Sentences with phrase «approved by legislators»

Chances are, however, that the merger will be approved by legislators.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has, as promised, vetoed changes to the county charter that were approved by legislators 2 1/2 weeks ago.

All options have been roundly rejected by union leaders, who earlier this week sued to kill the furlough measure after it was grudgingly approved by legislators as part of this week's budget extender.

If approved by the legislators, the county's share of the project would be $ 140,000 in county cash and $ 400,000 from bonds.

Not exact matches

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed the act officially on Tuesday, enacting the bill that was initially approved by state legislators in February.

Erie County legislators have unanimously approved an expanded budget for repairing the county's tattered roads and bridges, badly dented by a winter which never seemed to end.

Brown said one of the main priorities this year is for legislators to approve proposed funding for Buffalo Billion ², a regional economic initiative crafted by Empire State Development and the Governor's Office.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

«The residents of Westchester deserve a thumb's up or down on legislation that has been proposed and debated by the County legislators, then approved in Committee and brought to the entire Board for a vote.

Next week, state legislators are expected to vote on whether to approve the legislative lines that were drawn by the majority members in each chamber.

The sale of the vacant parcel to John Graziano Jr., a former Colonie Republican legislator and president of an Albany - based lobbying firm, was approved at the Legislature's Dec. 4 meeting by a 21 - 17 vote, despite calls to table the measure.

The legislature unanimously approved the resolution by a vote of 16 to none with one legislator — Kathy Rapp — absent.

The budget was approved as proposed by a vote of 8 - 3 with Legislators Lorigo, Morton and Rath voting against.

Legislators in July approved the first $ 5.5 million to get the project started by a contentious vote of 10 - 6.

If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

The 30 - second spot briefly explains the program and then urges lawmakers (or at least voters to urge their legislators) to approve it by the end of the legislative session.

In order for that to get on the ballot this November, Ononcaga County Legislators would have to approve the proposal by September.

Though United Water argues the increases are meant to control costs and will ultimately mean long - term cost reductions, legislators had expressed concern that the surcharge was a premature step given the plan has not yet been approved by the state's Public Service Commission and would add further financial strain on residents where the burden should fall on United Water.

In a Citi News interview after providing some financial support to fifty tertiary students in the Bongo district, the Bongo legislator could not fathom why diploma nursing students are paying far more than degree nursing students in the universities, and wondered if the nursing colleges were charging approved fees by Parliament.

They agreed to end pensions for convicted legislators, though the assembly has since revised the measure and it has not been approved by both houses.

Although the current agreement ironed out by the administration would put the county on the line for $ 58 million, Ned McCormack, the communications director for the county executive's office, said that the final deal — which the full county Board of Legislators must approve by March 31 — may include a different figure.

ALBANY — The stopgap budget approved Monday by legislators not only keeps the state government operating, it also includes nearly $ 1.8 billion in appropriations for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development projects — and no additional controls on such spending, despite months of legislative belly - aching.

(WBEN / AP) Legislators hope to approve a new state spending plan by Saturday, the first day of the new state fiscal year, but at least one local lawmaker is raising caution that the state could return to the days of state budgets not routinely passed on time.

If approved by County Legislators, it would be illegal for companies to require an applicant to reveal their previous salary

But Quinnipiac's Mickey Carroll says the voters surveyed are less enthralled with some of the action in Albany over the past month, including, an all night session of the legislature that approved, among other things new district lines manipulated by majority party legislators.

In the wake of recent concerns by Legislators over the lack of constituent attendance at legislative public hearings, Erie County Legislator Ted Morton and Legislature Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo announce that the Legislature approved a reform measure (10 - 0) requiring legislative public hearings be held no earlier than 6 p.m. on weekdays.

Under a resolution approved by the legislature's Laws & Rules Committee this week, all 23 legislators will be given a $ 4,000 increase in their annual salary, beginning in January, while maintaining all the current benefits.

After the county legislators initially approved the bill in its current form by a 9 - 1 vote on August 18, the county voted 6 - 5 in favor of overriding the veto.

But the proposal by Democratic legislators Dave Donaldson and Jennifer Schwartz Berky, which would maintain the current sales tax distribution formula for another five years, faces opposition from Republican legislature Chairman Ken Ronk, who says he's disinclined to approve a «status quo» agreement.

To change the constitution, an amendment must be approved by two successively - elected crops of legislators, as well a the general public.

The three voting members of the Public Authorities Control Board must unanimously approve the loan, which has been criticized as a violation of state and federal law by state and local legislators as well as the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Onondaga County Legislature will have to approve bonds for the project by a vote of at least 12 of 17 legislators.

The contract first approved by county legislators was for $ 4 million.

The Nassau Interim Finance Authority, or NIFA, approved the $ 2.9 billion budget after legislators eliminated the deficit by cutting bus service, trimming general expenses and delaying the hiring of new police officers.

For the program to expand, Onondaga County legislators would have to approve County Executive Joanie Mahoney's plan to increase the funding for the program by $ 200,000.

If Cuomo's plan is approved by state legislators, seven of the state's regional economic development councils — including Central New York's — would be invited to apply for the funds beginning in April.

Even though these appointments must be approved by the Board of Legislators, I have voted to support the County Executive's appointments (for Andy Spano and Rob Astorino), which would include several hundreds of votes over 13 years.

Unlike the state's traditional earmarking program — member items — requests from legislators must be approved by the Cuomo administration, which is borrowing the money for improvements through the state's Dormitory Authority.

ALBANY — State legislators have a say in which projects are supported by a $ 400 million discretionary fund, the state's business subsidy czar confirmed, but other details about how the Cuomo administration is approving funding requests remain unclear.

But thanks to a little - noticed change approved this month by state legislators, Scott may be able to wait until after the November elections to make up his mind.

Five minority legislators have proposed amending the county charter to include a prohibition of hiring elected officials» relatives for positions that don't require a Civil Service exam, which — if approved by the legislature — would go to residents for a vote.

By a vote of 12 - 5, the Westchester County Board of Legislators approved a $ 1.8 billion budget for 2018.

Yet another move is brewing in Albany that could cost New York City roughly $ 1 billion if approved - the proposal put forward by state legislators to impose a 2 percent property tax cap on New York City.

Several legislators on Monday urged Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders to include early voting and automatic voter registration in the state budget expected to be approved by April 1.

But in a senate report accompanying a bill covering NSF's 2010 budget that was approved last Thursday, legislators have harsh words both for the administrative skills of those senior scientists and, more broadly, how the agency has responded to a 2008 report by its independent inspector general that found that senior officials were downloading and viewing pornography.

Also in 2006, California legislators approved a governor - proposed initiative to expand annual pre-K spending ($ 345 million spent in 2006) on the state's low - income children by $ 50 million for the next three years.

• An article in the June 6, 2007, issue of Education Week misstated the change in total education spending for next year approved by Alaska legislators during their recent session.

The bill was approved by a margin of one vote in the senate, and even legislators who voted for it seethed afterward about how they felt blindsided, sidelined, and coerced into voting for the bill by party leaders.

By an 8 - to - 1 vote, the board approved a resolution that asks the governor and state legislators to support the Wisconsin Voucher Taxpayer Transparency Bill «in an effort to be open, honest and transparent with the taxpayers of the School District of Rhinelander and the state of Wisconsin.»

The $ 3.5 billion school funding deal recently approved by state legislators during a special session should inject some stability and certainty into Arizona's school funding system, said Association President and CEO Eileen Sigmund.