Sentences with phrase «lawmakers in budget negotiations»

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

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But the IDC has remained a key bloc of lawmakers and its leader, Sen. Jeff Klein, is included in closed - door budget negotiations with the legislative leaders from the Assembly and Senate and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo and state lawmakers will convene in Albany Monday for two weeks of budget negotiations to meet an April 1 deadline.

As lawmakers continue to slog through budget negotiations, one should keep in mind that if this were the private sector, it would be time to walk away.

Lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly have punted on congestion pricing, setting the stage for tough negotiations ahead of the state's executive budget deadline at the end of the month.

Policy proposals that have no fiscal impact could be included in the budget, attaching some importance to the issue and giving Cuomo some leverage in the negotiations with lawmakers.

The review panel was originally required by statute to be named almost a year earlier; Cuomo and lawmakers ignored that deadline and gave themselves a new one in the 2015 budget negotiation.

Brannan's request comes in response to mounting pressure on state legislators to secure funding for New York City public schools as Albany lawmakers head into budget negotiations.

His proposed tax changes are included in his budget proposal, now the subject of negotiations with lawmakers.

Ride - hailing services operated for years in NYC before recent budget negotiations prompted lawmakers to resolve longstanding disagreements over insurance and safety requirements.

In March amid the budget negotiations, Cuomo suggested lawmakers may not receive a pay hike should ethics agreements measure not pass or the spending plan not be approved on time.

Cuomo had been urged for months by housing advocates and Democratic state lawmakers to back the MOU which had been agreed to in principle at the conclusion of the budget negotiations in March.

The budget negotiations will take on a more urgent dimension in the coming weeks and lawmakers could fight the governor on taxes (the Assembly wants to increase taxes on the rich; the Senate has stated opposition to a tax hike or extension of the current rates), as well as education spending.

Still, lawmakers expect ethics measures to take center stage after the budget negotiations and the spending plan is approved in March.

As Senate lawmakers continue to haggle on Thursday on a one - house budget resolution, the good - government group Common Cause is urging the Independent Democratic Conference to continue to push in the negotiations for a public financing system.

Linking both the DREAM Act — a measure supported by liberals in the Legislature — with the education tax credit has been floated in the Capitol in recent budget negotiations, but lawmakers have insisted the two should be kept as separate issues.

Lawmakers touted the negotiations with Cuomo and Senate Republicans that ultimately included more school aid than the $ 1.1 billion that was initially proposed in the executive budget in January.

The proposal will be something Klein wants to prioritize in the upcoming budget negotiations, which will begin in earnest next week when Cuomo unveils his 2016 - 17 spending plan on Wednesday to lawmakers.

As Cuomo and lawmakers seek to wrap up budget negotiations this week, a state appeals court threw a $ 69 million wrench into the talks, lifting a stay that allowed the state to hold off from releasing millions of dollars that were earmarked for failing schools but has been tied up in litigation.

As budget negotiations — which are conducted behind closed doors among the governor and three top legislative leaders, out of sight of even other lawmakers — unfolded over the past week, it became increasingly clear that the Legislature would punt policy issues such as gun control or bail reform to after the budget's April 1 deadline, in favor of financial considerations.

While FES typically held its Albany rallies late in the legislative session, close to final budget negotiations, next month's rally day will be held as other groups are flooding the Capitol to meet with lawmakers in the wake of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State on Jan. 13, when he will lay out his legislative agenda.

Lawmakers had proposed using the funds in previous years, but the threat was generally diverted during budget negotiations.

Long have Albany's annual budget negotiations between the governor and the Legislature been shrouded in secrecy, a mystery not only to the public and to the press, but even to most rank - and - file lawmakers, who are frequently left in the dark about what deals and trades their leaders are making on their behalf.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie blamed Sen. Simcha Felder on Friday for the impasse in the state budget negotiations, telling reporters his conference would not move forward on the Brooklyn lawmaker's push to change oversight measures for Yeshivas.

Survivors of sexual harassment who have worked in the Legislature have called on lawmakers to remove the issue from the context of the budget negotiations, saying state elected officials need to take a more thoughtful approach.

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.

New York's subsidy program to support financially impaired nuclear power plants has been caught up in the budget negotiations as some lawmakers are trying to halt the program right before it begins.

He said in the statement that raising the age of criminal responsibility and affordable housing are what stalled negotiations, as well as fears about the federal budget, but some lawmakers criticized Cuomo.

There was also discussion of a proposal to use public funds to finance political campaigns, which Cuomo has proposed but is in limbo as lawmakers move to finish state budget negotiations.

Albany, NY (AP) A Republican senator says major policy issues creating gridlock in budget negotiations will likely be eliminated from the final compromise as lawmakers wrangle to craft a timely state budget.

Many lawmakers still blame Cuomo for killing a proposed legislative pay hike last year — which would have been the first in nearly 20 years — which could be complicating the budget negotiations.

In New York lawmakers are revving up for state budget negotiations.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers will convene Monday in Albany for two weeks of budget negotiations to meet an April 1 deadline.

ALBANY - Assembly Democrats rallied behind Speaker Sheldon Silver after he was arrested last week, but they will return to the State Capitol Monday with lingering questions about whether he can lead them in upcoming budget negotiations, experts and lawmakers said.

His proposal Tuesday kicks off months of negotiations in which the governor and state lawmakers will try to maintain their three - year streak of reaching a final budget deal by the start of the state fiscal year April 1.

This week will be full of both private negotiations and public sessions in Albany, where lawmakers attempt to come to a budget deal while showing significantly divergent takes on key issues - as well as central mechanisms related to the budget and policy.

With fewer than ten days left in their legislative session, lawmakers in the General Assembly are expected to finally begin budget negotiations this week.

[S] ome GOP lawmakers were exploring whether the political stalemate over funding the government could best be resolved by crafting a broader fiscal package that would include an increase in the debt ceiling... The speaker expressed optimism at the lunch that he might be able to combine the two issues to embark on broader budget negotiations with the White House and Senate Democrats.»

De Blasio made a last - minute trip to Albany on Wednesday to rally with Democratic lawmakers and progressive advocates in favor of a number of proposals currently being considered in state budget negotiations.

Washington — Budget Director Richard G. Darman last week told lawmakers that they should use the Reagan Administration's 1990 spending proposals as a starting point in budget negotiaBudget Director Richard G. Darman last week told lawmakers that they should use the Reagan Administration's 1990 spending proposals as a starting point in budget negotiabudget negotiations.

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

The Senate, however, decided to scrap hearing any House bills yesterday, a tactic frequently employed by lawmakers during the waning days of session as leaders jockey for leverage in negotiations over the state budget and other major issues.