Sentences with phrase «raise for lawmakers»

Despite his attempt to use the pay raise for lawmakers as leverage, no special session meant no limits on outside incomes for state lawmakers and local government officials.

Still, there have been suggestions that Mr. Cuomo's tactics — including a failed effort to force a special legislative session last month with a potential raise for lawmakers as a lure — are grating on some Democrats.

The governor says the special session could also lead to a long - awaited pay raise for lawmakers.

With the latest corruption case hanging over Albany, the prospects of a pay raise for lawmakers and members of the governor's administration appear less likely.

ALBANY — After plans for a special session and a long - sought pay raise for lawmakers collapsed in the days before Christmas, members of the state Legislature are entering Gov. Andrew Cuomo's seventh year in a particularly sour mood.

The governor says the special session could also lead to a long awaited pay raise for lawmakers.

That kind of money in the pipeline would trigger gleeful ribbon - cuttings all over the state and perhaps some justification for a legislative pay raise for lawmakers who voted for it.

Two top lawmakers said Thursday that talks are ongoing for a special session of the State Legislature before New Year's Day that could include a possible pay raise for lawmakers and a host of unrelated issues, including divvying up a financial windfall for infrastructure projects.

ALBANY — Sen. Dean Skelos was re-elected by his peers Monday to lead the State Senate and indicated that a pay raise for lawmakers is one of the possible subjects of a special session before New Year's Day.

The ad, Republican lawyer David Lewis said, was missing the essential nuance in blasting Larkin for supporting a pay raise for lawmakers writ large, not the creation of the panel.

Many legislators, angry that Cuomo derailed a 25 - percent raise for lawmakers in December, contemplated boycotting the event.

Heastie favors a pay raise for lawmakers, statewide elected officials like Cuomo, and state agency commissioners, Whyland said.

In Albany's own version of Groundhog Day, Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York legislative leaders are still keeping open the possibility of a special session before the year ends that could include legalizing Uber statewide and a pay raise for lawmakers.

A similar - sounding commission in 2016 killed — with help from Cuomo's appointees to the panel — a recommended pay raise for lawmakers, who have not seen a raise in their $ 79,500 base rate since 1999.

But one item that has to be done by Dec. 31 is a pay raise for lawmakers.

In Albany's own version of Groundhog Day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are still keeping open the possibility of a special session before the year ends that could include legalizing ride - sharing services statewide and a pay raise for lawmakers.

The governor said the special session also could lead to a long - awaited pay raise for lawmakers.

And he is in favor of a pay raise for lawmakers, but is opposed to linking any recommendation from a commission to lawmakers approving ethics legislation.

There's been talk of a package of bills that would include pay raises for lawmakers as well as a minimum wage increase, and perhaps a plan for more charter schools or even other unrelated issues like the Dream Act, which would give college aid to children of immigrants.

There's also little desire among voters to see lawmakers receive a pay bump from their base $ 79,500, with opposition to the proposal registering at 55 percent to 42 percent (pay raises for lawmakers and cabinet officials is now before a panel that could decide on salary increases at the end of this year).

New York state legislature leaders have been discussing whether to hold a special session this month and take up, among other issues, pay raises for lawmakers.

There's been talk of pay raises for lawmakers that has not been completely ruled out by legislative leaders, perhaps laying the ground work for more discussions on the governor's other unfinished items.

Legislators currently make $ 79,500 per year, though a compensation commission has recently begun examining the issue and is likely to recommend significant raises for lawmakers, who have not seen a raise in 16 years.

The issue of outside income has been a delicate one in Albany for years, and is closely tied with periodic calls for pay raises for lawmakers, and calls to make serving in the Legislature a full - time job.

Not exact matches

Bills to raise the federal minimum wage, currently at $ 7.25 an hour, for other workers have gotten signficant pushback from lawmakers, who recently killed legislation in the Senate.

Some Republican lawmakers are against raising the federal gas tax to pay for the president's promised $ 1 trillion infrastructure plan.

But saying it on a national stage, under scrutiny of lawmakers, raised the stakes for the CEO, who had never previously given testimony in Congress.

