Not exact matches
Cuomo, along with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan agreed relatively
early in the
budget negotiations that ethics and campaign - finance reform would not be a threat to the
passage of the state
budget on time.
Work on the
budget continues today as more state lawmakers return to the Capitol, with an eye toward
early passage, due to the looming Easter and Passover holidays.
The Assembly, which worked into the
early hours of April 1 to complete the
passage of the $ 150 billion
budget, planned to put off the pension forfeiture portion, which had to be passed separately, until they reconvened last week.
Full
passage of the $ 142 billion state
budget did not meet the midnight deadline on Tuesday night as the debate in the state Assembly dragged into the
early morning hours of April 1.
The panel was formed
earlier this year after the
passage of the 2016 - 16 state
budget included an increase in the state's minimum wage in some parts to $ 15, a move that was opposed by business - backed organizations.
Governor Cuomo has been touring major upstate regions, promoting the
passage of the third on time or
early budget in a row.
The Legislature on Tuesday released a schedule pegging the final
budget passage by March 29 — several days
early.
Earlier this month, consultants hired by the county presented a plan to send out a request for proposal, RFP, for a multi-million dollar deal privatizing the Westchester County Airport that was sent down by the administration late last year just before the
passage of the 2017 county
budget.
With the
passage of a state
budget earlier this month, state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) has secured an income tax credit for some homeowners?