Sentences with phrase «joint budget committee»

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner called on New York state legislators to enact different types of government reform to fight corruption in a testimony to the New York State Legislature's Joint Budget Committee on Monday.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner criticized the «LLC loophole» and laid out three proposals to increase voter participation in New York state during a testimony Tuesday in front of a New York State Legislature joint budget committee.

The Colorado legislature's Joint Budget Committee recently allocated money for the fund, which was «an important step in fulfilling the promises made in HB17 - 1375,» said Luke Ragland, president of ReadyCO.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner went to Albany Tuesday to testify in front of a New York State Legislature joint budget committee.

Lawmakers met Monday afternoon for the start of the joint budget committee process — a meeting known in Albany as the «mothership» and initially held as a way of enhancing transparency in the opaque state budget process, but also a chance for lawmakers to lay out their public priorities in the talks.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner told New York state legislators on the Joint Budget Committee on Monday that she believes there needs to be government reform in New York state to address corruption.

During a testimony Tuesday in front of a New York State Legislature joint budget committee, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner discussed methods to increase voter participation and criticized the «LLC loophole.»

And while a meeting of the so - called «mothership» — a joint budget committee of the Assembly and Senate leadership — is expected late this afternoon, it remains unclear how the spending plans major stumbling blocks — including a health - insurance exchange and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's seeking greater post-approval spending powers — will be resolved.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos lashed out at Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday, saying after a joint budget committee hearing that disclosure rules should apply to the governor's staff and girlfriend.

«The biggest priority we have is cyber security,» Chief Information Officer Margaret Miller testified to a joint budget committee hearing.

Meanwhile, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown was the only mayor from the Big Four Upstate cities not to appear before the joint budget committee but his office said he will send written testimony.

In testimony before a joint budget committee in Albany last month, Mr. Tembeckjian said that his judicial commission had «tried hard to make do with less,» including by reducing its staff and training days.

Testifying before a joint budget committee of the New York State Legislature on Jan. 25, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that Gov. David Paterson's proposed budget cuts were unfair and would be devastating to the city, including the loss of 8,500 teachers.

He talked about what's going on behind the scenes of the legislature's joint budget committees, explained a controversial proposal from Governor Cuomo to take more control over the budget process and outlined his organization's blueprint for economic development transparency.