Prominent Republican lawmakers are already coming out against raising the federal gas tax to pay for the president's promised $ 1 trillion investment in infrastructure.

The news raised concern that U.S. lawmakers could draw up regulation on data usage for Facebook and other major tech companies.

The state gave its juvenile detention officers a pay raise, set aside some money for physical improvements, including plumbing upgrades, bought new surveillance cameras and allowed lawmakers to visit whenever they want.

While the recent Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal is the main focus for American lawmakers questioning Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg today, the company's record beyond the U.S. raises

While the recent Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal is the main focus for American lawmakers questioning Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg today, the company's record beyond the U.S. raises even more alarms.

State lawmakers have had an ongoing debate about raising taxes to pay for infrastructure projects.

AMT patch: For many years following enactment of the 2001 tax cuts, lawmakers repeatedly — but only temporarily — raised the AMT's rate bracket thresholds and exemption to offset the effects of inflation.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott joined a growing list of Republican lawmakers Friday to endorse raising the minimum age for purchasing rifles to 21 years old, marking his first major break from the policy priorities of the National Rifle Association.

In the weeks after the massacre in Parkland, Democratic governors in the Northeast have created a gun task force, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) and other Republican lawmakers have called for raising the minimum age for purchasing rifles to 21.

CNBC's John Harwood: «Voters just raised a massive red flag for the GOP's agenda»»... Specifically, it made it more difficult for a specific subset of Republican lawmakers that Trump and party leaders need to hold behind a bill designed to pass without any Democratic support.

Arizona's largest school district and some others will resume classes after lawmakers approved money for teacher pay raises and additional education funding.

For all the talk of change in Washington, lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week in a familiar position: up against a series of difficult deadlines to keep the government open and raise the nation's debt ceiling.

The organization has also championed — endorsing and raising money for — the handful of Assembly Republicans who joined the Democrats in voting «yes» to pass the marriage bill on the other side of the Capitol, protecting these lawmakers on a potentially difficult issue (and one that, as it turned out, didn't lead to anyone's ouster, but did contribute to Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava getting pushed out of the NY - 23 special election by conservatives who argued she was too moderate).

Reed noted, of course, raising taxes to make up for the lost revenue from the federal government is an option but he doesn't believe state lawmakers would do that to constituents already facing a heavy burden.

Cuomo's office in recent days has been trying to resurrect a potential special legislative session that would pave the way for the first lawmaker pay raise since 1999, legislators on both sides of the aisle said.

The measure has been pushed for the last decade at the Capitol to little avail in the Senate as lawmakers there have raised concerns over a one - year look back window for old cases of abuse.

Lawmakers indicated on Thursday after meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo they are inching toward a final agreement on the state budget, but key issues on funding education and raising revenue for taxes remain unresolved.

They've attacked him for raising property taxes by 46 % as a Westchester County Lawmaker and blasted him for voting against Governor Cuomo's 2 % property tax cap.

For a month, legislative leaders negotiated a deal to bring lawmakers back to Albany for a special session to vote for a pay raise and a handful of other legislative initiativFor a month, legislative leaders negotiated a deal to bring lawmakers back to Albany for a special session to vote for a pay raise and a handful of other legislative initiativfor a special session to vote for a pay raise and a handful of other legislative initiativfor a pay raise and a handful of other legislative initiatives.

The Suffolk Legislature has tabled a resolution to name weekly newspapers to publish public notices in Suffolk's 10 towns after new lawmaker Susan Berland raised concerns about using the Long Islander in Huntington for the legal ads.

As state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo close in on a potential agreement for a $ 15 minimum wage and a 12 - week paid family leave program, the National Federation of Independent Business in raising an alarm over the likely compromise on the measures.

Raise the age has stalled at the Capitol for several years as lawmakers remain at odds over adjudicating case involving 16 - and 17 - year - old defendants.

Morelle, the Assembly's main booster of the MMA legalization bill, had been seeking compromises on the legislation pertaining to insurance and health protections for MMA participants, which he said could alleviate some concerns raised by Democratic lawmakers in the chamber.