Sentences with phrase «final state budget deal»

The final state budget deal was a big win for Gov. Cuomo, who got his way on pretty much everything except ethics reform.

A final state budget deal went forward on Friday without including the Child Victims Act, legislation that would have expanded the statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases and created a «look back» period for victims to file lawsuits in cases of abuse from years ago.

For the second year in a row, the city of Albany is receiving Capital City Aid after enduring a period of uncertainty before the final state budget deal came together.

Not exact matches

During the final flurry of negotiations on the 2016 - 17 state budget, a lot of semi-substantiated talk was going around the Capitol hallways about potential roadblocks to a final deal.

Cuomo isn't giving up on a bill that would help child sex abuse victims obtain justice as adults — even though the measure was left out of the state budget, saying he'll continue to push for the Child Victims Act, along with other policy items not in the final deal, in the post-budget session.

Though the Senate Republicans have repeatedly insisted they would not accept any of the new taxes and / or fees proposed by the governor in the state budget, the final deal is likely to include a tax on opioid manufacturers, surcharges on taxi and Uber rides in Manhattan and also a new, uniform sexual harassment policy for government workers.

While it remained unclear late Thursday when a final budget deal would come together, this much is certain: In the months ahead, you'll hear more complaints from Cuomo that the feds are threatening to drown Albany in red ink — even as the state keeps cutting big checks to the producers of «Blue Bloods.»

Unable to close a final budget deal, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders on Monday approved a 1,535 - page package of emergency measures to keep the state government running until May 31.

This week will be another busy one when it comes to budgets: the City Council continues its preliminary budget hearings and state budget negotiations enter their final ten days - a state budget is due by April 1 and some say a deal could be announced before the end of this week.

Pork barrel spending flourishes throughout the budget bills, and the final deal includes the creation of a commission intended to pave the way for a pay hike for legislators and top state officials.

State lawmakers could begin final budget negotiations are early as this afternoon, and the latest deal reportedly funds Visit Florida at $ 25 million, a more than $ 50 million cut from the current level.

In the final budget deal, Cuomo agreed with legislative leaders to a pared down public campaign finance system that would apply only to the State Comptroller's race, and sunset after this year.

An ethics agreement with the Senate would be one of the final puzzle pieces in order to achieve a broader deal on the state budget, which is due on Tuesday.

ALBANY — Despite a flurry of last - minute negotiations on Friday night, state lawmakers missed their midnight deadline to enact a new state budget after they were unable to reach final deals on raising the age of criminal responsibility and renewing the 421 - a housing subsidy program.

In the final budget deal, Cuomo agreed with legislative leaders to a pared - down public campaign finance system that would apply only to the state comptroller's race, and sunset after this year.

The restored funding comes after the state legislature rejected a bid by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to cap state building aid to the city in its final budget deal.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement in response to news that state lawmakers had still not come to agreement on a final budget deal.

Among the ideas excluded from any final budget deal: creation of a database that the public could search for how much every recipient of economic development spending got and how many jobs they created; end the ability by limited liability companies to skirt campaign donation limits; give back certain contract pre-approval powers to the state Comptroller, the state's fiscal watchdog; strengthen the state's criminal laws to better define bribery of public officials; and create an independent watchdog agency to police ethics issues in Albany.

On Wednesday, April 5, 2017, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that state lawmakers had still not come to agreement on a final budget deal.

Advocates are hoping Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature will deal with the issue in the final state budget due April 1.

His proposal Tuesday kicks off months of negotiations in which the governor and state lawmakers will try to maintain their three - year streak of reaching a final budget deal by the start of the state fiscal year April 1.

New York Public Interest Research Group NYPIRG also criticized the opacity of the state budget process, which notorious for taking place largely behind closed doors, especially in terms of the final, major deals reached, with the infamous «Three Men in a Room» process determining what stays and what goes — largely without public input.

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