Sentences with phrase «legislative leaders about»

He said he plans to talk with legislative leaders about possible funding for a replacement building.

On its face, the lawsuit is about a letter the State Board sent to legislative leaders about Indiana's A-F accountability system.

Governor Cuomo has been talking behind the scenes with legislative leaders about a possible reform package that could be voted on in the New Year.

On a parallel track, the governor confirmed that he's talking with legislative leaders about a reform package that could change campaign finance laws.

A story in this morning's New York Times suggested that his aides are also in talks with legislative leaders about some sort of legislative package, something which spokespeople did not deny.

He indicated that he remains engaged in discussions with legislative leaders about the future of the program, but said he remains skeptical anything can be done before the session ends.

The governor says he is continuing to talk to legislative leaders about a constitutional amendment to ensure that next time the lines are drawn, in 2022, they will be done in a fairer manner.

He said he plans to talk with legislative leaders about possible funding for a replacement building.

Not exact matches

Flanked by legislative leaders and dozens of lawmakers, Sandoval presented a Nevada license plate with «TESLA» to Diarmuid O'Connell, Tesla's vice president for business development who helped pick the site at an industrial park along Interstate 80 about 15 miles east of Sparks.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio took his time to schmooze with legislative leaders at the Capitol during his State of the State visit, saying: «With all due respect to Mayor Bloomberg, this is about showing respect for the leadership in Albany, and I think he often failed to do that.»

I've spoken to a number of business leaders, legislative staffers and special interest types who are all talking about how unusually secretive this process has been.

Gov. David Paterson said he thinks the Democratic legislative leaders are being overly optimistic about how close they are to a budget deal (Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver put them at a «three» on the 1 - to - 10 doneness scale, with 1 being darn near over), and reiterated his June 28 - or - else threat.

After roundly castigating fellow Democrats and Republicans alike during his announcement speech yesterday and proposing a host of policy positions that seemed tailor - made to get under the speaker's skin, Cuomo today dodged the question about Silver, (the longest - serving legislative leader in Albany), saying it's not his place to determine who leads either house.

But what is striking about the association's filing is its generosity not just to legislative leaders (Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has been reluctant to support gambling, received $ 4,100) but also to rank - and - file members.

In fact, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders uncharacteristically have said virtually nothing about the program (in public) since its inception two years ago.

Throughout the existence of the program, created in 2013, Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders have been uncharacteristically silent about its purposes.

Here's quintessential Albany finger - pointing moment in which Senate Minority Leader Dean Shelos, while being grilled by reporters about whether he really is willing to risk a government shutdown, seeks to blame Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for the Capitol's dsysfunction, noting he's the longest - serving legislative leader still in oLeader Dean Shelos, while being grilled by reporters about whether he really is willing to risk a government shutdown, seeks to blame Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for the Capitol's dsysfunction, noting he's the longest - serving legislative leader still in oleader still in office.

It appears unlikely at this moment that a campaign finance deal will be reached between Cuomo and legislative leaders before the WFP meets to consider the endorsement, which means activists will be asked to trust that the governor can deliver — something about which they have grown wary after four - plus years of lip service on this issue and very little actual movement.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo struck a conciliatory tone during his post-leaders meeting press conference, saying he and the majority conference legislative leaders — who were standing on either side of him at the time — remain «optimistic» about an on - time budget (give or take a few days).

«I think you guys seemed more concerned about the 30 - day amendments,» Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters after a legislative leaders meeting with the governor.

Both legislative leaders said yesterday that her proposals are a template from which to re-start negotiations, although there is a school of thought — one particularly of concern to black and Latino leaders in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan — that Mann's lines will end up standing, since they allow the majorities in both the Senate and Assembly to punt on hard decisions about whose district to eliminate and how.

Then in mid March, legislative leaders revealed that they had been talking with the governor about extending an income tax surcharge on millionaires that was scheduled to expire in 2014.

At one point in talking about procedures, legislature chairman Fred Wadnola suggested it might be a good idea for legislative leaders and the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee to sit in on executive budget preparation.

