Sentences with phrase «items in the new state»

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Upstate Uber, increased tuition assistance and more money for schools are just a few of the items in the new state budget poised for passage in the New York Legislature.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino was at the Capitol to lobby, along with the statewide counties» association, for items in the new state budget, including more mandate relief.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino was at the Capitol to lobby, along with the New York State Association of Counties, for items in the new state budget, including more mandate relief.

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Since the new law didn't include any new federal funding for implementation, states in many cases were scrambling for state funds to fulfill the required items, let alone find money for anything not explicitly required.

Clean the World recycles partially used bars of soap and bottled amenities from resorts in the United States and distributes the new soap and hygiene kits to communities that lack access to these essential items.

«The new items are important additions to our menu and are currently setting us apart from competitors in the market,» he stated.

Hi I am new to the vegan lifestyle and just wondered if all the items on the list or items in general in coles have something that states they are vegan friendly or if you just know what to look for in the ingredients?

If you live in the Western United States (West of New Mexico), and you need to order this item to be shipped via UPS 2nd Business Day Air, the cost will be adjusted to a total of $ 35.00 for UPS 2nd Business Day Air Shipping.

While New York has outlawed the use of these items, a loophole in our laws allows individuals to continue to possess, sell, or transport them within our state — endangering the lives of our residents.»

The governor, in an op - ed column due to appear in New York newspapers on Tuesday, criticized rules that automatically increase state spending for expensive items such as education and Medicaid by as much as 13 percent, saying reasonable limits could eliminate most of the deficit.

«The state of New York bailed out the Miranda Lambert concert and provided in excess of $ 100,000 for items we can not verify,» Antonacci said.

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Basically, a new committee of teacher volunteers from across the state would review all exam questions after the items had been tried out on a pilot basis in «field tests» conducted among sample groups of students statewide.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Here's a look at key items in New York's new $ 153 billion state budget, approved Sunday night, after the New York Senate approved the spending plan (the Assembly voted on SaturdaNew York's new $ 153 billion state budget, approved Sunday night, after the New York Senate approved the spending plan (the Assembly voted on Saturdanew $ 153 billion state budget, approved Sunday night, after the New York Senate approved the spending plan (the Assembly voted on SaturdaNew York Senate approved the spending plan (the Assembly voted on Saturday):

«This agreement returns money to thousands of consumers in New York and across the nation who believed they were buying items at the price advertised on television but ended up with extra merchandise and hidden fees they didn't bargain for,» said state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who worked with the FTC on the settlement.

The new state budget has been in place for nearly a week, but little attention has been paid to many of the items that are in it.

In the legislative session that recently ended, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo saw the state legislature reject a number of agenda items he'd been pushing.

That investigation exposed a nonprofit set up by, as the AG's press release put it, «a New York state senator,» which allegedly funneled about $ 30,000 in member item funds to those associated with it, including the senator's aide and an individual who shares a residence with the senator.

Gov. David Paterson began the policy of removing new member items from the state budget, and Cuomo has continued that push by now allowing new earmarked spending (Though old member items remain in the spending plan for as long as they are funded).

And, even though it's not exactly a spending item, the Governor called for legislation to fix the troubled implementation of the new Common Core standards in schools, saying the roll out by the State Board of Regents is «flawed».

There's three weeks to go in the legislative session, and advocates are pushing hard for two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda items — translating the federal abortion rights in the Roe v. Wade decision into New York state law, and enacting public financing of statewide political campaigns.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)- Legislation introduced in New York state would mandate child - resistant packaging, warning labels and uniform colors for laundry detergent pods following the dangerous trend of people eating the toxic items.

Under the governor's budget proposal, two of the top items on his wish list — covering state college tuition for hundreds of thousands of low - and middle - income New Yorkers, and a package of tax cuts aimed at the middle class — would be made possible in part by a three - year extension of a higher tax on people who make more than $ 1 million a year, another policy favored by liberals.

In a report issued today, the New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli discloses that the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) erroneously paid as much as $ 11 million for special items such as implants, drugs and blood and evaluation procedures that were not performed according to two audits released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

And, even though it's not exactly a spending item, the Governor called for legislation to fix the troubled implementation of the new Common Core standards in schools, saying the rollout by the State Board of Regents is «flawed.»

Senators Diane Savino, Jose Peralta, Tony Avella, Jessie Hamilton, David Carlucci, Marisol Alcantara and David Valesky discuss adding the protections for a woman's right to choose abortion in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision into state law, enacting the Dream Act, which would allow the children of undocumented immigrants to receive college aid, a law to protect the rights of transgender New Yorkers, and putting limits on the amount of money donors can give to campaigns, among other items.

State lawmakers said a few years ago they would no longer permit the controversial member item program to continue, but critics said the old system, which gave taxpayer money to legislators» pet projects, is being revived in a new form.

«There are two items in the budget that are not fair to New York City, that are harmful to New York City, that will set us back,» he said, vowing to enlist the city's representatives in the State Senate and Assembly to do battle with the governor.

Insisting the time has come to reform «one of New York's most discriminatory laws,» State Assemblymember Dan Quart, who provided the estimate, called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to approve legislation that would classify folding knives as work tools and not weapons, in hopes of preventing the arrests of thousands of law - abiding citizens who carry the items for their job.

