Sentences with phrase «governor and legislative leaders in»

«And we're hoping this sends a message to the governor and the legislative leaders in Albany that now is the time for ethics reform.»

«As budget negotiations continue, we will work with the governor and legislative leaders in both houses to come up with a plan that provides funding for building a new hospital so residents in our region can access state - of - the - art health care.»

The religious leaders say they have written to the Democratic governor and legislative leaders in support of legislation backed by Cuomo that would send most 16 - and 17 - year - old offenders to juvenile facilities.

Not exact matches

«We continue to work with the state of Nevada and look forward to joining Governor Sandoval and legislative leaders tomorrow [Thursday] in Carson City,» Tesla representative Alexis Georgeson told Entrepreneur.com.

The governor and legislative leaders have spoken against pension cuts and other cost - cutting measures in the proposal.

The comptroller said he believes that and other details — like whether there should be an increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates so nonprofits don't take a big hit when (and if) the minimum wage goes up to $ 15 — will be subject to negotiations between the governor and legislative leaders.

Skurnik emailed earlier today to remind me that in 2007, the governor and legislative leaders — at the time that meant Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno and Gov. Eliot Spitzer — delayed the Sept. 11 primaries by one week, pushing them back to Sept. 18 to avoid having them fall on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

While Cuomo has zero responsibility as attorney general for the budget, he did weigh in throughout this process — both from afar during press conferences with reporters, often in NYC or upstate while lawmakers were deliberating in Albany, and in private chats with the legislative leaders and the governor.

The New York Racing Association's board of directors, which came under state control in 2012 after years of controversy, recommended that the organization go back into private hands — but with a minority of members once again appointed by the governor and legislative leaders.

Lobbyists, elected officials and reporters who spent a lot of time waiting around outside closed doors last week, hoping against hope that legislative leaders and the governor would finally hammer out a budget deal, noticed a key member of the Senate GOP conference was not participating in their closed - door caucuses.

The governor has repeatedly insisted the movement was NOT in fact responsible for moving him off his opposition to raising taxes on the state's wealthiest residents (actually, Cuomo and both legislative leaders refuse to see this as a tax hike at all, casting it as a cut for 4.4 million New Yorkers).

A ride - sharing fee and NYCHA monitor are in the latest version of the budget as Cuomo and legislative leaders close in on a final deal, the governor said.

According to the official legislative calendar, which was agreed to by the leaders of both houses and the governor before 2010 even got underway, the Legislature was only scheduled to be in town either one, three or four days a week in June until the close of the season on the 21st.

At the moment, everything is in flux as legislative leaders and the governor try to hammer out a special session deal that may or may not include a measure to legalize ride hailing apps outside New York City.

The Moreland probes helped lead to the corruption convictions of both of the legislative leaders who were in power in 2013, and the conviction of the governor's former closest aide, Joe Percoco, on bribery charges.

Today, in an editorial board meeting with Cuomo and The Post-Standard and Syracuse Media Group, the governor was asked whether he thought the New York State Legislature should limit how long legislative leaders, like the Assembly speaker, should serve.

In contrast to the capital pork appropriations first initiated in the Pataki era, there's not even a requirement for a «memorandum of understanding» between the governor and legislative leaders to divide the piIn contrast to the capital pork appropriations first initiated in the Pataki era, there's not even a requirement for a «memorandum of understanding» between the governor and legislative leaders to divide the piin the Pataki era, there's not even a requirement for a «memorandum of understanding» between the governor and legislative leaders to divide the pie.

Nixon, during the budget talks in late March, accused Cuomo of leaving the lone female legislative leader, Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, out of the private budget talks conducted by the Governor and three male legislative leleader, Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, out of the private budget talks conducted by the Governor and three male legislative leLeader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, out of the private budget talks conducted by the Governor and three male legislative leaders.

It's been known as «three men in a room,» because the governor and the two majority party legislative leaders hash out details in private in the governor's office.

interested enough in finding out what the Commission had discovered that he has launched an inquiry, in part, to get to the bottom of whether «investigations potentially significant to the public interest have been bargained away as part of the negotiated arrangement between legislative and executive leaders,» as he wrote in a letter to the Commission's members on April 3 — a reference to the ethics deal struck between the governor and the Legislature as part of their budget agreement at the end of March, which coincided with Cuomo's announcement that he was shutting down the Commission.

Based on the nationally recognized model used in Wisconsin that involved bringing stakeholders together to find efficiencies and cost savings within the Medicaid program, the team includes leaders from the healthcare industry, the Governor's office, the legislative bodies, and other business, labor, and consumer advocates.

«It is essential that Governor Malloy and legislative leaders find a more prudent and responsible path forward for Connecticut and its residents in their current budget negotiations,» the company said.

