As he makes his fourteenth appearance on the program, the legislator from the Bronx» 87th district will talk about how his district fared in the big snowfall, the anti-Muslim attack in his district, his proposed legislation to give voters a chance to recall their representatives, Bronx development issues, the state budget, and more.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said retaining a surcharge on the state's highest earners is a sticking point as budget talks with the state Legislature heat up.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy has called for bipartisan talks on the state budget.

He hits all the talking points when the cameras are on, or in the state of the state address, but when it comes to delivering a budget, he produces garbage.

ALBANY — Just a day before the deadline for a new multibillion - dollar spending plan, negotiations over the final pieces of the New York State budget slowed to a crawl on Friday, as Democrats in the Assembly effectively blamed a Brooklyn senator for holding up talks over a provision that would ease state oversight of religious schState budget slowed to a crawl on Friday, as Democrats in the Assembly effectively blamed a Brooklyn senator for holding up talks over a provision that would ease state oversight of religious schstate oversight of religious schools.

Also on the agenda is a talk on the governor's ability to shape the language of the state budget, the change in the political landscape when Pataki steps down at the end of the year, the chief concerns of New York's ailing cities, and the validity of mayoral term limits.

Fresh off the Legislature's second on - time budget in a row, Sen. Saland talks about the need to balance capital and administrative spending, explains the state budget's hold harmless rules and gives his opinion on the effectiveness of charter schools in New York and around the country.

Canvassers will talk to thousands of New Yorkers in State Senate and Assembly districts in Saratoga, Troy, Syracuse, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, New York City and Long Island about how extending the additional income tax surcharge on the state's highest earners could prevent more drastic budget cuts, and create opportunities to invest in job creation and infrastructure in New York SState Senate and Assembly districts in Saratoga, Troy, Syracuse, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, New York City and Long Island about how extending the additional income tax surcharge on the state's highest earners could prevent more drastic budget cuts, and create opportunities to invest in job creation and infrastructure in New York Sstate's highest earners could prevent more drastic budget cuts, and create opportunities to invest in job creation and infrastructure in New York StateState.

On Saturday morning, an influential business leader issued a statement urging the Assembly to install Heastie before talks about the state budget intensify.