Sentences with phrase «need state lawmakers»

At the same time, the county governments need state lawmakers to extend sales taxes and other local tax issues, which had been packaged with a mayoral control bill approved by the Democratic - led Assembly in May.

We need State Lawmakers to assist their local taxpayers and provide mandate relief, and dedicate bank settlement funds to local roads and water projects.»

Not exact matches

School administrators and state lawmakers have realized that a mass shooting can happen in any community, in any school, at any time, and that they need to be prepared if it happens.

Because of the surprising nature of the rollout, the administration wasn't able to notify senior officials in multiple federal agencies, State Department officials who needed to notify other countries of the drastic measures, or lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

We need stories from all fifty states to tell lawmakers: your constituents matter, and we want discrimination against LGBTQ children, youth, and parents to end.

House Speaker Paul Ryan went on the offensive against high - tax states like California, New York and New Jersey, even though disgruntled GOP lawmakers from those states need to be brought on board to support the $ 6 trillion tax overhaul.

«My hair is red, but I have considered setting it on fire to demonstrate the urgency,» Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan told state lawmakers, referring to the capital city's need for $ 12.5 million to close its budget gap this year.

Gallivan also doubts whether lawmakers need to act on strengthening oversight of local jails, saying such power exists now at the state level.

The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwumi Ambode, who declared the joint working retreat of the federal lawmakers open, said there was need to fix the 1999 constitution before the 2019 election.

«It is unfortunate that the Governor's appointees to the New York State Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation once again felt the need to demand legislative action in exchange for an increase in compensation,» the lawmakers said.

Even if lawmakers do not include a complete congestion pricing plan in the state budget, due March 31, they could approve funding so work can start on the infrastructure that will be needed once all sides agree.

So lawmakers are warning the state needs to be careful in making too many spending promises, vowing to scrutinize the governor's proposals.

State Democratic lawmakers are reminding voters that they don't need photo identification to vote on today.

Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who was elected in 2016 running on an anti-corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not involved in either the Silver or Skelos cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.

The signatures are in: 16,199 of them — twice as many as needed to initiate the first recall election of a state lawmaker in Colorado history.

A retiring Wisconsin lawmaker says the state's rural roads are badly in need of repairs.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, which collaborated on the story, says Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers need to «crack the ship» to get the clean ups finished faster and should hold public hearings and if necessary, pass new laws to achieve that.

For state lawmakers and some budget hawks, START - UP New York is a controversial economic development program in need of scrutiny.

State lawmakers have questioned START - UP NY's effectiveness and whether a new economic development plan is needed.

Warren says her city has already laid off workers and consolidated services, now, she says, state lawmakers need to start adding funding this year to Assistance for Municipalities or AIM aid, to address her city's inequities.

The attention needs to be on the private efforts by lawmakers to influence the executive branch on awarding state contracts.

For most of the state's history, voters needed to approve every increase in lawmakers» salaries.

But in order for sugar kelp to be farmed in Peconic Bay and Sound waters — where many of the state's aquaculture farms are located — state and county lawmakers need to make regulatory changes to allow it.

It's looking less and less likely that state Senators and Assemblymembers will get a pay raise as a holiday present this year, but Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers still have a number of issues they need to resolve before the year ends, ranging from the siting of gambling casinos to how to close a Thruway deficit and whether to go ahead with hydro - fracking.

Leaders of state - level education organizations have estimated that lawmakers need to approve an overall aid increase of $ 1.7 billion just to meet payroll raises and other expenses and to keep school programs running at current levels.

The lawmakers said the platforms allow low - cost services that have led to growth in many technology - based businesses «that have created much - needed jobs, tax revenue, and economic development opportunities throughout our state.»

The Commissioner also told lawmakers that the state's diverse array of pre-kindergarten programs need to be consolidated, and she stuck by the Regents call for $ 2.4 billion more for schools in the budget, along with ending a cap on funds to some schools known as the Gap Elimination Adjustment.

The state already faces a projected $ 1.7 billion structural deficit, so Cuomo and lawmakers would need to potentially come up with $ 3.7 billion from other parts of the budget, if they want to enact all of the tax commission's recommendations.

It needs approval by state lawmakers.

