Sentences with phrase «budget deal with state»

«He negotiated a budget deal with state lawmakers that guarantees future New York City charter schools rent - free space in under - used public school buildings or funding to offset the cost of renting a building.»

Cuomo, in a budget deal with state legislators, recently disbanded an otherwise independent unit charged with investigating legislative corruption.

Democratic legislative leaders, who control the General Assembly, reached a budget deal with the State's Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy late Tuesday night but said they did not have time to get the bill to all members before the end of the regular session at midnight on Wednesday.

«He negotiated a budget deal with state lawmakers that guarantees future New York City charter schools rent - free space in under - used public school buildings or funding to offset the cost of renting a building.»

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As if states and municipalities didn't have enough to deal with concerning their own government debt, they will eventually have to deal with a reality that will explode their budget deficits: the low rates of return from their pension investments.

Cuomo isn't giving up on a bill that would help child sex abuse victims obtain justice as adults — even though the measure was left out of the state budget, saying he'll continue to push for the Child Victims Act, along with other policy items not in the final deal, in the post-budget session.

«This week is about getting the state budget done, which is one of the most serious budgets we've had to deal with.»

«This week is about getting a state budget done,» Cuomo said, «which is one of the most serious state budgets we've had to deal with.»

The state budget often deals with non-spending related items.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo touted those ideas in his State of the State address in January, but they were not included in the budget deal reached with legislators.

In 2013, NPR's Allan Greenblatt listed a few: It's effectively a one - party state, with the Democrats so dominant that there is no political competition and machine politics set the agenda; the elections are expensive, making candidates reliant on donors; many key decisions, such as the shape of the state budget, are made in backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culture.

ALBANY, N.Y., March 28 (Reuters)- The merger of New York state's banking and insurance departments might not create the powerful agency first advertised, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo's recent budget deal with legislative leaders.

For the second straight day, AG Andrew Cuomo took the state Legislature to task, saying they should return to the negotiating table with Gov. David Paterson now that he has vetoed key portions of their two - way budget deal, effectively nullifying all the spending they sought to restore.

Today's deal is expected to call for a cut in the overall EU budget, with a cut in funding to the new member states of up to ten per cent and a corresponding cut - believed to be between 12 and 15 per cent - in Britain's # 3.5 billion rebate.

Most of their day was spent debating a «big ugly» revenue language bill that dealt with dozens of Issues like authorizing ride - hailing services, subsidizing tuition at state schools, reviving the 421 - a tax credit and expanding Gov. Andrew Cuomo's power to make mid-year budget adjustments.

But there's also a question of whether it should be a priority in a year when the state is dealing with a $ 4 billion budget gap.

Aresimowicz also expressed strong optimism Wednesday that talks with state employee unions will reach a deal on concessions to help close the projected budget gap that is now more than $ 2 billion for the next fiscal year.

These assumptions deal with the preferred size of New York government, the optimal growth rate of state spending, the potential for budget savings... (read more)

ALBANY — Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Bronx) emerged from a meeting with legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying more funding for mass transit and crumbling public housing in New York City are part of a «tentative deal» on the state budget.

«You put this cap together with the budget that we just passed, it would help turn this state around,» said the governor, who later added that he believes the cap is perhaps even «more important» than the on - time budget deal he pushed through the Legislature in late March.

A deal on the 2014 - 15 state budget is expected at some point this afternoon, legislative leaders said after meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday morning.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo touted the 2014 - 15 state budget deal in a conference call with reporters on Saturday and singled out the $ 1.5 billion program for a property tax rebate.

But Cuomo has said he would hold up a deal on the state budget this year in order to achieve ethics legislation, with a heavy emphasis on disclosure of outside income.

Lawmakers said changes to the standards will be dealt with in the state budget, due Monday, in order to pre-empt the coming round of testing set for next month.

But Cuomo says he still wants the Senate to agree to the plan and for it to be approved along with the state budget, and he said previously that he will make the budget late if there's no three way deal on ethics, as well as other issues like education reform.

Despite the tentative deal, details on specific proposals continued to be hammered out through Thursday, with the New York State Senate scheduling a rare session to pass budget bills today.

