Sentences with phrase «city lawmaker so»

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NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio isn't planning to veto a controversial measure that was sneaked into the city's new $ 85.2 billion budget this week, according to a City Hall operative — even as a group of Albany lawmakers publicly urged him to docity's new $ 85.2 billion budget this week, according to a City Hall operative — even as a group of Albany lawmakers publicly urged him to doCity Hall operative — even as a group of Albany lawmakers publicly urged him to do so.

New Jersey lawmakers are holding their first oversight hearing today since the so - called «summer of hell» track work at New York City's Penn Station got underway.

Mr. Cuomo has kept lawmakers in Albany in hopes of reaching a deal on rent regulations and other matters, including expiring laws governing mayoral control of city schools and the 421a real estate tax credit, but so far there has been no movement on those issues.

Lawmakers also confirmed that $ 300 million in spending for pre-Kindergarten programs in New York City was the ultimate goal, though no details have emerged so far have to pay for it.

ALBANY — In New York state government news, it's crunch time for lawmakers looking to put together a new state budget and the state Senate votes to take funds away from so - called sanctuary cities.

Finance Committee Chairwoman Kathleen Joy says the city can't continue to cut it's way out of yearly budget deficits, so lawmakers felt the time was right for this increase.

The new state budget is due on April 1, so whatever savings the city achieves won't be known to lawmakers in Albany when they determine how much aid to send to the city.

So community leaders, state officials, and city lawmakers gathered to try to answer the question: what can we do?

City & State magazine published on Tuesday an op / ed from a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo that, in essence, issued a subtle warning to lawmakers who may want to hold up the budget process this month: Do so and risk a scuttling of a pay increase at the end of next year.

Outside groups are pouring millions of dollars into the fight for the state Senate, and it's estimated so far they have spent $ 14 million as lawmakers next week will consider a range of contentious issues from expiring rent regulations to mayoral control of New York City schools.

State Senator Neil Breslin appeared with Assembly members Pat Fahy and John McDonald, in a show of support for Mayor Sheehan, who implored all city residents, state workers and politicians to blitz state lawmakers in a fund drive of epic proportions to not only land the $ 12.5 million to plug the hole in Albany's budget, but also fix funding formulas so the mayor never needs to pick the tin cup again.

Mayor Bill de Blasio isn't planning to veto a controversial measure that was sneaked into the city's new $ 85.2 billion budget this week, according to a City Hall operative — even as a group of Albany lawmakers publicly urged him to docity's new $ 85.2 billion budget this week, according to a City Hall operative — even as a group of Albany lawmakers publicly urged him to doCity Hall operative — even as a group of Albany lawmakers publicly urged him to do so.

He said state lawmakers must look for ways to regionalize more services so towns and cities don't duplicate programs that could be shared by several communities for a savings.

In New York state government news, it's crunch time for lawmakers looking to put together a new state budget and the state Senate votes to take funds away from so - called sanctuary cities.

About two dozen tenants rights activists, as well as several Democratic State lawmakers, were arrested at a protest on the lack of action so far on reforming New York City's rent laws, which expire on June 15th, to include more protections for tenants.

Once every four years, though, power follows the Hudson 130 or so miles south to our deep - blue city as a mayor who's just won an election puts the screws on the governor and lawmakers now up for election.

Lawmakers are also trying to wrap up work on bills to extend rent control in New York City, and the so - called «property tax cap.»

(AP & WXXI News) The mayors of Rochester, Buffalo and 14 other cities in New York State have written to lawmakers asking them to pass legislation to require mortgage lenders to maintain so - called «zombie properties.»

So insisted New York City Board of Elections (BOE) Executive Director Michael Ryan, as he was pressed by federal lawmakers last Friday to explain recent issues that plagued New York's presidential primary in April.

And compared to City Council members who receive more than $ 100,000 a year, state lawmakers say the $ 70,000 or so annual salary of a legislature member seems unfair.

Absent from the plan are extensions of state rent regulations and the so - called «Millionaire's Tax» on high - income earners — which many activists and city lawmakers had fought hard to include.

Demanding that Gov. Cuomo pay up on the state's long - overdue $ 2.5 billion debt to New York City public schools, two education advocacy groups at a press conference on Feb. 19 released a report that broke down the money owed by Assembly and Senate district in New York City so that each lawmaker who is going to vote on the state budget can tell exactly how much money is missing from his or her district.

She said many city lawmakers waited so long to be in the majority, «they felt their issues were more important than anything.»

The DAE members attended the meeting to support Chapel Hill - Carrboro City School teachers, who asked the school board to cancel classes May 16 so they could go to Raleigh to lobby lawmakers for better working conditions and pay.

Auto company executives show off new models with all - wheel drive.Even so, as Washington lawmakers visited the Motor City recently, the Big Three heard about more safety regulations instead of less.With stiffer requirements for both emissions and corporate average fuel economy already in the offing, Washington's requirements for installing air bags and passive restraint systems couldn't come at a costlier time for Detroit.

If someone were to suggest to lawmakers that a specific ethnicity or lineage be banned from a city or county because of their so - called «tendencies» to behave in a certain way, society would be outraged and rioting in the streets.