According to my source, they're very concerned about losing the leadership post, which has gone to a black senator since November 2002 when David Paterson ousted then - Senate Minority Leader Marty Connor (a white Brooklynite) became the first non-white elected to lead a legislative conference in New York history and the highest - ranking black elected official in New York.

A number of lawmakers have made clear to legislative leaders that's about the time they will be leaving to get home for the start of Passover or Good Friday.

Governor Cuomo confirms that he and legislative leaders are talking about changing the state's newly enacted gun laws to rescind a ban on the sale of 10 bullet magazines.

If you want to know what legislative leaders said Wednesday about their ongoing budget negotiations with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, copy and paste what they said on Tuesday.

Cuomo also talked a bit about the «dramatic» ethics reform he's working on with legislative leaders, although he didn't offer much in the way of details on that, other than to say: «Is dramatic reform hard to accept and hard to pass?

ALBANY — Legislative leaders continue to talk with Gov. Andrew Cuomo about a «grand plan» to renew mayoral control of New York City schools, reauthorize sales taxes around the state and, possibly, increase the number of charter schools.

The governor and legislative leaders skipped the traditional end of session news conference and announced the deal in a press release, avoiding any questions about the demise of the proposals to make bigger changes to address corruption.

If the governor and state legislative leaders are really serious about curbing corruption, then they should prioritize meaningful reform next year — especially as two of the governor's former aides are scheduled go to trial on charges related to bribery and bid - rigging some of the state's keystone economic development projects

Specific details about the salary increases and the package of «people's business,» which Cuomo and legislative leaders say are the topic of private discussions, have not emerged.

Mohawk Valley leaders were bullish about the region's economy at a recent legislative forum in Utica.

State lawmakers will have to disclose more details about their outside earnings and business relationships under new ethics laws agreed to by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders.

Legislative leaders in Albany did not respond to requests for comment about the Port Authority legislation.

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

Nassau County legislative leaders talk about a new law proposed by majority Republicans on Monday, May 1, 2017, that would bar individuals convicted of felonies involving public corruption from running for county office or holding a county - appointed board or commission seat.

The two trials laid bare many of the secrets the commission might have uncovered — with testimony about the vast, almost unilateral power exercised by legislative leaders, the way powerful real estate interests dole out campaign contributions, legal referrals and jobs to line politicians» pockets and maintain access, and how money is hidden by evading disclosure laws and funneling it through relatives, law firms and title fees.

The most recent person with any clout to take an interest in this mess was John McKinney, the former Senate minority leader, who seemed serious about creating a real legislative ethics code with teeth.

ALBANY — In January, about a month after both of New York's onetime legislative leaders were convicted of abusing their public offices for private gain, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unfurled a slate of proposals aimed at restoring the «public trust.»

Still, Cuomo said there are differences with the Legislature, too, when asked about negotiating under the legislative leadership of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, both of whom were ousted amid corruption convictions.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are talking about creating a commission to craft a teacher evaluation system — a signal the governor is giving ground on another of his top budget priorities.

The state's top legislative leaders met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo for about an hour on Thursday morning as the legislative session winds down.

Krueger said legislative leaders still couldn't provide answers about the future of the state's Tenant Protection Unit, and whether the deal would curb some of office's power to bring court cases against bad landlords.

On Monday during a conference call about the storm plans, a Cuomo aide interjected when a reporter asked the governor about Bharara's legacy (which includes upending state government through his prosecutions of the former legislative leaders, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver).

The script that played out over the last seven days in Albany was a familiar one: A legislative leader is arrested, his allies deny he'll resign, he angrily brushes aside questions about his future, tries to strike a deal and, in the end, steps aside for new blood.

Democratic congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi said they accepted the president's invitation to meet about year - end legislative priorities.

Look for lots of talk about agenda setting and wiping the slate clean from a difficult 2015 that was marked by high profile corruption convictions of two former legislative leaders.

When asked Thursday about areas of agreement, the top legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly both pointed to funding wages for direct care workers.

But the most serious discussions weren't happening between between Cuomo and legislative leaders, who did not hold any face - to - face meetings this weekend and said nothing about an hour - long conversation on Friday.