Not exact matches
A top priority
of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
end -
of -
session agenda was
reached on Sunday with a
deal to boost breast cancer prevention in the state.
The speaker said yesterday that there's a «long way to go» to achieve the Tier 6 reform Cuomo is seeking, but a number
of his majority conference members (quoted without attribution by the DN) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos have said they believe a
deal will be
reached on pension reform before the
end of the legislative
session.
Approving a package
of heroin - related legislation at the
end of the
session would not be the first time that lawmakers
reached a last - minute
deal on the subject.
In a survey
of developers and housing agencies, the New York State Association for Affordable Housing found that 2,935 units
of affordable housing currently on the drawing board have been placed in limbo by the inability
of Cuomo and lawmakers to
reach a
deal on how to dole out the $ 2 billion before the Legislature's
session ended last month.
He's simply raising the bar so when he announces the «historic»
deal he has already
reached at the
end of session, it will look like he fought SOOOOOO hard to make this happen.
Democratic legislative leaders, who control the General Assembly,
reached a budget
deal with the State's Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy late Tuesday night but said they did not have time to get the bill to all members before the
end of the regular
session at midnight on Wednesday.
It is unclear how Cuomo's task force will interact with the Senate findings, but a package
deal on the crisis is expected to be
reached before the
end of session.
«We did not
reach an agreement on something called «Raise the Age,»» Cuomo said when announcing a framework
end -
of -
session deal with Senate President John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, had set a deadline
of midnight on Monday for his office and legislative leaders to
reach deals on any legislation that they wanted to pass before the
end of the
session.