On Monday, the state Senate voted to block the five -
cent fee approved by the City Council and signed into law by Mayor Bill de Blasio last year.
Not exact matches
The onetime
fee for first - year students for the 2017/2018 academic year as
approved by GES for public SHS costs GH
cents 435.00 and GH
cents 438.00 for day and boarding students respectively.
The GES Council has also
approved a three - meal feeding
fee for boarders at GH
cents 4.80 a day and one hot meal for all day students at GH
cents 1.60, and subsidies for all continuing students.
Also the GES
approved recurrent
fee of GH
cents 101.47 and GH
cents 105.47 for both day and boarding students will be absorbed by the government.
In a similar vein, New York City actually
approved a 5
cent fee that was supposed to go into effect last year but was blocked by the state Legislature.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo this month
approved legislation that delayed the implementation of a 5 -
cent fee on carry - out bags in New York City, a move that effectively killed the locally backed legislation by the city Council.
The Republican - controlled Senate last week
approved a measure that block the enactment of the 5 -
cent fee from taking effect.
In other action, the board of directors
approved a ten per
cent increase in
fees over a four - year period for hauling solid waste some 250 miles to Seneca Meadows.
You should also know that the Republican Members of the New York State Senate, under the Leadership of Senator John Flanagan, and with the help of some Democrats: Senator Joseph Addabbo, Senator Tony Avella, Senator Leroy Comrie, Senator Michael Gianaris, Senator Jeff Klein, Senator José Peralta, Senator Roxanne Persaud, Senator Diane Savino, and Senator David Valesky, and myself, Senator Rubén Díaz voted to
approve legislation introduced by Senator Simcha Felder to stop the imposition of the 5
cents (5
cents)
fee.
He added that 10 independent students, who benefited from the 70 per
cent reduction in tuition
fee approved by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, were also part of the matriculating students.
The City Council on Thursday is expected to
approve a controversial bill that would put at least a 5 -
cent fee on plastic and paper shopping bags.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo this month
approved legislation that delayed the implementation of a 5
cent fee on carry - out bags in New York City, a move that effectively killed the locally backed legislation by the city Council.
By using these metrics, judges felt comfortable building up a reasonable legal
fees award that was capped at the 20 to 25 per
cent level, sometimes 30 per
cent but rarely, if ever,
approved at the one - third level.