We call on Governor Cuomo, legislative leaders Skelos and Silver, Attorney General Schneiderman, and Comptroller DiNapoli to use the explosion in affordable Information Technology to make New York State government vastly more transparent, more responsive, and more accountable.

The new regulations, agreed upon last month as part of a much bigger budget compromise between legislative leaders and the governor, will do little to halt the erosion of middle - income housing in New York City, and are more dangerous to landlords in principle than in practice.

In fact, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders uncharacteristically have said virtually nothing about the program (in public) since its inception two years agIn fact, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders uncharacteristically have said virtually nothing about the program (in public) since its inception two years agin public) since its inception two years ago.

The vote came a few months after the state's teachers unions, closely aligned with the Assembly, claimed a victory in December when the Regents, prompted by the governor and Legislative leaders, placed a moratorium on the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

In his State of the State speech, he's jokingly displayed a Photoshopped image of himself, and the two then - majority party legislative leaders — Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos — as ship captains, and, most recently, in sombreros, where the governor called the trio the «three amigos.&raquIn his State of the State speech, he's jokingly displayed a Photoshopped image of himself, and the two then - majority party legislative leaders — Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos — as ship captains, and, most recently, in sombreros, where the governor called the trio the «three amigos.&raquin sombreros, where the governor called the trio the «three amigos.»

Flanagan's relationship with Gov. Andrew Cuomo has cooled in recent months, after Cuomo backed Democrats for some Senate seats in the 2016 elections and the governor and legislative leaders had a falling - out over a failed special session in December.

A proposal under consideration by the governor and legislative leaders negotiating the budget include a cut in funding to the state's Zoos, Botanical Gardens and Aquariums program.

Later in the day, a statement from Cuomo's office said that the governor and legislative leaders are discussing issues that could be considered in a special session.

The old Commission on Public Integrity remained in a state of limbo until December 12th, when the governor and legislative leaders announced their appointees to the new commission.

Young was non-committal, and said the issue will be discussed in private among legislative leaders and Governor Cuomo at the «leaders» table.»

But legislative leaders have told Cuomo that they're not interested in returning before the start of the new legislative session in January, and, as a result, the governor has agreed not to call them back.

Throughout the existence of the program, created in 2013, Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders have been uncharacteristically silent about its purposes.

But in this case, Schneiderman, in a letter to the governor and legislative leaders obtained by public radio, said a plan to create a «criminal special prosecutor for state procurement» is «likely unconstitutional.»

One day after Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders announced major changes in the state's tax code, lawmakers, who are voting on the measure, are busy portraying the deal in the best possible light.

But he is one of only three legislative leaders — including the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, and the Senate Republican leader, Dean G. Skelos — present in high - level meetings with the governor.

The concept of the trifecta is important in state lawmaking because in many states, the governor, senate majority leader, and house majority leader play decisive roles in the legislative process.

Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who sat next to Governor Cuomo in the announcement, will remain the leader of the Senate Democrats, and the only female legislative leader.

With the budget due this week, Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders think that at the very least, they may have to come back later in the year to revise the spending plan.

In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethicIn light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethicin how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.

Last week, the Governor and legislative leaders reached an agreement on multiple bills that include new programs and insurance reforms to improve treatment options for individuals suffering from heroin and opioid addiction; measures to strengthen penalties and put in place additional tools for law enforcement to crack down on the distribution of illegal drugs; provisions to ensure the proper and safe use of naloxone, an overdose antidote; and support for enhanced public awareness campaigns to prevent drug abuse.

Governor Cuomo's deal with legislative leaders on expanded access to breast cancer screening falls squarely within three unfortunate Albany traditions: It micromanages the health - care industry in ways that add red tape and drive up costs.

He said the concentration of power in Albany in the governor and two legislative leaders was a core problem.

The governor and the legislative leaders had the opportunity to restore the public's trust and put real accountability measures in place and instead they did nothing.

On behalf of the New York State Unified Court System, I express my deep appreciation to Governor Paterson for his leadership and to the legislative leaders for their support in achieving passage of this historic legislation.»

In fact, for the rest of the legislative session, the governor and the legislative leaders ignored the growing chorus calling for new ethics measures.

In a letter sent today to Governor Cuomo and the two legislative leaders, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, the civic groups urged immediate action to enact comprehensive and significant solutions on the following matters of state ethics:

With a recent poll showing that nearly 90 % of New Yorkers believe that unethical behavior is a serious problem in state government a month before former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos are sentenced for public corruption, the governor and legislative leaders have an obligation to New Yorkers to reach a significant agreement on ethics reform.

«Public financing for comptroller - only candidates opens the door to campaign finance reform, but the Governor and the legislative leaders must now walk through that door and finish the job by Monday and agree to comprehensive campaign finance reform,» said Dick Dadey of Citizens Union in a statement.