Sentences with phrase «governor proposed a bill»

As a sit - in was held outside his offices, the governor proposed a bill banning the use of plastic bags in grocery stores, beginning in 2019.

As a sit - in was held outside his offices, the governor proposed a bill banning the use of plastic bags in grocery stores, beginning in 2019.

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The proposed law will now go to the desk of Hawaii's governor, who can sign the bill into law and enact the ban starting in 2021.

More than 50 business leaders from around the Houston area signed an open letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott Monday, signaling their opposition to a proposed «bathroom bill» that will target transgender individuals.

A longtime NAYS member invited me to testify, as a representative of the National Alliance for Youth Sports, in support of a proposed bill that would require the Governor to proclaim the month of March as Maryland Sportsmanship Month.

Good - government organizations are pushing the bill, too, after lawmakers and Cuomo did not agree to any ethics law changes in the state budget as initially proposed by the governor.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed a tax increase to help bolster transit, which is considered dead on arrival with both the governor and Senate Republicans.

The governor described operation of a Land Registry by the federal government in Lagos as an aberration and said the proposed Stamp Duty Bill would cripple internally generated revenue due to the states.

Richard Azzopardi, a spokesman for the governor, later clarified that Cuomo had proposed the idea during closed - door budget negotiations, which Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan denied, but that the idea was shot down; no bill was ever advanced.

The furlough of state workers proposed by Governor Paterson was part of an emergency expenditure bill that was passed on May 10th.

Note that additional details on the Governor's proposed budget, as well as the text and support memos for specific budget bills, are available on the Division of Budget's web site.

A number of significant transit projects are in various stages of conception — some proposed recently by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, and others that have been kicking around for years.

Governor Paterson's proposed SFY 2008 - 09 Deficit Reduction Bill and the SFY 2009 - 10 Executive Budget contain tax increases which may be of interest to you.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has introduced a bill that could ban plastic bags, while Councilmembers are proposing banning the sale of disposable plastic bottles in public spaces.

On April 30, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released the text of a proposed election law bill he hopes the legislature will pass.

When it comes to appropriations bills, the Senate and Assembly can only reduce the spending the governor has proposed or eliminate it entirely.

New York's Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan met privately with Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday over a proposed bill to give victims of childhood sexual abuse more access to the courts.

Heastie said his office has received proposed bill language from the governor, and it is currently being reviewed by staffers.

The Commission bill proposed by the Governor, passed by the Legislature in extraordinary session, accomplishes both of these goals.

Commission members, Cuomo and legislative leaders are negotiating to craft a new package of ethics laws that would include some parts of an anticorruption bill known as the Public Trust Act that the governor proposed after several corruption cases involving state lawmakers.

Cuomo proposed to make most of the cuts necessary to balance his spending plan on the back of the administration of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, with whom the governor has quarreled openly for months.

The governor has proposed a different bill that would create a new inspector general within his own administration to oversee economic development contracts instead of reinstating the comptroller's authority.

ALBANY — New York City mayor Bill de Blasio chided the State Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday for what he said was their lack of leadership on his proposed reforms to rent regulations and the controversial 421 - a tax abatement program.

Governor Cuomo's getting a head start on his State of the State proposals, and says he'll propose a bill to close a loophole that allows some convicted of domestic violence to possess guns.

The quarterly reports proposed in the governor's spending bill are distinct from the reports existing in the public officers law, meaning they can not be made public.

COXSACKIE — Fresh off an apparently acrimonious interaction with Bill de Blasio in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo is now faulting the New York City mayor for favoring developers over labor unions in his proposed tweaks to a real estate subsidy program.

One of the bills Cuomo proposed would apply only to races for governor.

«The Task Force's work resulted in proposing and passing 11 anti-heroin bills that were later signed into law by the Governor.»

It reinforces the governor's claims that districts are spending too much on administrative costs — including superintendents» salaries, which he has proposed capping (although that's a program bill that came after his 2011 - 2012 budget was unveiled).

«As we have done for several years, the Senate has again passed a bill allowing MMA and this year, the Governor has also proposed it as part of his Executive Budget.

The governor proposed criminal justice reforms that were cheered by advocates, who say the current system discriminates against the poor and people of color, while also managing to double as an attack on his longtime frenemy, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Neither the state Senate nor Assembly one - house budget bills include the governor's proposed $ 340 million tax credit, which he said would benefit 912,000 motorists.

