Sentences with phrase «deliberations on the state budget»
And while I am flattered by their support, this would be a very difficult time for me to divert my attention from deliberations on the state budget, to a political fight for what could easily turn out to be a very short term in the House of Representatives.»
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Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Thursday presented N233.8 billion budget proposal for 2018 to the State House of Assembly for deliberation.
Setting a special election may be the furthest thing on Cuomo's mind with the recent death of his father, giving his State of the State address, beginning budget deliberations, the arrest of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and disarray in that chamber and Cuomo himself possibly coming under the scrutiny of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara.
Elizabeth Lynam, director of state studies for the Citizens Budget Commission, said her organization had advocated for on - time budgets, but not at the expense of true deliberation and robust public vetting.
The state Senate began deliberations on a budget deal late Tuesday night, with the intention of passing it Wednesday, the same day the Assembly plans to take it up.
The New York legislature completed deliberations on a budget last week only one day into the state's new financial year — close enough for lawmakers to claim an on - time finish and ample enough to earn cheers from education advocates pleased with the prospect of a year without state - aid cuts.