Economic development funding was often distributed by former governors and legislative leaders when each received a pot of money, sometimes totaling half a billion dollars,
as part of the state budget deal.
The state Grown & Certified program, approved
as part of the state budget in the spring, will be open to New York farmers, more than 100 of which already have expressed interest in having the state's seal of approval affixed to their goods.
Speakers will address the need to raise the state minimum
wage as part of the state budget deliberations despite Governor Cuomo's suggestion that it should be done later in the session.
Attorney General Schneiderman praised Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for pushing ethics
reform as part of the State budget process, but called for more dramatic changes, even if doing so delayed enactment of the budget.
Advocates vowed to press ahead, saying that Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has said in the past that the Dream Act was «a priority,» could still move to include the legislation
as part of the state budget due by April 1st.
Flanagan all but declared the Child Victims Act
dead as part of the state budget, which would be a crushing blow to abuse survivors who were hoping Cuomo's inclusion of the measure in his budget proposal would give the issue momentum.
Howie Hawkins, the recent Green Party candidate for Governor, issued the following statement today in response to the announcement that Governor Cuomo would require state lawmakers to adopt a 5 point ethics reform plan
as part of the state budget process.
The city says the plan under discussion
as part of the state budget talks due to conclude by April 1 could hurt the city's ability to fund services like public safety, education and social services.
Polly then worked with State Senator Gary George, a Black legislator who represented the north side of Milwaukee, to get the new program and financing for it included
as part of the state budget bill.
The claim — by del Lago Resort & Casino — comes as the Rochester developer who owns the casino, located between Rochester and Syracuse, was in Albany Tuesday looking for a state financial bailout of some kind
as part of the state budget under discussion at the Capitol.
In a fairly unmistakable rebuke to the governor, Bharara dispatched a truck this week to collect the findings of the commission, which operated for just nine months before Cuomo agreed to dissolve the panel
as part of a state budget agreement that included some new ethics provisions.
Governors use January to detail their plans — then they push for those
issues as part of the state budget for the fiscal year that starts April 1 or before the six - month session ends in mid-June.
The Republican - led state Senate won't extend mayoral control of New York City
schools as part of its state budget plan unveiled Wednesday — creating a potential headache for Mayor de Blasio.
Its sponsors can not effectively make their case to their colleagues with a stand - alone bill and so are hoping to sneak it through the
backdoor as part of the state budget,» said King.
Lawmakers have plenty to work on in the next few weeks leading up to the start of the state's fiscal year, including whether to pass a minimum wage
hike as part of the state budget.
And when Cuomo won some of what he wanted — the State Senate and Assembly adopted stronger anti-bribery rules and greater financial
disclosure as part of the state budget deal — he dropped the very big stick he was waving.
Also at 11 a.m., the Adirondack Council, Citizen Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Riverkeeper and other groups urge Cuomo and state legislators to invest $ 800 million into
communities as part of the state budget, LCA Press Room # 130, Legislative Office Building, Albany.
Bronin defended the bailout package, saying its cost hasn't changed since lawmakers pledged in October to give tens of millions in additional aid to
Hartford as part of the state budget.
They would join local police and firefighters, along with the State Patrol, in retaining their bargaining rights under the latest version the Assembly is taking up
Tuesday as part of the state budget.
As budget negotiations were going down to the wire in Albany, some 5,000 parents, teachers and students from across the state converged outside Gov. Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office for a March 28 rally that marked the culmination of their months - long campaign to stop him from pushing through radical changes to public education policy favored by his Wall Street
backers as part of the state budget.
The city had agreed to pay its share of an $ 800 million plan to fix the subway system, half of which the state agreed to
pay as part of the state budget deal passed Friday night.
With Gov. Andrew Cuomo pressuring state lawmakers to pass his misguided education
proposals as part of the state budget, 1,100 UFT members on March 12 converged on the state capital to shift the focus to the real priority: getting the state to pay the $ 2.5 billion it owes to New York City schools.