Sentences with phrase «approved state budget»

When the legislature approved the state budget in July, it plugged a deficit by cutting $ 2 billion from its spending plan and by adding projected revenue from new video - lottery terminals, similar to slot...

The newly approved state budget includes a minimum wage increase that is the result of several compromises.

GOP Senators helped Felder get a key item he wanted in the recently approved state budget, an easing of rules on curriculum for Yeshiva religious schools.

He supports a permanent state tax cap, delivered an $ 18 million increase in state education aid for 9th District schools in the recently approved state budget, and has also introduced legislation aimed at education reform and ending the reign of Common Core.

Cuomo decreed that he had written off the Legislature for the rest of the year after lawmakers approved a state budget that contained more than a half - dozen policy initiatives.

ALBANY, NY (05/10/2010)(readMedia)-- The New York State Legislature has approved state budget extender legislation which includes mandatory one day per week furloughs for state employees.

State lawmakers unveiled legislation on Thursday that would bar Level 1 sex offenders from becoming licensed ride hailing drivers, calling it a loophole in the recently approved state budget.

The strong poll numbers for Cuomo come more than a month after lawmakers approved a state budget that was 10 days late.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo hopes the new plan contained in the recently approved state budget aimed at controlling property taxes will be driven by individual taxpayers.

In a little over a month, voters in most school districts go to the polls to decide yes or know on that district's spending plan and five of them in Erie County have less state aid to work with in the recently approved state budget In Erie County, Sweet Home sees the biggest cut in overall state...

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner says the recently approved state budget took an important first step towards fixing water systems across the state.

When New York State United Teachers president Karen Magee last month announced the union's support for the testing boycott, she said her intention was to undermine the state's teacher evaluation system, which Cuomo and lawmakers made more stringent in the recently approved state budget.

The New York State Assembly approved the state budget at the beginning of April, but even though it passed both houses, Republicans were strongly opposed to a measure raising the minimum wage.

In New York, the recently approved state budget allowed ridesharing companies like Uber to expand outside of New York City.

The labor - backed Working Families Party is knocking the approved state budget for lacking statewide public financing, the Dream Act and tax cuts for businesses.

She's also questioned Cuomo's economic development programs and criticized the newly approved state budget as another product of Albany's backroom deals.

Soon afterward, Senate co-leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx) reinforced his commitment to the mayor's plan, saying he wouldn't approve a state budget without it.

The New York State Legislature is required to approve a state budget by March 31.

The state will provide up to $ 30 million to communities that lose property tax revenue because an electric generating plant closes if the Legislature approves a state budget bill printed yesterday.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan reiterated on Wednesday that his conference, which holds the bare 32 - vote majority needed to pass legislation in that chamber, will not approve a state budget that does not entirely eliminate the remaining Gap Elimination Adjustment, a leftover from the 2008 fiscal meltdown.

On Monday, Moody's Investors Services said the failure to approve a state budget was threatening the credit and financial health of dozens of state towns.

And after approving a state budget that provided some funding to support to the authority's roughly $ 30 billion capital plan, there are no plans to send more resources — or even clarify whether more money is needed.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, shown in 2014, has told lawmakers he will not approve the state budget without new ethics rules.

ALBANY — Calling his government reform proposal «the whole loaf,» «the ultimate remedy,» «the most aggressive ethics reform we've ever seen» and «the most dramatic and aggressive [package] in the country,» Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday reiterated his suggestion he could shut down the government if legislators don't approve a state budget that includes the plan.

The center grew out of conversations he had last fall with Wolk, he explained, and the timetable for approving a state budget — not the deadly shootings — determined when the vote took place.

Wisconsin lawmakers have moved to curb rising local property taxes by approving a state budget plan that imposes five years of cost controls on public school spending.

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Her letter states that «these efforts must include passing policies which decrease risks, providing support for social and emotional programs to address mental and behavioral health, and approving budgets that increase resources.»

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 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.

Union officials filed the notice with the state board on July 24 - the same day park board members approved an $ 11.27 million budget that includes salary...

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.

It is also continuing PR initiatives it began even before the state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to an agreement as part of the recently approved budget to legalize ride hailing outside NYC.

State lawmakers do appear to be close to locking down the budget, with the state Assembly already approving one budget bill this evening — the public protection and general government portion of the spending State lawmakers do appear to be close to locking down the budget, with the state Assembly already approving one budget bill this evening — the public protection and general government portion of the spending state Assembly already approving one budget bill this evening — the public protection and general government portion of the spending plan.

Under an agreement backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both factions next year will work together to win coming special elections after the state budget approved.

With the current superintendent stepping down at the end of the month, whoever takes over will have unprecedented control over five city schools under a receivership model approved as part of this year's 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 Authorities Budget Office released a report that found over 25 percent of the 577 public authorities have board members who have not attended state approved training as required by the Public Authorities law.

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

Phillips represents a battleground Senate district on Long Island and has been a proponent of the gun control legislation that was approved as standalone bill during the passage of the state budget.

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.

Stewart - Cousins, like Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, pointed to the ongoing talks surrounding the state budget, which is scheduled to be approved by Thursday.

Hours after the Legislature approved the state's new budget, Cuomo celebrated by hosting his annual Easter open house at the Executive Mansion with longtime girlfriend Sandra Lee.

As state legislators approved a $ 168 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, they left out a controversial proposal to change the way the state pays local taxes on its lands.

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.

The Legislature is expected to approve a budget extender bill that includes state worker furloughs that aren't slated to start until May 17.

The 2017 legislative session saw the first budget to be approved after the start of the state's fiscal year since 2010 and ended without an agreement on re-authorizing mayoral control of New York City schools.