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But all have said they feel lawmakers deserve their first pay bump in more than a decade, which was then tied to increasing the number of charter schools in New York.

«Although the number of fatalities and accidents at highway - railroad grade crossings have fallen steadily on a national level, over the past several years collisions have increased across New York State,» said Carlucci, a Rockland lawmaker and member of the independent Democratic Conference.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a 2016 GOP presidential contender, said that lawmakers should be held accountable during this fall's midterm elections for their inaction on gun laws following a number of high - profile mass shootings around the country.

A number of advocacy groups say there's an opportunity for lawmakers to act to address some of the harm that they say President Trump's policies are causing.

A number of advocacy groups say there's an opportunity for lawmakers to act to address some of the harm that they say President Donald Trump's policies are causing.

Flanagan said lawmakers already have approved a number of ethics reforms.

Delivering a statement on the floor of Parliament, Wednesday, on how Ghanaian visa applicants are treated by some embassies in the country, the North Tongu lawmaker said he has taken the pain to visit a number of embassies during their interview appointment periods and what he observed needs much to be desired.

Lawmakers say the legislation is needed because some schools, especially those in Asian communities, have a high number of absences on the Lunar New Year, which begins on Friday.

Hein called on lawmakers in 2017 and again this year to approved the legislation, saying the move would reduce the number of tobacco - related deaths and move Ulster closer to becoming a healthier county.

He initially said while the accusations are «very troubling», unfortunately, no number of laws and prosecutions can completely stop some lawmakers from behaving badly.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan, in his opening speech to colleagues, said lawmakers already implemented a number of reforms.

A growing number of New York lawmakers are saying this year's historic flooding along Lake Ontario was not only caused by Plan 2014, but also by the execution of it.

Cuomo administration sources said the number of lawmakers backing the bill has been seesawing almost daily.

A number of the governor and judiciary's appointees to a commission that will ultimately decide whether to approve a pay raise and for how much said on Thursday they will not support the first legislative raise since 1999 unless the lawmakers make their case to the panel.

Lawmakers and community members say they have been told that the state under Cuomo will be unveiling a number of «enhanced areas» in the next few weeks where homeowners will be able to apply for a buyout worth 100 percent of their homes pre-storm value, with a five percent incentive if they move within their borough.

In testimony to lawmakers on the state budget in Albany, de Blasio said the current number of open charter slots is sufficient and that scrapping the cap is unnecessary.

The report puzzled Schimminger and other lawmakers because it showed more net new jobs for the companies than the number of jobs the companies said they created.

Seligson said local and county officials already hold a large number of events that aim to bring lawmakers together, including a monthly dinner organized by the Westchester Municipal Officials Association — which consists of 45 towns, villages, and cities countywide — where members discuss areas of mutual concern.

She also addressed the ongoing concerns from a number of Republican lawmakers who have said they are unwilling to pass a bill that legalizes smokable forms of the drug.

At the same time, he says, lawmakers did not approve a number of environmental measures that his group was pressing.

It would also limit the number of manufacturers statewide to 20, because lawmakers don't want marijuana dispensaries «popping up all over the place,» she said.

But a growing number of lawmakers now say violence behind bars and the breakdown in security mean more oversight is needed.

The lawmaker said he hasn't unpacked the numbers behind the governor's claim that the only way to bridge the gap is through extension of the millionaires tax.

The lawmaker said he had early concerns about education aid — «It's a very low number, but that's something that will get handled in the negotiation process» — and the overall process, which saw the governor skirt the traditional State of the State address to lawmakers, instead opting for a series of local addresses across the state.

A number of state lawmakers argued against Paterson's plan, saying it would give too much power to the budget director.

And a number of the agenda items he's previewed that would need the Legislature, like a free public college tuition plan and an expansion of a child care tax credit, might be difficult for lawmakers to oppose, at least in concept, a source said.

But the rise in the number of additional sessions is also part of what experts say is the growing workload of state lawmakers.

McDade said she initiated a meeting with Sen. Alexander because she wanted a better understanding of how lawmakers came up with the lower class size numbers.

But lawmakers and school facilities advocates have continued to lobby for a new bond, saying there's no way schools can afford on their own to pay for all of their maintenance and construction needs, which number in the tens of billions of dollars.

House Speaker Beth Harwell, who with a number of other Republican state lawmakers flanked the governor for the announcement, said she was «very pleased» with the gist of the vow.

Lawmakers and school facilities advocates have continued to lobby for a new bond, saying there's no way schools can afford on their own to pay for all of their maintenance and construction needs, which number in the tens of billions of dollars.

Lawmakers have said the cost to administer the Smarter Balanced exams in Wisconsin has gone up because the number of states in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has decreased as concerns over test implementation and Common Core have grown.

Burman, who helped House Democrats craft an unsuccessful 2007 plan to repeal the alternative minimum tax, said he's received a number of phone calls from lawmakers interested in his idea, though «they can't quite imagine how to make it happen politically.»

Asked about the possibility of changes to the bill in future sessions, the lawmaker said, «I think there's a number of things we need to monitor as time goes on.»

«I am not a scientist,» he said, using the same formulation as that of a number of GOP lawmakers who have been criticized for using it with climate change.