The New York state budget might end up in court under some potential scenarios, as state lawmakers are discussing possible legal action against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget, and his proposal to link a number of unrelated items, like ethics reform and education changes, to the spending plan.

«If you add up the Tappan Zee Bridge, the LaGuardia (airport), Penn Station and all the other capital projects he had in that budget, and then you say we've got a record - breaking $ 22 billion for the state of New York for infrastructure, that isn't even (the value of) one of the projects that he mentioned for downstate,» said the Syracuse - area lawmaker, referring to some of the other big - ticket infrastructure items on Cuomo's agenda.

«At the heart of every scandal is always member items, or pork, or whatever they call it, in New York State,» he said.

But neither the New York State Senate's nor the Governor's version of the budget included such a package, and in the final furious hours of dealmaking yesterday, a Catskill Park line item was left on the cutting room floor.

Above: Advocates gathered to lobby for a line item in the 2016 - 2017 New York state budget for the Catskill Park on Feb. 9, 2016.

That's almost exactly two years after McLaughlin pleaded guilty to stealing $ 2.2 million in cash, carks and perks — both as a state lawmaker (he even bilked a little league team out of taxpayer - funded member item money) and as president of the New York City Central Labor Council.

Two key state lawmakers — Sen. John Bonacic and Assemblyman Joe Lentol — have expressed concern over parts of Cuomo's proposal to create a new office to investigate deadly incidents involving police officers, casting doubt on the ultimate viability of one of the signature items in the governor's State of the State addstate lawmakers — Sen. John Bonacic and Assemblyman Joe Lentol — have expressed concern over parts of Cuomo's proposal to create a new office to investigate deadly incidents involving police officers, casting doubt on the ultimate viability of one of the signature items in the governor's State of the State addState of the State addState address.

Mandated free feminine hygiene products in public schools, health insurance coverage of donor breast milk and baby changing stations in all renovated buildings were among the smaller — but notable — items that were included in the 2018 - 2019 New York state budget.

However, in 2011, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an initiative to increase the sale of items produced within the state including a proposal related to the construction of rest area along interstate highways to showcase New York - made products.

During her press conference outside PS 13, Ms. Malliotakis unveiled her Albany reform agenda, including: Requiring a two - thirds legislative majority to pass new taxes and fees; capping the rise in spending at the rate of inflation or 2 percent, whichever is less; requiring legislators to disclose outside sources of income; requiring public authorities like the MTA to undergo an independent financial audit, and calling for a constitutional convention to address items that have bedeviled the state recently, such as appointing a lieutenant governor and breaking a Senate tie.

The biggest financial item in the new Senate Democratic plan is offering a retirement incentive program to state employees who are already eligible to retire at age 55.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to veto 184 items proposed expenses in the new state budget.

«The back to school shopping season is underway and, in New York State, every day is a sales tax holiday with shoppers getting a break on clothing and footwear items sold for under $ 110,» New York State Commissioner of Taxation Finance Jerry Boone said.

One of the new items in the New York state budget is money to help non-profit agencies give raises to employees who work with the disablnew items in the New York state budget is money to help non-profit agencies give raises to employees who work with the disablNew York state budget is money to help non-profit agencies give raises to employees who work with the disabled.

Items in the New York state budget that affect central New York were highlighted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo while he was in Syracuse Wednesday.

Two key state lawmakers have expressed concern over parts of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to create a new office to investigate deadly incidents involving police officers, casting doubt on the ultimate viability of one of the signature items in the governor's State of the State addstate lawmakers have expressed concern over parts of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to create a new office to investigate deadly incidents involving police officers, casting doubt on the ultimate viability of one of the signature items in the governor's State of the State addState of the State addState address.

It's also worth noting that legendary levels of dubious activity cross partisan lines there: After the Republican Party lost the majority in the state Senate in 2008, Democrats spent the first few months of their abbreviated stint in power basking in new information about how Republicans spent the legislature's money on items like a special van for the man who was then their majority leader, Joe Bruno, who went on to be sentenced to two years in prison on federal corruption charges.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is pressuring state lawmakers to come back in December for a special session that includes a number of reform items to address recent corruption scandals.

«The fight is over this real estate program, but really it comes to something deeper, which is that the forever - fraught relationship between de Blasio and Cuomo — and indeed the fraught relationship between any mayor of New York City and any governor of New York really is at a low point with just nine days left in Albany's legislation session and with several items on the mayor's agenda sitting in Albany's lap,» Jimmy Vielkind, who covers the state government for Capital New York, told WCBS 880.

Senators Diane Savino, Jose Peralta, Tony Avella, Jessie Hamilton, David Carlucci, Marisol Alcantara and David Valesky discuss adding the protections for a woman's right to choose abortion in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision into state law, enacting the Dream Act - which would allow the children of undocumented immigrants to receive college aid, a law to protect the rights of transgender New Yorkers, and putting limits on the amount of money donors can give to campaigns, among other items.

If the ballot item is rejected, then the bill allows the state to set up more video lottery terminals instead, which are slot like machines already legal in New York.