Sentences with phrase «enabling legislation last»
Bonacic introduced his own casino enabling legislation last month that would create up to five facilities upstate and place a moratorium on building New York City area - based casinos until 2019.
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A Washington County man is challenging the enabling legislation for casino gambling in court, and points to the last - minute changes to the legislation.
State lawmakers approved the expansion of casino gambling last week with enabling legislation that provides and the second passage of a constitutional amendment that now goes to voters in a referendum.
Legislation enabling ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City will be included in the budget's Article VII bills, as will the government ethics proposals Cuomo announced last week and language to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18.
But unlike last year, when enabling legislation was lost in the thicket of interest groups at the end of the legislative session, the companies and their allies are unabashedly hitching their wagon to Cuomo.
«I respectfully request that your government put the mistakes of the last three years with respect to Climate Change to rights by declaring a climate emergency and adopting 100 % renewable energy target by removing our dependence on fossil fuels, immediately, by enabling legislation to achieve a liveable planet.»
The last time the legislation was taken up, she said, it came two votes shy of cloture, which is a procedure that enables a bill to be considered on the Senate floor without the possibility of a filibuster.