Sentences with phrase «of legislative leaders agreed»

A handful of legislative leaders agreed to reveal incomes - most surprisingly, Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., who admitted making more than $ 250,000 as CEO of the nonprofit Soundview Health Center.

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State legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agree on the concept of passing a package of measure designed to curb heroin addiction in New York and are working out the details, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Wednesday said.

According to the official legislative calendar, which was agreed to by the leaders of both houses and the governor before 2010 even got underway, the Legislature was only scheduled to be in town either one, three or four days a week in June until the close of the season on the 21st.

Cuomo and legislative leaders would have to agree to a spending plan by midnight Monday to allow for the three days» public review of the deal before a vote Thursday.

But the governor and legislative leaders agreed to postpone the State of the State to Jan. 21 because of the extenuating circumstances of former Gov. Mario Cuomo's death.

The new regulations, agreed upon last month as part of a much bigger budget compromise between legislative leaders and the governor, will do little to halt the erosion of middle - income housing in New York City, and are more dangerous to landlords in principle than in practice.

But legislative leaders have told Cuomo that they're not interested in returning before the start of the new legislative session in January, and, as a result, the governor has agreed not to call them back.

Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed to begin a second round of competition for the grants early next year.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo tamped down hopes for a special session of the legislature before the year ends, saying legislative leaders have still not agreed to ethics reforms that the governor is seeking.

«Public financing for comptroller - only candidates opens the door to campaign finance reform, but the Governor and the legislative leaders must now walk through that door and finish the job by Monday and agree to comprehensive campaign finance reform,» said Dick Dadey of Citizens Union in a statement.

Levy joined with three Suffolk County senators — Ken LaValle, John Flanagan and Owen Johnson to call for restoration of the Empire Zone program, which Gov. David Paterson and Democratic legislative leaders agreed earlier this month to scrap in favor of the scaled - down Excelsior Jobs program.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tamped down hopes for a special session of the legislature before the year ends, saying legislative leaders have still not agreed to ethics reforms that the governor is seeking.

Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders agreed to a framework for a new state budget Wednesday evening, but say they are still working out many of the details.

The Senate gained an extra seat as part of redistricting agreed to this year by Cuomo and legislative leaders.

He indicated that back in December 2011, Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders joined in calling for a thorough review of the fairness of the New York tax system and agreed that fairness is one important basis for evaluating the workings of any tax system.

In 2014, the governor and legislative leaders — Silver and then - Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is also on trial for selling his office — agreed to dissolve the commission in exchange for a pilot program of public campaign finance, a new enforcement office at the state's Board of Elections and changes to the bribery statute.

In what will perhaps be the biggest end - of - session deal, Cuomo and legislative leaders agreed on bills to support addiction treatment and enact stricter penalties for illegal drug distribution, in response to what they deemed a heroin «epidemic.»

The bills agreed to by Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders include some worthy measures, such as capping prescriptions of opioid pain relievers at a seven - day supply, down from 30.

(According to the calendar agreed on by legislative leaders months ago, yesterday was the last work day of the year).

That was the first year that the state and federal primaries did not fall on the same day, thanks to the inability of legislative leaders to agree on a date.

Abinanti's announcement comes one day after Schneiderman sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeking an executive order that would give the automtically make the AG a special prosecutor in instances like the death of Eric Garner following a chokehold administered by an NYPD officer until such time that the governor and legislative leaders agree on permanent statutory reforms.

He then reverted to his usual fiscal discipline talk, explaining why he's unwilling to negotiate with legislative leaders and reiterating that he still might call lawmakers back to Albany for a special session if they don't agree on an FMAP contingency plan or if the budget deal on which they eventually settle is out of balance.

The legislative leaders and the governor made some progress yesterday, reportedly reaching a deal on education that adds $ 300 million in additional spending to the $ 807 million boost Cuomo proposed, spends $ 340 million on pre-K — most of which is going to NYC — and also hikes per - pupil state aid for charter schools, though they would have to agree to be audited by the state comptroller.

