Sentences with phrase «lawmakers agreed to changes»

In this budget, Cuomo and lawmakers agreed to changes to the state's sexual harassment policies, measures that had been criticized by survivors of harassment for not going for enough.

Senate Republicans last backed an extension of the millionaires tax in 2011 when Cuomo and lawmakers agreed to changes in the tax rates in a year - end special session of the Legislature.

Cuomo, in an interview with public radio, says he'd give up his demand to call the reform a new benefit tier, if lawmakers agree to changes that will achieve the same amount in savings.

Not exact matches

One of the biggest changes came on Friday, when lawmakers agreed to a demand by Mr. Rubio to expand the child tax credit by allowing families who owe no federal income taxes to still claim up to $ 1,400 of the $ 2,000 child tax credit, up from $ 1,100 in the original version.

Germany insists on Greek lawmakers taking the first step by passing economic policy changes before the German lower house of parliament will agree to a revised aid deal.

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.

State lawmakers earlier this year agreed to a package of education policy changes that linked test scores to evaluations as well as in - classroom observation and made it more difficult for teachers to obtain tenure.

Cuomo is poised to veto a $ 90 million relief package for Lake Ontario flood victims and municipalities unless lawmakers agree to make changes to the program.

Ultimately, Cuomo agreed to have those changes remain in the finished project, which was passed by lawmakers late last week.

Majority Leader Steven Thompson said aside from some changes in school spending prompted by the state budget, lawmakers agreed to Walsh's budget blueprint.

As for the pension forfeiture bill, Speaker Heastie says lawmakers actually have until the end of 2016 before they have to finalize the first step to change the state's constitution, so he says there's plenty of time to agree on a new bill.

The governor has also said that he won't increase school aid in the state budget unless lawmakers agree to a list of changes, including adding more charter schools and making teacher performance tests more stringent.

The Democratic governor confirmed Tuesday that several of his policy proposals would be dropped from the spending plan, which must be agreed to by March 31 and in which Cuomo has a higher degree of leverage over lawmakers by inserting language they can not change into appropriation bills.

Cuomo proposes a $ 1.1 billion increase in education aid if lawmakers agree to major policy overhauls; without changes, his aid proposal drops to $ 377 million.

Cuomo this year is tying new disclosure laws and per diem reform to spending in the state budget as a way of getting state lawmakers to agree to the changes.

State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed on modest changes to the state's cap on property tax increases, with two exemptions in a deal that will be carried out administratively.

Ultimately, lawmakers agreed to modest changes that allowed for growth in areas like payments in lieu of taxes.

Education policy issues are due to dominate the legislative session once again next year after lawmakers and Cuomo agreed to changes in the state's teacher evaluation the state's teachers unions deeply opposed in part due to the weakening of tenure and making it harder to obtain.

In interviews, de Blasio administration officials and Albany lawmakers agreed that a three - year extension was the easiest way to maintain the current system of mayoral control without significant changes, a win for de Blasio.

In exchange, the governor convinced lawmakers to agree to change the redistricting process next time, ten years from now, which could be several political lifetimes away.

State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to the first workers compensation law changes in more than a decade earlier this year.

Governor Andrew Cuomo surrendered the commission — and its subpoenas — after lawmakers agreed to greater enforcement at the board of elections and changes to bribery laws.

Washington (CNN)-- The Democratic lawmaker taking the lead in crafting the Senate's financial regulatory reform bill has agreed to a key change that would limit taxpayers» exposure if the government must step in to wind down a large, failing financial institution, a key House Democrat said Thursday.

«I said, «if you're willing to take on the unions, and you're willing to make changes and reforms, I'll support a 5 percent increase,»» said Cuomo, who said he has doubts that lawmakers would agree to his ideas without the financial incentive.

Afterward, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says while he expects lawmakers to agree with some of Cuomo's proposed changes on income disclosure, he wants to see them applied to the governor's office, as well.

Cuomo says he and lawmakers need to at least do the minimum by Monday's deadline and extend the measures that sunset, even if no changes are agreed upon.

Lawmakers in their last budget vote agreed to change the public notice requirement regarding compensation, so this won't be an issue going forward.

Cuomo has told lawmakers that they must accept education policy changes — including adding authorization for 100 new charter schools and making teacher evaluations more dependent on standardized tests — in order for him to agree to give the state's schools more money.

And in New York, the chancellor of the state board of regents, Merryl Tisch, has said her state won't compete if unions and state lawmakers don't agree on changes to improve the state's charter school sector and teacher - evaluation system, local media reports said.

Robb said the department agreed to make changes to the draft plan after meeting with various education groups and lawmakers on Monday.

Illinois lawmakers recently agreed to legislation that will change the way teacher pension benefits are calculated.

Lawmakers did agree to one change, reinstating the right to sue for employment discrimination in state court, but have retained the anti-LGBTQ bathroom provisions that have spurred lawsuits from transgender residents, the ACLU of N.C. and the U.S. Department of Justice, which Tuesday asked a federal judge to block the law's implementation in the state.

Now, with just two weeks left in the session, lawmakers not only have to agree on a budget that is reportedly still contentious in several areas, but are also trying to come up with a response to the Parkland school shooting that will offer real changes to prevent further shootings while also not betraying the Second Amendment fundamentalist coterie of the Republican - led Legislature's base.