Sentences with phrase «from area lawmakers»

ALBANY - The State Legislature is expected Monday to approve Gov. David A. Paterson's plan to furlough 100,000 unionized state employees - but with little help from area lawmakers.

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A decree that will open up an area of the Amazon roughly the size of Denmark to mining has been widely criticized by everyone from supermodel Gisele Bundchen to lawmakers.

The California Assembly passed a bill from a Bay Area lawmaker that supporters, including the League of Women Voters, say will shine a light on «dark money» in politics, requiring that top donors be listed on campaign ads.

Two upstaters — Democratic Assemblyman Robin Schimminger and GOP Sen. Tom Libous — sponsored legislation to allow a Manhattan catering hall get a liquor license, despite opposition from local residents and area lawmakers.

Sen. Jim Tedisco, a Republican from the Schenectady area, called Cuomo's tour a «slap in the face» to lawmakers.

Bloomberg gave heavily to the anti-recall efforts, and appeared to lash out after their loss, saying that the two lawmakers came from areas of the state — Colorado Springs and Pueblo — that were so rural they didn't have paved roads.

New York lawmakers remember five years ago when Sandy devastated the metropolitan area and the subsequent teeth pulling it required to wring federal aid from Congress.

Cuomo will still have to convince lawmakers from outside of Manhattan who represent New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area.

«It's taxpayer dollars the governor is proposing,» said Amedore, the Albany - area Republican, «so you need to have an all - hands - on - deck approach and have communities with everyone involved in the process, from lawmakers to local officials to regional councils that are not just behind closed doors selecting projects that may be of interest to one or two particular people.»

Lawmakers said they were still working out exactly how school aid would be distributed; Heastie said there was yet not a deal over how much money would flow through the Foundation Aid formula, which prioritizes need and so helps urban districts, as opposed to restoring cuts from the Gap Elimination Adjustment, which hit suburban areas hardest.

ALBANY, NY (10/20/2016)(readMedia)-- Dozens of professional caregivers, labor leaders and lawmakers marched and chanted in front of Bernard Fineson Developmental Disabilities Services Office (DDSO) to protest the closure of the last facility in the greater New York City area that treats individuals who suffer from a myriad of developmental disabilities.

Opponents — an unofficial coalition of Democratic lawmakers from low - income areas and conservatives opposed to taxes in general — say the fee is regressive and will hurt the poor.

The audit comes amid a debate for handing NYRA off to private control once again, a push that is being led by prominent citizens in Saratoga Springs connected to the racing industry as well as lawmakers from the area.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo orders a ban on sex offenders from using the popular Pokemon GO app, lawmakers in the Independent Democratic Conference are pushing the app's creators to prevent users from being directed to areas within 100 feet of where offenders are publicly registered.

Libous, a Binghamton - area lawmaker, was ousted from his Senate seat earlier this month after he was convicted of lying to the FBI in a case stemming from his son receiving a job at a politically connected law firm in Westchester County.

O'Brien, a freshman lawmaker from the Rochester area, faces Republican Rich Funke, a former television broadcaster with high name recognition.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement Wednesday said he would back a bill design to aid the Vernon Downs racino in the Mohawk Valley and urged lawmakers from the area to pass a bill.

The bill, sponsored by Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle (a Rochester - area lawmaker) and Republican Sen. George Amedore, is aimed at codifying state Department of Labor guidelines that exempt delivery people who are hired as independent carriers from aspects of the unemployment, the minimum wage and workers» compensation coverage laws, according to the sponsor's memo.

Lawmakers from the area say they had sought unsuccessfully to raise red flags with the project since the 2016 budget season.

And while voters have often hated the Legislature, but loved their local lawmaker, nearly two - thirds of those polled say corruption among legislators from their area is a «serious problem.»

«As New Yorkers are faced with a punishing economic climate fueled by Gov. Cuomo's special interest donors and liberal career politicians, Congressman Gibson's announcement of an exploratory committee for governor is a light at the end of the tunnel,» said Nojay, a conservative lawmaker from the Rochester area and a talk - radio host.

State lawmakers from the Utica area had been trying to warn Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration of problems with an anchor tenet for a major economic development project backed by the state in the area.

NEW YORK — State lawmakers from across the area introduced legislation that could potentially restore state and local tax deductions.

A Marine and state lawmaker is from the same area as one of the fallen soldiers who were on board the plane that crashed in Mississippi on Monday.

Lawmakers cut Astorino's plans for an enhanced Kensico Dam from the budget; an extensive project to revamp the area was announced by the county executive back in October and would have poured upwards of $ 17 million into a revamped reflecting pool and skating rink.

Linking the budget's passage to a pay increase — lawmakers last received a bump to $ 79,500 in 1999 — is considered especially key for Assembly Democrats, whose conference is predominantly comprised of lawmakers from New York City and the metropolitan area, where the cost of living is generally higher than the rest of the state.

House Republican leaderships decision to not vote on the Senate's bill providing $ 60 billion in aid to areas impacted by Super Storm Sandy has led to a barrage of floor speeches from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

The first issue activists and mostly Republican legislators point to is the SAFE Act, the 2013 gun control bill that split voters and lawmakers from rural upstate areas from their brethren in New York City and its suburbs.

According to unofficial results and reports from some candidates, incumbent victors included Andres Ayala in Bridgeport's 23rd Senatorial District, Linda Orange in eastern Connecticut's 48th House District, and two Norwalk - area lawmakers, Chris Perrone in the 137th House District and Bruce Morris in the 140th House District.

Higgins said House members with sprawling districts — such as Reed — often feel a greater need to host town hall meetings to make their presence known and hear from constituents in areas far from the lawmaker's home base.

The $ 2.7 billion state legislators carved from the budget last week includes delays in aid to Queens hospitals, but saves jobs in the borough and avoids mid-year cuts to schools, according to area lawmakers.

David DiPietro, a Republican lawmaker from the Buffalo area, said he and Mr. Nojay were on the floor of the State Assembly that June, lamenting the corruption in Albany, when they first hit on the idea of encouraging Mr. Trump to run for governor.

When it came time to schedule his Albany - area speech, he decided to do it at the state University at Albany, miles from the Capitol complex, on a day he knew the majority of lawmakers would not be in town.

Sandy White, an aide to a state lawmaker from Vancouver, Wash., maintains that area high school students should not have been allowed to attend a talk last week by the exiled Tibetan religious and political leader.

SACRAMENTO — The most liberal Democratic lawmakers from the Bay Area and the most conservative Republican legislators from Southern California have jointly rolled together a bill allowing farmers to grow cannabis — the hemp variety, not pot.

As the international community and domestic lawmakers figure out how to meet their emissions reductions targets in a cost - effective way, many are looking to innovative mechanisms that channel finance towards enhancing the ability of forests and other natural land areas to absorb carbon from our atmosphere.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy apologized Tuesday for a mine spill in Colorado that her agency caused last week and planned to travel to the area Wednesday, amid increasing criticism from lawmakers about the EPA's response.

Each year, the Walk to the Hill draws attorneys from more than 40 Boston - area law firms in its mission to urge lawmakers to protect state funding for programs that provide civil legal aid to low - income Massachusetts residents.

The amendment requires that the funds only be used for payment of medical malpractice claims, and bars state lawmakers from diverting any money in the fund to cover other areas of government spending.

With a budget deadline in Washington approaching and no answers yet from lawmakers, center leaders in our area are worried about what the future holds.