Sentences with phrase «framework of a budget deal»

He said the state's Legislative leaders have approved the framework of a budget deal that includes gradually hiking the state's minimum wage from the current $ 9 an hour to $ 15 by Dec. 31, 2018 in New York City.

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While there's no final budget deal as of Thursday night, it looks like there's the framework of an agreement on Pre-K funding.

It was a period peppered by yelling matches between top officials, a series of «framework» budget deals that collapsed and, sticking to Albany's spring tradition, much confusion.

State legislative leaders and Governor David Paterson announced late Thursday that they have reached agreement on a «framework» of a budget deal for New York State.

While Mr. Cuomo had commissioned a task force to develop a framework for charging cars that drive into the busiest parts of Manhattan, Friday's budget deal included only the first phase: a $ 2.75 fee on for - hire vehicles and a $ 2.50 fee on yellow cabs below 96th Street.

There was talk that both houses would pass some less controversial budget bills before breaking for the weekend, or that Cuomo and legislative leaders would announce they had the framework of a deal whose details would be hashed out later.

GOP leaders including Senate Republican President Len Fasano of North Haven said their budget should be the framework for a deal.

As part of a state budget deal in March, the Legislature created a framework for evaluations that increased the role of test scores, but it left the precise weight of scores on state versus local tests to the Board of Regents, whose members the Legislature selects.