Sentences with phrase «gubernatorial budget»

The event traditionally includes a critique of gubernatorial budget proposals and appeals for additional state funding.

He'll lead what's often referred to in Albany as the «tin - cup brigade» — the line of local elected officials asking the Legislature to reconsider gubernatorial budget cuts.

The two groups have been potent critics of past gubernatorial budgets, but are now funding ads in support of Cuomo's plan.

Not exact matches

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver downplayed the possibility that he has lost his ability to override any gubernatorial vetoes without GOP assistance, saying he doesn't intend to get to that point with Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo, despite the looming budget battle.

He chatted with President Obama briefly (presumably Obama, who made his gubernatorial preference clear long ago), and had a longer talk with outgoing Gov. David Paterson on the transition and the budget.

Now that AG Andrew Cuomo is dipping his toe into the roiling waters (via Fred Dicker) on select issues such as the still - late state budget, the Ravitch plan and lifting the charter school cap, his opponents are taking the opportunity to call on the yet - unannounced gubernatorial hopeful to make clear his positions on a host of other topics as well.

Last month, just before the state budget was approved, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon made her first visit to Albany, appearing with education advocates she has worked closely with in recent years.

But in exchange for getting the popular Democratic gubernatorial candidate on its line — thus ensuring it would well surpass the required 50,000 - vote mark to live another four years (the party ended up moving to Row D)-- the WFP had to agree to Cuomo's «New NY Agenda,» which included a slew of agenda items — the property tax cap, no new taxes to close the budget deficit etc. — that the left had opposed.

Levy's «Contract for New York,» which was essentially his gubernatorial campaign manifesto, would mandate that the executive budget automatically take effect if the Legislature blows the April 1 deadline.

Ventura was the Reform Party candidate in the Minnesota gubernatorial election of 1998, running a low - budget campaign centered on grassroots events and unusual ads that urged citizens not to «vote for politics as usual».

While state leaders continue negotiating budget details ahead of their deadline this Sunday, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate most known for her role as Miranda Hobbes in «Sex and the City» said congestion pricing shouldn't be limited to new fees on companies like Uber and Lyft, as some in Albany have proposed.

GOP gubernatorial designee Rick Lazio took some time out from campaigning in Rochester today to take a swipe at AG Andrew Cuomo for semi-panning Gov. David Paterson's creative use of budget extenders as «intriguing» but not optimal, YNN's Mark Gruba reports.

Late last night, Buffalo - area Tea Party advocate Rus Thompson sent out an e-mail with the subject line «urgent request from Carl Paladino» that insisted the former gubernatorial advocate «does not condone or support» his former campaign manager's public push in favor of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget.

After the recent state budget adapted codes to work against federal tax policy, John DeFrancisco is the best gubernatorial candidate to relieve economic burdens for working - class New Yorkers.

ALBANY — Actress and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon challenged state lawmakers to raise taxes and include more school aid as part of the emerging state budget, and attacked Gov. Andrew Cuomo for being a «bully» to women, journalists, his colleagues in government and children.

Also at 1 p.m., former Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins holds a press conference to respond to Cuomo's budget and Silver's arrest, LCA press room, LOB, Albany.

But he said risking his the first late budget of his gubernatorial tenure will be worth it.

Today's Q poll finds AG Andrew Cuomo's Rose Garden strategy isn't working so well when it comes to the budget mess, as 64 percent of voters say they'd like to hear more from the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful about what he would do to pull the state out of its fiscal morass.

Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon says New York's «2 percent cap on state spending is disastrous and what it means is we shrink the budget year after year.»

John DeFrancisco, the second-most powerful Republican in the state Senate and a potential Republican gubernatorial candidate, isn't a fan of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed $ 168.2 billion budget.

(GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino said better mental health systems — not tougher gun control laws — were needed to combat mass shootings, but he has slashed funding and staffing for such services since taking office as Westchester county executive in 2010, budget figures show.)

GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino said better mental health systems — not tougher gun control laws — were needed to combat mass shootings, but he has slashed funding and staffing for such services since taking office as Westchester county executive in 2010, budget figures show.

Gov. David Paterson stuck up for his erstwhile political foe, AG Andrew Cuomo, this morning, insisting New Yorkers anxious to hear more from the Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner about how he'll fix the state's budget mess will learn more in good time.

NYC Councilman Charles Barron clearly is relishing the role of chief agitator against Gov. Andrew Cuomo — an effort he started during the 2010 campaign as the Freedom Party's gubernatorial candidate and is now perfecting as the budget battle gets underway.

John DeFrancisco, the second-most powerful Republican in the state Senate and a potential Republican gubernatorial candidate, isn't a fan of Cuomo's proposed $ 168.2 billion budget, calling it a «nonstarter.»

He was decidedly muted, however, in his comments about the minimum wage, which won't be fully phased in upstate (everywhere outside Westchester) for years, reaching $ 12.50 in five years and then moving into a nebulous place where the state budget director — a gubernatorial appointee — has the sole discretion in deciding whether the economy is strong enough to handle going higher.

Gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham is on the road campaigning in South Florida, but news that Gov. Rick Scott signed off on the state budget stopped her in her tracks.

Both Fiorina and GOP gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman emphasized they were the outsiders running against Democratic veterans and said their business experience as former CEOs best equipped them to fix the state's massive economic problems: a $ 19 billion budget shortfall and a 12.6 percent unemployment rate.

The budget included gubernatorial priorities including an expanded system of college tuition subsidies, funding for several infrastructure projects and the legalization of ride - hailing outside New York City — among other things.

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, shakes hands with Sen. Ed Gomes, also a Bridgeport Democrat, after the budget passed unanimously in the Senate and was sent to the House where it passed 142 - 8 in the final hour of the session.

Rep. Chris Gibson, a Republican from Kinderhook who is contemplating a gubernatorial run in 2018, said the budget is being «delivered to New Yorkers after back room arm twisting and deal making, and driven by political spats and retribution.»

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins said while he is supportive of the governor's initiative, more funding and reforms are necessary, particularly when Cuomo's previous budget cut proposals are taken into account.

(CNN)- New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's got a sky high approval rating, and the Democratic gubernatorial candidate's far ahead of his Republican rivals in general election matchups, but according to a new poll voters want Cuomo to speak out about how he will fix the Empire state's budget woes.

According to a new poll, New York voters want Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo to explain how he will fix the state's budget problems.

In the lead up to the passage of the state budget last week, AQE organized a rally in Albany and Nixon, the newly - minted gubernatorial candidate, made an appearance, as she has for years.

(CNN)- South Carolina gubernatorial candidates Vincent Sheheen and Nikki Haley sparred on the stimulus, the budget and jobs during their second televised debate in Columbia Monday night.

A Cuomo spokesman, Rich Azzopardi, noted that it's not unusual for legislators to strip away gubernatorial proposals in one - house budgets, even if they will become part of a final agreement.

Those proposals and many more will be laid out in more capsulized form Wednesday, when Cuomo delivers his combined State of the State address and executive budget presentation — an unprecedented mashup of January's two most eagerly awaited gubernatorial announcements, prompted in part by the Jan. 1 death of his father, former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo.

During his gubernatorial campaign, Cuomo said the member item process needed «dramatic reform,» and said any legislative earmarks should be posted online before funding was approved in the state budget.

Since his 2010 gubernatorial campaign, Gov. Cuomo has continued to express support for a convention, but, unlike last year, the issue was notably absent from his 2017 State of the State policy book and his executive budget.

In other words, where member items were at least part of the regular state budget, New York is now going deeper into debt year after year to pay for this legislative and gubernatorial largesse.

Evers in February, before he entered the gubernatorial race, called the plan a «pro-kid budget.»

«We are not kicking anything down the road,» Malloy said, citing a phrase he and other gubernatorial candidates used in 2010 to describe the fiscal gimmicks that had weakened the pension system and created a record - setting state budget deficit at that time.