Sentences with phrase «easier for the governor»

«It is going to be somewhat easier for Governor Poloz to normalize monetary policy» relative to the U.S. and the UK, acknowledged Craig Alexander, chief economist at TD Bank Group.

Cohen is blocked from commodities trading until 2018 due to an investigation by Preet Bharara, the former US Attorney who did not make life easy for the governor during his years as a federal prosecutor.

Perhaps it would be easier for the governor to fill the increasing number of vacancies in his administration if he and legislative leaders reach a pay raise deal.

Meanwhile, as long as there's going to be an on - going discussion about a pay raise for legislators going on all year, it will perhaps make it easier for Governor Andrew Cuomo to get his budget passed and other contentious legislation, as well.

Liberals have nudged Cuomo to push for a Democratic - controlled Senate and mainline conference members have pointed to a host of issues that would be easier for the governor if his own party controlled the upper house of the Legislature.

Not exact matches

In Florida, meanwhile, Governor Rick Scott — a Tea Party darling — signed a bill aimed at making it easier for banks (or whoever else owns the debt) to foreclose on a property.

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has been warning Canadians to go easy on credit for the better part of two years.

Boston Doge, flashy little unbeaten 3 - year - old sprinter, sped to easy 2 1/2 - length victory in six - furlong $ 34,300 Governor's Gold Cup at Bowie, Md. for 10th straight win, brought earnings to $ 85,720, once again made Andolino brothers glad they were unable to sell him for $ 7,500 last year.

I say we make this election for the children and the college aged students who call the hudson valley their home and not make it about one man who is part of the problem, the easy solution is we boot him out of office and put in a fresh face who will stand up to shelly silver, the Governor and imagine this maybe even to some fellow republicans who can't be trusted with our childrens futures in their hands....

Needless it say, it's alot easier for a well - known major party candidate like Andrew Cuomo to his that threshold than some no - name challenger — unless, of course, that challenger is really controversial (like Carl Paladino) or really rich (like Tom Golisano, whose self - funded and unsuccessful quest to win the governor's office created the Independence Party).

In a CapTon interview that will air tonight at 8 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., Long called ending Wilson - Pakula a «wrong headed» idea that would provide «an easy way out» for the governor.

Even as actress Cynthia Nixon weighs a run for governor, a leading women's organization — the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women — backed Cuomo for reelection, calling the move «an easy decision.»

The governor's maximum leverage during the year comes during budget season and it's not unusual for him to include language in the Article VII bills that aim to see controversial measures approved with a much easier path.

Here's a fun idea — the folks at Progress Texas have put together PerryForPresidentFML, a website whose whole purpose is to make it easy for you to send out unflattering - but - true messages about Texas Governor and new Presidential candidate Rick Perry over Twitter.

He did not have the advantage of coming into office after the unholy Spitzer - Paterson era, which has made it easier for Andrew to play the rescuing superhero.2 And in recent years, the governor's office has accrued more authority over the budget, Mario's bête noire.

Separately, the governor said he expected environmentalists to criticize his decision to withdraw about $ 74 million from the environmental fund, but praise a new plan for making it easier to safely discard of electronic waste, such as old CD players.

By most accounts, the task will not be easy, even for the highly popular Democratic governor, whose wide margin of electoral victory and long history in Albany has given him unusual influence within the slow - moving culture of the capital.

Admittedly, this is a modest amount of money given the MTA's giant budget, but it shows how easy it is for a Governor to break an old promise.

«Thank you, Governor Cuomo, for signing this common sense law that should make it easier for people to get access to public records.

Paladino told a military veterans group in East Rochester that many in the media would prefer to see Rick Lazio as the Republican nominee for governor because it would make things easier for Democrat Andrew Cuomo in the general election.

Also singled out for criticism is the governor's push to make it easier for the state to take over struggling schools.

The governor has proposed making it harder for teachers to get the job protection of tenure and easier to remove educators who are incompetent or engaged in misconduct.

To make it easier for New Yorkers to vote, Governor Cuomo is advancing legislation to institute early voting in the State.

The method that is most commonly used is for a group to run a candidate for Governor or President, using the much easier independent petition.

