Sentences with phrase «of the closed door budget»

Brian Kolb is the New York State Assembly minority leader, but he's not part of the closed door budget negotiations underway in Albany.

Yet minority leaders are left out of the closed door budget meetings with the governor, known around the Capitol as «three men in a room.»

Important matters determined by the give and take of the closed door budget negotiations carries with it the taint of something underhanded.

Not exact matches

The provisions of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code allow businesses to find ways to reduce their debt and restructure their operations without having to be shut down and liquidated to satisfy debts — instead of closing their doors, businesses can stay open, pay their employees, and take in revenue while developing a budget and a repayment plan for creditors (subject to the approval of the bankruptcy court).

But the IDC has remained a key bloc of lawmakers and its leader, Sen. Jeff Klein, is included in closed - door budget negotiations with the legislative leaders from the Assembly and Senate and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Lobbyists, elected officials and reporters who spent a lot of time waiting around outside closed doors last week, hoping against hope that legislative leaders and the governor would finally hammer out a budget deal, noticed a key member of the Senate GOP conference was not participating in their closed - door caucuses.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders emerged from closed - door negotiations Sunday without a deal on the state budget, but eyeing a $ 1 billion increase in school aid and a package of laws to combat sexual harassment as a Monday night deadline loomed.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb has insisted he and his counterpart in the Senate, Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, should be included in the closed - door leaders meetings that hash out the details of the state budget as well as the particulars of legislative priorities.

ALBANY — A proposal to end cash bail for lower - level crimes will likely not be considered as part of the state's estimated $ 170 billion budget, top lawmakers said Sunday as they continued closed - door talks less than a week before the budget deadline.

Tedisco's bill requires all member items, discretionary funds, and so - called «lump sum payments», which are controlled by the Speaker of the Assembly, Senate Majority Leader and Governor and negotiated in many instances behind closed doors, be made public and fully transparent within the state budget.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal to shift some state costs for the Medicaid health care system to New York City is one of the last and thorniest issues surrounding the state budget being debated behind closed doors, according to one senior legislator.

there are elements of the budget that are inscrutable, decided behind closed doors by a handful of

Most of the decisions on the budget were made by Cuomo and major party legislative leaders in closed door three - me - in - a-room leaders meetings.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio urged Cuomo and the Legislature to reauthorize mayoral control of New York City's public schools, ratcheting up public pressure as his aides scrambled behind closed doors on several budget - related education issues.

Having budgets discussed behind closed doors with just the governor and legislative majority leaders has long been a staple of Albany and a source of derision.

One hallmark of the budget season, the closed - door leaders meetings between the governor, Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker, are yet to be held.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is choosing to play his cards very close to the vest in the wake of his three - way, closed - door leaders meeting earlier today, despite the fact that legislative leaders expressed hope of reaching a conceptual budget sometime tomorrow.

But it's also budget season at the capitol, and that meant another round of rallies and closed - door meetings.

The Senate was trying to take up at least a couple, but the measures need to go through many hours still of closed - door meetings by Senate Democrats, who have been cut out of the budget process and were seeing the actual budget bills for the first time.

Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins of Yonkers leads the 24 - member Democratic conference, and Democrats hoped this year's elections would finally elevate a woman into the highest echelon of Albany deal - making — the closed - door talks that hash out the budget and other legislation.

After weeks of closed - door negotiations, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced late this past Wednesday night that they had reached an agreement on the 2013 - 2014 state budget.

They also discuss the role of negotiations behind closed doors in reaching an acceptable budget.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders continue to meet behind closed doors to hash out a budget deal, while outside the governor's offices dozens of angry protesters were arrested.

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.

• The Newsday editorial board laments the «many surprises» that came out of the closed - door budget meetings.

«We are discussing doing something before the first round of tests, which I think is April 3, so probably within the budget,» Silver told reporters after a two - hour meeting with Cuomo and Senate leaders behind closed doors.

Plans to increase the state oil spill fund may fall by the wayside during the state budget process, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the closed - door talks.

Cuomo has postured over the budget virtually every year he has been in office in the final days of the negotiations, emerging from closed - door meetings to suggest the talks remain up in the air or major issues are yet to be locked down, sometimes to the bewilderment of legislators who thought they were close.

Last night, a number of Senate Democrats took their frustration with being excluded from the closed - door budget negotiations on the final product, voting «no» on part of the agreement that dealt with transportation, economic development and environmental spending.

The state budget approved in April had good news for schools and low - wage workers, but once again it was done behind closed doors and includes a shift of money to public authorities, a review by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli contended.

As budget negotiations — which are conducted behind closed doors among the governor and three top legislative leaders, out of sight of even other lawmakers — unfolded over the past week, it became increasingly clear that the Legislature would punt policy issues such as gun control or bail reform to after the budget's April 1 deadline, in favor of financial considerations.

There are several arguments for leaving him in place, not the least of which is his proven ability to negotiate on the chamber's behalf in closed - door budget talks.

Then, the mayor will release his executive budget, kicking off another round of Council hearings before the two sides move to closed - door negotiations and come to a final agreement.

For decades, the final details and compromises in New York's annual budget have been decided by the so - called «three men in the room,» or the leaders of the two legislative houses and the governor, but with workplace sexual harassment at the forefront this year, it seems that at least one woman will be included in parts of the closed - door

These portions of the budget are decided behind closed doors by a select group of politicians, with no oversight, public input or guarantee that New Yorkers, not state legislators, derive benefit from the distribution of this money.

ALBANY — Legislative leaders emerged from nearly two hours of closed - door negotiations with Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying they would brief their respective conferences on final details of a state budget, and hope that bills could be finalized and printed Tuesday night.

It also shows the consequences of making policy behind closed doors and under the frenzy of a budget deadline.

At issue is the fact that Governor Malloy was not part of the months - long closed - door meetings by the state's Democratic and Republican legislative leaders that produced the compromise budget.

Along with the leader of the state Senate and the governor, Sheldon Silver was one of the «three men in a room» who negotiated the state budget and important legislation behind closed doors.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A nonprofit is suing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature over the annual «three men in a room» behind closed doors method of negotiating a state budget.

A big wild card for the Senate is its mainstream Democratic conference, which was not a part of closed - door talks and was just seeing budget legislation.

«I think the budget that was passed in both chambers is a terrible budget for the state of Connecticut,» House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D - Berlin, said Thursday after emerging from closed - door talks with Malloy and legislative leaders from both parties.

It's expected that Klein will continue to sit in on closed - door negotiations involving the state budget and major legislation, and that the seven members of his conference will chair Senate committees.

She said she believes her lawsuit is the first to challenge the state's decades - old process of allowing the governor, Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker to negotiate a budget behind closed doors.

Their stories explain how they prepare for lengthy budget negotiations, the challenges of waiting around for indeterminate amounts of time and the desperation caused by staring at closed doors.

The powerful position meant Mr. Silver was one of Albany's «three men in a room» — along with the governor and the senate leader — who set the state budget and hammer out deals behind closed doors.

On December 8th, the Erie County Legislature adopted a heavily amended version of County Executive Joel Giambra's «Red Budget,» which reduced Library funding by 80 % and would have necessitated the closing of all library doors after January 1st.

Legislative leaders were back at the state Capitol on Columbus Day for more closed - door talks to find some way out of the nine - month - long budget stalemate that has left state and local governments in fiscal limbo.

The public safety committee hearing was the penultimate executive budget hearing, with the finance committee set to finish the proceedings Tuesday before closed - door negotiations lead to a budget deal between Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council before the July 1 start of the new fiscal year.

He also asked for representatives of the minority parties to be included in closed - door budget talks.