Sentences with phrase «blocked by state senate»

This simple fix in the law, however, has been consistently blocked by state Senate Republicans.

Gabriel Sayegh of the state Drug Policy Alliance, which was briefed on the Cuomo plan Saturday, says it's a huge change, but New York should still enact legislation that has been blocked by the state Senate's Republicans.

It was a seminal moment that ushered in historic drops in crime that continue to this day, but Dinkins» original proposal for a payroll tax was blocked by state Senate Republicans in favor of funding through an income tax hike.

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«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform,» the speaker said.

The public - financing measure is one that's been blocked in the GOP - led state Senate in the past year, but is supported by the Democratic - controlled Assembly and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«While we all support a unified, progressive Democratic majority in the State Senate under the leadership of Andrea Stewart - Cousins, your claims of unity can not undo the damage that you have done by blocking a single Democratic State Senator in the room to advocate for common - sense progressive priorities.

A once - quiet effort by governors to block the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act reached its climax in Washington yesterday, as state executives from both parties — who have conspired privately for months — mounted an all - out attack on the Senate's embattled health care legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vote.

«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform.

Control of the Senate, too, would ease the way for Democratic bills currently blocked by the GOP, including ones to increase firearm restrictions, allow early voting, authorize state financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children, and extend the statute of limitations on child molestation to allow victims to sue for decades - old abuse.

The Senate, which is currently controlled by Republicans and a group of breakaway Democrats, was responsible last year for blocking the final plank in the Women's Equality Act proposed by Mr. Cuomo, which would have codified in state law the right to abortion as established by Roe v. Wade.

Control of the Senate would give them a lock on state government and ease the way for several high - profile proposals currently blocked by the GOP.

ALBANY — State Senate Democrats again called for Gov. Cuomo to veto any legislative districts redrawn by the Legislature — but this time ensured they could block a possible override vote.

Senate Democrats from states that Donald Trump won in 2016 were vital on Monday in blocking a bill, supported by the president, that would ban abortion after the mother reaches 20 weeks of pregnancy.

On Monday, the state Senate voted to block the five - cent fee approved by the City Council and signed into law by Mayor Bill de Blasio last year.

Democratic State Senate candidate Justin Wagner vowed if elected he would block any legislation authorizing any transfer of municipal land for the construction of a proposed natural gas pipeline, a pledge he contended could not be promised by Republican opponent Terrence Murphy based on his voting record in Yorktown.

Democrats last week tried to force a vote on four gun control bills in the state Senate, only to be blocked by Republicans.

During a fundraiser for Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer's Senate campaign, Cuomo went on the offensive against state Senate Republicans, blaming them for blocking policy measures favored by liberals and calling for their ouster after two key special elections later this month.

On Tuesday, Cuomo went on the offensive against state Senate Republicans, blaming them for blocking policy measures favored by liberals and calling for their ouster after two key special elections later this month.

Republicans in the New York state Senate have blocked an effort by Democrats to force a vote on four gun control bills.

A bill to allow alcohol sales in movie theaters passed the state Senate, but was blocked by Buffalo Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, who also tried (unsuccessfully) to prevent the legalization of boozy Sunday morning brunches.

This was an action the governor promised to take after a broader legislative effort was blocked earlier this year by Republicans in the state Senate.

The release of the poll, conducted by BK Strategies, comes days after the state Senate moved to block the tax from being enacted.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Republicans in the New York state Senate have blocked an effort by Democrats to force a vote on four gun control bills.

However, the state Senate has blocked any action on that proposal or a weaker resolution by Senate GOP leader Bob Huff to formally suspend the members with pay until their criminal cases are resolved.

The bill cleared the Senate with a comfortable, bipartisan majority — as it has in four previous years — but it has been blocked from consideration by Democrats who dominate the state Assembly.

The city was ready to start imposing a nickel bag fee on shoppers as of Oct. 1, with the money kept by merchants, until lawmakers in the state Senate rebelled and passed a bill blocking the move.

«While we all support a unified, progressive Democratic majority in the state Senate under the leadership of Andrea Stewart - Cousins, your claims of unity can not undo the damage that you have done by blocking a single Democratic state senator in the room to advocate for common - sense progressive priorities,» the challengers wrote.

The $ 2 billion tax increase follows months of efforts by Assembly Democrats to hike taxes on the wealthy despite promises by Cuomo, also a Democrat, and the Senate's Republican majority that they'd block any increases in one of the nation's most heavily taxed states.

The move by the second - term Democrat came after state Republicans blocked a bill in the state Senate.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the Senate Republican majority, led by Skelos, of Rockville Centre, supported expansion of the state practice to local governments, but the Assembly blocked it from passage in the state budget on April 1.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Thursday blasted a measure proposed by a Republican assemblyman that would block state funding of Planned Parenthood.

The governor proposed legislation to establish an independent body to undertake redistricting, but it was blocked by the Republican majority in the State Senate, whose 32 - 30 majority is enabled by lines that were drawn a decade ago to favor G.O.P. incumbents.

But ultimately, it was blocked again by the state Senate Republicans.

NEW YORK CITY, NY — The New York Assembly passed legislation Tuesday blocking the implementation of New York City's new five cent fee on paper and plastic bags, one day after the bill was also passed by the State Senate.

Mr. Zeldin's campaign responded by stating that «the insurance exchange in New York State is 100 percent federally funded and was created by Governor Cuomo unilaterally in April 2012 after the New York State Senate Republicans, including specifically Senator Zeldin, blocked the 2012 legislation to implement Obamacare.»

The State Assembly has passed NY Health, a single payer bill, the last two years but it has been blocked in the State Senate despite being sponsored by almost half of the Senators.

While New York is among just two states in the U.S. to charge 16 - and 17 - year - olds as adults, previous efforts to end the practice were blocked by Senate Republicans.

President Bush's plan to consolidate a bevy of domestic programs into a $ 15 - billion block grant would cause a $ 27.4 billion shortfall for states over five years if they continue to fund the programs at their current levels, according to a report by the Senate Budget Committee.

The other issues in Rio are mostly trouble for an American president, having to do with foreign assistance, inequitable distribution of wealth and power, oceans (the United States is still blocked from ratifying the Law of the Sea treaty by a small Senate bloc) and efforts to find common approaches to conserving global assets like the planet's biological diversity — a fight far beyond the power of a single leader to sway.

Republicans in the state Senate blocked an effort by Democrats to force a vote on four gun control bills.

Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has blocked expansion of medication abortion services in the state through regulations implementing Senate Bill 5, according to a suit filed by two Planned Parenthood affiliates.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Senate Appropriations Committee members passed bills protecting access to basic health care for women and families in the United States and around the world, and blocking many of the dangerous attacks on women's health programs such as the Title X family planning, teen pregnancy prevention programs, and international family planning programs being waged by the Trump Administration and extremists in the House of Representatives.