Sentences with phrase «lawmakers said the order»

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Republicans only need a 51 - vote majority in order to slap them back on Iran, but enough GOP lawmakers have said they're uncertain about what to do with Iran that sanctions may be difficult or impossible to pass.

More than a decade after the state's highest court ordered New York lawmakers to spend billions of dollars more a year on schools, Governor Cuomo and his top aides are moving further away from ever fulfilling the order, say critics.

He said the measure didn't have anything to do with religion given the exemptions (which were crafted by Republican lawmakers in order to allow a vote on the bill in the chamber) and said it was really just another name for civil unions.

Lawmakers said they objected to furloughs but felt compelled to pass the appropriation in order to keep the government operating.

A source familiar with the situation said the WFP line is not always a boon on «reddish Staten Island,» and that some lawmakers may feel they don't need the line in order to win.

Sen. Marty Golden (R - Brooklyn) could gain ground across the water to include conservative enclaves like Breezy Point in order to protect the senior lawmaker, the source said, since one strategy behind redistricting is to protect incumbents.

Researcher Bill Mahoney says what's happening is more and more legislation is being stuffed into the budget in order to make sure lawmakers approve it without public debate.

Lawmakers said changes to the standards will be dealt with in the state budget, due Monday, in order to pre-empt the coming round of testing set for next month.

In order to find revenue sources to trim that potential deficit, Edwards called on politicians in Albany to help out, a move he said must start with better communication and partnerships between state lawmakers and local lawmakers, businesses, and even individual residents.

The judge also said that the 90 legislative days suspension was against Order 67, Rule 4 of the Senate Standing Rules which provided for a lawmaker to be suspended for only 14 legislative days.

President - elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress US ends aid for northwest Syria: report FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report MORE said the first order he'll sign as president will be to create «strong borders.»

Now he's saying he may order lawmakers back to Albany this fall if some recent cuts aren't reversed.

«I certainly plan to continue to push for an executive order, but we also need to push for legislation even if there isn't an executive order,» the lawmaker said.

Democratic Assemblyman John McDonald of Cohoes — who has balanced his political work with his family - run pharmacy — said he would like to see either the state comptroller or attorney general examine how state lawmakers earn outside income in order to see if there are conflicts.

Tuz said gun control advocates, like New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, want to see the Extreme Risk Protection Order passed by state lawmakers.

«They're willing to have an imperfect system in order to keep the money,» Bonacic said of lawmakers who support a one - year extender rather than Cuomo's NYRA bill.

As lawmakers and the governor push for a $ 15 minimum wage in New York, home care workers say New York's Medicaid spending needs to be increased in order to pay increased wages.

The semi-official ISNA news agency said all entrance and exit gates at parliament were closed and that lawmakers and reporters were ordered to remain in place inside the chamber.

Cuomo says he'll hold up passage of the state budget, if he has to, in order to get lawmakers to agree to either quit their outside jobs, or provide all details of their employment so that the public can see whether the jobs present a conflict of interest.

More than a decade after the state's highest court ordered New York lawmakers to spend billions more a year on schools, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his top aides are moving further away from ever fulfilling the order, critics say.

At the same time, the lawmakers say the tax credit measure has incentivized businesses to not hire older workers and turn to students in order to pay them the minimum wage.

Nozzolio, the Senate leader for the lawmaker - driven commission known as LATFOR, said in an interview that he hopes Cuomo and lawmakers can come to some sort of an accord on the lines in order to take it out of the hands of the judge.

«No public purpose is served by failing to adhere to the rules in order to satisfy an artificial deadline,» Marston, a lobbyist and former lawmaker said.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers should consider lowering the stakes in order to account for the flawed rollout of the Common Core standards in New York, rather than removing the test scores from the ratings altogether, King said.

New York lawmakers will soon begin holding interviews for candidates interested in being the next attorney general, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said, in an attempt to bring order to the sudden scramble for the spot.

Malloy says lawmakers need to approve the deal in order to help reduce a projected $ 5 billion deficit in the state's next two - year budget.

The lawmaker, who is presently a 3 - time member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, was said to have forged a Diploma in Business Administration of the University of Jos, dated November 1996, and falsely inserted his name as one of the graduands in the «Order of Proceedings of the 19th Combined Convocation Ceremony» of the said university held on 26th and 27th April 2002 which he presented to ICPC investigators.

The 27 - member team (oddly, the executive order that formed it says Cuomo would appoint up to 25 voting members, and it's not clear who won't be voting), includes four state lawmakers — Assemblymen Richard Gottfried and Joe Giglio and Senators Tom Duane and Kemp Hannon — as well as representatives from all over the health care sector (Ken Raske of GNYHA, 1199 — both current president George Gresham and his predecessor, Dennis Rivera, Dan Sisto of HANYS etc..)

«We are collaborating on the testing,» said Cuomo, who was in New York City to discuss with minority lawmakers his recent executive order, which gives the Attorney General special prosecutor powers in certain police - involved deaths of civilians.

The Florida Supreme Court recently ruled against state lawmakers in the Congressional map, ordering the legislature to redraw eight districts which they say favor a political party or the incumbent.

He said, «I know you are also aware of the fracas in the House of Assembly where four Lawmakers chose to be in collision with the law refusing court orders and even boasting that they will never comply with the court order.

ARB has said it would like to work with lawmakers but doesn't think legislative authority is necessary, as Brown set a target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 in an executive order last year.

As New York lawmakers hammered out the state budget Monday, state education department officials said the latest proposal would require many school districts to quickly revise their evaluation agreements with teachers unions in order to get increased school aid.

«NSBA applauds lawmakers for restoring regular order in the legislative process and working with our school boards and education stakeholders to achieve this important step towards the passage of a final bill that will modernize ESEA and facilitate greater innovation in education for school districts and states,» said Gentzel.