Sentences with phrase «state budget compromise»

State lawmakers finally passed a long overdue bipartisan state budget compromise with veto - proof margins in both houses of the General Assembly on Thursday.

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Or, depending on who you ask, it was a monumental disappointment, a heap of compromises and half - measures in the state budget and later an anti-climatic finish that seemed more about sticking it to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and boozing it up at brunch than doing anything all that meaningful.

Yet her campaign is being run by hacks formerly employed by Pataki, who is loathed by most NY right - wingers because he was pro-choice and he compromised on state budgets with Assembly Democrats.

But Croci has been reportedly frustrated with the job of being a state senator and the compromises Republicans have taken in budget talks over the last several years.

The public matching program was approved in the state budget in 2014 as a compromise with Senate Republicans and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was under pressure that year from good - government advocates and public - financing supporters to create a public financing system.

In theory, Cameron can still achieve a cash freeze if member states and the European Parliament can't agree on a compromise, in which case this year's budget is carried over to next year.»

New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says there is a possible compromise to resolve the ongoing state budget stalemate - but the leader of the Senate says there is no final agreement.

«Mother ship» is the Albany term for the top Assembly and Senate leaders to meet briefly in public and assign subcommittees to try to negotiate compromises for the state budget due by April 1.

Still, Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos earlier this month at the state Republican convention said he was open to a compromise on publicly financed political campaigns as long as it did not use direct taxpayer dollars, otherwise known as «off - budget funds.»

Cuomo has said he would hold up an agreement on the state budget if lawmakers fail to compromise on new ethics legislation in the spending plan.

Public financing supporters were upset by the compromise in this year's budget agreement that sets up a public financing system for the state comptroller's race only.

The compromise raised the state sales tax from 6 % to 7 % with half of the 1 % increase going to the state budget and the other half going to property tax relief.

State Senate Republicans, some of whom resisted such a large increase, now seemed resigned to accept a some kind of minimum wage compromise as part of the budget.

Antonacci launched his campaign in the weeks after state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to a compromise in the state budget that created the system, which at the time was referred to as a «pilot» for statewide public financing.

The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle calls the recently passed state budget a «lesson in compromise.»

«The looming threats from Washington leave us with two options: Our state budget must either fully anticipate and address our human and financial needs or we must keep working to reach compromise on the reform issues and remain financially cautious so we can adapt to federal actions once they are determined,» Cuomo stated.

Shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday morning, the Connecticut Senate passed a long - awaited, bipartisan compromise state budget agreement.

At issue is the fact that Governor Malloy was not part of the months - long closed - door meetings by the state's Democratic and Republican legislative leaders that produced the compromise budget.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- New York state entered a new fiscal year without a state budget Saturday as lawmakers failed to find compromises on key proposals relating to education spending and juvenile justice.

Lawmakers and Cuomo are working toward an agreement in the budget that aims to create a uniform policy for handling sexual harassment complaints in state government and potentially end secret settlements, as long as the survivor's identity is not compromised.

Albany, NY (AP) A Republican senator says major policy issues creating gridlock in budget negotiations will likely be eliminated from the final compromise as lawmakers wrangle to craft a timely state budget.

The final budget ended up including a compromise to satisfy Felder's wishes, and the budget supports the creation of a state pay commission.

«Regardless of political party, the leaders and nearly every single member in this chamber are willing to make tough decisions, willing to negotiate and compromise so the state of Connecticut gets a budget it can live under,» he said.

The newly approved state budget includes a minimum wage increase that is the result of several compromises.

And, in an argument President Obama failed to sell four years ago to Congress before compromising, he urged, «Take health care off the business budget by having a single - payer system for the state.»

Illinois students will no longer be tested in writing, social studies, physical development, and fine arts, under a budget compromise that will save the state an estimated $ 6.3 million a year.

Gov. George Deukmejian signed the budget measure, which contains a myriad of hard - fought compromises, on June 30, just hours before the state's new fiscal year began.

He then argues that unless the federal government is very careful, the forces and factors that led to these distressing spending patterns — like huge state budget deficits, local resistance to federal education guidance, and interest group focus on jobs — could similarly influence the Race to the Top, compromising its ultimate impact.

We understand that the state faces a tough budget situation — as school leaders, we experience this firsthand with our school budgets every day — but compromising our students» education is the wrong approach.

A budget law gives state Commissioner John King binding - arbitration power to set a new evaluation system if New York City and the UFT can not compromise.

Entitled, Malloy and Legislative Democrats target Regional Vo - Tech high schools for devastating cuts, the article reported that the so called «compromise» budget agreement between Malloy and Democratic legislative leaders cut the Vo - Tech High School budget by $ 7.8 million, dropping the state's investment in vocational and technical education from $ 171 million a year to $ 163 million.

by Governor Tom Wolf Pittsburgh Post-Gazette After months of negotiations and compromise, Pennsylvania has secured a 2016 - 2017 state budget that increases funding for schools, devotes resources to battle the opioid - abuse epidemic and reduces the deficit.

Many US States and Municipalities are in a world of hurt, because they compromised their long - term financial position to solve short - run budget crises.