Sentences with phrase «part of budget negotiations»

Young said the memorial issue will be discussed as part of the budget negotiations with the governor and Assembly.

The Senate sponsor of the bill, Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Democrat, said that's a significant boost to the bill, because it has now become part of budget negotiations and puts several GOP senators who are opposed to the measure or undecided on the spot.

Cuomo has crisscrossed the state pushing for the $ 15 minimum wage, making it a key part of his budget negotiations with lawmakers.

Democratic state lawmakers Thursday pressed to have a bill that makes it easier for the survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits remain part of the budget negotiations.

Later, Cuomo spokeswoman Melissa DeRosa clarified the governor's comments on Twitter, saying, «Raise the age is still part of budget negotiations; we believe we will successfully secure the necessary funding to implement the program.»

But Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, R - Suffolk County, told reporters Tuesday that providing assistance to the casinos is part of budget negotiations for the fiscal year that starts Sunday.

Cuomo said he will push, as part of the budget negotiations over the next two weeks, measures to take guns away from all convicted domestic violence offenders and expand the background check waiting period to 10 days.

On Tuesday Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters that the DREAM Act and the Education Investment Tax Credit (EITC) he had paired were no longer part of budget negotiations.

But the Senate has, at least initially, declined to accept the House education bill as part of the budget negotiation process, which will occupy lawmakers in the second half of the 2018 session.

The Business Council is strongly opposed to a tax on HMO premiums, which is being considered as part of budget negotiations.

The Senate sponsor of the bill, Senator Brad Hoylman, a Democrat, says that's a significant boost to the bill, because it has now become part of budget negotiations and puts several GOP Senators opposed to the measure or undecided on the spot.

The IDC, however, remains a key bloc of votes in the Senate and its leader, Sen. Jeff Klein, is part of the budget negotiations.

«Certainly, we're still looking for a transparent answer why the Assembly majority is not moving the bill or doing it as part of the budget negotiations.»

And he said, «well, I'm going to appoint this commission with subpoena powers from the Attorney General to look at all you guys,» and then Cuomo mysteriously abruptly shut down that commission over a year ago as part of budget negotiations.

According the the Democrat and Chronicle, state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said providing assistance to casinos is part of the budget negotiations.

«The argument was that it should be taken up as part of budget negotiations,» Gottfried said.

As part of budget negotiations, Cuomo agreed to end the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

During a cabinet meeting to address college sexual assault, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that Klein would be part of the budget negotiations, despite not being the leader of the chamber.

When asked if they could be handled as part of the budget negotiations, Cuomo said they were separate issues but should be negotiated simultaneously.

Separately, lawmakers in New York struck a deal this week as part of budget negotiations to raise the state's minimum wage to $ 9.

Last week, as Glenn Hurowitz laid out, the White House appeared ambivalent on the EPA greenhouse gas language in the bill, with rumors that it was telling Democrats to accept the limitations on the agency as part of the budget negotiations.

Without a direct companion bill in the Senate, both chambers agreed Thursday to negotiate a compromise in a conference committee of House and Senate members as part of budget negotiations.

It remains unclear what elements of Simmons» proposal, SB 1552, if any, will wind up as law, as SB 796 moves forward as part of budget negotiations.