Sentences with phrase «new legislative session»

A brand new year, and a brand new legislative session, though — like last year — we'll be getting a delayed start, thanks to the Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to again merge his State of the State and budget addresses into one gigantic mega-speech, to be delivered on Jan. 13.

A day before the start of what promises to be a contentious new legislative session, state policymakers signaled at least one area of possible agreement: cracking down on sexual harassment in New York government.

Chinese leadership will address the issue with new policy goals for the year when the new legislative session starts Thursday.

Talk about ethics reform in the new legislative session has been largely muted this year, even as a year filled with corruption trials involving prominent New York figures is underway, including the ongoing trial this week of Joe Percoco, a former close aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Legislative leaders, including Majority Leader Dean Skelos in the Senate, have denied there's talk of boosting lawmakers» pay, which would certainly come after the general election in November in order for it to take effect for the new legislative session in 2013.

The stance echoes a broader push by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan heading into the new legislative session for making the limit on how much levies can be hiked a permanent one.

Gabryszak retired from the Assembly Sunday, a day before the new legislative session in Albany was set to begin.

Meanwhile, Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, who has sided with the Senate GOP in the chamber, is yet to formally decide which conference he will sit with in the new legislative session.

And as Mike Vilensky astutely points out, this is a very contentious way to start the new legislative session.

Felder is yet to commit to which conference in the Senate he will sit with at the start of the new legislative session in January as two races on Long Island remain in the balance.

The budget contours in the new legislative session are tricky.

Advocates are planning another rally in Albany on Wednesday, when the new legislative session begins.

But legislative leaders have told Cuomo that they're not interested in returning before the start of the new legislative session in January, and, as a result, the governor has agreed not to call them back.

But it's likely they would have approved of what might be described as a paleo - agenda for the new legislative session.

ALBANY — Advocates for legislation to make it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek legal recourse as adults will mark the Wednesday start of a new legislative session with a rally near the state Senate chambers.

However, this year, with the start of the new legislative session, New Yorkers have the opportunity to mend this broken system.

But on the eve of a new legislative session, the response also indicated that rumors of his imminent political demise may be premature.

The new legislative session is just a few weeks away.

The groups expect to mobilize both tenants and the homeless to push housing issues in the new legislative session and expect to draw in advocates from New York City, Westchester County, Long Island, Albany, Rochester and Binghamton.

The coalition, Housing Justice for All, will also be launching digital and print ads, field work and holding town halls at the start of the new legislative session, organizers said.

The new legislative session began in Albany last week.

But there is no chance for an override, because New York is starting a new legislative session in January.

The new legislative session kicked off at the State Capitol at noon, still harboring the aftereffects of a holiday squabble between the Legislature and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

And they wondered why the latest news came on the eve of a new legislative session and Silver's expected run for another term as speaker.

Malloy did not mention President Trump by name, but many of his proposals for the new legislative session conflict with the Republican President's agenda.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be pushing for a bill to raise the minimum wage for all workers to $ 15 an hour in the new legislative session, but some say it could backfire and result in fewer jobs.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy delivered his State of the State address to the General Assembly on the first day of the new legislative session.

Wednesday marked the opening day of the new legislative session.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy delivered his State of the State address Wednesday to the General Assembly on its first day of the new legislative session.

The Democratic governor told lawmakers Wednesday, the opening day of the new legislative session, that he has «no desire to diminish the General Assembly's right to set policy.»

This new legislative session comes shortly after General Electric announced plans to move its headquarters from Fairfield to Boston, despite last - minute efforts by Connecticut legislators last year to scale back some business taxes and appease the corporate giant.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy presented a revised $ 19 billion budget proposal to state lawmakers today on the first day of their new legislative session.

But growing concerns among state lawmakers have put the issue front and center in the new legislative session this year.

And IDC members, including Staten Island Sen. Diane Savino, expect Hamilton to join their conference once the new legislative session is seated come January.

It's a move that would likely clear the deck for the new legislative session in 2014.

«As the new year begins and they enter a new legislative session, we applaud them for taking this important stand — and remind them that we will be watching, and holding them accountable.»

Advocates for legislation to make it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek legal recourse as adults will mark the Wednesday start of a new legislative session with a rally near the state Senate chambers.

With the new legislative session comes a top hire for the Senate Democrats, who have brought on government relations specialist Suzy Ballantyne to become the conference's new chief of staff.

As the new legislative session is set to begin amid tensions between the governor and the Legislature, Republican and Democratic lawmakers are talking tough about the need for the Legislature to reassert its independence from the executive branch.

A group of lawmakers and sex abuse victims kicked off the start of the new legislative session with a call for quick passage of a long - stalled bill designed to make it easier for survivors to seek legal recourse.

The new legislative session kicked off at the State Capitol at noon, yesterday still harboring the aftereffects of a holiday squabble between the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Advocates for a bill that would provide for medical - in - dying support are restarting their campaign in the new legislative session.

Tuesday's scheduled meeting of chamber's Republicans has been described as a routine planning session, to «set the table» for the new legislative session in January, said GOP spokesman Scott Reif.

Divisions are forming in the upcoming debate over tax cuts that's likely to dominate the new legislative session.

Since the start of the new legislative session this month, he has renewed his call for the Legislature to unlock the funding.

ALBANY — The New York State Assembly was thrown into chaos by the arrest of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver this morning, raising immediate questions about the leadership of the chamber and how it might move forward in the new legislative session.

No wonder it's mounting such a vigorous — that is, disgracefully disingenuous — anti-Cuomo campaign going into the new legislative session in Albany.

But by doing so, de Blasio risks his already tenuous dealings with Albany heading into the new legislative session, something some close to City Hall say he recognizes.

In New Jersey, lawmakers are looking to override Governor Christie's veto, and in New York lawmakers are once again moving the reform bill in the new legislative session which began in January.

As the new legislative session begins, lawmakers should get to work on restoring the public's confidence in Albany.