ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Compromise proved elusive Thursday as New York lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo worked to hammer
out budget deals on ride - hailing, juvenile justice reforms and college tuition assistance ahead of a key deadline.
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.
-- while lawmakers and the governor were down the street trying to work
out a budget deal.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan released a carefully worded statement this afternoon that seemed to suggest some form of the DREAM Act is very much alive as legislative leaders and the governor continue to try to hammer
out a budget deal.
As protesters raged, chanted and got arrested outside of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office, the three legislative leaders met twice with the governor on Thursday in an attempt to hash
out a budget deal.
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.
That gives lawmakers some time to maybe, possibly work
out a budget deal.
But an internal memorandum that appears to have been prepared by the Cuomo administration and was obtained by The New York Times provides a rare glimpse inside the negotiating room, where Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo; the Senate majority leader, Dean G. Skelos; Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; and their aides are attempting to hammer
out a budget deal before the March 31 deadline.
About an hour after releasing the letter, Malloy met with the top lawmakers, all sides agreeing to meet again next week to hammer
out a budget deal before the legislative session ends on May 4.
European heads of state will meet in Brussels on 7 and 8 February to attempt, again, to hammer
out a budget deal for the European Union's next 7 - year budget period.
Not exact matches
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I agree the risk is relatively minor comparatively, but look at how many people are moving
out of Chicago as they dramatically raise property taxes to
deal with their
budget deficits.
i think wenger makes the list of players he wants and then sends his negotiating team to sort
out the transfer i.e gazidis and dicky law (who is very good as he is multi lingual and has many contacts around south america / spain very handy) to sort
out the finer details (get a cheaper
deal) of the
deal, and broker terms and then it gets presented to the board (who give wenger and gazidis the
budget to which they work with) for final approval.
Instead, the Mets got Cespedes on what's essentially a one - year
deal (assuming he opts
out), which fits their needs and
budget perfectly.
just reading around and all if not most rags are saying our net spend is # 46 million how can they tell that when they do nt even know what our real
budget is if it was # 100 million then we are in profit by quite a bit i do nt really know what they base there assumptions on this is where you could do with swiss ramble to dissect what really was spent from what i could see most of our 5 transfers were covered by
out goings and c / l monies earned debuchy - vela
deal, chambers - vermalen
deal, ospina - cesc and miquel
deals sanchez c / l monies and other monies recovered from wages and old installment based
deals this is the same with welbeck i would imagine if not then poldolski will be sold in jan to cover this as i think he was going to be sold and this would have covered welbecks transfer more or less also and people do nt always realize that arsenal have money coming in from more than one source to cover transfers not just puma and emirates
deals we have property arm of the club which makes money for transfers also outstanding debts we are owed of old transfers we receive each year on song cesc maybe van persie and all other structured
deals in installment payments sales we just flogged miquel as an example and all the monies from released wages and youths sold its a bit to complex to just say we have a net spend of xyz when arsenal do nt even make the
budget public so they have no starting point from which to go from i bet you we have broke even or even made a slight profit as we are self sustaining it would make sense that we can break even or at least make the net spend under # 10 million each year at least screw then all we are the arsenal we do thing our way
He could easily fetch a # 300,000 per week
deal should he join United, City or one of these Chinese sides, and although we cant stretch our
budget that far, we do need to push the boat
out somewhat.
in the case of our club the powers that be sees us as a necessary evil... believe me if they could figure
out a way to take our money without ever having to
deal with us they would... instead they simply gauge our concerns then manufacture an aggressive PR campaign addressing said concerns so as to sell season tickets and the like... so whether it's about Sanchez staying, transfer
budgets, lengthy player injuries, club expectations etc... this team has treated us like a petulant teenager that should be seen and not heard, which is a completely disrespectful way to treat incredibly loyal fans who pay some of the highest ticket prices in the world... this is why this team doesn't get the benefit of the doubt, this is why they don't get a pass when they screw up and this is why they don't deserve our respect when it comes time to show them the door... that time is NOW
I love the idea of a ice cream social on a
budget and
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When you start shopping early, you can take advantage of all of those great
deals early in the season and spread your Christmas spending
out a little further — a real plus for families on a tight
budget.
Watch
out for the best online
deals, so it doesn't use up too much of your
budget.
If you do not have any, and want to make one, Shutterfly and Snapfish are my favorite places to make books, and they often email
out coupons for
budget friendly
deals.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver sounded exasperated about the lack of a three - way
budget deal this afternoon while speaking with reporters, but declined to declare outright that Gov. David Paterson't isn't negotiating in good faith, saying only: «I think we'll find that
out over the weekend.»
Aubertine, who represents the GOP - dominated 48th SD, said he's not thrilled with the
budget deal, but is preferring to focus more on the things the Legislature managed to keep
OUT of the final plan, and less on what's actually in it.
