Sentences with phrase «door budget negotiation»

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is attempting to influence closed - door budget negotiations between Republican and Democratic state legislative leaders.

The Democratic Governor's criticism comes after the state's Republican and Democratic legislative leaders emerged from closed - door budget negotiations on Thursday to say that they hadn't yet gotten to a deal but were close.

The new officers mark a significant win for Mark - Viverito, who pushed hard for a larger department during closed - door budget negotiations in recent weeks, according to sources.

Skelos also was pushing a new, late counterproposal into closed - door budget negotiations that he said would protect upstate communities from what he called unfair treatment in the last round of prison closings.

ALBANY — A low - cost proposal to expand the use of breast milk to save premature babies» lives and avoid lifelong disabilities has been dropped from closed - door budget negotiations, two senior legislators said Monday.

Richard Azzopardi, a spokesman for the governor, later clarified that Mr. Cuomo had proposed the idea during closed - door budget negotiations but that the idea was shot down; no bill was ever advanced.

Not exact matches

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.

Hours after a joint letter calling for the extension of mayoral control in NYC was issued by the unlikely alliance of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, state Republican leaders and Cuomo's office signaled that the issue would be put off until after the state budget was finalized, opening the door to months of protracted negotiations.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Klein made his comments after a closed - door negotiation with Cuomo and legislative leaders on the $ 162 billion state budget.

It's expected that Klein will continue to sit in on closed - door negotiations involving the state budget and major legislation, and that the seven members of his conference will chair Senate committees.

«As in past years, the budget negotiation process was mostly done behind closed doors, leaving the public in the dark about how taxpayer money will be spent,» DiNapoli said in a statement.

Although authorization to expand ride - sharing services in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester was granted in the state budget passed earlier this month, a provision added during closed - door negotiations allows large suburban counties to opt out.

Their stories explain how they prepare for lengthy budget negotiations, the challenges of waiting around for indeterminate amounts of time and the desperation caused by staring at closed doors.

Senate Republicans emerged from a close - door meeting on Thursday discussing the budget, confirming that the tax option as devised by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and budget division remains in the negotiations.

The situation is particularly pointed this year as budget negotiations again play out almost entirely behind closed doors.

The public safety committee hearing was the penultimate executive budget hearing, with the finance committee set to finish the proceedings Tuesday before closed - door negotiations lead to a budget deal between Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council before the July 1 start of the new fiscal year.

«But once the budget negotiations go behind closed doors, we wake up the next morning and it's gone.

Your tax bill and school budget depend on the outcome of negotiations happening now behind closed doors in Albany, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the leaders of the Assembly and the Senate hammer out the 2016 - 17 budget.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- After closed - door negotiations with Governor Andrew Cuomo Friday, New York's legislative leaders said they will restore some of the school funding that Cuomo proposed cutting from the state budget.

After a day of closed - door negotiations with legislative leaders, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in an interview with Spectrum News NY1 Monday evening that uncertainty about how a new Republican president and Congress might affect the state could lead to an «extender» of the current budget rather than a new one.

The final budget negotiations occur during secretive, closed - door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders — in this case, Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Long Island) and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx), and Klein, leader of the breakaway Democrats.

Perhaps in honor of the wonky week, Cuomo offered this gem about budget negotiations, which happen among him and legislative leaders in private: «Just because something is done behind closed doors doesn't mean the process isn't transparent.»

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.

In a blockbuster breaking news story written by the CTMirror's Jacqueline Rabe and Keith Phaneuf, the reporters reveal what has really been going on behind closed doors in the all - night budget negotiations that have been taking place between Malloy and Democratic legislative leaders.

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