Sentences with phrase «state budget deal»

Even the governor's more modest proposal was not included in the recent state budget deal.

Were the hearings traded away as part of the recent state budget deal?

ALBANY — Nassau and Suffolk counties would have the option to block ride - hailing services such as Lyft and Uber under terms of state budget deal being finalized by lawmakers at the State Capitol.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo touted the 2014 - 15 state budget deal in a conference call with reporters on Saturday and singled out the $ 1.5 billion program for a property tax rebate.

ALBANY - In a win for online shoppers, the $ 153.1 billion state budget deal announced Friday night does not include Gov. Cuomo's push to require online marketplaces such as Etsy and Amazon to collect sales taxes.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers struck a $ 168.3 billion state budget deal late Friday night that includes surcharges on Uber and taxi rides in Manhattan, a tax on opioid makers and a new sexual harassment policy crafted following the launch of the #MeToo movement.

For the second year in a row, the city of Albany is receiving Capital City Aid after enduring a period of uncertainty before the final state budget deal came together.

New York will be the first state in the nation to offer free college tuition to middle - class students under the new state budget deal worked out by Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has stepped in with an opinion clarifying a portion of next year's state budget dealing with charter - school funding.

Then [Cuomo] goes crazy [over the disclosure bill] and then he comes back and he negotiates»» a better state budget deal, the court filings state.

A final state budget deal went forward on Friday without including the Child Victims Act, legislation that would have expanded the statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases and created a «look back» period for victims to file lawsuits in cases of abuse from years ago.

The latest state budget deal paves the way for companies like Uber and Lyft to operate upstate.

Senate and House leaders have announced the framework of their $ 21 billion dollar state budget deal.

Andrea sits down with the team to discuss what last week's New York State budget deal means for charter schools.

More from E.J.: «New York's tentative state budget deal would pour another $ 385 million into the biggest, murkiest pork - barrel slush fund Albany has ever seen.»

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers struck a $ 168.3 billion state budget deal late Friday night that includes surcharges on Uber and taxi rides in Manhattan, a tax on opioid makers and a new sexual harassment policy crafted following the launch of the #MeToo movement.

One hurdle already cleared since January was the looming cuts in state contributions to the City University of New York and the city's Medicaid costs, proposed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, but discarded in the final state budget deal.

He said her portfolio will include anti-terrorism efforts and other law enforcement initiatives, including several projects initiated by the recent state budget deal.

«If the new state budget deal is a high way robbery of New York taxpayers,» he observes, «then the Working Families Party is driving the getaway car.»

That was the plan at least, back when a state budget deal by the constitutional April 1 deadline still seemed like a realistic goal.

The fate of proposals to impose new congestion tolls in Manhattan, levy a tax on opioid manufacturers and reform New York's bail system could be decided by week's end as lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo work to strike a state budget deal.

The state budget dealt a blow to New York's struggling taxi and livery car industry, imposing a fee of $ 2.50 to $ 2.75 on trips in Manhattan's business district to pay for improvements to mass transit.

Conservative columnist Brian Hamlin suggests that New York's «three men in a room» tactic allows much needed efficiency when it comes to the state budget deal.

New York's tentative state budget deal would pour another $ 385 million into the biggest, murkiest pork - barrel slush fund Albany has ever seen.

As part of a new $ 168.3 billion state budget deal, Albany lawmakers...

Cuomo disbanded the commission as part of the state budget deal.

It's part of the new $ 163.3 billion state budget deal.

Senate Republicans dropped it from negotiations for a state budget deal, which was voted into law Friday.

A state budget deal would have to be struck and bills would have to be printed by midnight Monday for a budget to be passed by the April 1 deadline, but Cuomo and legislators could extend negotiations as they have in the past through «messages of necessity» orders.

They want the credit included in the state budget deal.

The districts will see an average state aid increase next year of 3.45 percent in money for programs and services under a state budget deal approved early Saturday morning, according to documents provided by the State Legislature.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today said the tentative state budget deal will bring additional millions in school aid to New York City and allow him first crack at fixing failing schools — but lamented the absence of an extension of mayoral control and legislation to fund tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants.

The fiery UFT president suffered a bruising blow from Mr. Cuomo in the latest state budget deal, which gave the state education department and Board of Regents power to create new teacher evaluations that are expected to emphasize standardized tests and make it easier to dismiss teachers.

The pilot public campaign financing program, limited to just the state Comptroller's race as part of a state budget deal.

Also missing from the state budget deal is Mr. Cuomo's proposal to increase the cap on charter schools, which will be taken up after the budget.

Cuomo said that in recent years, priority policy issues are resolved as part of the state budget deal, and issues that don't make it into the budget usually fall out for a reason.

And when Cuomo won some of what he wanted — the State Senate and Assembly adopted stronger anti-bribery rules and greater financial disclosure as part of the state budget deal — he dropped the very big stick he was waving.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to enact a $ 15 wage is one of several issues to be decided as the Democratic governor and state lawmakers seek to work out a state budget deal before an April 1 deadline.

A new state budget deal, reached Saturday between New York legislators and Governor Andrew Cuomo, introduces property tax relief for homeowners.

Those pension - forfeiture tweaks that were touted as a victory in the state budget deal, and that had Kaminsky's colleagues so worried?

The scholarship was passed as part of a state budget deal in early April and signed that same month to great fanfare, with Cuomo extolled by Hillary Clinton.

In 2016, Cuomo and legislative leaders touted a state budget deal that included $ 27.14 billion for state Department of Transportation and state Thruway Authority projects and $ 27.98 billion for the MTA.

Last April, as part of the fiscal 2017 state budget deal, Senate Republicans got the governor to make the middle - class cuts permanent.

Governor Cuomo gave up some items in the newly announced state budget deal, but so did the legislature.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York will spend a record $ 24.8 billion on schools, increasing aid by 6.5 percent, under a state budget deal announced Thursday night by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- Local politicians are reacting to the news that a state budget deal was reached.

ALBANY — The Legislature's top leaders said there will be no new ethics laws sought by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in the state budget deal due by April 1.

That was because they were brand - new, formed just days before a state budget deal was reached.

Below, and linked, is a March 30, 2014 statement from good government groups sharply criticizing the proposed «ethics reforms» in the state budget deal agreed upon by the governor and legislative leaders.