Sentences with phrase «between legislative leaders»

The measure has been heavily criticized for being carved out between legislative leaders with little transparency and opposition has been bipartisan as well.

Set aside nearly a year ago, legislation to overhaul the state's teacher evaluation system appears set to resurface after new discussions between legislative leaders and the Brown administration.

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.

Proposition 123 is the result of an agreement between legislative leaders and education groups to settle a long - running lawsuit over K - 12 funding.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Budget bills in Albany are hashed out in private between legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a process often derided as «four men in a room.»

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.

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 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.

Two days after the Times reported a tenative deal between legislative leaders and Gov. David Paterson to allow the state and municipalities to borrow from the pension fund to pay pension costs, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has issued a harshly - worded statement insisting he'll protect the fund from raids «under any circumstances.»

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:

The state was counting on $ 1 billion in FMAP money in its budget, which became a sticking point between Gov. David Paterson and legislative leaders during the final weeks of negotiations.

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.

It's not clear if this is the very first legislative leaders meeting between Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan of the year.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan in a statement Monday accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of having «already thrown in the towel» on the end of the legislative session and insisted the Republican - controlled chamber has a busy agenda between now and June 20, the final scheduled end to the legislative session.

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.

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.

Talks between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are still continuing over whether to hold a special session before the holidays — and the clock is ticking.

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

Those negotiations are now fully engaged between Cuomo and legislative leaders.

The topic also may come up this morning during a scheduled public meeting between Paterson and legislative leaders.

It emerged in closed - door meetings between Cuomo and legislative leaders, and was announced just days before the budget vote.

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.

As leaders, we must build synergy between the Executive, Legislative and Judicial arms of government in order to entrench good governance, transparency and accountability.

None of these proposals made it into the annual budget, which requires agreement between Cuomo and legislative leaders.

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.

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

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

Skelos spoke after a closed door meeting between the governor 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.

But, in the memorandum of understanding between Cuomo and legislative leaders, required to commit the funds to specific projects, only the first year of the program was covered.

That was what Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's office had to say today after the legislative leader got sideswiped in the latest confrontation between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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.

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.»

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

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.

Although the Senate spokesperson, Sabi Abdullahi, said the latest arrangement was aimed at strengthening the legislative functions of the committees, our correspondents learnt that the action was taken following two separate meetings on Monday between President Muhammadu Buhari and some ex-National Assembly leaders.

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.

The panel threatened to subpoena the two leaders, but they argued — much like Brodsky has here — that they could not be compelled to testify due to the constitutional separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches.

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.

Lawmakers will have their pay temporarily withheld under an extender budget thanks to a deal struck long ago between then - legislative leaders and Republican Gov. George Pataki.

But the most serious discussions weren't happening between between Cuomo and legislative leaders, who did not hold any face - to - face meetings this weekend and said nothing about an hour - long conversation on Friday.

But with the legislative session set to end on Wednesday, Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein (D - Bronx) said as of Thursday there have been no meetings on the subject between Cuomo and legislative leaders.

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 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.