Sentences with phrase «of budget vetoes»

Dec. 23, 2010 — County Executive Robert P. Astorino today slammed the Democratic - majority of the Board of Legislators for overriding hundreds of budget vetoes, thereby adopting a 2011 budget filled with runaway spending and speculative revenues.

County Executive Robert P. Astorino today slammed the Democratic - majority of the Board of Legislators for overriding hundreds of budget vetoes, thereby adopting a 2011 budget filled with runaway spending and speculative revenues.

FPI senior economist Trudi Renwick participated in a telephone press conference organized by Citizen Action and the Emergency Campaign for America's Priorities to illustrate the impact of a budget veto on New Yorkers» vital human needs.

Voicing their support of a budget veto by Governor Malloy, several hundred people gathered outside the state capitol.

Not exact matches

BRUSSELS, Oct 31 - France joined a growing list of European Union governments threatening to veto the bloc's next long - term budget, turning up the heat at the start of divisive bargaining over a 1 trillion euro spending plan.

BRUSSELS, Oct 31 (Reuters)- France joined a growing list of European Union governments threatening to veto the bloc's next long - term budget, turning up the heat at the start of divisive bargaining over a 1 trillion euro ($ 1.30 trillion) spending plan.

The Republican governor appeared on «Squawk Box» the day after signing the state's budget, in which he vetoed more than $ 1 billion in tax increases that he said would only serve to drive families and businesses out of the state.

But shortly after the General Assembly passed the budget bill over Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget found that the budget resulted in a $ 1.5 billion debudget bill over Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget found that the budget resulted in a $ 1.5 billion deBudget found that the budget resulted in a $ 1.5 billion debudget resulted in a $ 1.5 billion deficit.

This week, Paterson used the fact that the Legislature had refused to include an FMAP contingency plan in its two - way budget deal as a rationale for his decision to veto some $ 519 million worth of spending the Assembly and Senate restored to his plan.

Back in 2003, for example, the Assembly and Senate overrode the governor's budget vetoes for the first time in two decades, increasing state taxes over Pataki's opposition to restore billions of dollars in spending on schools, hospitals, nursing homes and localities.

Samuels had hoped Cuomo, who, according to Ed Koch, recently reiterated his pledge to veto any partisan redistricting plans, would veto the money included in thie 2011 - 2012 budget deal for LATFOR, which essentially enables the continuation of the current (read: partisan) method of redrawing district lines.

The governor also made ample use of his veto pen, striking out spending the Legislature had added into the final budget.

As far as I can see, all the criticism of the veto is empty rhetoric, ignoring the true question: do you wish to have fiscal union, with the EU having powers over nation budgets?

Krueger said a number of things are still under discussion, including the SUNY empowerment plan and the education aid that the Legislature restored to the budget and the governor vetoed.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued 184 vetoes in the 215 - 16 state budget on Monday, much of which was determined to be re-appropriated pork - barrel spending.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo last night announced the submission of 154 vetoes of «unnecessary language» in the new state budget.

On Friday afternoon, the governor's office released 259 individual vetoes for the appropriation budget bills, which were passed by the state legislature at the end of March.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio isn't planning to veto a controversial measure that was sneaked into the city's new $ 85.2 billion budget this week, according to a City Hall operative — even as a group of Albany lawmakers publicly urged him to do so.

He pledged to veto all unfunded mandates on local governments if he's elected, and also nix any bill — be it Democrat or Republican — that increases spending and throws the budget out of balance.

Instead of trying to squeeze every penny out of hard - working upstate residents, the Governor should be reprioritizing budget issues so that we can fund public transit systems through more appropriate budgetary means, starting with the legislation he vetoed that would have helped identify more long - term funding sources for upstate transit systems.»

Here, the UK has a veto and in terms of the EU budget, is what the Coalition really needs to start thinking about.

Those insiders were holding out hope that the Governor would not «deliver» the vetoes to the legislature but would instead negotiate a new budget package which would include the restoration of TAP and «pork barrel» funding.

Ammerman said he hopes the veto is not related to the disputes, and really is about the measure not being part of the state budget.

Gov. David Paterson has been vetoing hundreds of millions of dollars in spending out of the state budget.

The governor sounded the alarm a day after delivering a historic 6,681 spending vetoes that left the state's $ 134.4 billion budget at least $ 1 billion out of balance.

