Gov. Andrew is to deliver a joint State of the State and
budget speech later today, during which the governor is expected to focus on ethics and education policies.
Not exact matches
Normally, they are two separate
speeches with the State of the State coming the first week in January and the
budget message
later in the month.
Cuomo's been inching away from the tradition in recent years, first holding the
speech in a convention center controlled by the executive branch, then delaying the event until
later in January, combining it with his
budget presentation.
Top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California, herself a key architect of the
budget plan, announced her opposition Wednesday morning and mounted a remarkable daylong
speech on the House floor, trying to force GOP leaders in the House to promise a
later vote on legislation to protect the younger immigrants.
Later, in the glittering finale of his
Budget speech, stealing the Mayor's living wage proposal wasn't just pulling a rabbit out of the hat by Mr Osborne, it was shooting Boris's fox too.
Espaillat called for rent control to be included in the
budget during a floor
speech late last month.
Cuomo's been inching away from the tradition in recent years, first holding the
speech in a convention center controlled by the executive branch, then delaying the event until
later in the month of January, combining it with his
budget presentation.
But lawmakers from both chambers who assembled to hear his
speech will have to wait until the Democrat releases his
budget later this month to learn how he plans to pay for it.