Sentences with phrase «talks over the state budget»

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And it seems as we travel around to state and national conferences to talk to our many friends in the recreation field, more and more we hear about budgets being cut, staff let go and recreation programs being forced to turn their programs over to volunteer based organizations simply because they have no other choice.

But Croci has been reportedly frustrated with the job of being a state senator and the compromises Republicans have taken in budget talks over the last several years.

A rep for the de Blasio administration also told the Times that the city has been in talks with the state, the MTA and Vornado over potential development plans in the area, but they didn't resemble what Cuomo pitched during 11th hour budget discussions.

At a press conference Wednesday, the governor explained to reporters that state budget talks had fallen apart over a few core issues.

ALBANY — Republicans who control the state Senate have embraced hundreds of millions in cost shifts to New York City in their one - house budget resolution, backing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and setting up a clash with Assembly Democrats as budget talks intensify over the next three weeks.

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.

A sticking point in the budget talks is emerging between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers over the control of hundreds of millions of dollars in economic development spending that would benefit western New York as well as the regional economic development councils.

Looming over the talks is dwindling bank settlement money that added more than $ 8 billion to the last two state budgets.

Differences over extension of the so - called millionaires tax, without which the governor maintains the state can't close its $ 3.5 billion deficit, have emerged as an early flashpoint in budget talks.

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 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 state to the city.

Gov. David Paterson, who perhaps has the most to gain from the ongoing state budget stalemate, sent an e-mail today to supporters that slams lawmakers for wanting to fund property tax relief with borrowing and continues his tough talk about the need for spending cuts over «fiscal tricks.»

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.

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.

If the Democrats win the majority, Stewart - Cousins — who complained about being frozen out of the recent budget talks and negotiations over an anti-sexual harassment package — stands to become the state's first black woman to lead a legislative conference.

Malloy administration officials are so excited about the notion of a budget surplus that they are talking about proposing a targeted election year tax cut to win over middle - class voters even though the state faces a projected $ 3.2 billion combined deficit over the three fiscal years following this year's election.

Lawmakers continued to face an impasse in budget talks this week by fighting over whether to ditch teacher assistants in the state's elementary classrooms as a way to pay for teacher salary increases.