Sentences with phrase «proposal on»

Clinton, who prides herself on the details of public policy, has said little about what is now the most ambitious and expensive proposal on her agenda: making public college tuition free for most Americans.

The response comes after last month's tragic school shooting that killed 17 people and President Trump's proposal on giving bonuses to teachers who undergo gun training.

ELIZABETHTOWN A new executive budget proposal on how to pay land taxes within the Adirondack Park drew the ire of Essex County lawmakers on Monday.

Citing a goal of improved quality of life for families, Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo unveiled a 2018 budget proposal on Tuesday that boosts spending on child protective services, adds toxicologists to the Medical Examiner's Office and holds the tax rate steady.

But the impact of his proposal on the district level varies from a cut of 3.15 percent to Orange County's Valley Central district to an increase of 12.78 percent for Ulster's Highland.

According to the New York Post, the Board of Regents will pass a proposal on Tuesday allowing educators to blame the rollout of the Common Core standards as a reason for poor student performance:

There was a little bit of drama in an otherwise mundane end to the legislative session, when Senate Republicans agreed in the final hours to approve Governor Cuomo's proposal on how to make teacher evaluations public.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Only days after calling for an overhaul of gun control in New York following the Connecticut school shooting, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a tough proposal on gun control is ready to become law.

As Niagara County's leading business advocacy organization with nearly 1000 members representing over 30,000 employees, the Niagara USA Chamber of Commerce would like to comment on National Grid's proposal on electric and natural gas rates.

A spokesman for the Assembly, Michael Whyland, said that the proposal on income was meant «to ensure that a majority of a legislator's income is from their job representing the people of their district,» adding «this proposal strikes a good balance.»

(L to R) Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, and state Controller Thomas DiNapoli listen to Cuomo deliver his 2018 executive budget proposal on Tuesday.

Although the commission has another four months to make a formal recommendation, the proposal on the table calls for raising that base pay to $ 116,900 annually.

The New York State Board of Regents and the Mount Vernon City School District welcome comments on the application, including those related to the programmatic and fiscal impact of the renewal proposal on public and non-public schools in the area.

Culture Secretary Matt Hancock urged the peer to look into the camera and make a proposal on live television.

ALBANY — Alain Kaloyeros says he's heartened that Andrew Cuomo renewed the state's commitment to nanotechnology research and commercialization when the newly elected governor delivered his budget proposal on Tuesday.

Cuomo's announcement on Sunday was one of several events to introduce or re-assert policy goals that will also be included in a major speech accompanying Cuomo's budget proposal on Wednesday.

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, who sponsored that resolution, voted against the mayor's proposal on Wednesday.

A White House proposal on immigration will contain a path to citizenship for up to 1.8 million young people brought into the United States as children as part of a package that also includes $ 25 billion for a border wall and other security measures.

Cuomo rallied for his shared services proposal on Thursday in Rockland County, picking up support for the plan from County Executive Ed Day.

As promised, the New York Public Interest Research Group has submitted an amicus (friend of the court) brief in support of the lawsuit that challenges the wording of the ballot proposal on casino expansion that voters will be asked to decide on Election Day next month.

When New Yorkers vote next week, they will see this proposal on the ballot, «The purpose of the proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution is to allow the Legislature to authorize and regulate up to seven casinos for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

PEF has a counter proposal on the table that would achieve the savings the state needs for this fiscal year.

«It should really be titled «Transparency for Others» and it must be the 1000th legislative proposal on «transparency» slated to go nowhere.»

Nazarbaev categorically rejected the proposal on October 1.

Flanagan on Tuesday signaled he was concerned with the proposal on the federal level to have the state assume county Medicaid costs.

The House Appropriations Committee cleared the $ 3.3 - billion legislative branch spending proposal on a voice vote.

In a statement from Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi, the governor's office takes lawmakers to task for, in part, raising concerns over the impact of the $ 163 million proposal on private and independent colleges.

National Democrats have not been financially active in support of the Ohio redistricting measure, perhaps because the party's House leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), has helped raise $ 10 million (or more) to fight a similar proposal on the ballot tomorrow in California, where Democrats are a majority of the House delegation.

Just one city planning commissioner voted down the 25 Kent Avenue rezoning proposal on Wednesday morning, worried about a possible lack of enforcement regarding the amount of light manufacturing allowed in the project.

The SUNY committee will take up the proposal on Oct. 11.

His proposal on busing was to give the pickers job to inner - city welfare recipients and the unemployed who wanted them instead of the (mostly illegal) immigrants who pick the crops in the fields of the district.

The likely voters who were polled do support the second proposal on the ballot by an overwhelming margin.

The New York Times reported that the legislature, which would need to approve most of the plan for imposing the traffic charges, was expected to receive the proposal on Friday.

The only current Senate proposal on mayoral control would extend the system just a year, with the new condition that city school budgets would have to be approved by the Legislature.

Wilson said there is a proposal on the ballot next month that could potentially make bigger changes to prevent corruption.

Mr. Paladino seems to not trust them to simply consider a campaign proposal on the merits; he feels a need to season it with a little «us - them» disdain for the poor.

Cuomo unveiled his $ 168 billion spending proposal on Tuesday.

Instead of putting this proposal on the chopping block, I believe we must continue to protect the welfare of all patients who rely upon sound professional advice and medicine that works.»

But with the governor's tax proposal on the table, it's time to play offense.

Albany Common Council member Judd Krasher listens as Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan delivers her 2017 budget proposal on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, at City Hall in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron / Times Union archive)

Earlier this month, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz issued a negative recommendation to the City Planning Commission, which will vote on the Related Companies proposal on Oct. 19.

Even though the board began planning the search for his replacement on Monday, members advanced a state budget proposal on schedule.

Advocates are also hopeful that the governor includes a significant paid family leave proposal on Wednesday, and many are watching to see if he unveils a plan for a statewide policy on car - hailing apps, like Uber.

A proposal on Tuesday's ballot would raise the retirement age for some New York judges from 70 to age 80.

Meanwhile, the Assembly outlined in broad strokes for the Times Union budget plans that include a freeze of SUNY and CUNY tuition rates at their current levels and a $ 75 million addition to the governor's proposal on state - subsidized child care.

The state teachers» union, which has been a primary opponent of the tax credit, slammed the new proposal on Tuesday as «just another giveaway to the rich.»

The state's senior senator insisted the outlook for Obama's $ 9 - an - hour plan is «promising» — at least in the Democrat - controlled US Senate, which is expected to have the proposal on the floor by spring.

«We welcome the Governor's «Tier VI» proposal on pensions.

By a wide margin, 57 - 25 percent, likely voters say they will vote «no» on the Constitutional Convention proposal on next week's ballot.

Some supported the proposal on equity and fairness grounds, since elites were already perceived to benefit disproportionately from the state's resources, through special - interest appropriations of oil wealth, and because it would bring a huge benefit to low - income Alaskans and those living at a subsistence level.