Sentences with phrase «legislative pay raise in»

Many lawmakers are in no hurry to work with the governor, still holding him responsible for blocking their first legislative pay raise in nearly 20 years last fall.

The state's chief judge, Janet DiFiore, has declined to serve on a commission that will consider enacting the first executive and legislative pay raises in 20 years.

The state's chief judge has declined to serve on a commission that will consider enacting the first executive and legislative pay raises in 20 years.

Not exact matches

Strike organizers called for an end to the walkout Thursday after a dramatic all - night legislative session resulted in a 20 percent pay raise by 2020.

Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson says the reason the public doesn't support a legislative pay raise is because people are «ignorant... in terms of really being educated about what their legislators really do.»

The conventional wisdom around the Capitol has been that the Republicans are more likely to return AFTER the fall — perhaps some time in December — to address the minimum wage increase, perhaps connected in some way to a legislative pay raise.

Cuomo's office in recent days has been trying to resurrect a potential special legislative session that would pave the way for the first lawmaker pay raise since 1999, legislators on both sides of the aisle said.

A pay raise wasn't to be had this legislative session, but I don't think it's going to make or break an individual if they get an extra amount of money in lieu of a pay raise,» said Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, meanwhile, insisted in a statement — as he has done repeatedly — that no measures should be linked to a legislative pay raise.

Assembly Democrats were able to insert a provision into the budget to create a legislative pay commission to examine whether to raise the legislative salary — now $ 79,500 — for the first time in nearly two decades.

In Albany's own version of Groundhog Day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are still keeping open the possibility of a special session before the year ends that could include legalizing ride - sharing services statewide and a pay raise for lawmakers.

The GOP leader charged that Cuomo was ducking lawmakers after scuttling their hopes to see a legislative pay raise before the end of 2016: «He insulted them in December... and he's going to have a hard time repairing his relationship.»

But, government reform groups are in favor of the pay raise, as long as it is accompanied by reforms — including banning or severely restricting outside income (which factored into the corruption convictions of two former legislative leaders), and eliminating extra stipends for committee chairs and leadership posts.

Sen. Eric Adams, who drew widespread criticism for his «show me the money» speech on the Senate floor in 2007 while debating a legislative pay raise, has shelved his call for a salary boost — at least for the time being.

Senate Republicans last year balked at returning in December for a special session that would have helped pave the way for the first legislative pay raise since 1999.

In Albany's own version of Groundhog Day, Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York legislative leaders are still keeping open the possibility of a special session before the year ends that could include legalizing Uber statewide and a pay raise for lawmakers.

ALBANY — Despite having previously praised an ethics deal enacted by the Legislature in June, Gov. Cuomo will not support a legislative pay raise unless the Legislature agrees to more comprehensive reforms, an aide said Sunday.

Lawmakers speaking privately and on background say they back Silver, though many fear this could hurt their chances of receiving a legislative pay raise later in the year — a prospect that was already deeply opposed by voters.

Stonewalling a pay raise over the issue might increase the odds that the problem gets solved, but it could be to the detriment of the members who rely solely on their legislative pay, many of whom are minorities who live in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods where costs of living have soared since the last increase.

Lawmakers last received a pay raise in 1999, while many earn more from legislative leadership stipends.

In the statement, Azzopardi called out Skoufis by name, and attributed his skepticism to sour grapes over the failed legislative pay raise.

Perhaps it would be easier for the governor to fill the increasing number of vacancies in his administration if he and legislative leaders reach a pay raise deal.

Cuomo's comments came after a dust up last week on the commission examining salaries in the legislative, judicial and executive branches in state government over whether legislators were making a clear enough argument for a pay raise.

There's talk lawmakers could return to Albany for a special session in December, though there have been no formal negotiations to speak of, and Cuomo hasn't yet made clear what — if anything — he's willing to trade legislative leaders in exchange for signing off on a pay raise.

Externally, the Legislature will be facing a governor recently re-elected to a second term who pushed a hard line in negotiations over a legislative pay raise.

