Cuomo's maximum leverage
comes during the budget process, a power he displayed when he submitted an «extender» bill to fund the government temporarily while a broader spending plan was still be negotiated.
Not exact matches
The issue
came up again
during a five - hour state
budget hearing in Albany on Monday, with legislators questioning the need for the new
process, which also includes an approval role for the governor - controlled Empire State Development corporation.
Vespry added that in terms of the
process requesting the funding, the matter should have
come about
during budget discussions.