Sentences with phrase «special budget session»

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So Walker has thus far held off on signing the budget into law and has called the legislature back for a second special session, beginning July 11.

An October special legislative session culminated in budget cuts of 3 % across the judiciary, where court - employee furloughs are under consideration and travel reimbursements have been reduced for jurors and court - ordered witnesses.

No wonder that it took three special sessions for the governor and legislature to reach an agreement on a new budget, narrowly averting a government shutdown on July 1.

Gov. David Paterson vowed today that he will keep the Legislature in Albany until a budget deal is reached — starting with the rare Sunday night special session he has called for 7 p.m. this evening.

He says that if the Legislature does not have a budget deal by Wednesday of next week, the governor will call lawmakers into special session 6 o'clock that evening and the following day.

No business was resolved in Albany last night, and no one from either party expected to resolve any of the budget problems in the special session.

Meanwhile, local governments typically complete their budgets in the fall to early winter, meaning a special session would have to be held early enough to allow them to plan for the extenders being approved.

People with Cuomo's view argue that Flanagan was too weak to sell the special session deal to members, and needed second floor help last year to pass the budget.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said it's possible he'll call a special session to address potential gaps in the state budget that could total several billion dollars.

Governor Andrew Cuomo released his mid-year budget assessment Monday, suggesting he may have to call a special session of the State Legislature if the numbers worsen.

The $ 315 million midyear budget gap could lead to another transit raid in the $ 20 million range before the year is out, if Governor Paterson convenes a lame duck special session and Albany repeats the same sort of heist it pulled off this fall.

The Governor made it clear that he planned on calling a special session at some point, saying he wanted to hand off a balanced budget to Andrew Cuomo before he takes office on Jan. 1.

Republican lawmakers, who are in the minority in both houses, are calling for a special session to review Malloy's mid-year budget cuts.

The source made it clear that Paterson doesn't expect the special session of the Legislature he's called for Wednesday to produce a quick budget agreement, noting that it was largely called to «stop them from taking their sweet time» to finalize an almost 4 - month - late state fiscal plan.

Gov. David A. Paterson appears to have changed his mind on the State Senate recounts preventing a special legislative session to close this year's budget deficit.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday morning the federal budget outlook — and the fate of cuts to health care programs in New York — remained too vague to determine whether a special session of the Legislature was necessary.

Gov. David Paterson just threw a potential wrench into the convention plans for both the Democrats and the Republicans, pledging to call special sessions that would force them to remain in Albany if they don't get a budget done before then.

«This Legislature would rather play parliamentary games than finish a budget that is 15 weeks late due to their inaction,» Paterson said as he revoked earlier proclamations that triggered special legislative sessions in January and June.

«The sooner the better, but a special session, in the budget, in the regular session — the important thing is to get it done,» Kink said.

Kink, and others, predict that the legislature will be back in a special session after Oct. 1 to deal with potential budget cuts.

The legislative session adjourns May 9, but if no budget plan is set by then, the budget could be approved in special session in the coming weeks and months.

State Senator Len Fasano on the possibility that budget negotiations will require a special session of the legislature.

The General Assembly came back for a special session in December to deal with a shortfall in the state budget.

But those special elections likely won't take place until after the state budget negotiation is slated to conclude at the end of March, which means the current Republican - IDC partnership could remain in force through at least half of the 2018 legislative session.

Whenever the next update comes out, it probably will show a worsening FY 2018 budget gap, and perhaps even a true potential deficit for the current year — depending on whether Cuomo forces a post-election special session based on his power to cut spending in the wake of big enough drops in federal revenue.

Cuomo insisted on Wednesday the blow up over the budget had nothing to do with a scuttled pay raise, denied to lawmakers in December after they failed to coalesce around a package of ethics measures in a special session that never materialized.

Cuomo included ride hailing in his budget proposal this year after he initially sought to have it included in a special session at the end of last year that never materialized.

During December's special session on the budget, Holder - Winfield tweeted, «democratic Caucus about to start.»

He then reverted to his usual fiscal discipline talk, explaining why he's unwilling to negotiate with legislative leaders and reiterating that he still might call lawmakers back to Albany for a special session if they don't agree on an FMAP contingency plan or if the budget deal on which they eventually settle is out of balance.

The House began the day by approving a resolution to call the General Assembly back into special session on the budget after its mandatory regular session adjournment deadline.

The Assembly approved it in November of that year in a special session to plug a $ 315 million budget hole.

Lawmakers have decided to return to Hartford before the end of the month for a special session to deal with the budget.

Additionally, the legislature was in special session from March 15 to April 12 to deal with issues related to the economy and the state budget.

After moderate Republicans met to forge a deal, the Governor called a special session and got most of the budget he had originally proposed.

Silver said he'd prefer to handle an estimated $ 4 billion windfall from national financial settlements in a special session rather than incorporate it into the state budget, which is due to be adopted March 31.

Mr. Harris, who chose not to seek re-election this year after 12 years in office, was one of several department heads to present their 2014 department budgets at a special Town Board work session Monday afternoon.

At its special session on September 1st, the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library (B&ECPL) Board of Trustees approved its 2006 budget request to Erie County, announced Board Chair Rebecca Pordum.

Gov. David Paterson wants the New York State Senate to vote on a same - sex marriage bill within the next few weeks during a special session of the legislature to address New York's budget.

The legislature held a special session from March 11 to March 29 to pass a supplemental budget.

Asked if dealing with gun control in a special session was preferable to waiting for the start of the new Legislature, Silver said, «It probably doesn't (matter), but it gives the opportunity to highlight it before we get into the state budget and other issues that may cloud the focus.»

Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano said Republicans have been calling for a special session on the budget, but Democrats were unwilling to join them.

In this economy and with the Legislature meeting in special session over the budget shortfall, our people need jobs now,» he said in a statement.

Governor Malloy has said he'd call lawmakers into special session if a budget deal is not reached and passed by the General Assembly before its constitutional deadline — midnight Wednesday.

The state legislature failed to bring up the bill when they passed the state budget in special session last week.

[67] Paladino has proposed the use of repeatedly calling special sessions to pressure uncooperative legislators into passing his legislation, much as governor Paterson did during the 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis and the 2010 budget negotiations.

But legislators, already sour on Cuomo after a failed special session and aborted pay raise, as well as the rollout of his State of the State message and budget presentation, see the move as an unnecessary encroachment.

Governor Cuomo said earlier this week that «there is a need» for a special legislative session to address a $ 350 million dollar budget gap in the current fiscal year, and a growing $ 3.5 billion dollar gap for next year.

That hurt relationships between the House and Senate as they returned to hammer out a state budget, and had to do two special sessions to redraw Senate and Congressional district maps.

They'll talk about the state's financial troubles and the special legislative session held last week to address the budget shortfall.

If it spills into overtime, the budget would be debated in special session.