Sentences with phrase «file state lawmakers»

While the budget portion of the session is almost always dominated by the governor, the latter half of the Albany year was virtually given over to rank - and - file state lawmakers.

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FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2016, file photo, New Mexico Finance and Administration Secretary Duffy Rodriguez, from left, Taxation and Revenue Secretary Demesia Padilla and Legislative Finance Committee Director David Abbey give testimony to lawmakers about state budget shortfalls in Red River, N.M. New Mexico's grinding budget crisis is taking a visible toll in courtrooms where overburdened attorneys have denied legal counsel to poor defendants, at museums reeling from layoffs and admission hikes, and at state universities and colleges grappling with steep spending cFILE - In this Aug. 24, 2016, file photo, New Mexico Finance and Administration Secretary Duffy Rodriguez, from left, Taxation and Revenue Secretary Demesia Padilla and Legislative Finance Committee Director David Abbey give testimony to lawmakers about state budget shortfalls in Red River, N.M. New Mexico's grinding budget crisis is taking a visible toll in courtrooms where overburdened attorneys have denied legal counsel to poor defendants, at museums reeling from layoffs and admission hikes, and at state universities and colleges grappling with steep spending cfile photo, New Mexico Finance and Administration Secretary Duffy Rodriguez, from left, Taxation and Revenue Secretary Demesia Padilla and Legislative Finance Committee Director David Abbey give testimony to lawmakers about state budget shortfalls in Red River, N.M. New Mexico's grinding budget crisis is taking a visible toll in courtrooms where overburdened attorneys have denied legal counsel to poor defendants, at museums reeling from layoffs and admission hikes, and at state universities and colleges grappling with steep spending cuts.

A similar generator proposal has been filed by state lawmakers that would also require facilities to have enough fuel for five days in case of a power outage.

The Brennan Center, alongside a coalition of law firms, state lawmakers and others on Tuesday announced they had filed a suit against the Board of Elections to end the practice of a network of limited liability companies contributing endless cash to political candidates.

The New York Gaming Association — a consortium of casino and gambling interests — spread $ 226,250 in campaign contributions to a broad mix of state lawmakers and campaign war chests, their Board of Elections filing today shows.

· Empower Individual Legislators: Attorney General Schneiderman also proposed reforms to the way the State Senate and Assembly operate that would empower rank - and - file lawmakers, as a means of attracting more talented people to legislative service.

Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, who chairs the Committee on Racing and Wagering, says the approach state lawmakers take will depend on the outcome of the lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to block FanDuel and DraftKings from conducting what Schneiderman considers illegal gambling.

The online home - sharing site today will file a formal complaint with a state ethics panel charging that the ShareBetter campaign, a coalition of unions, lawmakers and other Airbnb opponents, has engaged in illegal and unreported lobbying.

The filings of 213 state lawmakers covering the year 2015 were initially filed in May with the Legislative Ethics Committee in May and made public by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics on Tuesday.

As incumbent state lawmakers, they had to file theirs a lot earlier — before May 15 (but they got two extra days because May 15 was a Saturday).

Democratic lawmakers filed legislation Wednesday to cap fee increases at two percent annually — matching the state's two percent property tax cap.

At the time, two former Senate leaders and a former state comptroller had been convicted of fraud and bribery, and a number of rank - and - file lawmakers had been convicted of corruption, and, in one case, assaulting a girlfriend.

This year, the governor downplayed the issue, listing it with a number of other steps he wants to take, including stricter penalties against bribery, creating an independent agency to police campaign filing violations and greater disclosure by lawmakers of their private law clients who have business before the state.

Indeed, a review of the statute's legislative memoranda and other supporting materials on file in the state library indicate lawmakers who voted in favor of the statute never considered that it would be used to conceal misconduct by police or correction officers.

Financial disclosures filed last year show 24 lawmakers, mostly lawyers, were making about as much or more in outside income as their $ 79,500 base annual pay from the state.

This is the only the second year state lawmakers had to file outside income for themselves and their spouses.

Other state lawmakers who filed paperwork to become double dippers in January are Assemblymen Jeff Aubry, D - Queens; David McDonough, R - Nassau County; and James Pretlow, D - Mt.

Mann was appointed yesterday after a three - judge panel denied a request from state lawmakers to dismiss a challenge to their proposed new district lines, which was filed by voters in Brooklyn.

And state lawmakers rushed to join their employers» fight to evade disclosure, filing briefs in support of efforts to keep details of their side jobs secret.

The Manhattan U.S. Attorney has taken over the files from the shuttered commission and is probing allegations of wrongdoing involving several state officials and lawmakers, and whether officials broke the law impeding the commission's work.

Its creation also followed federal bribery and embezzlement charges filed against several state lawmakers.

Its formation last July came after federal bribery and embezzlement charges were filed against several state lawmakers.

During the session, state lawmakers filed 5,868 bills — 3,950 in the House and 1,918 in the Senate, according to the report.

The news of the application filing fees signal that start of a new phase of the casino process, initiated first in 2012 when state lawmakers took the first step in approving a constitutional amendment for expanding casino gambling in New York to table - top games.

