Sentences with phrase «york budget battle»

New numbers from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli suggest next year's New York budget battle will be truly brutal: The gap to be closed now looks to be $ 4.6 billion worse...

Not exact matches

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said he favors a three - year extension of New York City's mayoral control law, while the Assembly Democrats pushed during the budget battle for seven years.

Several central and northern New York legislators are praising the state's new budget as a win for the region's schools, but they say it was a hard - fought battle that is not over yet.

«Mr. Bloomberg's hypocritical support of constitutional protections, only when they don't impact the New York City budget, coupled with his uneducated and uninformed statements on the issue, serve to fan the flames of aggression, and undermine the potential for peaceful resolution of these matters, while perpetuating a long dormant policy of Indian termination which dates back to the days of General Custer's failed battle of Little Bighorn.»

Now McCall is co-chairing both Cuomo's transition team and the Committee to Save New York, which is melding business and private sector union interests to help the governor - elect fight the upcoming budget battle.

(The battle over New York's budget went into high gear Wednesday as a protest against cuts and the end of a «millionaires» tax» blockaded an entrance to the Capitol for almost an hour.

The union reciprocated by limiting its involvement in Albany's budget battle, all but neutering New York State United Teachers, the statewide union seeking to derail Mr. Cuomo's property tax cap.

«There are two items in the budget that are not fair to New York City, that are harmful to New York City, that will set us back,» he said, vowing to enlist the city's representatives in the State Senate and Assembly to do battle with the governor.

Whyland also said Heastie would not allow the tax credit to be linked to passage of any other legislation — like, say, mayoral control of the New York City school system, which some are suggesting could be linked to raising the charter school cap, another issue pushed without success by Cuomo during the budget battle.

ALBANY — The battle over New York's budget went into high gear Wednesday as a protest against cuts and the end of a «millionaires» tax» blockaded an entrance to the Capitol for almost an hour.

Cuomo walked into a packed news conference in Albany and cited a continuing budget battle with New York's Republicans in declining to run.

Count New York's government - employee unions among the biggest winners of this year's budget battle — with taxpayers as the big losers.

Tackling New York's gargantuan pension and health - care liabilities promises to be a nastier battle than the budget.

Even as de Blasio avoids needing the state's approval for big projects, he still is battling to restore nearly $ 1 billion in state cuts to the City University of New York and Medicaid the governor announced in his preliminary state budget.

Odato, who's covered state politics for the paper since 1997, shares his thoughts on the ongoing budget battle in Albany, the likelihood of a Democratic takeover of the state Legislature and possible pay hikes for New York lawmakers.

«The battle for the New York State budget is on, and the choices have never been clearer,» the ad, created by Cuomo consultant Neal Kwatra's Metropolitan Public Strategies, says.

Lockout is to Escape From New York what Battle Beyond The Stars was to The Magnificent Seven and The Seven Samurai — a low - budget romp that transplants one's setting [Battle Beyond The Star to space from the old west or ancient Japan; Lockout to space from a post-apocalyptic New York that's been turned into a gigantic prison]..