Sentences with phrase «stalemate over the state budget»
Mr. Paterson, in what appears to be an effort to shake up a nearly month - long stalemate over the state budget, also called for the Legislature to make an up or down vote on his budget proposal on Wednesday and failing that, come to work every weekday until an agreement can be reached.
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The State Senate began debate over the $ 152 billion spending plan late Tuesday night after lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo resolved a stalemate that forced them to blow past a Saturday budget deadline.
Facing a government shutdown over a stalemate on the budget, New York state lawmakers voted on Monday to extend the deadline for passing a budget for two months.
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The stalemate over New York's tardy state budget took a new turn Tuesday when lawmakers insisted they had a deal on a new spending plan, only to be dismissed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who insisted there is no need to rush.
Gov. David Paterson, who perhaps has the most to gain from the ongoing state budget stalemate, sent an e-mail today to supporters that slams lawmakers for wanting to fund property tax relief with borrowing and continues his tough talk about the need for spending cuts over «fiscal tricks.»
At the same time, Cuomo stepped into the stalemate between the state education department and the AFT over settling the lawsuit filed by the union last year; Cuomo is threatening to impose his own solution through the state budget within the next 30 days unless the two sides reach a settlement.
A stalemate in Lansing over closing a pension system for public school teachers is threatening to derail adoption of the state budget in June.