The upcoming battle is reflected on this list by the presence of Albany - centric lawmakers, who the mayor will need to get his affordable housing plan off the ground; real estate industry players, who will no doubt have their deep - pocketed say in the legislative skirmish to come; and the city officials who will lobby hard for tenant - friendly rent laws in the state capital, or cut a few deals that alienate their progressive base.

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele said on Wednesday that a defeated referendum testing the public's support for a $ 60 - a-year wheel tax should show state lawmakers that local governments simply can't be left to fend for themselves when they need more money for their transportation budgets.

Lawmakers are expected to return to Albany in the coming weeks because the Senate left without passing a $ 1 billion tax bill needed to complete the state's $ 135.7 billion budget.

For lawmakers to truly curb government spending across New York State they need to get public school teacher and administrator salaries, as well as the five - and six - figure payouts many of them receive upon retiring, back into the realm of what's normal for middle - income earners.

Ellen Schimitz of Connecticut Voices for Children says reinterpreting the cap allows state lawmakers to prioritize immediate needs.

Currently, lawmakers only need to identify their clients if they represent them before state government and received more than $ 10,000 a year from them.

New Yorkers will soon get a chance to decide whether to hold a constitutional convention in New York — but some government reform groups say some major changes need to be made first — including banning double dipping by state lawmakers who might become delegates.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement Monday evening reacting to the guilty verdict in the Sheldon Silver corruption case hinted at yet another ethics legislation push, calling on state lawmakers to «take seriously the need for reform.»

Environmental groups and city officials denounced the State Legislature's decision saying it would lead to another year of bags contributing to waste and pollution, but state lawmakers argued more time was needed to study the financial impact of the fee on low income residState Legislature's decision saying it would lead to another year of bags contributing to waste and pollution, but state lawmakers argued more time was needed to study the financial impact of the fee on low income residstate lawmakers argued more time was needed to study the financial impact of the fee on low income residents.

With the session ending Thursday, state lawmakers need to hash out bills to give motorists insurance coverage to haul passengers booking trips on apps around the state.

Despite Libous's conviction and the broader concerns about ethics in Albany following a string of high - profile arrests of state lawmakers, Akshar does not believe there needs to be a special session to consider new laws combating corruption.

State regulators on Monday once again defended a plan to bolster nuclear power in New York, telling a panel of Assembly lawmakers a subsidy is needed to help shift the state to a low - carbon fuState regulators on Monday once again defended a plan to bolster nuclear power in New York, telling a panel of Assembly lawmakers a subsidy is needed to help shift the state to a low - carbon fustate to a low - carbon future.

In a letter to Cuomo, the lawmakers wrote the need for an openly gay judge on the state's highest court is especially important given the concerns over the civil rights policies of the new Trump administration in Washington.

Noting that Goje, a former governor of Gombe State, and some other lawmakers transited from the executive arm of government to the legislative arm, Fashola said, «It seems that it is such people who need a behavioural prescription about legislative function.»

Governor Andrew Cuomo stated that he is ready to sign the Child Safe Products Act to protect our kids if it gets to his desk this legislative session — now all we need is the support of elected officials like you,» the letter to lawmakers states.

In addition, Horner said, the AG, who is responsible for regulating nonprofit organizations, needs to conduct a «thorough review» to determine if other entities are «controlled» by state lawmakers.

Upon Cuomo's pledge this month to chip in $ 8.3 billion to the MTA's modernization plan, upstate lawmakers began citing the needs of roads and bridges in their communities, hoping to have a shot at state funding for those improvements during the next budget process.

It's looking less and less likely that state Senators and Assemblymembers will get a pay raise as a holiday present this year, but Governor Cuomo and lawmakers still have a number of issues they need to resolve before the year ends.

At a conference on the state's infrastructure, sponsored by a think tank, participants said there are deep needs, and they warn lawmakers not to spend the money frivolously.

In one of many terse exchanges between lawmakers and Howard Zemsky, head of Economic State Development, Assemblyman Harry Bronson (D - Rochester) told Zemsky, «I think we need to be punitive when we're not meeting the benchmark.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The stalemate over New York's tardy state budget took a new turn Tuesday when lawmakers insisted they had a deal on a new spending plan, only to be dismissed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who insisted there is no need to rush.