Sentences with phrase «approved in the state budget»

The public matching program was approved in the state budget in 2014 as a compromise with Senate Republicans and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was under pressure that year from good - government advocates and public - financing supporters to create a public financing system.

The ride hailing provision approved in the state budget expands services to upstate and suburban counties outside of New York City.

The new teacher evaluations were approved in the state budget, but the State Board of Regents has found a way to delay their impact at many schools for at least another year, if schools can demonstrate that it would be a hardship for them to meet this year's November deadline.

More renovations will continue at the New York State Fairgrounds now that $ 70 million was recently approved in the state budget for changes.

The issue of public financing is more acute, given that the Working Families Party is pushing Cuomo to get state lawmakers to agree on a broader public financing plan than what was approved in the state budget.

The new teacher evaluations were approved in the state budget, but the New York State Board of Regents has found a way to delay their impact at many schools for at least another year, if schools can demonstrate that it would be a hardship for them to meet this year's November deadline.

The mayor spoke to around 1500 union members, urging them to put the pressure on state lawmakers to approve in the state budget the mayor's plan to provide the classes for thousands of four year olds starting in September.

Still, Cuomo called the reforms approved in the state budget «the most dramatic ethics reform that has existed in the state of New York.»

The District Attorneys Association of New York continues to have concerns with the legislation approved in the state budget this weekend that raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18.

The $ 2.5 billion approved in the state budget includes money for a variety of quality control concerns, upgrades and testing, but some environmental organizations believe it is only a fraction of what is needed to strengthen the state's water needs.

New York is starting to accept applications for testing driverless or automated cars, part of a 12 - month pilot program approved in the state budget.

De Blasio, meanwhile, is skeptical Cuomo's plan for rescuing the New York City Housing Authority as approved in the state budget will work.

One of the candidates on the GOP statewide ticket, comptroller candidate Bob Antonacci, is participating in public financing for his campaign under a pilot program approved in the state budget and limited to that race only.

And while the bonds are approved in the state budget, the specific projects are mostly chosen outside the normal budgetary process.

The increases would have to be approved in the state budget, subject to authorship by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and approval of the Legislature.

Assembly Social Services Chairman Andrew Hevesi pointedly called on Cuomo and legislative leaders to finalize a deal on how to spend $ 2 billion for affordable housing approved in the state budget on April 1.

During his gubernatorial campaign, Cuomo said the member item process needed «dramatic reform,» and said any legislative earmarks should be posted online before funding was approved in the state budget.

A total 6,000 of the 20,000 promised units were approved in the state budget.

Six thousand units were approved in the state budget, but a memorandum of understanding between Cuomo and the leaders of the Senate and the Assembly is required before the rest of the funds can be spent.

· Connecticut is one of only two states where charter schools are funded through a separate item in the state budget that must be approved in the state budget every year.

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In December, as Greek policy - makers approved yet another round of budget cuts — tough legislation that caps salaries at state - owned companies, cuts many state salaries by 10 % and diminishes collective bargaining power — some 20,000 protestors jammed the streets in the country's seventh general strike that yeaIn December, as Greek policy - makers approved yet another round of budget cuts — tough legislation that caps salaries at state - owned companies, cuts many state salaries by 10 % and diminishes collective bargaining power — some 20,000 protestors jammed the streets in the country's seventh general strike that yeain the country's seventh general strike that year.

When voters in Florida were approving a lottery, a survey found that the majority believed the lottery was going to pay the major portion of the state budget for education.

The requirement states that (a) within six business days after a budget has been approved, IMRF employers must post the total compensation package for each employee exceeding $ 75,000 per year and (b) at least six days before approving a total compensation package in excess of $ 150,000 per year.

Here's a primer on how the STAR property tax exemption program is changing, though some state lawmakers are already trying to prevent those changes, approved in the latest budget, from taking place.

Additionally, one of the few fee increases in the approved 2011 - 12 state budget included one aimed at breeders.

