Sentences with phrase «members during budget talks»
Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, who is now a senior fellow at the Demos think tank, says Silver was a master negotiator and often delivered for his members during budget talks.
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«Also, being able to take in all this information will help me and the members of our City Council delegation speak with one voice during the upcoming budget talks, which I believe is important if Queens is to get its fair share of City funding.»
Even then, Cuomo and Klein spoke of the need to win more seats in November to guarantee a «functioning majority» in which one member can't hold issues hostage like Felder did during the budget talks.
Lieut. Gov. Pierre Howard last week demanded written explanations from legislative staff members after The Associated Press broke a story on the existence of the fund, which allegedly is hidden in the budget bill and was not discussed during recent budget talks.