Sentences with phrase «completed state budget»

The recently completed state budget was made tough because of a lack of revenues; positive school finance reform requires adequate, sustainable and equitable revenue sources.

The recently completed state budget was the first real test of the new New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's leadership, who became the leader of that house in early February.

The recently completed state budget was the first real test of the new Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's leadership, who became the leader of that house in early February.

New York doesn't have a completed state budget and members of the Legislature won't be paid until there is one in place.

In March the completed state budget included a plan for 6,000 new beds over the next five years, with $ 1.9 billion allocated, which Cuomo aides say is the first phase of the 15 - year commitment.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters he remains «cautiously optimistic» about completing a state budget by the March 31 deadline, and hopes lawmakers will be able to do so without waiving the required three - day waiting period on bills with a so - called message of necessity.

State lawmakers have abandoned the idea of completing a state budget one week ahead of schedule, legislators were due home in their districts late Thursday without agreement on a new spending plan.

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As part of its 2006 election platform, the Conservative Party promised to «create an Independent Budget Authority to provide objective analysis directly to Parliament about the state of the nation's finances and trends in the national economy; require government departments and agencies to provide timely information to the Parliamentary Budget Authority to ensure it has the information it needs to provide accurate analyses to Parliament; and ensure that government fiscal forecasts are updated quarterly and that they provide complete data for both revenue and spending forecasts».

-- All work on the state budget relating to health care, mental hygiene, human services and housing, education and the arts is completed with this legislation.

Diaz, along with Sen. George Latimer, will leave office at the end of the year and have their seats filled in special elections to be called after the state budget is completed, based on a Democratic unity push for the state Senate.

Even if lawmakers do not include a complete congestion pricing plan in the state budget, due March 31, they could approve funding so work can start on the infrastructure that will be needed once all sides agree.

A spokesman for the state Division of Budget said the complete enacted 2017 - 18 budget will be released in the comingBudget said the complete enacted 2017 - 18 budget will be released in the comingbudget will be released in the coming days.

Much of that frustration was focused on the State Senate, which failed to pass the act last week, prompting a last - minute effort to incorporate the legislation into this year's budget, which is due to be completed by April 1, the beginning of the fiscal year.

Howard Zemsky, the chair of Cuomo's Empire State Development agency, told lawmakers in a joint legislative budget hearing Monday that he has complete confidence in the integrity of the projects that he oversees, including ones they took over from the troubled SUNY Polytechnic.

The governor while presenting the bill christened «Budget of Sustainable Development» on the floor of the house in Lafia, assured the citizens of the state of his administration's commitment toward completing all ongoing projects.

A new state budget due by midnight Saturday, but lawmakers have promised to have the spending plan completed before Friday, acknowledging the Passover and Easter holiday weekend.

The one - house state Assembly and Senate budget bills have been completed and it's now down to the final budget negotiations.

If your agency is approved for a grant from the Erie County Youth Bureau, you will be required to complete the following New York State Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) Forms: 5001, 5002, 5003, and a revised program budget (5005) reflecting your award amount, as well as an OCFS 5007 form.

The New York legislature completed an almost on time budget, around 3 AM on the first day of the state's fiscal year.

The one - house state Assembly and Senate budget bills have been completed and it's now down to the final budget negotiations before the April 1 deadline.

Lawmakers are expected to return to Albany in the coming weeks because the Senate left without passing a $ 1 billion tax bill needed to complete the state's $ 135.7 billion budget.

Gov. Rick Scott chastised state lawmakers for being unable to complete the 2017 - 18 budget on time, but once again stopped short of saying whether he would veto the entire spending plan once it reaches his desk.

Final bill language in New York has yet to be printed and publicly released and is expected to be included in a state budget of approximately $ 168 billion that lawmakers here are still working to fully complete.

While the business community has called for a complete end to the millionaires tax, Cuomo said the state needs the billions of dollars in revenue the tax generates each year to fund programs and manage looming budget deficits.

The IDC's budget proposal, introduced in January, «included a $ 1.47 billion investment in the Foundation Aid formula for the first year with a multi-year commitment to achieve complete funding,» Alcantara told parents earlier this week, adding that as an IDC member, she has «a voice at the budget table» and is «confident that the end of this year's budget process New York state will have invested a record amount of funding in education.»