The governor questioned whether the legislative
budget deal will be balanced (we have yet to see the revenue bill, although there's supposed to be one
out today), saying he doesn't want to see a repeat of last year, when the Legislature was forced to enact mid-year cuts to address a post-
deal deficit.
Here's Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. explaining there are «things» in the two - way legislative
budget deal with which he is not comfortable and insisting that the leadership is «trying to work something
out.»
Cuomo isn't giving up on a bill that would help child sex abuse victims obtain justice as adults — even though the measure was left
out of the state
budget, saying he'll continue to push for the Child Victims Act, along with other policy items not in the final
deal, in the post-
budget session.
However, unlike the
budget process which gives the governor broad authority, Cuomo must break
out his chess board if he wants to reach a
deal on gay marriage in the Republican - led Senate and get the Democratic - controlled Assembly to approve his 2 percent tax cap.
With time running
out, Congress today easily approved a short - term spending bill that would prevent a partial federal government shutdown over the weekend, but departed in advance of the president's first 100 day milestone (tomorrow) with addressing two of his top policy priorities: health care and a year - long
budget deal.
Gov. David Paterson said earlier today that he will ask state lawmakers not to depart Albany midweek as planned and instead remain at the Capitol in hopes of hammering
out a
deal on the 2010 - 2011 state
budget, which is now almost two full weeks late.
interested enough in finding
out what the Commission had discovered that he has launched an inquiry, in part, to get to the bottom of whether «investigations potentially significant to the public interest have been bargained away as part of the negotiated arrangement between legislative and executive leaders,» as he wrote in a letter to the Commission's members on April 3 — a reference to the ethics
deal struck between the governor and the Legislature as part of their
budget agreement at the end of March, which coincided with Cuomo's announcement that he was shutting down the Commission.
, and two districts unrepresented, during
budget negotiations, AND gives the IDC plenty of time to back
out of the
deal.
Late Friday night, Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito shook on a
deal setting
out New York City's
budget.
Heastie also backed
out of a
budget deadline
deal to pass a bill that would have started the process of amending the constitution to prevent state convicts like Silver from collecting their pensions.
The prime minister's official spokesman yesterday said that «inevitable» there would be discussions on the
budget proposals, but it would be up to individual states on December 15th to choose between the reality of getting a
deal, and holding
out for a perfect solution.
Cuomo said he does not expect a
deal to dole
out the full $ 2 billion in affordable housing money agreed to in the current state
budget until next year.
Mr. Golisano recently announced that he was moving his legal residence to Florida
out of anger about the
budget deal crafted in April by Democratic leaders in Albany, which included an increase in taxes on high earners.
Much of the rest of the governor's agenda, as laid
out in his executive
budget and 30 - day amendments, will now be addressed after the
budget deal is reached.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently convened a summit of LGBT advocates at the Capitol to start mapping
out a strategy to push for a vote on this issue after a
budget deal is reached.
Remember that there was a shortfall that former Gov. David Paterson asked the Legislature to
deal with and it did not, leaving this year's
budget more than $ 315 million
out of balance.
Assembly Democrats on Saturday continued to hash
out the finer points of the 2015 - 16 state
budget and while a
deal seemed close, details on school receivership, education aid distribution and a potential minimum wage hike linked to property tax relief still remained outstanding issues.
On the
budget front, legislative leaders are still holding
out hope for a handshake
deal today, but the governor appears unlikely to bless that particular union.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo touted the 2014 - 15 state
budget deal in a conference call with reporters on Saturday and singled
out the $ 1.5 billion program for a property tax rebate.
Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins is (not surprisingly) displeased by the fact that she and her fellow minority leader, Assembly Republican Leader Brian Kolb, are being left
out of the backroom
budget talks that again include IDC Leader Jeff Klein, even though he no longer has a power - sharing
deal with the Senate Republicans.
The Senate Republicans are starting to make noises about a two - way
budget deal with the Assembly, which would cut Gov. Andrew Cuomo
out of the picture — at least temporarily.
These are the people who make those decisions, from lobbyists whose names stay
out of the press to the famous «three men in a room» that hash
out the state
budget to the prosecutor who has emerged as the fourth man in that room, listening in on every
deal and upending the status quo of a place that seemed like it would never change.
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.
In a news release sent
out by Cuomo's office, he called the
deal «a responsible
budget agreement that lives within the 2 percent spending cap, rejects tax increases and meets the needs of every region of this state.»
But with the distrust between Mr. Cuomo's office and City Hall showing little sign of abating, the importance of maintaining that relationship has ballooned for Mr. de Blasio, who is seeking to get more
out of the
budget deal than a simple restoration of existing funds.
«It worked
out much better for the American people,» Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D - N.Y., said Monday regarding the
budget deal.
Despite the tentative
deal, details on specific proposals continued to be hammered
out through Thursday, with the New York State Senate scheduling a rare session to pass
budget bills today.