Sentences with phrase «budget extender bill»

Speaking before the District 37 lobby day he pledged to make good on his threat to include language in the next budget extender bill that would force lawmakers to choose between forcing public employees to take one unpaid day off a week or shutting down the government.

As promised, Gov. David Paterson has included furlough language in his latest round of budget extender bills, which state lawmakers will have to act on when they return to Albany Monday.

US District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn has reportedly come down on the side of the public employee unions in the furlough lawsuit, ruling that Gov. David Paterson can not insert his day - without - pay language into budget extender bills.

New York State Sen. Roy McDonald, R - Saratoga, defended the industry last week on the Senate floor as the Democratic majority shot down his second attempt to amend an emergency budget extender bill to include funds for NYRA.

At today's Puerto Rican Day Parade, Gov. David Paterson downplayed the possibility that there will be a government shutdown, insisting a sufficient number of senators will vote «yes» and pass his latest budget extender bill tomorrow afternoon.

(Recall that Cuomo has more than a passing interest in this lawsuit, since it challenges his right as governor to make policy through budget extender bills).

This week, state Sen. Jose Serrano, chairman of the Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee offered a proposed law that would force the parks office to reopen all parks and pay for it using unspecified funds in budget extender bills already adopted by the Legislature.

The furlough budget extender bill was approved in the Senate along party lines (32 - 29); it passed the Assembly 82 - 56.

Despite decades of late budgets, Monday's action marked the first time a governor has enacted a portion of the final state budget through a temporary budget extender bill.

The judge also ordered the governor to include our contractually mandated raises in any further budget extender bills.

Paterson tried to force the tax cap issue by including it in his last budget extender bill, (much to the pleasure of both AG Andrew Cuomo, who is also a cap supporter; and Long Island Democratic Sen. Craig Johnson), which theoretically would have made the Legislature choose between accepting an unpopular (at least among Assembly Democrats and the teachers» unions) policy proposal and shutting down the government.

The very busy state Budget Director, Robert Megna, is crunching the numbers to see what would actually happen if next week's budget extender bills do not pass and the government has to shut down.

Paterson threatened to put furloughs into the next budget extender bill, forcing lawmakers to choose between angering state employee unions and shutting down the government.

ALBANY — As the Assembly approved a pair of budget extender bills that had passed the Senate earlier on Monday, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin encapsulated the mood of numerous legislators who reluctantly voted yes.

Now, the Legislature has lost its negotiating hammer over Cuomo, who got several projects he wanted funded in the emergency budget extender bills.

Gov. David Paterson has apparently included $ 775 million in cuts to state funding for health care services in his latest budget extender bill, making good on his pledge to try to force the Legislature's hand on some of his proposed spending reductions.

Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. was released from the hospital this morning and plans to be in the chamber tomorrow to vote on the budget extender bills, despite having received permission from Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson to remain home.

State Budget Director Robert Megna is expected to brief the press this afternoon about the governor's budget extender bills, which he has repeatedly insisted will include the remainder of his 2010 - 2011 executive spending plan — complete with the cuts and revenue raisers that the Legislature insists it won't accept.

simply ammend Dave's budget extender bill and remove the furloughs??? I understand that this may not be legal, but neither are the furloughs.

The senator has a history of frustrating his majority conference colleagues — particularly with all his «no» votes on key legislation like the budget extender bills.

But during a brief interview with Capital Tonight's Kaitlyn Ross this morning, on his way to work, he said that if the legislature refused to pass the budget extender bill it would make no sense, and be the «height of irresponsibility.»

The Senate deemed the budget extender bill illegal this afternoon, and then promptly passed it anyway, choosing to risk angering the (already very upset) state worker unions over infuriating the rest of New York State but shutting down the government.

My colleague, Michael Johnson, upon hearing that the Legislature is considering the possibility of amending Gov. David Paterson's budget extender bill to divest it of the furlough language, posed the question: Is that even legal?

Sean Coffey was quick to declare solidarity with the man he wants to replace, Andrew Cuomo, following the AG's call earlier today for the governor to put a property tax cap into a budget extender bill to force lawmakers to take a position on the controversial measure.

Sen. Craig Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos wasted no time in reacting to AG Andrew Cuomo's call this morning for Gov. David Paterson to put a property tax cap into a budget extender bill to force lawmakers to go on the record regarding the controversial proposal.

The Legislature is expected to approve a budget extender bill that includes state worker furloughs that aren't slated to start until May 17.

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson said his 32 - member majority conference will be voting «yes» on the budget extender bill next week — even if it includes public employee furloughs, as Gov. David Paterson has threatened — because he is «not in the business of shutting downs state government.»

The Senate and Assembly passed Gov. David Paterson's budget extender bill that included some $ 775 million worth of health care cuts.

Albany Assemblyman Jack McEneny just told reporters at the Capitol that the legislature is working on a plan to remove the furlough language from the budget extender bills proposed by Governor Paterson.

A key component of the Senate GOP's lawsuit against the prisoner counting change included in the 2010 - 2011 budget is a challenge to the way that switch was made — through a budget extender bill sent to the Legislature by then - Gov.

Paterson said he is reviewing «a menu of opportunities» to include in his next budget extender bill, but he would not be more specific.

Republicans have consistently voted against the budget extender bills and Democrats hold only a one - seat majority in the house.

The raise the age issue was a key policy concern for Heastie to have accomplished in the state budget, and Cuomo last week indicated he was satisfied with the passage of a budget extender bill that funded the government until May 31, but did not include the juvenile justice reform.

The Nassau County lawmaker, one of just two Democrats in the Long Island delegation — among whom property tax relief is a Very Big Deal (capitalization mine this time), called on Paterson to put his tax cap proposal in a budget extender bill to force the Legislature to choose between shutting down the government and passing the controversial plan.

He was referring to his power of emergency appropriations, budget extender bills that are used to traditionally keep government running while the budget runs late in the Legislature.

The next round of budget extender bills will include nearly $ 440 million dollars in projected revenue from cigarette taxes and the collection of taxes on tobacco products on Native American reservations.

A few committee members questioned McEneny's vote last week to support of an emergency budget extender bill that included controversial furloughs for state workers.