Sentences with phrase «budget negotiation earlier»

There was a chance to demonstrate a strong stance when it really mattered, during budget negotiation earlier this year.

When the New York Senate and Assembly hit an impasse over budget negotiations earlier this month, Melissa DeRosa, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's chief of staff, headed late in the evening to the Senate office to try to work it out.

Not exact matches

De Blasio and NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito are expected to reach an early budget agreement this year, cutting short weeks of sometimes tense negotiations.

Cuomo, along with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan agreed relatively early in the budget negotiations that ethics and campaign - finance reform would not be a threat to the passage of the state budget on time.

«If those people negotiating the budget wanted this to be more timely, they should have concluded the negotiations earlier or done it in a more open way so people voting on it have more knowledge of what's in it,» Gianaris said.

They accomplished this difficult negotiation weeks before the deadline (it's the earliest budget since 1992), likely in part because the Mayor and Council Members need to go out and campaign for re-election.

Early voting will be one of many issues addressed during budget negotiations.

The review panel was originally required by statute to be named almost a year earlier; Cuomo and lawmakers ignored that deadline and gave themselves a new one in the 2015 budget negotiation.

Earlier, the congressman, while his party was debating how to destroy the Affordable Health Care Act, proposed the Faso - Collins amendment altering property taxes in the midst of state budget negotiations.

State lawmakers could begin final budget negotiations are early as this afternoon, and the latest deal reportedly funds Visit Florida at $ 25 million, a more than $ 50 million cut from the current level.

Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari struck a conciliatory tone on budget negotiations while chatting with reporters earlier today, insisting the Legislature doesn't want to be «confrontational» with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, considering the fact that this is his first budget.

Members of the state Assembly could as early as this week vote on a bill that would undo the changes to the STAR School Tax Relief program that were included in last year's budget negotiations but which have sparked statewide complaints.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday afternoon that he has been in regular contact with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and that he spoke with Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier in the day, but that he did not gain much clarity as Albany budget negotiations enter their final days.

Early in this long state budget season, Democratic legislative leaders announced they wanted negotiations broadcast to the public.

Although authorization to expand ride - sharing services in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester was granted in the state budget passed earlier this month, a provision added during closed - door negotiations allows large suburban counties to opt out.

In the Senate, a string of Democrats introduced hostile amendments, trying to force a vote on issues — like gun control and early voting — that had fallen out of budget negotiations in recent days, and their remarks mixed anger over the lack of action with wisecracks about the late hour.

Earlier this year, Governor Cuomo indicated state funding for Roswell would come to an end by 2014, but budget negotiations have given the cancer research facility a reprieve, of sorts.

But it wasn't until early April, after negotiations on the state budget were complete and amid pressure from Democratic activists and a surprising primary challenge from Cynthia Nixon, that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced the dissolution of the I.D.C..

If those negotiating the budget wanted to ensure timeliness they should have concluded negotiations earlier.»

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito are expected to reach an early budget agreement this year, cutting short weeks of sometimes tense negotiations.

Cuomo, who is currently leading state budget negotiations, put $ 7 million for early voting in the amendments to his executive budget plan earlier this year.

The fate of the move, which could occur as early as April 1, appears intertwined with the current state budget negotiations.

Earlier this week it voted to oppose raiding the research budget, setting the stage for lengthy negotiations with the Council of Ministers, which represents member states.

The lead in Roland Emmerich disaster pic «The Day After Tomorrow» gave him an early taste of bland, big - budget (smash hit) spectacle, though he also auditioned to play the title character in «Batman Begins,» and was briefly lined up to take over the role of Peter Parker in «Spider - Man 2» when health issues / contract negotiations looked to rule out Tobey Maguire — now there's an interesting what - if scenario.

Friction with the Sacramento City Teachers Association started early, during tense negotiations in response to state - forced budget cuts, over higher class sizes, furlough days, pay cuts and hundreds of preliminary layoff notices.

Speaking to Carbon Brief earlier this year, former secretary of state Ed Davey described coalition negotiations over the fourth carbon budget as «a bit of a war».

This paper concentrates on methods that are suited for a participatory and «early implementation» approach to policy formulation and planning and gives attention to stakeholder analysis, building of multi-stakeholder platforms for exchange of knowledge, negotiation and joint planning of priority action plans, participatory budgeting, mechanisms for intersectoral cooperation and concerted action; forms of public - private partnerships; flexible, dynamic, interactive planning; institutional aspects (mandates, coordination, budgetary considerations).

Governor Rauner today proposed a $ 75 million increase to the Early Childhood Block Grant (along with K - 12 funding increases) separate from any larger budget negotiations.

By effectively explaining the role of budgets and taxes in potential policy directions supportive of early child development, particularly the ways the successful negotiation of fiscal government policies can ensure a more prosperous future for all, we demonstrate how the reform narrative benefits from the inclusion of these two relevant issue areas.