Sentences with phrase «for upstate counties»

The report from that weak sales tax receipts are a «credit negative» for upstate counties due to their dependence on the revenue for their operating budgets.

A little known section of the New York SAFE Act — the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 — is causing big headaches for some upstate county officials who oversee pistol permits.

Not exact matches

The upstate counties send $ 2.3 billion to the state to help pay for Medicaid.

«Getting out the vote in this area for the lieutenant governor will be very important for her and will add to her winning margin,» said Joe Morelle, a key Cuomo ally upstate, the Democratic Assembly majority leader and Monroe County Democratic chairman.

The Assembly last month approved a two - year extension for mayoral control packaged with an extension of sales tax and other local tax provisions that impact upstate and suburban counties.

Turner, one of three Republicans who will face off in the June 26 primary for the right to run on Row B against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this fall, is making his first return upstate since last month's GOP convention in Rochester when he, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos were all voted onto the ballot.

Zach said Erie County Democratic Chairman Len Lenihan has predicted AG Andrew Cuomo, the presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee, will attend Obama's speech and asked Paterson if he's angry at the president for «snubbing» the governor during his last trip upstate (to HVCC in Troy).

The Republican - controlled Senate on Wednesday hopes to put the controversy surrounding paid stipends behind them, backing legislation that would speed up ride hailing in upstate and the suburban New York City counties before departing the state Capitol for the weekend.

... But other issues — like the sales tax extensions for suburban and upstate counties set to expire in November — are highly likely to come up.

Long is banking on a strong showing upstate, and Maragos is counting on Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Mondello to turn out the vote for him.

The measure comes after Gov. Andrew Cuomo has traveled the state to call for a reduction in gang violence through the addition of State Police personnel in Suffolk County and a handful of upstate cities, including Albany and Rochester.

When the law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2019, Ulster will join New York City and 10 upstate counties that have boosted the legal age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21.

Five upstate counties already receive full funding for legal services from the state, the result of a lawsuit that state officials settled with the New York Civil Liberties Union in 2014.

Soon after the payments, Pasarell — a lawyer who unsuccessfully accused an upstate county legislator of stalking her — started volunteering for two of Lopez's political enemies in Brooklyn.

The need for a study arose after the county began examining New York City's plan to reopen 23 of its shuttered Queens wells that dip into the aquifer system under geographic Long Island during its upstate aqueduct - repair project, Martins said.

And Erie is hardly the only upstate county where the fiscally and demographically absurd passes for near normal.

He voted against seven bills that would either lengthen hunting seasons or in upstate counties or expand the variety of firearms that can be legally used, and opposed a measure that would let Cornell students older than 21 take a handgun safety course designed for minors.

Perhaps most importantly, the counties are pushing for using bank settlement funds for upstate road and water infrastructure projects and have the state invest in clean water infrastructure.

H / T to Maggie Haberman, who notes GOTV has taken on a whole new meaning for the Democrats since Carl Paladino won the GOP gubernatorial primary last week — particularly when it comes to upstate, where the Buffalo businessman dominated on Sept. 14, winning some 90 percent of the vote on his home turf, Erie County.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan will likely be unanimously nominated for attorney general at the GOP convention later this afternoon (assuming the governor vote finishes at some point), as Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci will end his long - shot bid to get on the ballot, according to a source familiar with the upstate lawmaker's thinking.

She appeared poised to sweep nearly every upstate county Tuesday evening, save for possibly Albany County, where the Chairman Don Clarey had backed Tcounty Tuesday evening, save for possibly Albany County, where the Chairman Don Clarey had backed TCounty, where the Chairman Don Clarey had backed Turner.

But there also hasn't been a speaker from upstate in years — other than James Tallon, of Broome County, who held the post in an acting capacity for three days in 1991 in between Mel Miller's felony conviction and Weprin's election.

Judge Elaine Slobod, of Orange County Supreme Court in upstate New York, granted partial summary judgment March 12 for Wah - chung Hsu, who once lived in the hamlet of Highland Mills, saying in court documents that Wyckoff was in breach of contract when it did not pay him severance after firing him.

Kim Rogers, 61, of upstate Hilton, said she received a ticket in the mail Nov. 6 for an expired vehicle inspection issued from the Nassau County agency.

The Assembly last month approved a bill that extended mayoral control for two years packaged with the extension of sales and other local taxes — many of which impact districts in upstate and suburban counties that are represented by Republicans in the Senate.

