Sentences with phrase «proposed in the state assembly»

The legislation comes 18 years after the first medical marijuana bill was proposed in the state Assembly and after a week of push - and - pull between legislators and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo about the details of the program.

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As set forth above, as opposed to the stringent regulations in other states such as New York, and the bill proposed in the Assembly last year, which appear to deter companies from spending the time and money to pursue cutting - edge ideas, the Act appropriately balances the need for consumer protection with the desire to allow businesses to innovate.

«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform,» the speaker said.

As he raised concerns over the sweeping changes to state government through a pair of constitutional amendments proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a statement pointed to the relative short window of time debate would be held over term limits and creating a full - time Legislature that bans outside income.

With a new leader in the State Assembly there's new optimism a few proposed laws that have been blocked will finally make it to the floor for a vote this legislative session.

Chief Operating Officer Mike Nolan noted proposals allowing Batavia Downs to keep a higher percentage of net winnings were in the budgets proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the State Senate and Assembly, but did not make it into the final budget passed March 31.

Assembly Bill 8717 proposes to make it illegal to possess, manufacture, transport or sell bump stocks in New York State.

She says Democrats in the State Assembly have already proposed a similar idea.

«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform.

Democrats in the Assembly proposed a $ 1 fee on for - hire vehicle trips around the state, and a $ 2.75 fee on any trip that starts or ends in Manhattan below 96th Street.

Both Governor Cuomo and the Assembly have proposed measures to raise New York State's minimum wage, including a higher minimum wage level for New York City in the... (read more)

ALBANY — The Business Council is applauding the Senate Majority for its attempts to rein in spending and its announcement that it will reject both the $ 1.7 billion in tax and fee increases included in the Executive Budget, and the Assembly Majority's proposed $ 1.5 billion increase in the state's personal income tax.

Legislation has been proposed in both the state Senate and Assembly to ban sex between cops and those in custody in the current legislative session.

The initiatives are contained in the Assembly's proposed state budget, which outlines its priorities as the budget talks with Gov. Cuomo and the Senate heat up.

The state is planning to release proposed regulations next year aimed at halting illegal dumping of the kind that Suffolk prosecutors say occurred in and around Islip Town, state environmental authorities said Wednesday during a five - hour Assembly hearing.

Under the deal between state lawmakers and Cuomo, the state bears more of the responsibility, a contrast from the ride - hailing service bill proposed in the New York State Assembly that would have given local municipalities more control in regulastate lawmakers and Cuomo, the state bears more of the responsibility, a contrast from the ride - hailing service bill proposed in the New York State Assembly that would have given local municipalities more control in regulastate bears more of the responsibility, a contrast from the ride - hailing service bill proposed in the New York State Assembly that would have given local municipalities more control in regulaState Assembly that would have given local municipalities more control in regulation.

Mr. Russell added that the State Assembly had proposed a redistricting that would have put Southold and Shelter Island in the South Fork district in 1992, but that measure had failed.

The proposed new maps, with their ridiculously warped and irregular border lines, are instead designed to keep Democrats in power in the Assembly and Republicans in charge in the State Senate for the next decade.

In 2012, state Assembly leaders proposed raising the per diem payments for members who go to the Capitol on official business.

The expansion in the number of political parties and possibly independent candidates as contained in the proposed Constitutional amendments now awaiting the concurrence of State Assemblies mean that we need to think fast and plan properly, especially in the management of the ballot.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is weighing in on the drama in the state Assembly, and is proposing reforms.

Cuomo said his plans to extend public tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants — the Dream Act — and a plan proposed tax credit offsetting donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds (as well as public schools) were «highly likely» to fall out of talks because the State Senate and Assembly were «dug in» in their respective opposition.

The state Senate and state Assembly passed different versions of pension stripping bills in 2015, so New York is not able to propose a constitutional amendment to withhold pensions from officials who were elected before 2011.

With the State Legislature set to end its session on Thursday, State Senator Patrick Gallivan is hoping his proposed terrorist registry bill - which was passed by his peers - will come up for a vote in the Assembly.

Under proposed plan North Rockland will be split from Senate District 38 and placed into District 39 with Orange County Officials and consultants involved with the new Senate and Assembly districts have dealt Rockland County and particularly North Rockland a potential blow, as the county's contiguous representation in one state senate district is proposed -LSB-...]

