Sentences with phrase «closed door negotiations»

The Governor and legislature have no begun closed door negotiations over the budget plan and there appears to be no one in the room who is willing to stand up and speak out on behalf of adequate funding for Connecticut's colleges and universities.

He has not made any public appearances in Albany as lawmakers struggled to land deals before the session's scheduled end, though he did participate in closed door negotiations with legislative leaders.

Close door negotiations means that civil society is not allowed to come inside the room and hear to what governments have to say.

Not exact matches

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reportedly said in a closed - door meeting that Palestinians should accept peace negotiations or «shut up and stop complaining.»

Finally, once NAFTA negotiations actually began, the U.S. administration all but closed the door on negotiating any kind of mutual benefit.

Throughout those fights fans, fighters and the media would continue to cite valid and unfounded reasons why Alvarez was ducking Golovkin while closed - door negotiations were taking place.

There is alot of negotiations that goes behind closed doors that no one including the press knows no matter how people want us to believe they know what happens behind closed doors at Arsenal.

We can never truly know what's happening behind closed doors on contract negotiations, but if Theo is (as is rumoured) asking for # 150K a week, then he is smoking some good stuff.

That's the fun thing about closed - door negotiations between billionaires and millionaires: we don't really know what their intentions are, but we sure can guess at them.

But as the scale of Spurs chairman Daniel Levy's remarkable negotiations emerged, the revelations are likely to cause further pressure on the Welsh superstar's relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo — and perhaps push the Portuguese closer to the Real Madrid exit door.

During a full week of behind - closed - doors negotiations on both topics, the United States and rich producer countries in the EU and New Zealand, pushed the interests of their corporations: opposing the adoption of effective safeguards to protect WHO's independence, integrity and credibility and attempting to sabotage the adoption of a new WHO Guidance on baby foods.

IDC members chair committees in the Senate, while conference leader Jeff Klein is included in the closed - door budget negotiations with the governor, Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader.

Closed - door negotiations over the ethics reform bill have been dragging on for weeks now, despite the fact that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has said repeatedly that his house has an agreement with the governor.

But the IDC has remained a key bloc of lawmakers and its leader, Sen. Jeff Klein, is included in closed - door budget negotiations with the legislative leaders from the Assembly and Senate and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Negotiations about reforms behind closed doors are not conducive to the creation of a democratic political culture.

Richard Azzopardi, a spokesman for the governor, later clarified that Cuomo had proposed the idea during closed - door budget negotiations, which Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan denied, but that the idea was shot down; no bill was ever advanced.

He was included in the closed - door budget negotiations with the governor, making him a visible player in the process.

The longer we sit here and wait for the behind - closed - doors negotiations to drag on and on the bigger the disservice we are doing to the people of New York.»

Brian Kolb is the New York State Assembly minority leader, but he's not part of the closed door budget negotiations underway in Albany.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders emerged from closed - door negotiations Sunday without a deal on the state budget, but eyeing a $ 1 billion increase in school aid and a package of laws to combat sexual harassment as a Monday night deadline loomed.

But the school board pursued his removal based on the sharing of information from a closed - door executive session of the board, arguing it helped undermine the district during its negotiations with the teachers union for a new contract.

Unless you're whipping up the public support, getting the public really engaged in this, there's no way that secret negotiations behind closed doors without the public's involvement are going to lead to anything significant,» Horner said.

Paladino's lawyers also pointed out that the board issued press releases regarding the status of contract negotiations with the Buffalo Teachers Federation, which remain on the board's website, in an attempt to contradict the assertion by Nevergold that all closed - door discussions regarding the teachers contract were barred from disclosure.

Closed - door negotiations continued through the weekend but showed little progress.

After weeks of closed - door negotiations, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced late this past Wednesday night that they had reached an agreement on the 2013 - 2014 state budget.

She also thanked her colleagues for advocating on her behalf to be included in budget talks after it was announced that State Senator Jeff Klein, who heads the five - member, Republican - allied Independent Democratic Conference, would have a seat in closed - door negotiations.

Important matters determined by the give and take of the closed door budget negotiations carries with it the taint of something underhanded.

Those negotiations continue to take place behind closed doors, with leaders typically offering brief, largely inconsequential updates to members of the media and announcing details only when final deals are settled.

They also discuss the role of negotiations behind closed doors in reaching an acceptable budget.

Lawmakers never announced the subsidy, but it was discovered in the bill after months of closed - door negotiations.

That prompted Sen. Brad Hoylman (D - Manhattan) to label the Republicans» overall spending proposal «a fake budget» because it transferred sensitive issues to closed - door negotiations with Cuomo and the Assembly speaker.

Now, closed - door negotiations are underway to arrive at a consensus.

Cuomo, Heastie, and Flanagan are also expected to pick up their closed - door negotiations with the deadline for a final budget being April 1.

Kolb also took aim at the «three - men - in - a-room» negotiations behind closed doors by the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate majority leader, but which excludes Assembly Republicans and Senate Democrats.

Senate Democrats, who are a minority in the chamber, denounced their exclusion from the closed - door negotiations, which came after the governor's office said in February that their conference leader, Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins of Westchester, would be included in discussions.

Cuomo has postured over the budget virtually every year he has been in office in the final days of the negotiations, emerging from closed - door meetings to suggest the talks remain up in the air or major issues are yet to be locked down, sometimes to the bewilderment of legislators who thought they were close.

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.

For the record, Stewart - Cousins remains hopeful that her effort to be included in the closed - door budget negotiations — a cause that has been taken up now by people outside the state Capitol — will be successful before the April 1 deadline.

Privately, Senate Republicans are grumbling about the rent control negotiations, which appear to be the dominate concern in the closed - door discussions, and whether the Assembly Democrats are budging from their positions on strengthening the regulations.

The Daily News reported this week the arrangement will not grant Klein a seat at the table in the closed - door budget negotiations with the governor, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Mr. Cuomo has been in Albany, but if he has exerted any influence, it has been behind closed doors: He remained hidden from sight, offering no comment on the state of negotiations, leaving legislative leaders to offer periodic, and largely uninformative updates.

As budget negotiations — which are conducted behind closed doors among the governor and three top legislative leaders, out of sight of even other lawmakers — unfolded over the past week, it became increasingly clear that the Legislature would punt policy issues such as gun control or bail reform to after the budget's April 1 deadline, in favor of financial considerations.

With precious little time remaining for the legislative session, which is to end on Thursday, the antepenultimate day in Albany was marked by the usual closed - door negotiations among Democrats, who run the State Assembly, and Republicans, who rule the State Senate.

Then, the mayor will release his executive budget, kicking off another round of Council hearings before the two sides move to closed - door negotiations and come to a final agreement.

Farrell was expected to play a major role in budget negotiations, but it was unclear whether he would represent the Assembly in closed - door negotiations alone or in concert with others.

Dick Dadey of Citizens Union says the closed - door negotiations followed by immediate votes were unnecessary for a bill in which most measures aren't effective for 60 days.

ALBANY — Legislative leaders emerged from nearly two hours of closed - door negotiations with Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying they would brief their respective conferences on final details of a state budget, and hope that bills could be finalized and printed Tuesday night.

Labor negotiations are typically conducted behind closed doors before a contract is presented for council and union approval.

People familiar with closed - door negotiations say a tentative deal was struck over the weekend.

It's hard to take pride in a system so cynical that it would put a clean - government reform on the block for a $ 12 million savings, destined for negotiation behind closed doors.