Election Attorney Jerry Goldfeder discusses the state's byzantine election laws, and talks about Governor Cuomo's proposed bill to change the state's special elections.

The abortion provision has proposed by Cuomo was part of a larger 10 - point women's agenda the governor pushed in 2014, only to have the various planks broken up from the omnibus bill and approved in piecemeal fashion, save for the measure to bolster reproductive rights.

Cuomo: So far, the governor has used the threat of the Moreland Act to try to get lawmakers to pass a proposed ethics reform bill.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill to safeguard the Hudson River from proposed anchorage sites.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has proposed a limited medicinal marijuana research program that would be implemented administratively, has not commented on whether he would sign that bill.

We write today to urge you to use your one house budget bills to either substantially improve or reject two proposed changes to the Freedom of Information Law contained in Governor Cuomo's Article VII budget bills.

Question topics included the recent rollout of the City's municipal ID program, an internal PBA meeting reported to have degenerated into yelling and shoving over PBA President Pat Lynch's demands for an apology from the mayor and whether that provided «consolation» to the mayor, whether he takes comfort from the low number of PBA members reported to have signed «stay away from my funeral» statements, Bratton's comment that the «well was poisoned» by de Blasio's bring of former Sharpton aide Rachel Noerdlinger, a potential Teamsters strike at Hunts Point market, Governor Cuomo's consideration of legislation allowing public access to grand jury minutes, the mayor's objections to a City Council proposed bill outlawing police use of chokeholds, a reported Cuomo / Lynch meeting and what role the governor should fill in the Lynch / de Blasio dispute, whether the mayor is willing to acknowledge «missteps», the reports of Legionnaire's Disease in Co-op City, de Blasio's reaction to a possible 2016 Mitt Romney candidacy and when he last spoke with the Rev. Al SGovernor Cuomo's consideration of legislation allowing public access to grand jury minutes, the mayor's objections to a City Council proposed bill outlawing police use of chokeholds, a reported Cuomo / Lynch meeting and what role the governor should fill in the Lynch / de Blasio dispute, whether the mayor is willing to acknowledge «missteps», the reports of Legionnaire's Disease in Co-op City, de Blasio's reaction to a possible 2016 Mitt Romney candidacy and when he last spoke with the Rev. Al Sgovernor should fill in the Lynch / de Blasio dispute, whether the mayor is willing to acknowledge «missteps», the reports of Legionnaire's Disease in Co-op City, de Blasio's reaction to a possible 2016 Mitt Romney candidacy and when he last spoke with the Rev. Al Sharpton.

* The governor has called for a constitutional amendment to strip public pensions from legislators convicted of crimes, and yet this bill supports making the proposed language available only on obscure websites few voters will ever see.

The Legislature must make clear what language in the Governor's proposed appropriations bills must be modified to keep vital public services operating effectively and efficiently.

The Senate bill would provide a lower tax on hails than what the governor has proposed: Cuomo would tax rides 5.5 percent, the Senate's bill places a 2 percent tax on hails while also not subjecting the service to a 4 percent sales tax.

Two other bills the governor proposed early in the session, one on clean energy and another on the environment, also got final legislative approval on the last day.

In an uncharacteristic move, Governor Andrew Cuomo characterized Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed 421a reform package as a giveaway to developers that fails to protect workers.

When I served as Secretary of the Ways and Means Committee in the mid 1980s, the Governor and the Legislature both operated under the understanding that the Legislature could amend the «terms and conditions» language that the Governor included in his proposed appropriations bills and that the Governor could veto those changes if he disagreed with them.

They also introduced a stand - alone FMAP contingency bill that would give the governor less power over the cash — should it come from Congress — and any cuts that might have to be made if it doesn't, than he had initially proposed.

It's not clear that either the reform bills the governors vetoed, the reform bills that Cuomo and Christie have agreed to sign or the reforms they themselves are proposing would have done anything to prevent that.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are hovering around a $ 300 million number for pre-kindergarten in New York City, which is $ 40 million less than Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed with his high - earner tax plan.

The article discusses how Governor Cuomo is against the contract procurement bill and is proposing to hire a new inspector general who will work under him.

The final vote Mr. Losquadro cast after midnight Friday was in favor of a 2 percent property tax cap bill, which the governor proposed and passed in both houses.