Sentences with phrase «lawmakers say the plan»

Colleges are eager for more details on the Tax Free NY proposal from Cuomo, while a Democratic lawmaker says the plan has a lot of unanswered questions.

Not exact matches

President Donald Trump told lawmakers he would support a 25 - cent increase in the federal gasoline tax to pay for his plan to upgrade U.S. public infrastructure, a congressional aide said.

«The battleground has shifted to the legal courts and the court of public opinion,» he said, referring to lawsuits filed by tribes and an effort planned by the Lakota People's Law Project to rally lawmakers and others in Washington, D.C., to their cause.

Two major groups who carry some sway with conservative lawmakers — the Club for Growth and Heritage Action for America — said the Boehner plan failed to address the fiscal mess and they urged members to contact lawmakers and express their opposition.

WASHINGTON, March 23 - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said he shares the concerns of U.S. lawmakers about espionage threats from Chinese smartphone maker Huawei Technologies Co and plans to take «proactive steps» to ensure the integrity of the U.S. communications supply chain.

Trump's announcement Friday that he would unveil a tax plan this week caught lawmakers by surprise, despite regular conversations among Mnuchin, Cohn and congressional leaders, said a congressional aide.

«Given the opposition from Republican lawmakers and trading partners, there is speculation that Trump may not be able to force through the plan,» said Soichiro Monji, chief strategist at Daiwa SB Investments.

U.S. and South Korean wartime operational plans, including a plan to wipe out the North Korean leadership, were stolen by North Korean hackers last year, a South Korean ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday.

One reason some lawmakers said they would not support this specific replacement plan was that, had it passed, 14 million people who currently have coverage would lose it by 2018, according to an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.

The market is now focused on US lawmakers» ability to push forward a tax reform plan that is said to benefit big companies.

The students plan to hold a rally Wednesday in hopes that it will put pressure on the state's Republican - controlled Legislature to consider a sweeping package of gun - control laws, something some GOP lawmakers said Monday they would consider.

Mr. Collins, the British lawmaker, said he planned to call Alexander Nix, the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica, to return to Parliament and answer questions about testimony last month in which he claimed that the company never obtained or used Facebook data.

Bratton said he is «open» to supporting Cuomo's police reform plans — a change from the message he sent to state lawmakers on Wednesday when he said the NYPD has «sufficient levels» of oversight.

The congressman said he believes as the health care reform conversation continues, his proposal could emerge as a middle ground to the more extreme plans being pushed at the moment by lawmakers on both the left and the right.

As state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo continue to sort out an extension of the now lapsed rent control laws in New York City, Senate Republicans say they have no plans to leave town after passing their own eight - year extension of the program.

Lawmakers complained this year that Cuomo once again included more issue - laden provisions they said had little to do with crafting a fiscal plan for the state.

Gov. David Paterson called the Democrat & Chronicle editorial board on his way back from Washington, DC yesterday and said he'll drag lawmakers into a special session if they don't come up with an FMAP contingency plan.

Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday backed a plan that would provide health insurance to all New Yorkers — a proposal they say is necessary as Republicans in Washington move to repeal the Affordable Care Act

But state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, New York's chief bean counter, said during a CapTon interview last night that he doesn't believe state lawmakers will be forced to return to the Capitol prior to the January start of the 2018 session if Congress reaches a deal in the coming weeks on averting reductions to the Disproportionate Share Hospital payments and Children's Health Insurance Plan.

Gov. David Paterson said earlier today that he will ask state lawmakers not to depart Albany midweek as planned and instead remain at the Capitol in hopes of hammering out a deal on the 2010 - 2011 state budget, which is now almost two full weeks late.

Scharff says Citizen Action and other groups will begin talking to lawmakers to persuade them to sign on the Cuomo's plan.

«The continuation of this temporary board is now raising serious concerns about its ability to make the necessary long - term decisions and planning that are essential for the continued success and stability of the horse racing industry,» state lawmakers said in a letter to Cuomo.

Lawmakers said they could start voting on the more than $ 150 billion spending plan on Monday.

As Massachusetts plans to start sales this fall, and other states debate legalization, fewer lawmakers are looking at her like she is crazy, she said.

Lawmakers are already questioning the tuition plan, saying Cuomo's estimate of a $ 163 million a year cost to the state appears low.