Twenty - eight counties have received a major disaster declaration for the mid-March blizzard that blanketed parts of upstate New York, a step toward recouping millions of dollars in costs from the federal government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday.

Both the House and Senate bills include a provision by Rep. Chris Collins, R - Clarence, and Rep. John Faso, R - Kinderhook, that would bar the state from charging its upstate and Long Island counties for a share of Medicaid.

The Faso - Collins proposal would bar the state from charging upstate and Long Island counties for a share of Medicaid, the state - federal health care program for the poor and the lower middle class.

«The Nevele stands ready to bring tremendous economic stimulus to Ulster County and the Catskill region of upstate New York, and Angel's expertise and passion for revitalizing communities and creating jobs are perfectly suited to this once - in - a-lifetime opportunity,» Treanor said.

Velazquez highlighted the provisions in the American Healthcare Act, which the House GOP passed yesterday, which would deny New York federal reimbursement for Medicaid funds it raises from upstate and Long Island counties.

In the county of Albany in upstate New York the hottest race is for district attorney.

The Republicans, meanwhile, declined to say exactly how much they were spending but said their advertisement would run for roughly two weeks on cable television stations on Long Island, in the lower Hudson Valley, central New York and several counties upstate.

Chris Edes is the nominee of both parties for Monroe County legislator, district 24, in upstate New York.

Collins» plan, which would force New York to pick up the $ 2.3 billion tab that upstate and Long Island counties now contribute to the health care plan for lower - income state residents, was included late Monday in the last - minute package of amendments that House Speaker Paul Ryan put together to build support for the controversial Republican health care legislation.

For example, state data from May 2013 to June 2015 shows that Erie County reports more sanitary sewer overflows than anywhere else upstate.

The upstate county chairman, meanwhile, said he believed the possibility of an independent slate was being pushed by some local party leaders close to former Gov. George Pataki, who has repeatedly promoted himself as a potential candidate for president.

Timothy Kennedy, a conservative upstate Democrat, ranked second at $ 208,550, followed by Bob Cohen, an unsuccessful 2012 Republican candidate for a Senate seat in Westchester County, at almost $ 200,000.

Republicans in the Senate wanted to tie mayoral control to strengthening charter schools, the Assembly wanted to link mayoral control to the routine exertions of sales tax authorization for most of New York's counties upstate and on Long Island.

Kessel's role at the powerful upstate - focused Power Authority is under intense scrutiny from state Inspector General Ellen Biben in the wake of revelations that Kessel — a former head of the Long Island Power Authority who is believed to be eyeing a race for Nassau County executive — «donated» hundreds of thousands of dollars of NYPA funds to Long Island - based not - for - profit organizations.

The provision takes the total available credit for filming in upstate counties to 40 percent, without altering the cost of the original credit program for taxpayers.

If approved, Ulster would join New York City and 10 upstate counties that have boosted the legal age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21.

Assembly Democrats have linked mayoral control to the extension of sales taxes for counties upstate and on Long Island.

As the largest upstate county in New York, I believe Erie County has a responsibility to make a statement on this issue and send a message downstate that this recommendation is worrisome and bad for the county in New York, I believe Erie County has a responsibility to make a statement on this issue and send a message downstate that this recommendation is worrisome and bad for the County has a responsibility to make a statement on this issue and send a message downstate that this recommendation is worrisome and bad for the state.

Hevesi was sent to a jail Friday in upstate Ulster County after being sentenced earlier that day to one to four years in prison for his role in the corruption scheme involving the state pension fund.

Assembly Democrats have tied extension of mayoral control to the continuation of sales tax for counties upstate and on Long Island, essentially holding the sales tax extensions hostage to mayoral control.

«It's the reason Rochester and Monroe County are leading the state in private sector job growth, doubling the rate of expansion in New York City and Buffalo, and accounting for half of all job growth in upstate New York.»

Our analysis uses the same method: We define upstate as everything north of New York City except for Westchester County.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will today visit the three upstate counties selected for new casinos by the state's Gaming Facility Location Board.

De Blasio and his operatives made the decision — now under investigation — to heavily use upstate county party committees to raise money in 2014 for Senate Democrats only after they feared the governor was not prepared to spend what he promised, sources on all sides of the matter said.

Will Orange County finally see the money for the reconfiguration of Route 17's Exit 131 in Central Valley, money the governor redirected «upstate» in 2013?