For the second straight day, AG Andrew Cuomo took the state Legislature to task, saying they should return to the negotiating table with Gov. David Paterson now that he has vetoed key portions of their two - way budget deal, effectively nullifying all the spending they sought to restore.

But if Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver loses his 108 - vote veto - proof majority, the Republican conference will take on a whole new level of importance — particularly during a tough budget battle in which likely Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made clear that everything — including education aid — will be on the cutting table.

Queens Democrats criticized Gov. David Paterson's decision to veto much of the budget passed nearly three months after it was due by the state Legislature Monday, saying it could be a particularly bad blow for borough schools.

If that does not happen, and the EP vetoes the proposal, the EU will use the «roll - over method `, where the previous budget is used (increased with an inflation of correction of two percent) in a month - by - month budgeting of the EU's expenditures.

«So, what used to happen was every year or two years there would be an extender that would go to the governor and put police and firefighters back in tier 2, but Paterson vetoed it in [20] 09,» said Maria Doulis, director of City Studies at the nonpartisan Citizens» Budget Commission.

Another day, another battle brewing at the Capitol — this time over the revenue portion of the two - way budget deal struck by the Legislature, part of which Gov. David Paterson began vetoing last night.

When he vetoed the legislation in October — the second time in as many years — Cuomo had said he was willing to discuss the measure in the context of the state budget.

According to Budget Division spokesman Erik Kriss, the veto will have several collateral effects on a number of programs:

As the governor explained in his veto message, «Prohibiting the Authority from collecting tolls at these 5 exits would result in a significant fiscal loss that is not accounted for in the State's financial plan and must therefore be addressed in the context of the annual State budget negotiation.»

[1] For budget bills or supplementary appropriations bills, two - thirds of the members elected to each house are required to override the governor's veto of a bill or line - item veto.

The unwillingness of Labour to say that they will veto an EU budget deal has been repeatedly highlighted by Tory MPs.

In the capital budget, the Democrats restored approximately $ 71 million in pet projects of questionable legality, which Astorino had vetoed.

Governor Malloy, who vetoed a Republican - backed budget that passed the legislature, says the lack of a budget is costing the state jobs.

The Republican - written budget, which passed the legislature in mid-September with a smattering of Democratic support but was vetoed by Malloy, would have created more pain for many cities and towns, he said.

Meanwhile, Paterson spokesman Morgan Hook said the governor finished «personally signing» the last of 6,709 vetoes — including about 2,000 yesterday — to help bring the budget into balance.

A spirited coalition of union members, Democrats and Working Families Party members rallied Thursday outside the Capitol to urge Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to veto the Republican - written budget.

Monday morning, the New York Daily News reported that Cuomo was poised to veto a $ 22.2 million upgrade of SUNY Stony Brook's Kenneth P. Lavalle stadium (named after a sitting Long Island state senator) that was slipped into the new state budget.

A resolution of the County Legislature for any of the following specified purposes shall be submitted to the County Executive for his or her approval or veto in the same manner as provided in this charter for the adoption of ordinances: (a) an allocation from the budget contingency fund; (b) a supplemental or emergency appropriation; (c) the issuance of budget notes or notes in anticipation of the collection of taxes or revenues; and (d) the issuance of bonds, anticipation notes or capital notes.

ALBANY — Gov. Paterson unleashed a veritable veto - palooza yesterday — slashing thousands of spending items from the Legislature's $ 136 billion budget — even as Senate Democrats skipped town without passing a vital tax bill needed to finish off the spending plan.

Mr. Paterson has said he would veto any budget that includes deficit borrowing, the preference of many Democratic lawmakers.

(Paterson said immediately afterward that he was «disappointed, stunned and frankly chagrined» at the legislature's actions, and responded as best he could, with what amounts to a dramatic gesture: thousands of line - item vetoes of the legislature's budget that, relative to the overall amounts at stake, don't add up to much at all.)

Gov. Rick Scott chastised state lawmakers for being unable to complete the 2017 - 18 budget on time, but once again stopped short of saying whether he would veto the entire spending plan once it reaches his desk.

Legislators don't expect the governor to veto the last part of the budget — the tax bill — which is based largely on what he submitted in June.

State lawmakers finally passed a long overdue bipartisan state budget compromise with veto - proof margins in both houses of the General Assembly on Thursday.

Scott said he has begun the process of reviewing the budget, and said he will make a decision about whether he vetoes the entire budget «based on what's best for our families.»