Sentences with phrase «between governors and legislative leaders»

While it's likely that many of the earlier bills dealing with salaries were signed as a result of backroom - deals between governors and legislative leaders, this sort of trading had become fully public.

The comptroller said he believes that and other details — like whether there should be an increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates so nonprofits don't take a big hit when (and if) the minimum wage goes up to $ 15 — will be subject to negotiations between the governor and legislative leaders.

In contrast to the capital pork appropriations first initiated in the Pataki era, there's not even a requirement for a «memorandum of understanding» between the governor and legislative leaders to divide the pie.

Skelos spoke after a closed door meeting between the governor and legislative leaders.

The New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, are calling for an end to the long Albany tradition of closed door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders where they make key decisions on the budget and other issues, known as three men in a room.

But Bloomberg said the city did make «some progress» in the budget, especially when it comes to an agreement between the governor and legislative leaders that will essentially prevent any teacher evaluation plans from sunsetting — a big concern for the mayor.

With a new Speaker, the tradition of the three men in a room secretive budget meetings, where large complex deals have been forged between the governor and legislative leaders, broke down.

The Senate's one - house budget added $ 500 million to the proposed capital spending plan, and didn't delineate exactly where the capital money would go, saying funding should be allocated according to an agreement between the governor and legislative leaders.

Renewal of 421 - a is a predicate step to finalizing a memorandum of understanding between the governor and legislative leaders that will detail $ 2 billion in housing spending.

Both the Assembly and Senate restored funding in their proposed budgets — and following negotiations between the governor and Legislative leaders over the weekend, it became clear everyone was committed to keeping the centers open.

The final budget negotiations occur during secretive, closed - door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders — in this case, Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Long Island) and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx), and Klein, leader of the breakaway Democrats.

Not exact matches

Asked what happened between last Friday, when the legislative leaders were still insisting they wanted a three - way budget deal, and the moment when they departed from the governor and went their own way, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said:

interested enough in finding out what the Commission had discovered that he has launched an inquiry, in part, to get to the bottom of whether «investigations potentially significant to the public interest have been bargained away as part of the negotiated arrangement between legislative and executive leaders,» as he wrote in a letter to the Commission's members on April 3 — a reference to the ethics deal struck between the governor and the Legislature as part of their budget agreement at the end of March, which coincided with Cuomo's announcement that he was shutting down the Commission.

The new regulations, agreed upon last month as part of a much bigger budget compromise between legislative leaders and the governor, will do little to halt the erosion of middle - income housing in New York City, and are more dangerous to landlords in principle than in practice.

The key decisions are made behind closed doors at private meetings between Governor Cuomo and majority party legislative leaders.

It appears unlikely at this moment that a campaign finance deal will be reached between Cuomo and legislative leaders before the WFP meets to consider the endorsement, which means activists will be asked to trust that the governor can deliver — something about which they have grown wary after four - plus years of lip service on this issue and very little actual movement.

DiNapoli has insisted through a spokesman that he hasn't yet signed off on what was initially reported as a tentative deal between legislative leaders, the governor and the comptroller, but the Times» Danny Hakim noted the idea actually orginated with the comptroller's office.

The pilot program was created as part of settlement between Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders back in March, as part of an ethics reform package.

The legislative session was originally scheduled to end last week, but an impasse between the legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo led to its extension.

Talks between Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York's legislative leaders are still continuing over whether to hold a special session before the holidays.

ALBANY — As the legislative session winds down at the Capitol, lawmakers have yet to reach a deal on a bill to legalize medical marijuana, though advocates said ongoing discussions between Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislative leaders have been «productive.»

Closed - door talks between Cuomo and legislative leaders broke down, with the governor saying the session is on «life support,» and blaming the GOP - led Senate for the holdup.

DiNapoli did not initially respond when the Times first reported over the weekend of a tenative agreement between legislative leaders and the governor that would essentially float a loan to the state and municipalities to reduce their pension contributions in exchange for higher payments in the future.

The Senate passed a final deal between legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo Thursday night, 47 — 12.

Just a reminder: There will be light blogging this week as the CapTon team is off between Christmas and New Years, thanks to the fact that state legislative leaders and the governor were unable to come to a deal on a special session that would have brought them all back to Albany — at least for a day.

The final deal between legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo includes a one - year extension for the mayor, two years short of what the Assembly was seeking.

The Governor and the legislative leaders agreed to create an inner - city youth employment program and a $ 25 million tax credit for employers who hire unemployed youth between 16 and 24 years of age over the first six months of 2012.

But this year is different in certain respects because by most accounts, relations between the two legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo are at an all - time low.

In the coming weeks, the state Assembly and Senate will vote on their one - house budgets and negotiations between the governor and state legislative leaders will heat up.

But in an unusually public rebuke of the governor's decision, Bharara said in letters to the commission's chairmen, obtained by the Times, that Cuomo's decision to disband the panel «gives the appearance, although I am sure this is not the intent, that investigations potentially significant to the public interest have been bargained away as part of the negotiated arrangement between legislative and executive leaders.»

An ethics reform proposal quietly circulated between Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York legislative leaders for a possible special session that could also include a pay raise is getting blasted by the State's Attorney General as possibly unconstitutional.

The governor and the legislative leaders agreed to create an inner - city youth employment program and a $ 25 million tax credit for employers who hire unemployed youth between 16 and 24 years of age over the first six months of 2012.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is attempting to influence closed - door budget negotiations between Republican and Democratic state legislative leaders.

Deals have been reached between Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders on siting new casinos and creating tax free zones at college campuses.

Major state business is conducted in private negotiations between Governor Andrew Cuomo and leaders of each legislative chamber.

Budget negotiations between Governor Malloy and state legislative leaders continue Wednesday afternoon.

A similar plan was in place to hike the pay of the governor and legislators, but that stalled in December amid bickering between legislative leaders and Cuomo.

Most years, the final budget plan arrives in a mad rush of legislative action that rarely lasts more than two or three days — a sign that the total plan is a carefully calibrated set of deals between legislative leaders and the governor that could, if too much time went by, fall apart due to political pressure.

ALBANY — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will investigate cases of police involved civilian deaths, as part of a tentative «framework» deal between Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders that was announced Tuesday.

The budget negotiations are only the latest fault line between the governor, legislative leaders and the powerful teachers» union.

A deal reached between legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo would increase funding for education by nearly $ 1 billion.

Online charters are a significant issue in Pennsylvania's ongoing budget standoff between legislative leaders and the governor, as the state has the second - highest online enrollment in the country.