Sentences with phrase «next budget extender»

Paterson will put furlough in next budget extender [Capitol Confidential / Times Union] Paterson Offers Choice: Furloughs or Shutdown [City Room / NYT]

The battle turned brutal in recent days as two renegade Bronx Democratic senators, Pedro Espada Jr. and Ruben Diaz Sr., threatened to shut down state government by voting against the next budget extender.

Tuesday, a Paterson administration source hinted that the governor's next budget extender, if a budget deal is not reached, could include cuts to mental health and human services programs, as well as the cigarette tax.

Paterson said he is reviewing «a menu of opportunities» to include in his next budget extender bill, but he would not be more specific.

Andrew Cuomo's embrace of my call to include a tax cap in the next budget extender is even more evidence that he is just what this state needs at this very critical time.»

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Silver and Sampson informed reporters that the meeting was held to discuss the remainder of the budget itself — not the next round of extenders, which Paterson told DN Capitol Bureau Chief Ken Lovett over the weekend might not include the hot - button issue of education cuts.

Diaz Sr. seemed to back off his threat yesterday to vote «no» on the next round of budget extenders, which are expected to include cuts to the mental health and hygiene and human services spending.

Diaz Sr. said he's «keeping my fingers crossed» about getting out of the hospital in time to make it to Albany to vote on the next round of budget extenders, adding: «I want to be there; I want to be there.»

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos give the governor hell for not sharing the latest budget outlook agreed upon by the majority conferences, Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson seems to forget Leader Kolb's name, and Gov. Paterson challenges Skelos to vote for his next extender, which he claims has no taxes and includes cuts to medicaid.

Earlier today, Senator Craig Johnson pitched the idea of adding a property tax cap to the next round of budget extenders.

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson said his 32 - member majority conference will be voting «yes» on the budget extender bill next week — even if it includes public employee furloughs, as Gov. David Paterson has threatened — because he is «not in the business of shutting downs state government.»

There's a limit to Gov. David Paterson's toughness — he won't put education spending cuts into the next round of budget extenders.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos confirmed that he did indeed meet with Gov. David Paterson this afternoon after that rather tense leaders meeting and pledged his conference would provide votes for the next round of budget extenders, provided the governor incorporates some proposed GOP spending cuts.

The next round of budget extenders won't include education spending cuts, but will include spending reductions on mental health and human services — plus a tax hike on cigarettes.

At least two Senate Democrats, who up until now have kept government running by voting in favor of weekly budget extenders, are threatening to vote «no» on the next extender bill, which will come before the Senate and Assembly on Monday.

Still, Paterson aides had warned that lacking a budget deal by the end of this week, he likely will insert the education cuts into next week's extender.

An unswayed Paterson vowed to slip a provision calling for one - day - a-week furloughs for 100,000 state workers into the emergency budget extenders he sends to the Legislature next week.

ALBANY — State Budget Director Robert Megna confirmed Friday that the next one - week budget extender will include the 4 percent raises to unionized state workers, as demanded by a temporary restraining order issued by a federal Budget Director Robert Megna confirmed Friday that the next one - week budget extender will include the 4 percent raises to unionized state workers, as demanded by a temporary restraining order issued by a federal budget extender will include the 4 percent raises to unionized state workers, as demanded by a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge.

The very busy state Budget Director, Robert Megna, is crunching the numbers to see what would actually happen if next week's budget extender bills do not pass and the government has to shutBudget Director, Robert Megna, is crunching the numbers to see what would actually happen if next week's budget extender bills do not pass and the government has to shutbudget extender bills do not pass and the government has to shut down.

The next round of budget extender bills will include nearly $ 440 million dollars in projected revenue from cigarette taxes and the collection of taxes on tobacco products on Native American reservations.

It's likely Paterson will close the entire budget next week with a large extender, including major education aid cuts.

Cuomo raised the possibility of an «extender budget» with four more days of negotiations, doubling down the next day by asserting that Congress was determined to declare «war on New York.»

On Thursday, Senator Craig Johnson pitched the idea of adding a property tax cap to the next round of budget extenders.

Infrastructure Notably slipped into the extender budget is an allowance for billions of dollars a year in spending for all of Cuomo's signature economic development and infrastructure projects, include major New York City projects — including an MTA subway expansion and transformations of Penn Station and Laguardia Airport — and the next phase of the Buffalo Billion.

«Picking a number now, and saying this is going to be the number, and not knowing what's going to happen next week and next month and when the federal government passes the budget or when they don't pass the budget, or when they do the next continuing resolution, is very hard,» said Cuomo, who again mentioned that everyone will know a lot more from Washington by the end of May, which is when the state «extender» runs through.