No legislative leader of any party oin any state would agree to such a blatantly partisan bill masquerading as an independent redistricting bill.

It's not pretty, but here's the language of the religious exemptions to the same - sex marriage bill agreed to by the legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier today.

Speaking of deals, the governor and legislative leaders have agreed on a bill for temporary state government takeover of the association that runs the state's three thoroughbred tracks — including Aqueduct and Belmont.

Amid continuing investigations of Nassau's contracting procedures, county Republican leaders have agreed to increase public scrutiny by dropping the threshold required for a legislative vote on county contracts from $ 25,000 to $ 1,000.

This May, NYRA President and CEO Charles Hayward and General Counsel Patrick Kehoe were ousted in the wake of a scandal involving the overcharging of bettors; the association ultimately agreed to three years of oversight by a panel dominated by appointees to be picked by Cuomo and legislative leaders.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy met with legislative leaders on Wednesday to let them know his plans to keep the state running if they fail to agree on a budget by the end of the fiscal year on June 30.

Legislative leaders could agree to change tax rates as part of this year's spending plan.

Their request is not new A «memorandum of understanding» that set aside $ 2 billion for the construction of supportive and affordable housing was agreed to in principle by the governor and legislative leaders last year, but all parties have yet to put their signatures on that MOU, meaning the bulk of the money hasn't been released.

The Governor and the legislative leaders agreed to create an inner - city youth employment program and a $ 25 million tax credit for employers who hire unemployed youth between 16 and 24 years of age over the first six months of 2012.

The Governor and the legislative leaders have agreed to the enactment of a job retention credit for businesses harmed by a natural disaster.

Legislative leaders said they expected to agree to all the final issues and have bills ready to vote on before the end of the week.

The Governor and the legislative leaders have agreed to establish a $ 50 million grant program to continue recovery efforts in regions of the State impacted by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.

The Governor and the legislative leaders agreed on proposing legislation that will permit the New York Works Infrastructure Fund to bid the design and construction of infrastructure projects as a single contract, reducing costs and improving construction time.

They also agreed to step up workplace harassment training and are considering creating an independent body to investigate complaints, instead of having legislative leaders handle them.

He indicated that back in December 2011, Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders joined in calling for a thorough review of the fairness of the New York tax system and agreed that fairness is one important basis for evaluating... (read more)

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders agreed to several ethics proposals during the final week of the 2016 legislative session.

Legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are on the verge of agreeing to an ethics overhaul measure with an announcement of an accord possibly coming Friday, according to several sources familiar with the negotiations.

Cuomo and the state's legislative leaders in March agreed to stave off talks over ethics legislation after the passage of the budget, which was approved on April 1.

The governor and the legislative leaders have agreed to establish a $ 50 million grant program to continue recovery efforts in regions of the State impacted by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.

But Paterson went even further, having a spokesman reveal that the only thing legislative leaders in the State Senate have agreed upon since the GOP rebellion on June 8 was the certification of their own payrolls.

As part of the budget deal in late March, Cuomo and legislative leaders agreed to a pilot program for this year's state comptroller race.

The governor and the legislative leaders agreed to create an inner - city youth employment program and a $ 25 million tax credit for employers who hire unemployed youth between 16 and 24 years of age over the first six months of 2012.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed on a $ 153 billion state budget that includes free middle - class tuition at state universities, Uber and Lyft's long - awaited upstate expansion and a long - sought juvenile justice reform that Cuomo calls one of his...

The governor and state leaders at the end of the legislative session in June agreed on how to spend $ 150 million in new housing money, far short of the $ 2 billion agreed to in the budget as the first installment of a five - year $ 10.6 billion housing program.

Looney said Republican and Democratic legislative leaders were to meet through the night to resolve the numbers for the second year of the two - year budget based on the tentative framework they had agreed to last week.

De Blasio was also seeking a total overhaul of a tax break for real estate developers — which legislative leaders have agreed to extend for six months.

In closed - door negotiations with legislative leaders, he agreed to shut down the commission nine months early in exchange for legislative approval of watered - down reforms.