A bill backed by the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference in the Senate seeks to bolster Title X funding by requiring current levels be maintained should there be
future federal budget cuts approved.
Not exact matches
The final agreement not only burnishes Cuomo's liberal credentials by extending (though not expanding) the millionaire's tax, raising the age of criminal responsibility of New York and addressing the high cost of college tuition for members of the middle class, it also dramatically increases his (already considerable)
budget powers, enabling him to single - handedly make spending
cuts in the event of widely expected
future federal funding reductions.
Federal officials have reportedly confirmed that they are
cutting off a major portion of funding for New York's Essential Plan, opening a roughly $ 1 billion hole in the state
budget and raising new doubts about the
future of a rapidly growing health insurance option for the working poor.
Bill Hammond: «
Federal officials have reportedly confirmed that they are
cutting off a major portion of funding for New York's Essential Plan, opening a roughly $ 1 billion hole in the state
budget and raising new doubts about the
future of a rapidly growing health insurance option for the working poor.»
The Democratic governor repeated that recent actions by the Republican - controlled
federal government have unsettled him, and that a fear of
future cuts to
federal aid — the
federal budget, if it is adopted on time, takes effect on Oct. 1 — would have an «immediate» effect on New York, which relies on
federal funds for roughly a third of its $ 150 - plus billion
budget and could get «walloped.»