Under the state's County - Wide Shared Services Initiative, Cuomo
required county leaders across New York state to submit their localized ideas on a property tax savings plan by Tuesday.
Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing a plan that he says could cut property taxes in New York — by
requiring county leaders to develop a cost - cutting plan and letting voters decide whether it's a good idea.
Mahoney's plan is a mandatory response to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new County - Wide Shared Services Initiative, which
requires county leaders to submit local ideas on trimming overlapping services while proposing coordinated services in their jurisdictions.
Cuomo, in one of his six «State of the State» speeches last week, endorsed a plan that would
require county leaders to meet with local governments to identify ways to cut costs and consolidate services.
Not exact matches
The
leader of the Senate Republicans said he's against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to
require local governments in each
county to offer government consolidation plans to go before voters in November.
Last weekend's rental boat accident on Lake George has prompted Warren
County leaders to discuss adopting a local law that would require those who want to rent boats in the county to take a state boating safety c
County leaders to discuss adopting a local law that would
require those who want to rent boats in the
county to take a state boating safety c
county to take a state boating safety course.
In his letter, Senate Majority
Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk
County) accused the school system of failing to comply with state education law by not submitting the
required forms showing a building - by - building breakdown of how it spends local, state and federal funds.
(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the
County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an applic
County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected
county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an applic
county - wide in New York
County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an applic
County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall
require the candidate to make such an application.
But the approved plan,
requiring county officials to work with municipal government
leaders to find ways of sharing services, lacks a key provision Cuomo initially sought: A voter referendum.
The proposal contained in Cuomo's budget plan would
require local government
leaders on the
county level to convene a review of ways to share services on the municipal level, with a plan that would be voted on in a public referendum by November.
Amid continuing investigations of Nassau's contracting procedures,
county Republican
leaders have agreed to increase public scrutiny by dropping the threshold
required for a legislative vote on
county contracts from $ 25,000 to $ 1,000.
The Assembly bill, which was defended during floor debate by its lead sponsors, Rockland
County Democrats Ellen Jaffee and Kenneth Zebrowski, would
require state education officials to appoint a monitor who would have broad authority over district
leaders» decisions for five years.
County leaders in New York were
required by the state to present their shared services plans to residents by October 15.
The Dutchess
County Executive and local
leaders went to the Poughkeepsie waterfront Monday, calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to
require more PCB cleanup of the Hudson River.
In the wake of recent concerns by Legislators over the lack of constituent attendance at legislative public hearings, Erie
County Legislator Ted Morton and Legislature Majority
Leader Joseph Lorigo announce that the Legislature approved a reform measure (10 - 0)
requiring legislative public hearings be held no earlier than 6 p.m. on weekdays.
The Erie
County Legislature approved a local law (11 - 0) sponsored by Majority
Leader Joseph Lorigo and Legislator Lynne Dixon today that would
require pawn shops to upload information, including photos, serial numbers, marks of identification, and the name and image of the seller, for items they purchase.
But in a reversal from its original contract - review plan, the Nassau Interim Finance Authority will not
require an accounting of vendors» donations to political party committees and local clubs, which often have close ties to
county leaders.
One of the local laws, in part,
requires that all elected officials in Erie
County disclose family members who are government employees, serving on governmental boards, political party
leaders, or officers of a political party committee.
The Majority
Leader has also requested that reforms to the Ethics Code include a section
requiring that
county elected officials, who also work in the private sector, disclose any clients they have that have contracts with Erie C
county elected officials, who also work in the private sector, disclose any clients they have that have contracts with Erie
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Under legislation pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and passed this year,
county supervisors are
required to work with local municipal
leaders to craft cost - cutting plans for sharing services.
Gwinnett
County, Prince George's
County, Md., and Springfield, Mass., for example, are among those using screening tools, such as Gallup's PrincipalInsight, that allow them to quickly gather information on why a candidate wants to be a school
leader and his or her likely ability to foster collegiality, or motivate teachers, students and parents.20 To ensure that would - be candidates genuinely want to lead schools and not just get a salary bump that comes with an advanced degree, Chicago, St. Louis and Springfield, Ill.,
require would - be
leaders to agree to serve as principals for a set number of years.
Educational barriers and challenges often vary by region, yet at districts where odds seem disproportionately stacked against student success — such as Jefferson
County Schools (JCS) in rural West Virginia — school
leaders know that delivering excellence in education
requires vision, strategy and, sometimes, complete process overhaul.
Wake
County requires a local
leader to speak up for our unique needs.