Sentences with phrase «first budget extender»

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For the first time yesterday, Cuomo talked at length about the new paradigm created by the creative use of extender bills by his predecessor, David Paterson, during last year's budget battle.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's threat to use extenders did the trick in moving the Legislature on the budget, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said in a radio interview set to first air Friday.

Despite decades of late budgets, Monday's action marked the first time a governor has enacted a portion of the final state budget through a temporary budget extender bill.

This is getting to be like the budget last year,» said Sen. Adriano Espaillat who voted against the first extender but voted for the one on Friday.

Cuomo said, under the budget extender, New York becomes the first state to cap the growth of prescription drug spending in its Medicaid program, which he said has grown 25 percent over the past three years.

The first was the inclusion of up to $ 32 million in last week's budget extender, part of $ 16.4 billion in economic development funding statewide.