Sentences with phrase «in budget negotiations»

She has taken a leading role in budget negotiations, where Silver has deployed superior strategy in recent years.

«We're starting our conversations in the budget negotiations,» she added.

As we reported yesterday, two open issues in budget negotiations threatened $ 170 million in funds for the MTA.

And they are also discussing a plan to give the legislature more power in the budget negotiations.

As is the case in any budget negotiations there are compromises and always the need to constantly revisit how we handle operations.

And it means injecting some commitment in the budget negotiations to adequately fund public education.

We strongly urge state lawmakers to stop using school funding as a bargaining chip to extract concessions in budget negotiations.

Did your state prioritize infants and toddlers in budget negotiations?

CUNY officials echo de Blasio, saying that they're working with the parties involved in the budget negotiation process, and that they're pushing for a secure outcome that supports CUNY's mission, but they declined to comment further.

The Lib Dem peer was furious with Clegg for agreeing to abandon the mansion tax in the budget negotiations in favour of what he regarded as an ill - defined «tycoon tax».

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who along with State Senate Leader John Flanagan represent the legislature in budget negotiations with the governor, started his tour Tuesday in Syracuse

Mr. de Blasio said the extra money for the trust fund was something that the Council had pushed for in the budget negotiations.

They were not included in budget negotiations between Malloy, who is a Democrat, and the majority Democrats.

The resolutions are largely symbolic, but they signify a starting point in budget negotiations.

«This government is taking the toughest line in these budget negotiations of any government since we joined the European Union,» Cameron told parliament ahead of a non-binding vote on the EU budget talks.

Senator Liz Krueger, a Democrat, questioned Cuomo's budget director about it at a recent hearing on the governor's spending plan, saying she's concerned it could be «potentially stripping the entire purpose of the legislature in budget negotiations».

The swap comes after Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office in a statement indicated that both the tax credit and the DREAM Act are falling off the table in the budget negotiations.

During this Assembly, we have used our influence in budget negotiations to secure, amongst other things, over # 200 million extra investment in schools through our Welsh Pupil Premium.

«This government is taking the toughest line in these budget negotiations of any government since we joined the European Union,» Cameron told parliament ahead of the vote.

Letter to IDC re: Stewart - Cousins Participation in Budget Negotiations by Jessica Ramos on Scribd

But for now, not introducing the amendments gives Senate Republicans leverage in the budget negotiations since the chamber can not pass measures that have not been introduced.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses issues stemming from Hurricane Harvey flooding, the possibility of paths for Hurricane Irma, President Trump's priorities in the budget negotiation process, and the latest news of Trump's connections to Moscow and Russian officials.

Silver, a key player in budget negotiations, wouldn't say whether he would support a budget without the DREAM Act.

An optional payroll tax as a way to workaround a $ 10,000 cap on the deduction of state and local taxes remains alive in the budget negotiations as lawmakers race to finish the spending plan before the holiday weekend.

The Welsh Pupil Premium was first agreed in budget negotiations between the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the Welsh Government in 2011.

Speaking of budget negotiations, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams (a former State Senator) launched a petition on Sunday to put additional pressure on the governor and other legislative leaders to include Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in budget negotiations.

But ending or cutting the sales tax on luxury goods like boats and private planes would likely be a non-starter in budget negotiations at the very least.

(CNN)- The second - ranking Senate Democrat said Sunday that extending unemployment benefits won't necessarily be a sticking point for his party in budget negotiations, though he hopes they are included.

This spring, Republicans quietly dropped the proposed policy in budget negotiations, and analysts predicted that the party might finally be giving up the fight against Medicare.

Also, at our Reporters Roundtable, we discuss sticking points for lawmakers in budget negotiations.

His 2008 - 09 Budget was going to raise spending an additional $ 4 million, but the legislature actually reduced spending in the budget negotiations.

Flanagan also insisted Cuomo did not raise the topic in the budget negotiations, though the governor's office insists the issue was raised at a lower level of negotiations.

The measure, which would also tie future increases to the rate of inflation, was not a sticking point for the speaker in the budget negotiations, nor did Silver link it to the Tier Six pension overhaul that passed earlier this month.

Cuomo, along with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan agreed relatively early in the budget negotiations that ethics and campaign - finance reform would not be a threat to the passage of the state budget on time.

Klein remained a key figure in budget negotiations, earning a spot in the leaders» talks with Cuomo.

Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers are coming down the homestretch in the budget negotiations for the fiscal year starting April 1st.

In March ’17 we launched our Money Talks campaign, aimed at the NYS budget, to educate the public about the issues at stake in the budget negotiations and bringing attention to the progressive bills passed in the NYS Assembly that were either defeated or never brought to a vote in the State Senate.

At the same time, those pushing for a Democratic Senate have faulted Cuomo for not scheduling the special election March, potentially giving the party more say in the budget negotiations.

Fueled on endless cups of coffee and the ability to function at high levels on very little sleep, he has been the Assembly Democrats» point man in every budget negotiation I can remember, and I've been covering the Capitol on and off since about 2000.

The funding would rely on sales taxes, and it's being considered in the budget negotiations in play now in Albany.

Instead, he waited, calling them for April 24 so he could keep Sens. Jeff Klein and John Flanagan in budget negotiations with him instead.

But that hasn't stopped the governor and state legislature from continuing the Albany tradition of using M.T.A. money as a bargaining chip in budget negotiations.

In particular, many Westchester voters (those suburban voters that Cuomo so eagerly courts) noticed because they went unrepresented in budget negotiations, and their empty Senate seat could have tipped the balance of the upper chamber to the Democrats.

The pact with the Republicans has allowed IDC members to hold committee chairmanships — and draw special salary stipends for those posts — and granted the group's leader, State Senator Jeffrey Klein of the Bronx, a voice in budget negotiations.

David Weprin: We actually have reporting now, and I was instrumental in budget negotiations to actually get more money for individual council districts for both senior and youth money.

Klein and Skelos both represented the majority coalition in the budget negotiations with Gov. Andrew Cumoo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The ethics push comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vowed to push his own ethics overhaul legislation in the budget negotiations — even if it means a late spending plan — which would be the first of his tenure as governor.

Heastie had made the push for the raise the age campaign a key policy goal in the budget negotiations.

«I believe that gives the governor a certain strength and posture in the budget negotiation,» Cuomo told reporters after speaking at the Somos El Futuro conference in Albany.