Sentences with phrase «for legislative approval»

He said the threshold for legislative approval never came up in contract talks.

Such a rationale has been used frequently in awarding no - bid contracts to marketing and media companies for amounts just below the threshold for legislative approval.

Empaneling a wage board allows Cuomo to circumvent the need for legislative approval of any wage hike for fast - food industry workers, a maneuver that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — who has been pursuing cases of wage theft in the fast food industry since 2013 — publicly called on Cuomo to pursue in a Daily News editorial last month.

Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves said Nassau's contracting process «is the most transparent in the state» as the legislature moved to drop the threshold for legislative approval of personal service contracts from the current $ 25,000 to $ 1,000.

He said companies such as his often accept less than the market rate for work they do for Nassau under contracts capped at $ 25,000 in exchange for being able to start on the job quickly, without the lengthy wait for legislative approval.

Gov. Cuomo will give New York's teachers one month to agree to a statewide performance evaluation plan — or he'll write his own educator - rating scheme into the budget for legislative approval, The Post has learned.

They will also push for legislative approval of the M.T.A.'s capital plan.

State Labor Law Sec. 653 gives the Governor the power to raise the minimum wage without the need for legislative approval if the Labor Commissioner — in reality, the Governor — determines that the minimum wage is inadequate to support workers.

Nevele officials made a request to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office for support for legislative approval to operate the 750 video lottery terminals.

Though Ronk didn't have a timeline for legislative approval, he expects passage next month.

In closed - door negotiations with legislative leaders, he agreed to shut down the commission nine months early in exchange for legislative approval of watered - down reforms.

H -27 asks for legislative approval of carbon monoxide gas chambers.

Practically the first bills filed this session call for Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality to submit for legislative approval any plan to comply with the EPA's Clean Power Plan.

Empaneling a wage board allows Cuomo to circumvent the need for legislative approval — a maneuver that AG Eric Schneiderman, who has been pursuing cases of wage theft in the fast food industry since 2013, publicly called on the governor to pursue in a Daily News OpEd last month.

Paixão says he's been developing the project since the beginning of 2017, but is still waiting for legislative approval to launch it.

A legislative committee recently passed another measure — up for vote by the full legislature on Monday — that would lower the threshold for legislative approval of contracts from the current $ 25,000 to $ 1,000.

Caro told Newsday last week that one of the events she helped promote as part of her duties under the two county contracts — both just under the $ 25,000 threshold for legislative approval — was the Field of Honor, for which she purchased and installed 1,500 American flags in front of the county executive building.

State labor law allows the Governor to administratively raise the minimum wage without the need for legislative approval.

Caro got two contracts for public relations, one in 2013 and one in 2014, each for just under $ 25,000, barely skirting the need for legislative approval.

Foskey has said that such agreements often allow vendors to begin work more quickly, without having to wait for legislative approval.

But so are no - bid contracts that escape the need for legislative approval.

Retired NYPD detective - turned - consultant Bo Dietl is hitting back at critics of contracts he received from Nassau for amounts just below the $ 25,000 threshold for legislative approval.