Sentences with phrase «state budget passage»

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New York state became the latest state to officially endorse a voluntary retirement savings program for private - sector workers with the passage of the state budget over the weekend.

As we continue to wait for the passage of a budget bill, Democratic state Senator Tim Kennedy ripped into the process that's led to gridlock at the Capitol.

Cuomo, along with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan agreed relatively early in the budget negotiations that ethics and campaign - finance reform would not be a threat to the passage of the state budget on time.

The latest TV ad from Democratic Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky touts the passage of the state budget in Albany, specifically mention issues close to Senate Republicans: A $ 1 billion tax cut and an end to the Gap Elimination Adjustment.

Phillips represents a battleground Senate district on Long Island and has been a proponent of the gun control legislation that was approved as standalone bill during the passage of the state budget.

Work on the budget continues today as more state lawmakers return to the Capitol, with an eye toward early passage, due to the looming Easter and Passover holidays.

With the state budget now 27 days late, Gov. David Paterson today pleaded with the Legislature to pretty please give an up - or - down passage to his proposal — enhanced with an additional $ 620 million worth of cuts and revenue to cover a deficit gap that has opened since his Feb. 9 budget amendments.

Any of the three can block passage of a state budget, at least temporarily.

Did passage of the state budget signal the end of Albany's legislative session for 2017, or will other matters, including ethics reform, get done before the lawmakers adjourn in June?

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Upstate Uber, increased tuition assistance and more money for schools are just a few of the items in the new state budget poised for passage in the New York Legislature.

Saraki said the President invited them over to discuss with them his recent visit to the United States of America, the passage of the 2018 Budget, and the invasion of the National Assembly by thugs, but they used the opportunity to complain to him their reservations about the non-appearance of the IGP, despite repeated invitations.

With the passage of the state budget, lawmakers have approved the Buffalo Billion II, the second wave of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development plan for Western New York.

In the end, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared the budget on time, based on the passage of major appropriations bills that keep state government funded into the new fiscal year.

The governor and IDC Leader Jeff Klein have been pushing hard for a more robust public system since the passage of the one - year, state comptroller - only program that was included in the 2014 - 125 budget and quickly panned by reform advocates.

Cuomo has also touted the passage of four budgets in a row as a sound fiscal strategy, though Moody's said that doesn't have a direct impact on the state's credit rating improving.

Full passage of the $ 142 billion state budget did not meet the midnight deadline on Tuesday night as the debate in the state Assembly dragged into the early morning hours of April 1.

Forty - four percent of New Yorkers see the Legislature in a better light thanks to state lawmakers» passage of a budget prior to the April 1 deadline, but Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos continue to to be viewed unfavorably by nearly twice as many voters as view them favorably.

The plan, which is released following the passage of a state budget presenting an analysis of the spending plan as well as out - year projections, shows that the state's debt capacity is expected to tighten in the coming fiscal years.

At 10:15 a.m., state Superintendent of Financial Services Ben Lawsky will join health care and consumer advocates at an event to urge passage of legislation in the state budget to protect New Yorkers from surprise, out - of - network medical bills, LCA Press Room (130), LOB, Albany.

The passage of a state budget that includes a voluntary 2 percent spending cap is a «credit positive» for New York, Moody's Investors Service found in a report released on Friday.

The group's Brian Sampson say he believes chances are good for passage this year - and he says the money for the nearly $ 750,000 plan is there, even with the state facing another budget deficit.

Klein, Savino and Vladimer all agree that they — along with about 10 staffers from the Senate's IDC payroll — were at an Albany bar on March 31, 2015, to celebrate the state budget's passage.

Cuomo, who this year has tied the issue to passage of a state DREAM act supported by Assembly Dems but opposed by Senate Republicans, called it «unlikely» either issue will be in the final budget due by March 31.

Governor Cuomo has raised the stakes with the legislature by linking all of his education reforms to passage of the state budget.

ALBANY — After weeks of secret negotiations, and nine days after it was due, the $ 153.1 billion state budget won final passage Sunday night.

Savino and IDC staffers were inside celebrating passage of the state budget.

And Republican backers of the bill like Ortt say they want to strike an agreement on the repeal legislation — not use it as a bargaining chip in holding up passage of the state budget.

In January, former IDC policy analyst and counsel Erica Vladimer accused Klein of unexpectedly kissing her while they were smoking cigarettes outside an Albany bar following passage of the state budget on April 1, 2015.

Paterson, grappling with a $ 9.2 billion deficit and lawmakers who fear for their re-election, has been funding state government with weekly budget extenders since failing to win passage of a state budget on April 1.

The big news last week was the passage of the new state budget.

The passage of a tough Connecticut budget that calls for cuts to social spending and the layoff of state workers has caused some Democratic lawmakers to not seek re-election to their seats in the General Assembly.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Buffalo to tout the passage of the state's $ 163 billion spending plan on Tuesday pledged the area would receive a «decade of growth» under the economic policies he's continuing in the budget.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein insisted today he would not hold up the passage of the state budget next month over New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to increase taxes on the rich to pay for universal pre-Kindergarten.

He reiterated that stance during the state's recent budget negotiations, which wrapped up last week with the passage of a $ 168 billion spending plan.

But the rules for abortion clinics changed in 2013 with passage of the state budget bill.

The panel was formed earlier this year after the passage of the 2016 - 16 state budget included an increase in the state's minimum wage in some parts to $ 15, a move that was opposed by business - backed organizations.

The Bronx Democrat indicated today, however, that the statement didn't mean he would lay down a roadblock on the passage of the state budget, due April 1.

Herman Farrell, the head of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, said last week during passage of one of the budget bills that the state dipped into reserves in the amount of $ 2 billion to balance the coming year's budget.

Cuomo was in New York City to fete the passage of the budget, a day after the final bill was approved nine days into the state's fiscal year.

The raise the age issue was a key policy concern for Heastie to have accomplished in the state budget, and Cuomo last week indicated he was satisfied with the passage of a budget extender bill that funded the government until May 31, but did not include the juvenile justice reform.

The Assembly and the State Senate showed their budget hands with passage of separate, one - house budget resolutions.

Conservatives have criticized Cuomo's use of messages of necessity on issues ranging from gun control, same - sex marriage and the passage of the state budget.

Initially tied to the passage of the DREAM Act in the state budget by Cuomo, the package fell out of the budget negotiations in March.

With passage of the state budget behind him, Cuomo will attend a «Blue Wave» rally in Holtsville, Suffolk County on Sunday to help elect Long Island Democrats to the state Senate and Congress, according to a state Democratic Party invite.

During the conclusion of the state budget's passage this month, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan confessed the show starring Tom Selleck is one of his favorites.

Good - government groups are urging Cuomo and state officials to publicly negotiate new ethics legislation ahead of the budget's passage.

The group's Brian Sampson say he believes chances are good for passage this year, and he says the money for the nearly $ 750,000 plan is there, even with the state facing another budget deficit.

Others were there to demand passage of campaign finance reform, including a New York City - style public financing plan, in the state budget.

At the start of session, Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle introduced four new Democrats to colleagues on the floor as the newest members of the Democratic conference, which runs the Assembly and decides everything from state budget issues to what bills get sent to the floor for passage.

He touted his record on fiscal issues, including his passage of a statewide property tax cap and his role in negotiating four on - time state budgets.