Sentences with phrase «legislators on the appropriations»

Democrat legislators on the appropriations committee made several attempts yesterday to increase funding for specific programs and agencies within the bill.

Not exact matches

The Democratic governor told Fred Dicker on Talk - 1300 AM this morning that he still plans to put pension savings into his emergency budget appropriation should legislators fail to pass his budget.

Armed with a full understanding of how this scandal came to be, rank - and - file legislators (and the people who elect them) can make informed choices on the various issues that radiate from this scandal, such as assigning responsibility, choosing legislative leaders, and making annual budget appropriations to pay off the debt.

ALBANY — The stopgap budget approved Monday by legislators not only keeps the state government operating, it also includes nearly $ 1.8 billion in appropriations for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development projects — and no additional controls on such spending, despite months of legislative belly - aching.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — On Monday, July 17, 2017 The Westchester County Board of Legislators Budget and Appropriations Committee, Chaired by Legislator Sheila Marcotte (R) Eastchester, New Rochelle, Tuckahoe, received the Comprehensive Annual Financ

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. requested the supplemental appropriation be allocated last month, and the Board of Legislators approved the measure on Wednesday.

Scant few legislators made their way to the historic old appropriations hearing room on the third floor of the Capitol Thursday to hear Gov. Dannel P. Malloy say he's not seeking a third term.

Jenkins has served as Chair of Government & Operations, Chair of Internal Controls and Procedures, Vice-Chair of Budget & Appropriations and has served on the Committees on Community Services; Public Safety & Security; Generational, Cultural and Ethnic Diversity; and Legislation for The Westchester County Board of Legislators.

Top legislators announced Wednesday that they will miss a key appropriations committee deadline Thursday without a deal on the budget.

The additions and deletions decided in those private caucus meetings were presented to the Republican legislators just prior to the actual votes on the changes in the Budget and Appropriations Committee (for the additions, only 20 minutes prior to the actual vote), and we were denied the necessary time to do our due diligence, conduct a proper review of the changes and suggest additional modifications.

The Republican legislators all voted to block this wasteful spending at the Budget and Appropriations Committee, as every Democratic legislator on the committee voted for it.

Boykin, who has a more than 40 - year - long background in financial consulting, has been a member of the Board of Legislators since 2014 and has served as the vice chairman for the Committee on Budget and Appropriations.

While the bill is still awaiting approval in three separate committees — Budget and Appropriations, Legislation, and Public Safety and Social Services — the Democratic Caucus is pushing for the committees to approve the proposal in order to move forward on a late night vote of the full 17 - member county Board of Legislators on Monday, July 17.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

The bill is being voted on in the Appropriations Committee and it is critical that legislators hear from you about opposing it.