Sentences with phrase «agreement on a constitutional amendment»

The proposal comes as lawmakers are drawing closer to an agreement on a constitutional amendment that would force public officials convicted of corruption to surrender their pension benefits.

Dick Dadey, with Citizen's Union says Cuomo should negotiate for less egregiously gerrymandered lines, and try to win agreement on a constitutional amendment to enact a more independent process, beginning in the next round of redistricting in 2022.

State leaders had an agreement on a constitutional amendment that would have allowed convicted officials to be stripped of their pensions.

Not exact matches

Cuomo has called for closing the LLC loophole in campaign finance law as well as an agreement on requiring officials convicted of corruption to surrender their pensions through a constitutional amendment.

Without coming to agreement on how to proceed, legislative leaders considered several legal options, including passing statutes to delay the implementation of Goodridge, a strategy outlined by Mary Ann Glendon of Harvard Law School, until a referendum on a constitutional amendment could be held in November 2006.

We also continue to seek an agreement on a pension forfeiture constitutional amendment that matches the bill we passed earlier this year.

The chances of any measure for IE reform passing in the final days appears to be slim, however, as lawmakers are yet to come to an agreement on matters generally considered to be lower - hanging fruit, such as the first passage of a constitutional amendment to require the forfeiting of pension benefits from public officials convicted of corruption.

«We've made an agreement that we will pass a constitutional amendment resolution on pension forfeiture and we still believe we're going to do that,» Heastie said this month.

State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday neared the end of a legislative session with likely agreements on the first step for a constitutional amendment stripping corrupt officials of their pensions as well as a greater oversight of super PACs formed in the wake of the Citizens United decision.

Now that all political parties per their discussions with the select committee on legal and constitutional matter are all in agreement for November 7,2016 and every first Monday of November in subsequent election years even though political parties like National Democratic Party (NDP) are suggesting this amendment to take effect in 2020, we see no reason why there is a slow pace of operations in the release of manifestos by the various political parties.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders officially announced an agreement on expanding casino gambling in New York with the goal of setting a priority on upstate casino construction should voters approve a constitutional amendment.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said, «I am pleased we have reached an agreement to move forward with a constitutional amendment that will give New Yorkers a say on whether we expand casino gaming in New York State.

The governor touted the legislature's agreement to pass a constitutional amendment that might curb gerrymandering, though many observers consider it deeply problematic, and then added, «Most of the critics on redistricting, when you look at it, they tend to be either self - interested for their own politics or hypocritical, frankly.»

ReShapeNY also calls for any agreement to include a commitment to early action on a constitutional amendment to rework redistricting on the template of Cuomo's ill - fated 2011 program bill, which would remove the process from the legislative majorities.

If passed, their constitutional amendment would end the utilities» oligopoly on energy generation in Florida and give homeowners the flexibility to enter into contracts with solar companies, also known as Solar Power Purchase Agreements (SPPA).