He ticked off the list of things he felt the Assembly and Senate has failed to do, including two of Gov. David Paterson's policy proposals — a property tax cap (which Cuomo also supports, albeit at a more stringent level) and an FMAP contingency plan — and said voters would be correct if they hold lawmakers responsible for the lack of action in Albany this year.

Cuomo has said he would not want to call lawmakers back to Albany for a special session without a firm plan in place for the Legislature to vote on.

Police commissioner Bill Bratton said Thursday he is «open» to supporting Governor Andrew Cuomo's police reform plans, a change from the message he sent to state lawmakers on Wednesday when he said the NYPD has «sufficient levels» of oversight.

In a letter to Mental Health Commissioner Ann Marie Sullivan, more than a half - dozen local lawmakers from Manhattan and The Bronx say they oppose the plan by NewYork - Presbyterian to «de-certify» all 30 in - patient psychiatric beds at its Allen Hospital, in Inwood.

But the Legislature failed to act on a controversial Paterson plan that would have provided $ 6 million to open the parks, but included what lawmakers said was a poison pill that would have cut other environmental initiatives.

De Blasio, during a visit to Albany for an annual gathering of minority lawmakers, said he had not reviewed the details of the Assembly's plan but supported its goal of a more progressive tax system.

Cuomo has said he would hold up an agreement on the state budget if lawmakers fail to compromise on new ethics legislation in the spending plan.

Rayburn has said OTB will run out cash very quickly — some time in December — if lawmakers don't approve the restructuring plan that has been agreed to by most, albeit not all, of the stakeholders (unions, creditors, etc., although the horsemen, in particular, aren't thrilled).

To do that, Cuomo is proposing a five - point plan that starts with what he said would be the strongest campaign disclosure rules in the nation — including revealing client lists from outside businesses, which he said are not protected, as lawmakers have claimed in court.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the chamber's majority Democrats take «major issue» with Cuomo's plan to withhold a boost in school funding until lawmakers agree to reforms to the state's education system.

(Most of New York's Democratic lawmakers plan to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address before Congress next month, which some Democrats have said they'll boycott because they see it as an end run around the White House.

Minority lawmakers in both chambers have been speaking out about the Senate's plan, which they say disenfranchises black and Latino voters all over the state, but particularly in NYC, on Long Island and in the Rochester and Buffalo areas.

By late afternoon, lawmakers began making plans to hunker down, including reserving hotel rooms, with many strolling the hallways of the Capitol saying they weren't sure how long they would remain.

The Cohoes lawmaker said the only remaining major areas of disagreement were the specifics of the college affordability plan and Cuomo's shared - services mandate scheme.

«That's allowing waste to be dumped into rivers and streams and in the same month, she accepted the River Keeper Award out in the St. Lawrence,» Wilson said, referring to an award given by a nonprofit for the lawmaker's work to support Plan 2014, a plan to modify water levels on Lake OntaPlan 2014, a plan to modify water levels on Lake Ontaplan to modify water levels on Lake Ontario.

The lawmaker said there has been no movement since GOP leadership cancelled a planned vote before the holiday recess.

While the governor is clearly going big on infrastructure - with plans that could total $ 100 billion in costs, according to his office - he has promised to lead with ethics as lawmakers continue to fall to corruption convictions, trust in Albany is low, and New Yorkers say Cuomo has not done enough to clean up state government.

Ryan, who along with some other area lawmakers pressed to undo the Cuomo plan, said some 100 projects have been completed in Buffalo and Niagara Falls areas over the years — with two - thirds of those in the city of Buffalo.

Flanagan said lawmakers still plan to adjourn for the year on Wednesday.

He said lawmakers would be on track to pass a plan that allows the government to be funded for three weeks.

The governor's plan to use about a third of this year's settlement money for toll credits has come under fire from lawmakers and outside critics, some who say an operation once flush with revenue shouldn't be subsidizing tolls with a one - time pot of money.

Earlier this week, lawmakers said they were discussing a plan to ask the Board of Regents to develop the new rating system.

Republican Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi said she would have voted for the bill but changed her mind and abstained after the state Planned Parenthood declined to «open its books» so lawmakers could see how it spends its money.

Cuomo is proposing a five - point plan, including public financing of campaigns, full and complete disclosure of lawmakers» outside income, and reform of the legislative per diem system where the governor says lawmakers come to Albany just to make money through the daily expense payments.

ALBANY — A new type of assessment system could be in the works for New York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in mind.