Negotiations over a state legislative pay raise are set to go down to the wire next week with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature facing off in a game of political hardball.

As for whether the budget would be late, Cuomo suggested lawmakers would not be deserved a pay raise — to be decided by a pay commission with a mix of executive, judicial and legislative appointees — if a spending plan is not approved in a timely fashion.

In doing so, he revived a package of reforms he unsuccessfully pushed in December during a failed attempt for a special legislative session that would have paved the way for a legislative pay raisIn doing so, he revived a package of reforms he unsuccessfully pushed in December during a failed attempt for a special legislative session that would have paved the way for a legislative pay raisin December during a failed attempt for a special legislative session that would have paved the way for a legislative pay raise.

Silver and Skelos have talked about the possibility of enacting a legislative pay raise — which would be the first in 16 years.

That kind of money in the pipeline would trigger gleeful ribbon - cuttings all over the state and perhaps some justification for a legislative pay raise for lawmakers who voted for it.

[55] In 1998, Pataki prevailed upon the Legislature to pass a charter school law by threatening to veto a legislative pay raise if the bill was not passed.

A legislative committee has scheduledFive groups of unionized state workers that negotiated their pay raises with Gov. Scott Walker's administration are poised to receive the same 1 percent raise that non-union workers got in July.a meeting to vote on proposed contracts for five smaller Wisconsin unions.

There's also a clips of Sen. Eric Adam's infamous «show me the money» speech on the floor of the Senate back in December 2007 during a debate over legislative pay raises.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office, meanwhile, has communicated to the legislative leadership in the two houses that a pay raise would be off the table next year if a budget isn't approved by the April 1 deadline, according to a source with direct knowledge of those conversations.

Cuomo, of course, has sought to use the pay raise issue as leverage before, most notably when he sought to hold a special session in late 2016, linking the agenda to the approval of a salary increase by a commission studying legislative and executive pay.

«A pay raise wasn't to be had this legislative session, but I don't think it's going to make or break an individual if they get an extra amount of money in lieu of a pay raise.

Where he traded a reduction in pension benefits for the ability to draw legislative districts and authorized the state's first charter schools in exchange for a pay raise.

The two legislative leaders declined to attend any of the six State of the State events, expressing their displeasure at the governor for interfering in the work of an independent commission that would have given lawmakers pay raises for the first time in years and then leveraging ethics reform to consider a special legislative session in December.

Ethics in government, big money political corruption, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's culpability, yea or nay on legislative pay raises, are all part of one big sticky ball of garbage with so many points of contact between individuals and issues it's impossible to tease them apart.

On the 10th, we'll hear all about legislative pay raises, or not, and on the 23rd the eagerly awaited indictments are finally due for most of those involved in the biggest state corruption scandal in memory.

But it is politically embarrassing, and anything law enforcement comes up with, whether actionable or not, will keep the issue in the headlines and remind voters for months of a seamy arrangement that looks suspiciously like an end run around legislative pay raises for a chosen few.

A much - discussed plan for a special legislative session in Albany to deliberate whether state lawmakers» pay should be raised and consider a host of other issues is off the table, after an announcement late Friday that negotiations had come up short.

Whereas in the state, the pay commission's recommendations for legislative pay raises will automatically become law and go into effect for the next class of lawmakers, on January 1, 2017, unless the Legislature specifically votes against the increases.

In recent meetings, the pay panel has appeared to be deadlocked over the question of recommending legislative raises.

Signaling that schools will be a top priority during the upcoming legislative session, Ducey outlined plans for an education - heavy agenda, including statewide teacher pay raises, increased spending on all - day kindergarten, and a $ 1,000 signing bonus for new teachers who take jobs in low - income districts.

(Texas) With a statewide strike among Oklahoma teachers looming, lawmakers in Texas signaled this week that increasing teacher pay — possibly by tying raises to performance — will be a priority during the next Legislative session.

Berger touts the Republican lead effort to raise teacher pay and spending on education during a press conference at the Legislative Building on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett