Sentences with phrase «legislative leaders try»

Typically in election years, legislative leaders try to avoid controversial issues, but this year may be different.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders tried to jumpstart negotiations over siting several new gambling casinos in New York.

That request came as legislative leaders tried to determine their next steps on resolving a standoff that led to an adjournment by the appropriations committee with no vote on the budget — stunning lawmakers and lobbyists.

Republican legislative leaders trying to break an 18 - day impasse over the state budget are focusing on cutting borrowing for road projects by $ 800 million, while negotiations are still going on over how to spread those reductions across the state, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday.

What message are legislative leaders trying to send by doing that?

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At the moment, everything is in flux as legislative leaders and the governor try to hammer out a special session deal that may or may not include a measure to legalize ride hailing apps outside New York City.

ALBANY — A Washington County citizen activist is suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders to try to void expansion of casino gambling approved in June.

Despite that, Cuomo and legislative leaders say they are trying to achieve some agenda items in the closing weeks of the legislative session.

The love fest following the meetings with Cuomo on Tuesday masked some of the more contentious issues the governor and legislative leaders are trying to work through, including a plan that would freeze local property tax increases.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan released a carefully worded statement this afternoon that seemed to suggest some form of the DREAM Act is very much alive as legislative leaders and the governor continue to try to hammer out a budget deal.

In the meantime, Cuomo has been meeting regularly with legislative leaders to try to get them on board.

Both moves betrayed the corrupt nature of both Espada and the legislative leaders of both parties who were trying to draw him to their side so they would have the numbers to control the Senate.

Cuomo and legislative leaders are trying to hammer out a casino deal before the session ends this week.

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.

There's a general consensus around Albany that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio got the short end of the stick in the so - called framework deal announced yesterday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders, but the mayor is trying to put a positive spin on things, saying today there's still time for things to change while the deal remains open.

Democratic and Republican legislative leaders say they are still working on trying to reach a budget deal before the June 30 deadline.

Looney says he's hoping legislative leaders will try and reach a bipartisan agreement in those two weeks much the same way they did on the original budget.

In one of the most disturbing stories pulling back the curtains on Albany's seaminess, a former leader of the New York State Assembly has been fined $ 330,000 in a shocking case of chronic and pervasive sexual abuse that his leaders tried to cover up.The State Legislative Ethics Commission hit former Assemblyman Vito Lopez with what is...

The Republican request came shortly before top legislative leaders met with Malloy for two hours to try to end the longest - running budget stalemate in Connecticut history.

Will they try to get involved in a Democratic primary, denounce labor leaders or defend their own legislative record?

They pointed to the impending glut of corruption cases that former New York officials will appear in during the next six months — two of Cuomo's former top aides will be tried, former legislative leaders Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver will each reappear in a courthouse after their prior convictions were overturned on technicalities, and former state Sen. George Maziarz stands accused of hiding the destination of his campaign funds several years ago.

So, by last weekend, Malloy — vowing to veto the plan that passed because it cuts UConn too deeply, leaves Hartford facing bankruptcy and doesn't add up on the revenue side — gathered with legislative leaders in emergency sessions to try to get this done, right?

Last year the legislative leaders in both houses were tried and convicted on federal corruption charges.

The governor says he's been talking to legislative leaders for months, trying to reach an agreement that they can all live with, but so far has been unsuccessful.

The schedule called for the New York State Legislature to be home for the summer by this week, but lawmakers are still in Albany as legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo try to reach agreement on a number of major issues, including making the 2 percent tax cap permanent, and changes to the charter school limit.

Legislative leaders wrote memos to their members, saying they believe Cuomo is using the tactic to try to coerce or threaten lawmakers into agreeing to the governor's ethics reform package.

We don't really know what the problem is that the governor and the legislative leaders are trying to solve, but this legislation will do nothing to respond to the corruption identified by the U.S. Attorney's Office.»

Legislative leaders from both parties have said they are prepared to resume negotiations to try and reach a consensus budget before October 1.

HARTFORD — Flanked by family members of Newtown massacre victims and the legislative leaders who spent months trying to respond to their tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a sweeping gun - control bill Thursday whose big provisions — such as a strengthened assault weapons ban — took effect with the stroke of his pen.

«Legislative leaders and the administration are trying to complete the budget and get to a number that puts us in balance,» Sharkey said.

Hospital executives, already challenging the rising taxes and Medicaid cuts foisted by Malloy and lawmakers in June, are likely to remain unhappy with the outcome, although some legislative leaders are trying to restore Malloy's September cuts to hospital funding, totaling about $ 60 million.

05-14-13... Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, who presides over senate, is urging the governor and legislative leaders to try to grow the gun manufacturing sector, in part thru filed bills which declare federal gun control laws unenforceable in Missouri and which give businesses tax incentives to gun manufacturers to relocate to Missouri Ozarks First

Republican legislative leaders said if the situation between the superintendent and the State Board didn't improve, they'd consider stripping Ritz of her power to chair the Board — and they tried.

McCrory and his education advisor, Guckian, say they are trying to work with legislative leaders on the legislation that would nix the standards.

If, as they say, legislative leaders were trying only to help «shine a bright light» on schools that are not meeting the academic needs of students, why on earth did they fail to adjust their grading criteria to be fair to schools that exist to keep failing students from dropping out?

But legislative leaders have been trying to tamp down expectations that the state will be flush with enough cash to replenish the $ 11 billion slashed from public schools, colleges, hospitals and more.

This legislative goal is one that had been recommended for many years by AAMFT and is one that our association leaders and members have tried to pass in earlier years.