Sentences with phrase «favor of a state budget»

The UConn College Democrats invited Sen. Gayle Slossberg, a Milford Democrat and one of three Democrats who voted in favor of a state budget proposed by Republicans, to speak on Oct. 3 about the impact of the state budget on the university.

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I was pleased to vote in favor of the budget that included a compensation package for our state police, deputy sheriffs and correctional officers.

After months of delays and frustration, the state Senate early Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bipartisan state budget that will be voted on by the House later today, where broad support is expected, too.

Under the governor's budget proposal, two of the top items on his wish list — covering state college tuition for hundreds of thousands of low - and middle - income New Yorkers, and a package of tax cuts aimed at the middle class — would be made possible in part by a three - year extension of a higher tax on people who make more than $ 1 million a year, another policy favored by liberals.

As the State Legislature approaches the April 1 budget deadline, the Cuomo Administration remains in favor of a plan that has strong bipartisan opposition from local lawmakers.

While New York City Democrats would likely be the most frustrated if there's no agreement in 2016, there are dozens of lawmakers throughout the state who had to grapple with the issue on the campaign trail this year, and thus suffered a political headache for voting in favor of a budget bill that included a provision which didn't actually wind up raising their salary.

The coalition is also organizing supporters to make calls in these districts, urging voters to call their respective senators and urge them to support extending the temporary PIT hike on the state's wealthiest New Yorkers rather than voting in favor of budget cuts.

Even while declining to weigh in on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal, Rep. Charlie Rangel last night seemed to be siding with state lawmakers who are agitating in favor of extending the millionaire's tax and using the revenue that would produce to soften the governor's proposed spending cuts.

Striking the balance between ideals and reality is what state lawmakers are trying to do during an election year budget season that will culminate in both sides of the aisle spinning the typical deal - making in their political favor.

The argument in favor of letting the amendment into the final Senate bill is that if states do not comply with the law they lose their federal match, which would impact the federal budget.

ALBANY — After denouncing the emerging state budget for doing nothing to tighten up government ethics, most Democrats in the state Senate voted in favor of the first bills of what is expected to be a $ 150 - plus billion spending plan.

Unions also aren't thrilled with the Democrats» voting in favor of creating a fifth tier in the state pension fund and their failure to demand that Gov. David Paterson include funding for construction projects in budget extenders.

But pork - barrel spending has crept back into the state budget in the form of capital grants doled out at the discretion of the governor and favored legislators — to the tune of $ 1.1 billion over three years, with no competitive bidding or disclosure of which politicians requested what money.

New York State could eliminate its $ 3.5 billion budget deficit — money that could help bolster schools and other social needs — if state lawmakers closed the «carried interest» loophole favoring private equity and hedge fund managers, said UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other proponents of closing the carried interest loophole at an Albany news conference on FebState could eliminate its $ 3.5 billion budget deficit — money that could help bolster schools and other social needs — if state lawmakers closed the «carried interest» loophole favoring private equity and hedge fund managers, said UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other proponents of closing the carried interest loophole at an Albany news conference on Febstate lawmakers closed the «carried interest» loophole favoring private equity and hedge fund managers, said UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other proponents of closing the carried interest loophole at an Albany news conference on Feb. 14.

As budget negotiations were going down to the wire in Albany, some 5,000 parents, teachers and students from across the state converged outside Gov. Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office for a March 28 rally that marked the culmination of their months - long campaign to stop him from pushing through radical changes to public education policy favored by his Wall Street backers as part of the state budget.

De Blasio made a last - minute trip to Albany on Wednesday to rally with Democratic lawmakers and progressive advocates in favor of a number of proposals currently being considered in state budget negotiations.

The state budget is due in two months, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed a wide range of items that Democrats like and dislike, including an increase in the minimum wage, which they favor, and an expansion of charter schools, and tougher teacher evaluations, which they do not.

J. Michael Straczynski's original script was jettisoned in favor of an unfinished one by political thriller specialist Matthew Michael Carnahan (State of Play, Lions for Lambs), with «LOST» - alum script doctors Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods, Cloverfield) and Damon Lindelof (Star Trek Into Darkness, Prometheus) brought in later to write a host of reshoots, including a new climax and ending to the film (the repeated use and imbibing of Pepsi products during these scenes would indicate the source for much of the additional reshoot budget), that pushed the release date from a winter of 2012 release to the summer of 2013.

The fact that such a message is being conveyed by a no - budget Hungarian independent film rather than by more widely accessible fare is an indictment on the state of the popular cinema — but hopefully there are enough moviegoers willing to pass up the occasional blockbuster in favor of something less frivolous, that the moral of 1945 won't fall on deaf ears and empty seats.

Adequacy cases decided in favor of plaintiffs in numerous states, such as Campbell County v. Wyoming, have emphasized that the state has a unique obligation to fund schools at high levels, even if other parts of the budget must suffer.

A decision in favor of Wichita and the other school districts suing for more money would make it more difficult for state lawmakers to fill a projected budget hole and would increase pressure for a new formula that ensures adequate funding.

A majority of likely voters say they support the governor's tax measure headed for the fall ballot, but most also said they favor two major proposals in his budget - giving local school officials more say over spending and restructuring state school funding to favor disadvantaged students.

She said many of her former classmates at Cal State East Bay's School of Education have lost their jobs because of budget cuts and seniority rules favoring more experienced teachers.

At a time when Connecticut's towns and cities already face the potential for significant state aid reductions based on Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed budget, is it any wonder that the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities testified in favor of delaying a system that is proving costly and problematic elsewhere?»