On Thursday, the New York State Assembly rejected the plan in its one - house budget, which proposes restoring the $ 485 million and freezing tuition for two years.

«The curious concept of borrowing from the Pension Plan to pay the Pension Plan was proposed by Mr. DiNapoli in May 2009 in the form of legislation, sponsored at Mr. DiNapoli's request in the State Senate by Senator Diane J. Savino (D - Brooklyn - Staten Island) and in the State Assembly by Assemblyman Peter J. Abbatte (D - Brooklyn).

The rally, headlined by Sen. Terry Gipson, Senate hopeful Justin Wagner and Assembly candidate Andrew Falk, comes after a half - dozen candidates for state Senate failed to qualify for the Women's Equality Party, the new ballot line formed this year meant to boost the package of measures proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2013.

The state is planning to release proposed regulations next year aimed at halting illegal dumping of the kind that Suffolk prosecutors say occurred in and around Islip Town, state environmental authorities said during a five - hour Assembly hearing.

But the education reform legislation as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo was always considered to be a heavier lift in the Assembly, where the state's teachers» unions are especially close with lawmakers.

The Senate Republicans are calling for a $ 1.655 billion increase in school aid, grants for charter schools and $ 4.6 million in aid to nonpublic schools, while the Assembly Democrats, aligned with the state teachers unions, proposed a $ 1.1 billion increase in Foundation Aid.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — the two most powerful Democrats in Albany — escalated their feud over a proposed salary bump for state legislators tonight in a pair of dueling press releases, which found Heastie accusing the governor of holding the State Legislature hostage and of disseminating misinformastate legislators tonight in a pair of dueling press releases, which found Heastie accusing the governor of holding the State Legislature hostage and of disseminating misinformaState Legislature hostage and of disseminating misinformation.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is proposing tuition assistance for illegal immigrants in New York State.

The first of two Assembly hearings on the state Thruway Authority's proposed truck toll increase was held in Albany Wednesday.

Democrats who dominate the State Assembly have proposed renewing a surcharge on top income earners that was first passed in 2009, and adding higher tax brackets for New Yorkers reporting between $ 5 and $ 10 million in income.

The Newtown massacre has generated so much proposed legislation — to expand the state's assault - weapons ban, make gun permit holders» names available publicly, reform the mental health system, and increase school security — that leaders of the General Assembly have decided they need to step in and direct traffic.

The budget includes a $ 1.5 billion increase in education funding, greater than the $ 961 million the governor proposed in January, but not as much as the $ 2.13 billion that the state Assembly wanted.

Several Assembly Republicans, who are in the minority party in that house, held a hearing on the 45 % toll increase for trucks proposed by the Cuomo Administration's State Thruway Authority.

The first of two Assembly hearings on the New York State Thruway Authority's proposed truck toll increase was held in Albany Wednesday.

Not included in the senate budget is an increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour as the Assembly and Governor Cuomo have proposed.

There are unfunded mandates and lack of aid from the state, and while he has provided more money for education, it is less than the Campaign for Fiscal Equity settlement [the 2006 court ruling requiring the state to pay billions in backpay to shortchanged school districts]... When [Assembly Speaker Carl] Heastie proposed a slightly progressive income tax, he just rejected it.

A bill proposed earlier this year passed in the state Senate Health Committee in April, and is currently before the Assembly Health Committee as well.

The proposal carves out what tax relief the Senate majority wants in the 2016 - 17 state budget, but it's a one - house bill that would have to win support from Assembly Democrats, and they proposed a different plan last month which included a tax cut for the middle class and a tax hike for millionaires.

Prosser and Gov. Scott Walker, who proposed the law in question, both served in the state Assembly at the same time in the 1990s.

The Democratic - controlled Assembly will vote on their own measure as proposed by Silver back in January at the State of the State address.

The Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly both included $ 45 million in additional funding in their chamber's proposed state budgets.

The leader of the Assembly Republicans is proposing to do away with the state's Thruway Authority and merge it into the state Department of Transportation, in an attempt to avoid excessive toll hikes.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has proposed extending aid for higher education in New York State to illegal immigrants.

The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the 36 state Houses of Assembly to give the expected support to the National Assembly, which voted in support of the local government autonomy in the new amendments proposed to the 1999 Constitution.

Three Republican Assembly members are credited with writing the report that proposes solutions based on a series of local hearings about the heroin addiction problem in New York state.