Sentences with phrase «emergency spending bill»

The state congress passed a pair of emergency spending bills on Monday to halt that, keeping essential services funded, like schools.

But the state congress passed a pair of emergency spending bills on Monday to halt that, keeping essential services funded, like schools.

State law gives the governor broad power to insert language into emergency spending bills that would keep the government running if a budget isn't arrived at through the normal process, essentially allowing him to dare legislators to shut down the government over policy measures of his choice.

In the Senate, the GOP minority has tried twice to include a $ 17 - million loan for NYRA in emergency spending bills needed to keep state government running in the absence of a state budget.

Gov. David Paterson's fourth emergency spending bill will include no state cash for capital projects, but will allow federal and local spending.

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino today derisively gave a thumbs up to Gov. Paterson's new strategy of placing major budget cuts in weekly emergency spending bills.

It was Paterson who forced the Legislature to adopt most of the budget through emergency spending bills he put forward to keep government running, the source said.

State legislators will OK Gov. Paterson's emergency spending bill tomorrow — and prevent a government shutdown on Tuesday, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said yesterday.

With no state budget and Albany leaders passing emergency spending bills that keep the state government running, the mayor has cut school budgets for next year on the assumption that the deepest cuts to education being contemplated in Albany will come to pass.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson is set to release his latest emergency spending bill soon and a government shutdown could depend on what he puts in it.

ALBANY — With a full budget still out of reach, the Legislature passed a pair of emergency spending bills on Monday to permit the state government to continue to function, and to buy lawmakers more time to resolve several contested policy issues tied to the proposal.

Fed up with the Legislature's lack of progress in closing a $ 9 billion budget gap, Paterson has been including a year's worth of cuts in his weekly emergency spending bills.

If negotiations had stalled, Cuomo could have imposed his own budget through emergency spending bills and blamed the stubborn Legislature for shutting down state government.

Senators claimed Cuomo was threatening to send lawmakers an emergency spending bill to temporarily keep the government running if there was no budget deal — but have the short - term authorization run until May.

A state government shutdown was averted after the state Legislature approved an emergency spending bill late Monday with the help of three Republican state senators.

This Monday, the New York State Legislature is expected to vote on an emergency spending bill proposed by Governor David Paterson.

Press 1 if you would support another emergency spending bill.

The current year's budget was technically late, having passed in the early hours of April 1, though the broad - based aspects of the budget had been agreed to, and no emergency spending bills were needed to pass.

The Legislature will be asked once again to vote on an emergency spending bill to keep the state afloat.»

Gov. David A. Paterson said on Wednesday that he would unilaterally insert the rest of his budget proposal into an emergency spending bill due on June 28 if the Legislature did not reach a final budget deal with him before then.

Some fiscal watchdogs say it might be illegal to include new taxes and other revenue raisers in the emergency spending bills, but the Paterson aide said the administration feels it is on solid legal footing.

Paterson wavered on whether he would include $ 1.4 billion in education cuts in next week's emergency spending bill - a gamechanger that many believe could lead to a government shutdown.

If it was late, he warned, he'd simply stuff his cuts into an emergency spending bill and force the Legislature to vote for it or shut down government.

The emergency spending bill — which needed to pass in order to keep the government running — included $ 775 million in cuts to Medicaid and other health - care programs.

In linking his furlough plan with legislation that included an emergency spending bill, legislators were legally unable to remove the furlough portion of the governor's plan and thus were forced to either vote for the furloughs or face a complete government shutdown.

Part of the emergency spending bill introduced by Gov. Paterson, the one - day - a-week furloughs for about 100,000 state workers (roughly half of New York's work force) will save the state about $ 30 million a week.

Governor Paterson warns of «anarchy, literally, in the streets» if an emergency spending bill isn't passed on Monday.

With Ruben Diaz apparently sticking to his threat to withhold support for the emergency spending bills that have been keeping the government in operation for the past two months while the legislature tries to craft an annual budget (Pedro Espada has seemingly backed down), the state is preparing for the possibility of its first - ever government shutdown.

Of Long Island's 30 - member legislative delegation, 18 oppose the emergency spending bills needed to keep state government running through May 16 and compel workers to stay home one day without pay during the period.

New York state Budget Director Robert Megna said specifics are still being negotiated with legislative leaders and tribes in New York, but higher tobacco taxes will be part of an emergency spending bill Monday.

But Congress is currently finalizing an emergency spending bill for the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and there's a bipartisan push — led by Senators Al Franken of Minnesota and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — to force FEMA to change how it funds the rebuilding effort.