Congress members are back in their districts this week after a very close
budget vote last week.
A total of 676 districts statewide, with 124 of those in Nassau and Suffolk counties, held initial
budget votes last month.
Not exact matches
While
last week's
budget vote cleared the way to begin the tax reform effort, 20 Republicans
voted against it, citing issues with the elimination of state and local tax deductions and a massive expansion of the federal deficit.
These
votes apparently raised the the ire of the GOP House leaders, who
voted last week to strip Amash of his position on the
Budget Committee in the next Congress.
Names are frequently missing, and, like the full House, the Senate panel
voted at the
last minute not to reveal the total intelligence
budget.
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vote on the proposed New Lenox Park District
budget last week.
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The statement, which appears in full after the jump, slams the Democrats» two - way
budget deal that passed
last night in a party
vote, saying it's not balanced, fails to create jobs, and «taxes too much and spends too much.»
School districts that saw their
budgets voted down
last month got another chance this week.
Seven New York Republicans in the House of Representatives
last week
voted against the Republican - backed
budget plan, with several citing concerns over the end to deductions.
Several noncontroversial
budget bills were printed
last night, and a few were even passedby the Senate — with very little discussion on the part of majority members and no opportunity for the public to see anything before it was
voted on.
Last November's
budget was no exception:
voting intention did not change at all.
Several noncontroversial
budget bills were printed
last night, and a few were even passed by the Senate — with very little discussion on the part of majority members and no opportunity for the public to see anything before it was
voted on.
A number of state Senate Republicans weren't happy with a breakaway group of Democrats aligned with them after they
voted en masse against a GOP
budget proposal
last week that included many initiatives the independent Dems had sought.
Senate Republican President Pro Tempore Len Fasano and Vincent Mauro Jr., Senate Democrats» chief of staff and New Haven's Democratic chairman, talk before a
vote on the state
budget last fall.
Katko was among 20 House Republicans who broke with the party
last month on a
budget vote that paved the way for consideration of the tax package.
The Onondaga County Legislature approved the 27.3 percent salary increase by a
vote of 10 - 6 Tuesday - three months after they set the 2016
budget, one month after the election, four days after it was proposed and during the
last session of the year.
, the sponsor of the bill in that chamber, said
last month a floor
vote wouldn't take place until lawmakers receive cost offset information from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management for implementing the measure within the agency's existing
budget.
Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo had agreed
last year to an amendment, but the Democratic - led Assembly balked at a
vote on the measure, which came with a broader agreement on the state
budget.
Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb on Tuesday became the latest elected official to raise issues with the spending proposal, which was due to be
voted on
last week by the board, but the meeting was rescheduled to today after «scheduling» issues arose, according to the Division of
Budget.
«We gave them a scare
last week — they only got 216
votes on the
budget.
The political atmosphere at the Capitol has changed because nine Democrats broke with their party
last week and
voted in favor of the Republican - written
budget.
After protesting the
budget Suffolk County leaders approved
last fall, environmental groups have now sued the county over its use of nearly $ 33 million in funds that were raised through the Drinking Water Protection Program, a self - imposed tax that Suffolk residents have
voted to levy upon themselves several times since the late 1980s.
Rep. Danny Rovero, a key swing voter in the House Democratic caucus who
voted for the Republican - written
budget last month, said the nature of the compromise was choosing among a series of difficult and unpalatable choices.
County legislators
voted overwhelmingly
last week to let Suffolk voters decide the fate of a plan that would eventually replenish the Drinking Water Protection Program, which has so far been tapped twice for money to balance the county
budget.
The
last time the public
voted to increase the Canastota Public Library
budget, it was 2013.
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo
last week announced a 30 - day
budget amendment to fund early
voting across the state.
Three legislators
voted against the
budget last fall: Legislator Tom Barraga (R - East Islip), Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk) and Tom Cilmi (R - Bay Shore).
Last week, Cuomo praised the seven Republicans from New York who
voted against the House
budget plan that paved the way for the tax reform debate.
Last November, union members showed up at the Common Council's
vote on the annual
budget to protest the stalled contract.
New City Library prepares for trustee and
budget vote; forward progress despite continued feuding BY CHERYL SLAVIN Despite the continuous sniping, sarcastic jabs and a great deal of eye rolling, the New City Library Board of Trustees managed at its regular meeting
last Thursday night to agree upon the procedures to be used for its -LSB-...]
This is getting to be like the
budget last year,» said Sen. Adriano Espaillat who
voted against the first extender but
voted for the one on Friday.
Despite
last week's deadline, the legislature's appropriations committee took no
vote after Democrats could not get enough
votes to pass the
budget bill.
Last week, legislative leaders from both political parties agreed to a
budget that seeks to close the state's $ 3.5 billion deficit; a
vote could be held next week.
«I
voted against the
last three
budgets for the city of Albany because they contained massive structural deficits, which are similar to the one we will face next year, which will be over $ 20 million and I would like to avoid having decisions where we take our most vulnerable citizens and punish them through the
budget process.»
SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: It was just
last year in Albany that school board members decided to move the election date from November to May to coincide with school
budget voting.
He didn't
vote in
last year's Westchester County executive race or the school board elections or on the school
budgets.»
The
vote on that bill — originally expected to occur
last month — now might not happen until June because the assembly has prioritized the state
budget, said Assemblyman John McDonald, a co-sponsor of the bill.
Odds are Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders will reach a deal on the $ 150 - plus billion spending plan in time, as the governor has made this a priority of his time in office, more or less achieving it in each of his five years leading the state thus far (
last year's is the only one in question, as the
budget was technically
voted through after the midnight deadline).
The news comes as Labour appeared to be in disarray over the
Budget plans, with a quarter of the party rebelling against Harriet Harman's demand that they abstain from a
vote on the welfare bill
last night.
Rosenberg pulled down 27 % of the
vote on a $ 1000 campaign
budget (he was in my sons yeshiva this past sunday collecting some
last little bit for his campaign, he raised about $ 95), running a campaign that was primarily a school project.
Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle is pushing for a
vote on the measure before the
budget is considered; the Republican - led Senate meanwhile has approved the bill for the
last seven years.
Last night, a number of Senate Democrats took their frustration with being excluded from the closed - door
budget negotiations on the final product,
voting «no» on part of the agreement that dealt with transportation, economic development and environmental spending.
They are all for ending it, but they
voted for the
last four state
budgets that contained it.
The Troy City Council rejected Mayor Patrick Madden's proposed 2018
budget in a 7 - 2
vote after refusing
last week to move ahead on a $ 190 per residential unit tipping fee needed to balance the $ 73.6 million
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.
I've spoken to sources in both the Assembly and Senate today, and have been told that an agreement on FMAP is possible, particularly since it appears very clear now after
last week's
vote by the US Senate on the unemployment benefits bill that the $ 1.7 billion worth of Medicaid funding expected by NYC and the state in this
budget cycle won't be coming any time soon.
«I'm Not a Perfect Man,» said Latimer, when Astorino raised the issue of his skipping an important
budget vote in the Senate
last April to go on vacation in London.
Last year, 4,197 voters cast their ballots in our school district
budget vote and board of education elections.
«When Bill Mulrow, the governor's secretary, was here
last month, I had asked, «Why can't there be some public vetting of the
budget between when it's finalized and when the
vote is held?