Sentences with phrase «during state budget talks»

But that idea fell off the table during state budget talks.

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During the final flurry of negotiations on the 2016 - 17 state budget, a lot of semi-substantiated talk was going around the Capitol hallways about potential roadblocks to a final deal.

A rep for the de Blasio administration also told the Times that the city has been in talks with the state, the MTA and Vornado over potential development plans in the area, but they didn't resemble what Cuomo pitched during 11th hour budget discussions.

Cuomo did not specify what he thought those workers should be paid, but he sought (unsuccessfully) during the budget talks to increase the minimum wage to $ 11.50 in New York City and $ 10.50 in the rest of the state.

Plans to increase the state oil spill fund may fall by the wayside during the state budget process, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the closed - door talks.

Cuomo had initially proposed a broadening of buy American measures in his budget proposal to include all state procurement, but that measure fell out off the negotiating table during the talks.

Here's US Sen. Chuck Schumer during a brief upstate swing through the Capital Region yesterday, talking about his hope that the Senate would vote on a bill that included some $ 16.1 billion worth of Medicaid funding for the states — including $ 1.1 billion New York has already accounted for in its 2010 - 2011 budget.

The measure last year was linked to the DREAM Act in the state budget, but feel off the negotiating table during the talks between lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Having a budget done «on time» has been of talismanic significance for him during his tenure as governor, citing it as tangible evidence the state government is functioning after years of budget talks that could stretch into the summer.

The signs also raised eyebrows as talks between the state and federal officials were underway when in February of last year the DOT revealed during a joint legislative budget hearing in Albany that the signs cost $ 8.1 million when the agency had previously said they cost $ 1.76 million.

All nine state senators from Long Island are Republicans, as was the leader during budget talks — Dean Skelos — and current majority leader John Flanagan.

During the discussion of the state budget, most of the talk was about about the «fix» that came after the April revenue numbers called for further cuts.

+ During the country's coalition budget talks, Finland's Finns party said they would not raise the conversation about using state money to fund a Guggenheim museum in Helsinki.