Sentences with phrase «broad proposals»

Falcone said Cuomo's broader proposal for 2,400 megawatts of wind power was feasible.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address was light on details, but packed with broad proposals on topics that directly affect New York City such as criminal justice reform, higher education, labor and homelessness.

It's highly unlikely that he could get Congress to go along with such an idea, however, since even some Republicans have opposed broad proposals to let the money follow students, particularly to private schools.

It was also part of a broader proposal for making college more affordable by increasing tax credits for tuition.

Assembly Democrats, meanwhile, backed a temporary, two - day extension for rent control after approving last month a broader proposal that eliminates vacancy decontrol.

Cuomo said he believes his cap is «probably the broadest proposal of any I've heard out there; it's broader than the governor's proposal, also the Republicans.»

Assembly Democrats had pushed for a broader proposal that would have addressed other types of discrimination and harassment, not just sexual harassment.

«This is only about what's best for the city and best for good government,» said Williams (D - Brooklyn), who plans to release the bill Monday as part of a broader proposal outlining his plans for the speakership.

A broader proposal for congestion pricing with tolls at points around Manhattan has been more difficult to gain a consensus on in the Legislature.

State Sen. Pat Gallivan, a Republican from Elma, says such a broad proposal may not be necessary because New York state usually treats 16 - and 17 - year - old defendants differently than adults.

On whether he's had any contact with state officials, Governor Cuomo or anyone else in state government, concerning his broad proposal on road construction Massey offered his frequent characterization that «we have a mayor who hates the governor» and that such mayoral failure is thwarting effective city / state cooperation.

This criticism may have stung the Chancellor into action and he set out some broad proposals in an interview with the Financial Times on 4 January.

Given that virtually all of the broad proposals mooted for more eurozone integration require some re-opening of the EU treaties at some stage, to which the UK must give its approval, Cameron will most likely get opportunities to negotiate a new deal.

He accused Lorigo of hijacking his broad proposal to give $ 1 million to the Health Department and said the «watered down» proposal unanimously approved by the Legislature could have been done more simply and quickly under his version.

In a report today, that panel endorsed Obama's broad proposal, finding that a 1 - million - person study will be useful for finding genes and biomarkers that influence disease risk and response to drugs.

But it hasn't acted on a broader proposal to allow leashed dogs in all parks, on public trails and in open spaces.

The project is modeled on broader proposals, such as the Creative Commons developed by Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig.