Sentences with phrase «during its legislative session in»

New York state senators applaud a group visiting from the Queens borough of New York seated in the gallery during a legislative session in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol on Monday in Albany, N.Y.

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State Sen. Eddie Lucio (D - Brownsville) hit significant opposition during the recent legislative session when he proposed eliminating the machines in elementary schools and restricting older students» access.

The Breakfast in the Classroom breakout session was the first one I attended during my week at the 2011 Legislative Action Conference.

While this bill was not passed during this spring's legislative session, its introduction and debate has made great headway in breastfeeding laws, particularly for working mothers.

«William F. Boyland Jr., the four - term assemblyman representing the 55th district in Brooklyn, went on what for him might be described as a bill - drafting binge during the legislative session earlier this year — introducing a total of three measures in Albany.»

Add campaign finance reform to the list of topics that will be up for discussion — at least in some corners — during the post-budget portion of the legislative session after lawmakers return from their two - week Easter / Passover break.

As was the case during his first year in office, Speaker Carl Heastie continued to occasionally vote no during the 2016 legislative session.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R - Geneva, speaks to members in the Assembly Chamber during opening day of the 2017 legislative session at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo / Hans Pennink)

Ryan says there's a companion bill in the state senate to go with his in the assembly, so he's confident the Act will pass during this legislative session.

It's just over three weeks until the legislative session is scheduled to end, and hopes for reform are fading, during an unprecedented level of corruption in state government.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R - Geneva, speaks to members in the Assembly Chamber during opening day of the 2017 legislative session at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., in January.

New York state senators applaud a group visiting from the Queens borough of New York seated in the gallery during a legislative session May 8 in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Albany.

During this time, it was being reported that U.S. Rep. Crowley was obtaining pledges for a T.B.A. Council speaker candidate from Municipal lawmakers before the lawmakers had authority to cast such votes, because the next legislative session had yet to be sworn in.

ALBANY — The State Senate's Independent Democratic Conference was waiting upstairs in an unadorned Capitol conference room on a recent Wednesday, during the hangover period between the budget and the end of the legislative session.

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The bill, which is an amendment to the state's constitution, requires that the Governor's «message shall be delivered orally in the Assembly Chamber, during the first week of legislative session, with a quorum of the Assembly and a quorum of the Senate present.»

NYPIRG's annual «getting a bit o'the green» list of fundraisers in Albany during the legislative session.

Depending on the state, this can be done during the regular legislative session, in a special session following the adjournment of the regular session, or during the next legislative session.

«The Assembly showed admirable leadership this session by including speed safety camera expansion in their one - house budget, but petty politics and obstructionism led by a single state senator means that family members and victims of traffic violence will have to continue their fight during the legislative session,» a press release by Transportation Alternatives stated.

Monday was the first day he had been back in the capital city in the two weeks following the end of the legislative session and the unveiling of his father's official gubernatorial portrait during a surprise 80th birthday party.

Mayoral control in New York City and possibly other cities will be a prominent issue during the rest of the legislative session.

Cuomo has pledged to push for passage of the bill in this legislative session, but hasn't yet sent a program bill to the Legislature and didn't commit to a date to do so during today's Red Room get - together.

«I hope to get it done this legislative session either in the budget, which is April, or at the end of the legislative session in June,» Cuomo reportedly said during an appearance in Buffalo.

In addition, all legislatures received $ 154 per diem during the legislative session.

In approving the bill, Cuomo did require that the Legislature pass a chapter amendment during the 2016 legislative session to make technical fixes.

Governor Cuomo listed public campaign financing as a goal in his State of the State message, says he hopes to pursue the issue with legislative leaders during the final two months of the legislative session.

A bill proposing just that is still in its early stages and wasn't voted on during the last legislative session.

Four months of Albany scandal and turmoil have yielded new leaders of the state Assembly and Senate — the first time that's happened during the same legislative session in 50 years.