Talks over completing the 2017 - 18 state budget blew up on Wednesday as Senate Republicans, frustrated with a lack of progress on key deals, signaled they're leaving the Capitol until an agreement is reached.

«It turns out New York's state budget was not completed when everyone thought it was.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released a statement about the finally - complete 2010 - 2011 state budget that both praised his former legislative colleagues and took them to State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released a statement about the finally - complete 2010 - 2011 state budget that both praised his former legislative colleagues and took them to state budget that both praised his former legislative colleagues and took them to task.

«In this context, it is left for Nigerians to then decide whether budgeting for constituency roads is more patriotic than budgeting to complete the Kano - Maiduguri Road that connects five states, the Lagos - Ibadan road that connects three states and helps to move food, imported goods and fuel across the country; or the 2nd Niger Bridge that connects the East and West geopolitical zones of at least 11 states together,» he said.

In a news conference outside of the Senate chamber, school organizations called for a bump in state aid for districts of $ 2.2 billion in the coming 2016 - 17 budget year, along with a complete elimination of the so - called Gap Elimination Adjustment while also pledging to fully fund Foundation Aid that helps poorer districts.

The nonpartisan, professional staffs that analyze the state budget proposals had not had enough time to complete their fiscal analysis, which will be available in the coming days.

With the mandated budget deadline looming in March, the state assembly has been hard at work to complete their financial plan for 2017.

In January 2015, Cuomo delivered a strikingly upbeat State of the State speech, complete with a PowerPoint slide depicting himself, Dean Skelos, and Silver as the «Three Amigos,» because they'd become such close collaborators, delivering four straight on - time budgets after years of blown deadlines, pre-Cuomo.

Although the state's new fiscal year does not begin until Sunday, Cuomo and lawmakers were working to complete work on the new budget before the onset of the Passover holiday Friday evening.

The New York State Assembly finished work on the budget shortly after 3 pm Friday, the Senate at around 4:30, completing their work one day before the spending plan is due.

ALBANY — Lawmakers completed one of the latest budgets in New York State history on Tuesday night, passing a last piece of legislation that will raise an additional $ 1 billion — in part by increasing taxes on the sale of clothing and on a variety of businesses.

Amaechi explained that the state government would borrow N100 billion from the capital market to finance part of the budget in order to complete critical projects in the state.

Legislative leaders had talked optimistically about completing the new state budget by March 22, they resolved a number of budget related issues, including pension reform on March 15th.

With this budget, Governor Cuomo is not looking for a quick fix, but a complete overhaul in how our state operates.

Following the release of funds for the first 6,000 supportive housing units in the completed budget, advocates, supportive housing tenants, and homeless New Yorkers gathered to thank State leaders for this historic investment in a proven solution to homelessness.

«Today's action also completes one of the latest budgets in state history.

By James Briggs With the state budget completed, lawmakers are returning to their districts after a busy and contentious legislative session.

That's the message from Gov. Paterson's emboldened administration, which is vowing to escalate its new and unprecedented tactic of putting major spending cuts into the weekly «extenders» that have kept the state functioning without a completed budget since April 1.

Previously ear - marked for $ 2 million in state funding, the governor's budget now includes $ 8.5 million more, essentially paying for the project that is almost complete.

«The announced budget agreement incorporates provisions which will threaten the viability of New York's small businesses and set our state on a path of complete economic uncertainty.

The Governor disclosed that if the budget is approved, all the 5 km roads across the 44 Local Government Areas of the state would be completed to reduce the high rate of accidents being experienced due to the uncompleted roads.

A letter from state Democrats last month laying out the Senate unity plan indicated the special elections won't be held until after the budget process is completed.

They hope to pass a new state budget by April 1 and then complete the rest of their business for the year in late June.

The budget deadline is April 1 and while Albany has a history of late state budgets Fahy hopes they will complete this year's on time.

The Assembly is currently considering legislation that would require REDC members to complete annual financial disclosure statements; the state's budget director has called this «an absurd and a not - so - subtle effort to end the REDCs.»