Cuomo wants the power to shift money after the budget is approved and without legislative consent, ostensibly in order to make it easier for the state to respond to federal health care law changes.

Last month, just before the state budget was approved, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon made her first visit to Albany, appearing with education advocates she has worked closely with in recent years.

Liberal advocates had been upset with the timing of the special election, namely holding it after the state budget is expected to be approved, thus giving Republicans in the Senate a chance to negotiate the spending plan.

New York gun owners convicted of misdemeanors in domestic - violence cases would have their firearms taken away under a bill lawmakers approved along with the new state budget.

Even if lawmakers do not include a complete congestion pricing plan in the state budget, due March 31, they could approve funding so work can start on the infrastructure that will be needed once all sides agree.

But state lawmakers there, like in the Republican - controlled Senate, will likely consider measures designed to alter education policies approved in the 2015 - 16 state budget, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said on Wednesday.

The legislature and governor approved it in the state's 2000 - 01 budget.

She said if the governor had announced the unification just a couple of weeks earlier, he might have succeeded in getting several progressive items into the state budget, which was approved on March 31.

In recent years, virtually all school budgets in the state have been approved on the first trIn recent years, virtually all school budgets in the state have been approved on the first trin the state have been approved on the first try.

Worked with the Legislature and Governor to approve legislation that continues the appointment of monitors in East Ramapo, provides new oversight authority for the monitors and the Department over the school district's budget, and provides $ 3 million in state funds to restore and expand educational programming for the public schools within the district;

The contest was in full gear Wednesday as Gov. David Paterson and lawmakers argued, threatened and cajoled each other regarding a bill that must be approved Monday to keep the state operating for yet another week in lieu of a final 2010 - 11 budget.

But the state Assembly has not included similar funding in its budget bills, and the owner of the FitzPatrick plant has not promised it will keep the facility operating even if the aid is approved.

The measure has majority party sponsors in each house who hope it can be approved as part of the state budget.

Congressional Democrats in New York are criticizing a federal budget approved by the House on Thursday that paves the way for a tax reform plan that could include the elimination of the state and local deduction, or SALT.

The Business Council supports the level of funding appropriated to the tourism industry in Governor Cuomo's Executive Budget and encourages the New York State Legislature to approve this level of funding.

Nearly six in ten registered voters in New York State — 59 % — report they're dissatisfied with how Governor Paterson is handling the state's budget while just 30 % approve of how the governor is managing the state's financial affState — 59 % — report they're dissatisfied with how Governor Paterson is handling the state's budget while just 30 % approve of how the governor is managing the state's financial affstate's budget while just 30 % approve of how the governor is managing the state's financial affstate's financial affairs.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Here's a look at key items in New York's new $ 153 billion state budget, approved Sunday night, after the New York Senate approved the spending plan (the Assembly voted on Saturday):

This budget proposal will empower the state commissioner of the department of motor vehicles (DMV) to «approve demonstrations and tests consisting of the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with autonomous vehicle technology while such motor vehicle is engaged in the use of such technology on public highways within this state.»

The incident is alleged to have happened in 2015, outside of the bar then known as Justin's in Albany when the two went outside to smoke a cigarette on the night the state budget had been approved.

Assemblyman Al Stirpe, a Syracuse Democrat, said he's optimistic the Legislature will approve a statewide $ 15 an hour minimum wage as part of the state budget — likely with an extended phase - in period, but without a permanently lower rate for upstate.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in a radio interview on Monday blasted the plan approved in the 2017 - 18 state budget that encourages local government consolidation and sharing of services.

Thompson expexcts the proposal approved in a 4 - 3 vote will likely pass muster despite Budget Director Bob Megna's warning during a public hearing in July that the state can't afford raises.

But a provision in the state budget approved by Cuomo and the Legislature kills the tax on tombstones or cemetery monuments.

The measure itself means about $ 12 million revenue for the state, but the repeal of the sales tax was considered as part of the state budget approved in April.

The party leaders said they don't think the two seats will be filled by a special election until after the state budget is approved in early April.