He criticized Cuomo's efforts to improve the implementation of the standards during this legislative session, which included new laws that prevent Common Core - aligned tests from being used for students» permanent records or in promotion decisions.

«The way it works in the legislative session, nothing moves until everything moves,» Cuomo reportedly said during a rally in Albany.

Gianaris said he and Libous, who lost his seat last year in a corruption conviction, used to share score updates and news on the Mets during slow periods in the legislative session.

Still, Mr. Larkin had comfortably been re-elected in 2016, though his physical stamina had been tested during the current legislative session, when he was sometimes brought to and from the Senate chamber in a wheelchair.

Here's a full list of progressive legislation that passed the Assembly but died in the Senate during the last legislative session.

The Child Victims Act has languished in the state Legislature during the past legislative session.

Hardhatters.com released a report showing that even though more Republicans serve in the Texas Legislature than Democrats, nearly half of the laws passed during last year's regular legislative session were either authored or co-authored by Democrats.

Advocates seeking pension increases for roughly 3,000 non-union state workers who retired after 2009 didn't find success during the just - finished legislative session but said they will push ahead in their quest to garner benefits from delayed pay increases that made up for an earlier freeze.

While much went unresolved during the combative close to New York's 2017 legislative session, legislation aimed at increasing access to prescription drugs quietly flew through the state Senate and Assembly, passing unanimously in both houses last week and now awaiting action by Cuomo.

The state Conservative Party released its annual legislative rankings today and reported that both the Senate and Assembly improved their overall standing during the 2011 session despite voting in favor of the legalization of same - sex marriage — an issue the party vehemently opposed.

The tax cap itself was altered, albeit slightly, during the previous legislative session's broader negotiations on rent control in the New York City area.

Protecting abortion — but not women By MICHAEL BENJAMIN (Originally published in the NY Post) Little noticed during the frenzied closing days of the legislative session was final passage of a measure that provides a certificate of stillbirth to grieving... Continue reading →

The proposal, which would allow high - achieving charter schools to develop their own teacher certification requirements, was quietly floated in the last hours of the 2017 legislative session and appeared this week on the agenda for an emergency meeting of the SUNY board of trustees» charter school committee, convened three days after public notice was first issued during a holiday week.

During the legislative session that's slated to end Wednesday, groups backed by some of the same unions have ramped up attacks against state Senate Republicans for refusing to close another quirk in campaign finance law, the so - called «LLC loophole,» that allows real estate interests to use limited liability companies to vastly multiply the power of their giving.

Major issues during the 2014 legislative session included education, guns in work parking lots, and requiring prescriptions for drugs used to make methamphetamine.

In addition, all legislatures receive $ 154 per diem during legislative session.

In doing so, he revived a package of reforms he unsuccessfully pushed in December during a failed attempt for a special legislative session that would have paved the way for a legislative pay raisIn doing so, he revived a package of reforms he unsuccessfully pushed in December during a failed attempt for a special legislative session that would have paved the way for a legislative pay raisin December during a failed attempt for a special legislative session that would have paved the way for a legislative pay raise.

DROUGHT: THE FUNDRAISING BAN CANDIDATE MAKES IT RAIN: Dan «Do as I say, not as I do» Schnur, who is campaigning on a legislative fundraising ban during session, doesn't see the irony / hypocrisy / double standard in his continued fundraising efforts during the legislative session.

During the legislative session that ended in June, Lyft also engaged lobbyists to push for a state bill that would create new rules for so - called transportation network companies.

Even if most lawmakers are coming in from well outside the capital city, Tallahassee, Harrisburg and Albany draw a large contingent of lawmakers who bunk in the cities during the legislative session, obliging them to leave behind money for food, lodging and amenities within the city.

The event was the latest in a series of near weekly events by anti fracking activists at the Capitol during this legislative session.

In contrast, the end of the legislative session took place during the day.