Sentences with phrase «of budget extenders»

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.

As promised, Gov. David Paterson has included furlough language in his latest round of budget extender bills, which state lawmakers will have to act on when they return to Albany Monday.

GOP gubernatorial designee Rick Lazio took some time out from campaigning in Rochester today to take a swipe at AG Andrew Cuomo for semi-panning Gov. David Paterson's creative use of budget extenders as «intriguing» but not optimal, YNN's Mark Gruba reports.

The raise the age issue was a key policy concern for Heastie to have accomplished in the state budget, and Cuomo last week indicated he was satisfied with the passage of a budget extender bill that funded the government until May 31, but did not include the juvenile justice reform.

READ: Complete coverage of budget extender legislation In a statement late Monday,...

ALBANY — As the Assembly approved a pair of budget extender bills that had passed the Senate earlier on Monday, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin encapsulated the mood of numerous legislators who reluctantly voted yes.

«The Governor's threat of a budget extender provides an opportunity to advance progressive legislation currently blocked by the Senate Majority Coalition,» said spokesman Mike Murphy.

Here's a brief video of Gov. David Paterson — post leaders meeting — defending his controverisal use of budget extenders to push his spending cuts through the Legislature, compliments of Capital Tonight's own Kaitlyn Ross.

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

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.»

In an effort to protest the Governor's inclusion of furloughs in the latest round of budget extenders, Assemblyman Sam Hoyt is going to be shutting down his offices for one day a week.

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.

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

Things got ugly last night on the Senate floor during the debate over the latest round of budget extenders — here's Sen. John DeFrancisco referring to Democrats as «patsies.»

Cuomo said Paterson's novel use of budget extenders to force an end to what he deemed «ground hog day» late budgets of the past «changes the equation.»

He lauded Paterson for pushing the property tax cap in his last round of budget extenders (which the Legislature refused to accept both last night and this morning), while also noting that the cap he has proposed is more stringent than the governor's.

Paterson for laying the groundwork for Cuomo's signature accomplishments through his pioneering use of budget extenders to force cuts and pushing for gay marriage.

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