While that offers the most evidence that Cuomo is looking nationally, it's also one that could be a surprisingly easy layup for the governor in the Legislature.

The Poughkeepsie Journal says: «The floating «downstate / upstate» line makes it easier for (the governor and state lawmakers) to avoid accountability unless they're forced to clearly define their terms.»

«He has no credibility and his nonsensical protest of the Governor's agenda to help the middle class, make college affordable and make it easier for New Yorkers to get childcare is equal parts out of touch and appalling.»

Now, Mary Landrieu has never had an easy reelection but with stable approval ratings and Bobby Jindal running for governor, she may perform better than expected.

In recent days, the governor and his aides have negotiated with Assembly leaders for a phased - in approach to a congestion zone that could be easier to pass than a fully formulated plan, according to aides and advocates.

«This additional Federal funding for high speed passenger rail will help revitalize New York State's economy, modernize our rail transportation network, and make it easier to get people and goods safely to their destinations across the State,» Governor Paterson said.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Tuesday called for concerted efforts in addressing the economic challenges in the nation to make life easier...

The attention surrounding Governor Cuomo's handling of the Moreland Commission is «an easy distraction,» they write, that «takes our attention off of where it should really be focused... the commission's crucial recommendations for campaign finance.»

He said Cuomo, who is running for governor, is using him as «easy fodder» to portray himself as «the outsider who took on the head of (last year's Senate) coup.»

Governor Cuomo was against making the drug available to smoke at the time, but advocates have said smoking the drug would make it easier for them to regulate their dose.

«The easier thing to do is to criticise, the guy who represented the governor I wanted him to be here since he said he's the chairman of a committee, I don't know if they make rules that the bills they pass is purely for PDP.»

ALBANY — The creator of a political action committee pushing to make it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice as adults is convinced the governor will make passage of the measure a priority next year.

Editorial: No Separate Pension Fund for Police, Firefighters n these first weeks of a new administration in Trenton, it's easy to criticize many of the policy decisions of the Christie administration, in particular Governor Christie's use of the veto and the Legislature's inability to override a single veto over eight years.

Of course, this will be made somewhat easier by the governor's agreement with the legislature last month to extend $ 2.6 billion in higher income - tax rates on million - dollar earners, offset in part by small rate cuts for middle - class filers.

The Governor said the University authorities had been directed to provide adequate notice and convenient instalments options when introducing fees and levies as that would make it easier for students, parents and guardians to pay.

A leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State, Dr Muhammad Sani - Bello, has said that Governor Nasiru El - Rufai is making it easier for the PDP to return to power in 2019 through the blunders he is committing.

• The New York Post editorial board believes that «while it's hard to make a sound legal case for Gov. Paterson's appointment of Richard Ravitch yesterday as lieutenant governor, it's easy to understand the frustrations that drove him to such extraordinary action.»

«The governor moving the goal post doesn't make it any easier for meaningful, comprehensive reform to pass,» said Horner.

Governor Cuomo and the state's district attorneys are pushing for laws to make it easier to prosecute bribery and public corruption cases, in the wake of recent scandals in Albany.

One Cuomo partisan put it this way: the governor is no longer actively looking for fights to pick with the mayor, but won't resist an easy chance to throw an elbow.

Last year, Governor Cuomo made it easier for working families and seniors to access federal nutrition benefits by eliminating the wasteful and punitive system of finger imaging program applicants while implementing better ways to strength program integrity.

He commended the governor for setting up a committee to interface with these two groups and ensured sustainable peace, making farming more easier and profitable in the state.

It's an easy choice for Spitzer to run for governor.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces a tough choice as he continues to ponder the decision on whether to allow hydro fracking in New York, and it seems there's no easy way to win for the governor.

New York Governor Cuomo and the state's district attorneys are pushing for laws to make it easier to prosecute bribery and public corruption cases, in the wake of recent scandals in Albany.

He certainly made it easy to dump on him, even for those (like me) who admired his intelligence, graciousness, courage and sense of humor, and who rooted — from the moment this «accidental governor» suddenly replaced Eliot Spitzer — for the state's first black and legally blind leader to succeed.