Sentences with phrase «of state budget»

The governor had requested the marijuana legalization study as part of his state budget.

«This is one we will be able to negotiate,» said Wright, who has seen more than 20 years of state budget battles.

Procurement reform was not part of the state budget, and earlier this month, Cuomo claimed that many reforms to the procurement process have already been made.

Also on the agenda is a talk on the governor's ability to shape the language of the state budget, the change in the political landscape when Pataki steps down at the end of the year, the chief concerns of New York's ailing cities, and the validity of mayoral term limits.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he'll require his pension reform plans to be part of the state budget, pressing a cause that's important enough to risk a shutdown of state government.

Governor Cuomo defends the late addition to the plan, approved as part of the state budget earlier this month.

The city had agreed to pay its share of an $ 800 million plan to fix the subway system, half of which the state agreed to pay as part of the state budget deal passed Friday night.

Leaders across NYC responded to Governor Andrew Cuomo's recent State of the State Budget Address.

The new teacher evaluation system was approved as part of the state budget, although the New York State Education Department is offering schools a one year delay in it's implementation.

In a fairly unmistakable rebuke to the governor, Bharara dispatched a truck this week to collect the findings of the commission, which operated for just nine months before Cuomo agreed to dissolve the panel as part of a state budget agreement that included some new ethics provisions.

That selection followed the nomination of state Budget Director Bob Megna to serve as acting executive director of the beleaguered authority.

The Liverpool Central School District had its state aid reduced by $ 2.3 million last year because of this state budget trick.

Unlike past years, Cuomo has not linked his ethics reforms to the passage of the state budget, a time when governors have the most leverage over the legislature.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Free state college tuition for middle - class students, an expanded child care tax credit and $ 1 billion in new spending on public schools are among the highlights of a state budget proposal unveiled Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The stated justification by the governor is the scary chaos in Washington, and the fact that a third of the state budget, $ 54.3 billion, is federal funding.

Andrew Stewart - Cousins, the State Senate Minority Leader, took to the airwaves this morning to argue that she should be part of the state budget negotiation process if the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference, Jeffrey Klein, negotiates the budget too.

The death of the commission midway through its planned 18 - month lifespan occurred as part of the negotiation of the state budget in March 2014, and it was a three - man job.

ALBANY — Early childhood advocates are appealing to education commissioner John King for a more friendly interpretation of the state budget's pre-kindergarten provisions in an effort to boost upstate participation.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Senate just approved the last of the state budget bills, voting 61 - 1 to hike the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

It was created as a sop to Senate Republicans who angered small businesses when they voted to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 as part of the state budget.

As budget negotiations were going down to the wire in Albany, some 5,000 parents, teachers and students from across the state converged outside Gov. Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office for a March 28 rally that marked the culmination of their months - long campaign to stop him from pushing through radical changes to public education policy favored by his Wall Street backers as part of the state budget.

Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat who was re-elected last fall, has prided himself on fiscal austerity, capping state spending increases at 2 percent, which — considering increases in education and Medicaid — means «the rest of the state budget basically has to be zero,» the governor said in January.

Economic development funding was often distributed by former governors and legislative leaders when each received a pot of money, sometimes totaling half a billion dollars, as part of the state budget deal.

As part of the state budget, Governor Andrew Cuomo included Chautauqua Lake in his $ 65 million HABs Initiative as one of twelve priority lakes in New York State.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, buoyed by estimates of a state budget surplus, is proposing more than $ 104 million in new tax cuts.

That increase was approved in 2013 as part of the state budget.

A child victims act will not be part of the state budget, if it is passed anywhere near on - time.

Future increases on the road to $ 15 for upstate workers will depend upon approval of the state Budget Director, who will make a determination based on economic trends.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy has released a fourth version of his state budget proposal as Connecticut remains the only state without a budget, three months into its fiscal year.

And she's not impressed by a portion of the state budget passed this week which delays inclusion of tests on student records for two years.

«Her vast experience in the People's House and extensive knowledge of the state budget process will guide the Assembly Majority as we continue to pursue our Families First agenda.»

They would join local police and firefighters, along with the State Patrol, in retaining their bargaining rights under the latest version the Assembly is taking up Tuesday as part of the state budget.

We're now at a 65 - year low in terms of the proportion of the state budget going to state education aid to local school districts.

In the final days of state budget talks, the state Senate appears opposed to two hotly debated issues: «The DREAM Act has the support of 53 percent of voters, compared to 42 percent who oppose it.

Speakers will address the need to raise the state minimum wage as part of the state budget deliberations despite Governor Cuomo's suggestion that it should be done later in the session.

Mahoney said that lack of state budget money was a miscommunication between herself and Sen. John DeFrancisco, who each thought the other would pursue money in the state budget.

Dan said that nine days were not enough for a legislative arm to consider details of a state budget.

This was made extra difficult this year because of a new law passed as part of the state budget.

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We will then be proposing legislation this year so that it becomes a permanent part of the state budget.

ALBANY — The head of the state Senate on Monday all but declared the Child Victims Act dead as part of the state budget.

Fasano also questioned the governor's decision, in the absence of a state budget, to withhold municipal revenue sharing grants without legislative approval.

Everyone understands the impact that the lack of a state budget is having on our towns, families and businesses throughout the state.

In the lead up to the passage of the state budget last week, AQE organized a rally in Albany and Nixon, the newly - minted gubernatorial candidate, made an appearance, as she has for years.

CUNY chancellor James Milliken has repeatedly said that funding a new contract is his highest priority, but that the university did not get enough money out of the state budget process.

Cuomo wants the state Legislature to approve this month as part of the state budget a gradual increase of the minimum wage from $ 9 to $ 15 by 2018 in New York City and by mid-2021 elsewhere in the state.

The measure was approved in April as part of the state budget.

Supporters of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education tax credit were at the Capitol to persuade lawmakers that the credit, which would benefit donors to private and charter schools, should be approved as part of the state budget.

(WBEN)- The Buffalo Billion phase II was passed as part of the capital projects portion of the state budget, drawing praise from every member of the Western New York delegation.

They're pressing to include a measure to accomplish that as part of state budget negotiations.