Sentences with phrase «raises for state»

Democrats sought unsuccessfully Thursday to add bigger raises for state employees and retirees and to cut private school vouchers from the Senate budget before it passed 33 - 15 along party lines.

Senator David Carlucci stated that he is strongly opposed to pay raises for state legislators.

The special commission charged with proposing pay raises for state lawmakers appeared yesterday to be headed toward potential deadlock.

When pressed on whether or not the mandate relief team should specifically call for changes to the Triborough Amendment, which guarantees raises for some state workers at previous levels after their contract runs out, Duffy didn't dismiss the idea.

The Assembly also planned to give its final approval to pay raises for state workers and University of Wisconsin employees.

So, any talk of raises for state workers has become hard to swallow for New Yorkers.

But, despite the difficult climate, many criminal justice advocates are continuing their calls for pay raises for state judges.

Seven members of the Long Island Senate delegation last week wrote to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top advisor urging the administration to take up pay raises for state workers in their area designated management confidential.

During this same interview with Samuels, Gibson also weighed in on raises for state lawmakers.

Members of the Legislature have long coveted a pay increase, which in the past had been part of the usual political horsetrading at the Capitol and yoked with salary raises for state judges.

«NY commission starts work on what are likely to be hefty raises for state lawmakers», The Daily Freeman, Feb. 22, 2016, Accessed Nov. 14, 2016

He also touted money for beach renourishment projects and pay raises for state workers, both of which were personal priorities during the 2017 Legislative Session.

A commission that would determine pay raises for state lawmakers and cabinet - level commissioners is out of the final budget framework, a source familiar with the negotiations said.

«We can't afford another rubber stamp for Andrew Cuomo,» said one mailer citing Albany corruption, Cuomo's propsed hike in taxes and fees this year, and potential pay raises for state politicians.»

The Siena College poll finds that 63 percent of New Yorkers oppose a pay raise for state lawmakers, who earn a base salary of nearly $ 80,000 a year for what is technically a part - time job.

A commission is considering granting as much as a 47 percent pay raise for state lawmakers, and the proposal is generating some backlash, including from Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The Siena College poll finds that 63 % of New Yorkers oppose a pay raise for state lawmakers, who earn a base salary of nearly $ 80,000 a year for what is technically a part time job.

PEF and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's team agreed upon a 2 percent raise for state employees in the bargaining unit, retroactive to April 1, 2015 when the PS&T contract expired.

Last year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's appointees quashed a pay raise for the state legislature so that their salaries are unchanged since 1999.

Pay has become a hot - button issue in Albany as the governor seeks a series of one - day furloughs for 100,000 state workers, after labor leaders refused to forgo a 4 percent raise for the state work force that was largely negotiated under Gov. Eliot Spitzer, or to delay a week's pay.

In the ad, Larkin is taken to task for supporting legislation that would create a commission weighing whether to approve a pay raise for state lawmakers and cabinet officials in the executive branch.

As for a potential pay raise for state lawmakers, Tenney says she's against the measure.

Cuomo this week will reportedly propose a commission to consider a pay raise for state lawmakers and agency heads.

And not surprisingly, there is widespread opposition to a pay raise for state lawmakers: 63 percent of those polled do not believe the Senate and Assembly should receive their first salary increase since 1998.

One option that's floated around for those progressive issues is tying them to the proposed pay raise for state lawmakers.

In 2014, Cuomo refused to sign off on a pay raise for state legislators unless they agreed to campaign finance reforms.

Sources told The New York Times that de Blasio was questioned by prosecutors for 90 minutes Dec. 23, and the meeting focused on his fund - raising for state Senate elections.

The memo was discussed during negotiations for a potential special session late last year to address several issues, including a pay raise for state lawmakers.

Gov. Cuomo is signaling he wants a stronger package of ethics reforms from state lawmakers before signing off on a pay raise for state lawmakers.

First the mayor was questioned for nearly two hours by Manhattan prosecutors over his fund - raising for state Senate elections — and now Hizzoner has agreed to talk to the feds because he wants to convince them to stop investigating him for possible corruption at City Hall, it was reported Friday.

First the mayor was questioned for nearly two hours by Manhattan prosecutors over his fund - raising for state Senate elections — ...

Rob Smith, with Interfaith Impact, agrees that a pay raise for state lawmakers does not need to be part of the deal.

Mr. Laufer's letter said that the fund - raising for the State Senate races was fully in compliance with state law.

Gov. Cuomo nixed a $ 30,500 raise for state lawmakers in December.

A 2014 Quinnipiac University poll found that a vast majority of New York State voters (82 percent) oppose a pay raise for state legislators.

It's likely the governor would re-purpose some of the proposals he pushed both during the 2016 legislative session and as he negotiated an ultimately ill - fated trade for a pay raise for state lawmakers late last year.

A commission is considering granting as much as a 47 % pay raise for state lawmakers, and the proposal is generating some backlash, including, from Governor Andrew Cuomo.

In January, N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson called for a 10 percent, across - the - board raise for the state's teachers.

The teachers retained their solidarity, and won a 5 percent pay raise for all state public workers.

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That case involved a newspaper ad that was intended to raise funds for Martin Luther King Jr., and mentioned the behavior of the Alabama police department, as well as other state authorities.

Some states are already raising their fuel taxes to pay for infrastructure projects.

He repeatedly stated that he had raised $ 6 million for the group, and that he had personally donated $ 1 million.

A nationwide assortment of state cybersecurity regulations «raises the issue of whether such regulations violate the U.S. Constitution's «dormant» Commerce Clause, which restricts states» ability to discriminate against or unduly burden interstate commerce,» write Matthew A. Schwartz and Corey Omer for the Clearing House, a banking and payments trade group.

• Menlo Therapeutics, a Redwood City, Calif. - based biotech developing therapies for pruritus associated with dermatologic conditions, now says it plans to raise $ 107 million in an offering 6.5 million shares at between $ 16 to $ 17 a piece, up from a previous stated 5.7 million shares priced between $ 14 to $ 16.

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For example, New Jersey's governor - elect, Phil Murphy, is moving ahead with his campaign proposal to raise taxes on the state's millionaires.

• Engineering for the Petroleum & Process Industries, Egypt's state - owned oil company, has picked a consortium led by CI Capital as lead managers and bookrunners for an IPO that could raise about $ 150 million, Bloomberg reports.

Such an option would raise the costs of exporting to the EU for UK firms and it would decrease the access to EU markets for UK companies, a joint research paper from the London School of Economics and the think tank Centre for Economic Performance stated.

Perhaps most noteworthy, September saw the biggest IPO ever when Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba (BABA) raised $ 25 billion, choosing to list in the United States during a year that has seen favorable performance for Chinese IPOs.

It states that O'Leary agreed to give the address on Feb. 4, 2017, on the understanding that it would raise a minimum of $ 40,000 at $ 1,550 per person for his political run.