Sentences with phrase «of key legislative issues»

Last week, Governor Paterson met with the New York State Congressional Delegation to thank them for their efforts on behalf of the State and urge them to act on a number of key legislative issues that must be addressed before the end of the year, including the maintenance of funding for the LIHEAP program.

The Governor thanked the delegation for its efforts on behalf of New York State and urged members to act on a number of key legislative issues that must be addressed before the end of the year.

Not exact matches

The Republican - led Senate approved budget extender legislation on Monday following a legislative impasse on key issues, including raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 in New York.

Finding ways of funding mass transit has been a key issue for lawmakers this legislative session amid ongoing problems with the New York City subway system.

The New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, are calling for an end to the long Albany tradition of closed door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders where they make key decisions on the budget and other issues, known as three men in a room.

Despite the lack of details being made available or the seeming lack of progress on key issues facing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature, lawmakers were confident they could wrap up work by Wednesday, the scheduled end date for the legislative session.

Despite having full control of the government, Republicans in Congress have struggled to gain traction on key legislative issues amid internal disputes.

While Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders are downplaying any hope of major agreements on some key issues, a survey of New Yorkers find that voters want action.

The panels are intended to provide local elected officials and candidates a platform to inform voters of their qualifications, legislative ideas and opinions on key issues faced by residents of the borough.

Two decades of late budgets and decision making by three men in a room on key issues led to voter anger and the defeat of several legislative incumbents.

It's the second to the last week of the legislative session, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers still have a long way to go before they can agree on key issues.

Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos says the hasty manner in which New York's strict new gun control laws, call the NY SAFE Act, were passed during the first full day of the legislative session this year was «wrong,» and he hopes not to repeat that when deciding key end - of - session issues in June like siting casinos or approving an anti-corruption package.

It's the second to the last week of the legislative session in Albany, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers still have a long way to go before they can agree on key issues, including renewing New York City's rent laws and related property tax cap.

Legislative leaders, emerging from an earlier closed door meeting with Cuomo, concur that they still have no final resolution on key issues including the minimum wage and the exact amount of school aid in the state budget.

(Calif.) Gov. Jerry Brown appears to have prevailed over legislative leaders on the key issue of how much the state has to spend next year, thus limiting new investments and growth of existing programs.

As a partner supporting the Strategy Labs platform, Education Commission of the States tracks legislative activity across key postsecondary issues that align with Lumina Foundation's State Policy Agenda 2017 - 20.

«Key issues for them will be the proportionality of legislative restrictions on protest, and existing police powers and their use in practice,» she adds.

«The scope of our review is very broad and, while we intend to deal with a variety of matters,... our key focus will be on vulnerable workers in precarious jobs and the need for legislative amendments to address some of the issue facing these workers,» wrote the special advisors in their interim report.

The confusion is understandable, given that barely two years have elapsed since the act came fully into force and that the Court of Appeal has yet to pronounce upon the key areas of controversy, but nonetheless highlights critical access to justice issues that went unobserved and unnoticed under the previous legislative regime which thirty years» of case authority had fully illuminated.

We look forward to engaging with Members of Congress and other key stakeholders on these issues as the legislative process continues.

Twitter says: «We look forward to engaging with Members of Congress and other key stakeholders on these issues as the legislative process continues,» according to its blog post announcing the changes.

These institutes are meant to acquaint people to advocacy, early childhood issues, the legislative process, and to have the opportunity to speak to key stakeholders and legislators before the start of the Legislatilegislative process, and to have the opportunity to speak to key stakeholders and legislators before the start of the LegislativeLegislative session.

REALTOR ® leaders from across the country will converge on the nation's capital this week to advance key real estate issues with regulators and members of Congress during the REALTOR ® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo, here through May 16.

Approximately 9,000 REALTORS ® are gathered in Washington, D.C. this week for the REALTORS ® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo, addressing members of Congress and regulators on key real estate issues, as well as participating in sessions delivered by industry experts and thought leaders.

Additionally, Vijay keeps membership up - to - date on key legislative / regulatory issues through a number of online resources and publications.

The Real Estate Intelligence Report noted that the Institute will monitor real property legislative and regulatory issues of interest to both organizations, contact key legislators and government agency officials regarding the issues, and report to the leadership of both organizations regarding the initiatives.