State legislative leaders appear to generally oppose a ConCon, having easily sunk Governor Cuomo's initial budget proposal of $ 1 million to fund a state commission to prepare for a ConCon.
Not exact matches
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and
legislative leaders appear to have reached an impasse in talks on the
state budget, as the March 31 deadline looms.
The budget bills
appear to form the basis for a
legislative agreement on the
state budget, though
leaders have yet to formally announce a deal.
The reminder from Bharara comes as
legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are quietly discussing possible ethics reforms behind closed doors — reforms none of them have
appeared interested in discussing publicly since Cuomo outlined his platform in his
State of the
State address last month.
They pointed to the impending glut of corruption cases that former New York officials will
appear in during the next six months — two of Cuomo's former top aides will be tried, former
legislative leaders Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver will each reappear in a courthouse after their prior convictions were overturned on technicalities, and former
state Sen. George Maziarz stands accused of hiding the destination of his campaign funds several years ago.
He will not
appear at the
state capitol, a break with tradition that has drawn criticism from
legislative leaders.
Jepsen said in his memo to the
legislative leaders that the
state's prospects of winning in court
appeared bleak.
(Calif.) Gov. Jerry Brown
appears to have prevailed over
legislative leaders on the key issue of how much the
state has to spend next year, thus limiting new investments and growth of existing programs.
Set aside nearly a year ago, legislation to overhaul the
state's teacher evaluation system
appears set to resurface after new discussions between
legislative leaders and the Brown administration.
This
state of affairs would now
appear to be at an end following the recent announcement of the government's draft
legislative programme both in Parliament by the prime minister, and in the form of a document published by the Office of the
Leader of the House of Commons.