Sentences with phrase «of legislative earmarks»

ALBANY — Except for an occasional break to rest his hand, Gov. David A. Paterson spent most of Thursday vetoing thousands of legislative earmarks as lawmakers prepared to depart for the Fourth of July holiday with the state's budget incomplete and negotiations at a near halt.

It wasn't always this way for the Senate, which from the 1960s until the late 2000s had been a relatively sleep chamber controlled by Republicans endowed with virtual fiefdoms of legislative earmarks.

If there is something both houses appear to have in common, judging from the memorandum, it is their defense of legislative earmarks, known in Albany as «member items.»

Agencies under the UJA - Federation umbrella have lost a total of $ 6 million due to Paterson's veto of legislative earmarks known as member - item grants, the latest in eight cycles of budget cuts that have rocked the non-sectarian network of special education, child care, mental health, immigrant and other services, lowering revenue by 5 to 7 percent, said Soloway.

Not exact matches

The funds Gardner is accused of stealing came at least partially from state legislative earmarks, so - called member item funds, administered by the Empire State Development Corporation and the state Office of Children and Family Services.

The bill would also cover so - called member items, the legislative earmarks that have been the subject of scrutiny by law enforcement in recent years.

ALBANY — After they were excluded from the first years of a new legislative earmark program, Democrats in the State Senate are preparing lists of projects they hope might receive support.

Those resources will be earmarked to fight the growing number of legislative and regulatory battles REALTORS ® face, like fights over private transfer fees and property tax increases.