Sentences with phrase «budget negotiation process»

But Quinn said it would be «historic either way,» if Stewart - Cousins is empowered to make decisions about bills coming to the floor, and gets included in the closed - door budget negotiation process — something the minority leader and her counterpart in the Assembly, Republican Brian Kolb, have been seeking for years.

On Saturday morning, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said the secretive budget negotiation process left the public «in the dark about how taxpayer money will be spent.»

«I am pleased that we are returning to the joint, public budget negotiation process that is set in law,» said Skelos.

Andrew Stewart - Cousins, the State Senate Minority Leader, took to the airwaves this morning to argue that she should be part of the state budget negotiation process if the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference, Jeffrey Klein, negotiates the budget too.

A mountain of criticism is building about the budget negotiation process, which usually boils down to «three men in a room,» but not this year.

The charter community is hoping the renewal of mayoral control will be handled during the budget negotiation process, when Cuomo will have the most leverage.

The comptroller stressed that this is «not a time to panic,» reiterating that the budget negotiation process is just getting underway, and there is time for state lawmakers to push back against Cuomo's proposals.

CUNY officials echo de Blasio, saying that they're working with the parties involved in the budget negotiation process, and that they're pushing for a secure outcome that supports CUNY's mission, but they declined to comment further.

The bill, originally sponsored by councilman Eric Ulrich — a Republican from Queens — and a majority of the city council, will create an independent department with an increased budget, subject to oversight from the council during the budget negotiation process.

«As in past years, the budget negotiation process was mostly done behind closed doors, leaving the public in the dark about how taxpayer money will be spent,» DiNapoli said in a statement.

She criticized everything and everyone from President Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos to Governor Cuomo's ethical record, the state's lax campaign finance laws, and the budget negotiation process.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses issues stemming from Hurricane Harvey flooding, the possibility of paths for Hurricane Irma, President Trump's priorities in the budget negotiation process, and the latest news of Trump's connections to Moscow and Russian officials.

She says the administration is «aware of the concerns presented and those concerns will be reviewed during the budget negotiation process.»

But the Senate has, at least initially, declined to accept the House education bill as part of the budget negotiation process, which will occupy lawmakers in the second half of the 2018 session.

Granted, presidential budget proposals are opening gambits in the budget negotiation process, and as such reach toward the extremes.