State lawmakers are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo push Senate Republicans into passing a bill that would make it easier for the survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits by expanding the statute of limitations.

Rank - and - file lawmakers, especially in the state Senate, have not been forthcoming with the details or status of the talks.

Financial disclosures filed last year show just 24 state lawmakers — mostly lawyers — were making about as much or more in outside income as their $ 79,500 base annual pay from the state.

The lawsuit was filed earlier this year with both the state and the United Federation of Teachers listed as plaintiffs, but before state lawmakers approved a budget that included provisions that ultimately made it harder for teachers to obtain and keep tenure.

De Blasio praised Silver in spite of federal corruption charges filed against the state lawmaker.

Back in January, we told you how Oklahoma lawmakers had set a record for the most anti-LGBT bills filed in the history of any state — eclipsing Texas» mark established last year.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being criticized by a good - government group and rank - and - file lawmakers for rushing his gun control law through secret meetings to make New York the first state to enact a measure since the Newtown, Conn., tragedy.

That followed federal bribery and embezzlement charges filed against several state lawmakers.

Richard St. Paul, Louis Trangucci and Albert Tarantino, the three Republican members of the New Rochelle City Council have made a home rule request of New Rochelle's four Albany lawmakers — State Senators Jeff Klein and Suzi Openheimer and State Assembly Representatives Amy Paulin and George Latimer — requesting their assistance in «the drafting and filing of State legislation under Home Rule provisions to allow the City of New Rochelle to have full power to approve the New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency (IDA) decisions as it relates to granting benefits to IDA applicants.»

At the same time, rank - and - file Republican and Independent Democratic Conference lawmakers scampered for political cover, with one Republican now saying she won't take the money, another refusing to comment, and still others saying that the state comptroller has allowed the payments so they must be OK.

What if he were on the air or talking to the press, publicly accusing senators — as the tenant activists and many rank - and - file Democrats do — of carrying water for the same developers who keep turning up in criminal complaints against state lawmakers, including the former Republican leader?

In their campaign to sway state lawmakers, DraftKings and FanDuel and their related trade associations spent just under $ 800,000 on lobbying expenses since last autumn, according to records filed with the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

The state budget is expected to pass within the next month, but lawmakers at the state Capitol are diving into a range of complicated and emotional issues ranging from gun control to making it easier for the survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits.

Staten Island lawmaker Nicole Malliotakis filed papers Tuesday with the New York State Board of Elections to launch a bid for mayor.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, included $ 1.5 billion for the funding competition in the just - passed state budget.Despite grumbling from rank - and - file lawmakers and some local officials, the money will be doled out to implement bids in three regions north of the Bronx and east of Buffalo.

Cuomo also said that convicted lawmakers shouldn't get their pensions; Silver and former state senator Dean Skelos have both filed paperwork for theirs.

Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin sent a letter to Governor Dannel Malloy and state lawmakers on Thursday warning that his city will run out of money in about 60 days and may be forced to file for bankruptcy if the state fails to approve a new budget.

ALBANY — The Buffalo woman who recently told her story of being sexually harassed by Sam Hoyt, a former state lawmaker and top economic adviser to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has filed a federal lawsuit against Hoyt for engaging in a «pattern of committing sexual harassment, assault, discrimination and retaliation» against her.

Advocates hoped the Child Victims Act — which would give victims until their 50th birthdays to file civil suits and until their 28th birthdays to press criminal charges — would be passed in the state senate this summer, but Republican lawmakers refused to vote on the bill before their legislative session ended on June 21.

It is an invaluable tool for reporters, good government advocates and gadflies - provided lawmakers, PACs and other committees actually abide by the rules and file, which is something NYPIRG has repeatedly demonstrated the state Board doesn't do all that much to insure occurs.

Sampson says his group will file a lawsuit if Cuomo and state lawmakers ultimately adopt public campaign financing.

At the time, two former Senate leaders and a former state comptroller, had been convicted of fraud and bribery, and a number of rank and file lawmakers had been convicted of corruption, and, in one case, assaulting a girlfriend.

Oloyede also filed a motion ex-parte asking the court to grant her permission to institute a legal action against the state lawmakers over their recommendation that she should be sanctioned by the National Judicial Commission (NJC).

But there is lingering opposition from northeastern Republicans fearful of losing a cherished deduction for state and local taxes and anxiety among other rank - and - file lawmakers over emerging details.

State Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a former Democratic House lawmaker, has threatened to file suit against the Trump administration if it tries to alter the Berryessa site or any other of the state's national monuments (Greenwire, JunState Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a former Democratic House lawmaker, has threatened to file suit against the Trump administration if it tries to alter the Berryessa site or any other of the state's national monuments (Greenwire, Junstate's national monuments (Greenwire, June 9).

State lawmakers in their recent legislative session pulled off a comprehensive rewrite of North Dakota's K - 12 funding legislation, averting a legal battle with nine school districts that had filed suit saying they were being illegally shortchanged of aid.