Sentences with phrase «budget agreement included»

The $ 168 billion budget agreement includes language that bolsters the ability of unions to collect dues, allowing public employers to begin deducting dues from new employees» paychecks within 30 days of their hiring.

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«Today's budget agreement includes a landmark overhaul of our juvenile justice system, paving the way for young people in the system to receive services close to their families and more easily transition back into their communities and productive lives.»

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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie then announced that the SFY 2017 - 18 Budget agreement includes funding that will help ensure direct care workers are paid fair, competitive wages so that New Yorkers can continue to receive the critical care and services they need.

«I think there's real momentum around this work, and hopefully if we are successful later this year in a budget agreement including the Stronger Together initiative, we'll be able to accelerate the pace at which we move toward more diversity.»

The budget agreement includes action on a number of Council for a Strong America's key priorities to protect or expand crucial programs that support children and families and ensure our next generation grows up prepared to succeed:

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NDP MP Thomas Mulcair, who represents the Montreal riding of Outremont, further suggested that the federal government was stalling on finalizing the agreement, rather than including it in the budget, for political reasons.

Talks extended in the weekend to negotiate an agreement over the provision, one of the more contentious policy measures included by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his $ 152 billion budget proposal.

Still, event with a raise the agreement in place — believed to be one of the last and most contentious of the policy matters in the budget — there are remaining matters that must be dealt with, including a push to bolster charter schools and funding for education.

Cuomo is pushing a package of ethics reform proposals including public financing of political campaigns and strengthened disclosure of outside income for elected officials — measure he says must be in the final state budget agreement.

Without the offset of the 18 percent wage hike included in the deal realized through health care savings negotiated by the administration with the UFT and Municipal Labor Council, which represents all city employees, this agreement «could increase future budget gaps to levels that would be more difficult for the city to deal with, especially during another downturn,» Moody's warned.

The state budget is expected to include $ 54 million for per pupil grants in aid for charter schools, according to a source familiar with the agreement.

In the call, Obama cites the recent budget agreement in Albany that Kaminsky voted for as a sitting member of the Assembly, which included a 12 - week paid family leave program and an increase in the minimum wage targeted for $ 15 in downstate counties.

A likely agreement on the budget for the minimum wage is expected to include a $ 15 wage for New York City by 2018 and longer phase - in periods for the suburban counties.

The issue is being raised in the resolution as Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein is pushing to have the provision included in the final budget agreement, insisting that he and his eight - member conference will not support a spending plan that fails to include raise the age.

The agreement for workers» compensation in the budget was key for business organizations that had reeled over last year's spending plan that included a minimum wage agreement setting the floor at $ 15 over the next several years and a paid family leave program.

Marcus Solis has the lastest on the budget agreement that includes a new fee for anyone who rides cabs, Ubers, Lyfts — or any car service.

His support could attract other Senate Republicans, potentially setting up a deal with Mr. Cuomo to include the tax increase as part of a three - way budget agreement later this year.

«We need to reach a budget agreement that equally boosts funds for our military and key priorities here at home including the opioid crisis, pension plans and rural infrastructure,» Schumer and Pelosi said.

There's no agreement yet on whether the state budget will include Cuomo's proposed employee - funded paid family leave program, which would let workers receive a percentage of their salaries while taking off up to 12 weeks to care for a newborn baby or sick relative.

Additional space is needed after the «Raise the Age» measure was included in the final 2017 - 18 state budget agreement.

«This budget agreement puts our entire state on the path to a $ 15 minimum wage, which will lift up millions of hardworking New Yorkers, including healthcare workers, childcare workers and security guards,» said George Gresham, President of healthcare and homecare union SEIU 1199.

Legislator Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk), who voted against the 2014 budget which included dipping into the fund, said «I am certainly encouraged that there is an agreement, and I think we all need to work together on achieving water quality goals.

The $ 138 billion budget agreement did include new anti-bribery and anti-fraud laws as well as a new enforcement officer at the state Board of Elections.

The governor included $ 2 billion in the state budget this year for a statewide housing program, yet there is no agreement on how to spend the money.

Both the IE reporting requirements, as well as the public financing system, were included in the 2014 - 15 state budget agreement, approved in March.

[Most upstate voters do not believe the ethics reforms included in the 2015 - 16 state budget agreement go far enough or will help curtail corruption....]

Of course, that's not the case with the budget agreement, which included a state comptroller - only program that incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli will not participate in.

It was unclear from Cuomo's statement Sunday afternoon if he wanted the strengthened background check provision to be included in the state budget agreement, which is scheduled to be approved by March 29.

The state budget agreement also included a $ 200 tuition increase.

The Environmental Advocates of New York have released a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo urging him to include in the final budget agreement a bill that's aimed at fighting climate change.

Assembly Democrats are still hoping to see the DREAM Act included in the final state budget agreement.

The 2014 - 15 state budget agreement in March included a public financing program for the state comptroller's race for this year only.

Sources for several days have said the sexual harassment provisions — including ending secret settlements or forcing victims to sign nondisclosure agreements — were all but certain to be contained in a final budget deal.

Despite an array of media reports expressing astonishment at how well Democrats — a minority in both House and Senate — fared in the budget agreement, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that President Trump got much of what he wanted, including more money for defense and homeland security.

The changes occur as JCOPE prepares to take on expanded duties as a result of the ethics changes included in this spring's state budget agreement.

The body's recommendation was ultimately not included in the $ 75 billion budget agreement.

This appropriation was not included in the final budget agreement.

Bruno writes that once he and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Pataki struck an agreement over the budget, which was to include more than $ 1 billion for the AMD plant, the deal was sealed.

While New York City Democrats would likely be the most frustrated if there's no agreement in 2016, there are dozens of lawmakers throughout the state who had to grapple with the issue on the campaign trail this year, and thus suffered a political headache for voting in favor of a budget bill that included a provision which didn't actually wind up raising their salary.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York's legislative leaders have reached a budget agreement with Gov. Andrew Cuomo that includes an extension of rent controls for more than 2 million tenants.

In fact, the budget agreement does not include any entitlement cuts.

Cuomo's budget increases education aid by $ 961 million; typically the final agreement includes more education aid.

In essence, the Republicans want the final state budget agreement to include $ 1 billion that would completely eliminate the gap in funding, which was first approved in 2010 during the final year of Gov. David Paterson's administration.

If lawmakers seem to have a sense of urgency, it's because parents and the state's teachers unions have been vocally opposed to the education changes included in the budget agreement — policies lawmakers reluctantly adopted in order to get a boost of state aid.

The state canal system will come off the Thruway Authority's books as part of the state's final budget agreement, which also does not include a toll freeze for frequent travelers, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo initially proposed.

NYSUT amended the suit to include both the cap and a rebate program Cuomo proposed last year that he referred to as a «freeze» for tax increases in the budget agreement.

The state's «Get On Your Feet» loan forgiveness program was first proposed by Cuomo in January and included in the final 2015 - 16 state budget agreement.

But she also pointedly took aim at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education measures, which were included in the state budget agreement to the consternation of the statewide teachers» union, NYSUT.