Sentences with phrase «lawmakers over the authority»

But by April of the following year, after facing strident resistance from lawmakers over the authority of the commission, Cuomo announced the investigation would disband after a deal was reached with legislators over a new package of ethics reforms Cuomo said obviated the need for the commission.

Not exact matches

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli doesn't believe his push to re-assert the authority of his office over state contracting and procurements is a partisan issue, given the backing of Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Legislature.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year approved a 12 - month extension for mayoral control after Mayor Bill de Blasio sought making the authority over the city education system permanent.

Cuomo in 2012 got lawmakers to remove some of the state comptroller's authority over contracts the state awards to private companies.

New Jersey lawmakers are crafting a resolution to formally oppose what they consider to be a new power play launched by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the latest wrinkle in what's become an ongoing tug of war over the resources of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

-- CU backed Gustavo Rivera over Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., saying the Bronx lawmaker has «has become a symbol for hubris, corruption and wrongdoing in the state legislature due to ongoing investigations by the attorney general and federal authorities and his leadership in bringing Senate business to a month - long halt last summer.»

Cuomo would be given vast new power over the Port Authority, including the authority to unilaterally remove and appoint commissioners, under draft legislation that has been privately circulating among Albany lawmakers tAuthority, including the authority to unilaterally remove and appoint commissioners, under draft legislation that has been privately circulating among Albany lawmakers tauthority to unilaterally remove and appoint commissioners, under draft legislation that has been privately circulating among Albany lawmakers this week.

The lobbying association for New York's newspapers is urging lawmakers to reject parts of Cuomo's proposed $ 152 billion state budget, contending the package would make some state contracts less transparent and would give the administration «virtually unconstrained authority» over public works projects.

Clean energy advocates are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to ramp up plans for large scale renewable energy beyond the $ 1.5 billion over 10 years proposed this month by the New York State Energy Resource Development Authority.

Days after upstate lawmakers expressed concerns over the Port Authority's study of a 1,500 - mile perimeter rule that restricts the distance of flights out of LaGuardia Airport, a top Delta Air Lines executive sought to soothe them in a letter to Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle.

Amidst a mounting legal battle between the city of Rye and Westchester County over proposed capital improvements to Playland, many county lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle have continued to assert the county's authority over the park's future.

Sloma expressed his consent just this week with the wish of some area lawmakers for the authority to turn over its long - vacant land on the Outer Harbor to a separate agency focused on waterfront development, like the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation.

ALBANY — Nassau County will transfer its authority to install 1,000 video slot machines to Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens in exchange for annual payments that will total at least $ 43 million over the first three years, under a provision being tucked into the state budget agreement, lawmakers said late Wednesday.

The spat between the Port Authority chair and a group of New York lawmakers over plans to build a new $ 10 billion bus terminal...

The spat between the Port Authority chair and a group of New York lawmakers over plans to build a new $ 10 billion bus terminal is going into a new round.

Lawmakers also turned aside an effort to pass a constitutional amendment that would have stripped the court of its authority over school finance and left all school funding decisions to the Legislature and governor.