With just three weeks and one day to go before a state budget deadline, Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders met to assess how far they have to go to reach a deal.

State Sen. Liz Krueger said it was «troubling» to hear Cuomo indicate he could deal with the minimum wage outside of the budget.

Paulin said that negotiations over high - profile legislation, such as the state budget, was largely done by the speaker's office, with members typically learning about the fate of the chamber's priorities after the Assembly leader had finalized deals with the state Senate and Governor's office.

Party officers pointed out the just - introduced Republican AHCA would have significant negative impacts on coverage for New Yorkers and health care cost for state government, and that Gov. Cuomo's budget proposal has no plan to deal with changes to the ACA.

With reports trickling out of Albany that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has reached a tentative deal with lawmakers over the state budget and education reforms, local educators are calling for an independent commission to help develop policy moving forwWith reports trickling out of Albany that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has reached a tentative deal with lawmakers over the state budget and education reforms, local educators are calling for an independent commission to help develop policy moving forwwith lawmakers over the state budget and education reforms, local educators are calling for an independent commission to help develop policy moving forward.

Very shortly after Silver went on the radio to call for higher taxes to deal with the state's budget problem, Paterson said in a conference that he wanted to avoid exactly that.

But as Andrew Cuomo runs a campaign blasting those ethereal and un-named special interests so effectively mucking things up in Albany, he has dealt gingerly with 1199, which represents thousands of employees at hospitals and nursing homes and screams bloody murder when state officials mention tweaks to the state's health care budget.

The General Assembly came back for a special session in December to deal with a shortfall in the state budget.

Governor Cuomo repeated that ethics reform remains the top issue in relation to a new state budget, and that reports that there is a deal close at hand with the state senate republican leadership is premature.

He and Silver once epitomized Albany's backroom political culture by hammering out deals on the state budget and legislation in closed - door negotiating sessions with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In January 2011, the state intervened in Nassau County's struggle to deal with its own budget deficits; a state oversight board now controls Nassau's finances.

Mario Cuomo never boarded it: He told reporters that he felt obligated to remain in Albany and negotiate with recalcitrant Republicans in the state Senate to try and reach a deal on the state budget.

The wording in the budget bill would place power with the state Education Department to deal with the matter for bilingual schools teaching for a greater number of hours — a definition that yehivas meet.

In the final budget deal, Cuomo agreed with legislative leaders to a pared down public campaign finance system that would apply only to the State Comptroller's race, and sunset after this year.

Talks over completing the 2017 - 18 state budget blew up on Wednesday as Senate Republicans, frustrated with a lack of progress on key deals, signaled they're leaving the Capitol until an agreement is reached.

Cuomo wound up getting some of what he wanted in the budget deal he finalized with state lawmakers less than three months later, while other goals fell by the wayside.

The panel was shuttered after Cuomo struck a deal with the Legislature on new ethics and anti-corruption measures in the state budget last year.

An ethics agreement with the Senate would be one of the final puzzle pieces in order to achieve a broader deal on the state budget, which is due on Tuesday.

Before the focus of US Attorney Preet Bharara's probe emerged this week, Moreland Commission members said they had considered the speaker's outside income a high priority up until the point that the panel was disbanded by Cuomo in a budget deal with Silver and the state Senate.

Cuomo last year vetoed a measure that would have created a pay - raise commission for workers with the «M / C» designation, and wrote in his veto message that any increases would be dealt with in the context of the state budget.

Connecticut — struggling with familiar problems like stagnate population growth and a coming budget deficit — was dealt another blow as Aetna signaled plans to move its headquarters out of the state.

Also, the longer state lawmakers wait to get a budget deal, the clearer the picture gets on a federal budget — and the cuts that will undoubtedly come with it, which are scheduled to be outlined May 21.

About seven hours ago, Cuomo appeared along with top cabinet members in the state Capitol's Red Room for an extended press conference — the first he has held in more than 200 days — to announce to reporters that a budget deal had been reached.

Some state legislative leaders have said they'd prefer to wait to fix the program until mid-January so they can also deal with Connecticut's budget deficit.