Sentences with phrase «budget voting day»

It's school budget voting day in New York.

It is school budget voting day across WNY.

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The vote followed a long day of drama and discord on Capitol Hill that highlighted fraying Democratic unity and featured an uneasy alliance between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, enemies in past budget battles but on the same side this time in pushing for passage.

Republicans were uniformly tight lipped leaving the conference Saturday when asked about their plans for the day and if a budget bill would be voted on at some point.

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.

It was removed from the two - way budget deal revenue bill that we now expect will come up for a vote very early Thursday morning (like, shortly after midnight), or, if saner heads prevail, sometime during the day.

Democrats earlier in the day denounced the IDC and the Republican conference for not allowing votes on their own stand - alone budget resolution.

New York should catch up by enacting early voting so voters can vote on days other than Election Day, and put the funding in the budget to ensure it is effectively implemented,» said Alex Camarda, Senior Policy Advisor of Reinvent Albany.

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.

Assembly Democratic majority members were scheduled to go into conference just prior to 10 p.m. and they had requested a «message of necessity» from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would let them vote on at least two noncontroversial budget bills without the customary three - day «aging» period that is supposed to provide time for actually reading the bills members will vote for.

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

The governor's 2018 - 19 executive budget, which was released Tuesday, would allow early voting and same - day voter registration.

The final budget agreement came so late that the governor had to use what's called a special message of necessity to bypass the legal three day waiting period between when a bill is printed and when it can be voted on.

Governor Cuomo is putting $ 7 million into his 30 - day budget amendments to fund poll sites for early voting in New York by the 2020 presidential race.

One of the 30 - day budget amendments unveiled by Cuomo's office Monday is approximately $ 7 million to adopt early voting.

In February, Governor Cuomo announced an historic 30 - day amendment to his proposed budget that would provide approximately $ 7 million to New York counties to offer 12 days of early voting.

In February, Governor Cuomo announced an historic 30 - day amendment to his proposed budget that will provide approximately $ 7 million to New York counties to offer early voting.

Cuomo's proposal will allocate $ 7 million to the Fiscal Year 2019 Executive Budget, an incentive for counties in New York to offer early voting 12 days before Election Day, giving voters eight hours on weekdays and five hours on weekends to cast their ballots.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week announced a 30 - day budget amendment to fund early voting across the state.

It emerged in closed - door meetings between Cuomo and legislative leaders, and was announced just days before the budget vote.

ALBANY — As the state Assembly finished action on the 2017 - 2018 budget Saturday evening, dozens of members — cooped up in Albany for at least 13 days — rushed out of the chamber before the final vote tally was announced.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday praised the New York Republicans who voted against the budget approved earlier in the day by the House of Representatives.

When pressed by Gov. David Paterson today on why they won't simply vote the executive budget up or down and call it a day, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos replied he considered the question moot, since the Democrats who control the Legislature won't bring the plan to the floor in the first place.

And he once again criticized the two lone New York Republicans in the House of Representatives who voted in favor of the GOP budget plan, Reps. Chris Collins and Tom Reed as modern - day «Benedict Arnolds.»

«There are several days before this budget will be voted on,» she said in a statement released under the Fair Elections For New York Campaign.

Let's hope Davey's prediction on the school budget votes is as insightful as his opening a new park the same day that others were being locked down.

Fast forward to November, she claims the first time she heard about this new arrangement was a few days before we voted on the budget, a budget that had nothing in it for safety net charges.

The governor and legislative leaders decided to abide by the normal procedures and let the budget bills «age» for three days before voting, so that anyone who is interested could read them.

In January, Cuomo outlined the «Democracy Project» as part of his 2017 State of the State agenda, and included its widely prized measures like early voting, same - day voter registration, and an enhanced form of automatic voter registration in one of his budget bills.

Cuomo has said he will waive a three - day waiting period that would otherwise prevent lawmakers from voting on the bill by the March 31 budget deadline.

«My hope is every day that Albany will announce that all night long, unbeknownst to everybody, they negotiated a budget that everybody that voted on it had never read and the governor had never read it, signed it,» Bloomberg said.

The battle turned brutal in recent days as two renegade Bronx Democratic senators, Pedro Espada Jr. and Ruben Diaz Sr., threatened to shut down state government by voting against the next budget extender.

The U.S. Senate took a big step towards approving the added Medicaid money in a key procedural vote on Aug. 4, the day after New York's budget was finalized.

Cuomo, a Democrat, announced Monday he will amend his proposed state budget to include $ 7 million for counties to offer early voting in the 12 days leading up to Election Day.

Mr. Galla and Mr. McGreevy agrees the special election should coincide with the May 21 school budget votes, something the Times / Review Newsgroup editorial board has called for, rather than on Election Day.

Several insiders contended that Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein, who hopes to become the Democrats» leader next year, gained power during the confusing final days of the session, when he blocked Sampson's bid to bring the final budget bill to a vote.

«There are several days before this budget will be voted on,» she said in a statement.

In a few short days, members of Congress must vote to avoid the series of across - the - board spending cuts known as sequestration, but if not; many programs that benefit the neediest families will have their budgets slashed mid-year.

Lawmakers are expected to reconvene in Tallahassee at 1 p.m. Monday, with a vote on the budget later in the day.

The 2017 budget was passed days after the deadline, after lawmakers were forced to vote on an extension package for the first time during Cuomo's tenure.

This action will provide approximately $ 7 million in the FY 2019 Executive Budget for New York counties to offer early voting in the 12 days leading up to Election Day.

Less than a day after the deadly crash, House Republicans voted to chop $ 260 million from Amtrak's budget, saying the reduction was necessary to stay under the cuts Congress and the president agreed to four years ago.

The Republican - led Senate concluded voting on the budget on Sunday, nine days into the state's new fiscal year.

«While Howard Kopel voted to eliminate the tax on heat and electricity and voted for two no - tax - increase county budgets, his opponent, Adam Moser, wants a 39 percent tax hike so county employees can continue to get free health care, 61 paid days off and big six - figure salaries.

Both the Senate and Assembly had a snow day yesterday, but they're scheduled to be back at work today, voting on their respective one - house budgets.

The top leaders in the Senate and Assembly on Tuesday formally have scheduled three days for budget bill voting: March 27, 28 and 29.

The Democratic - led Assembly plans to finish voting on the 2016 - 17 state budget on Friday during the day, a spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — New York State Senator George Latimer failed to vote on the New York State Budget this past spring because he departed for Europe the day before the vote was held in the Senate to go on a week long vacation in the United Kingdom with his girlfriend, New Rochelle City Court Judge Susan Kettner, Talk of the Sound has learned.

After a budget is voted down, school boards can schedule another vote on the statewide re-vote day, June 19, or the board can adopt a contingency budget that does not increase taxes.

The amendment provides roughly $ 7 million in the fiscal year 2019 executive budget for New York counties to offer early voting in the 12 days leading up to Election Day.