New York state lawmakers will soon start dissecting Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 145 billion
state budget proposal with a series of legislative hearings zeroing in on different parts of the complicated spending blueprint.
On Feb. 7, he sat in on a meeting regarding
the state budget proposal with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Not exact matches
Republicans» true aim
with this
proposal is to find some short - term
budget savings, but it leaves the
state's pension crisis unchecked.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
proposal for a optional payroll tax continues to hit a speed bump
with Republicans in the
state Senate, who want more details on the
proposal and doubt it can get doubt by the time the
budget is expected to pass at the end of March.
The inclusion of extending high tax rates on wealthy earners in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2017 - 18
budget proposal has the potential to set up an ideological fight over economics
with Republicans in the
state Senate.
Heastie, along
with Cuomo and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in the coming weeks will hash out the
state's $ 142 billion
budget proposal, due April 1.
A number of
state Senate Republicans weren't happy
with a breakaway group of Democrats aligned
with them after they voted en masse against a GOP
budget proposal last week that included many initiatives the independent Dems had sought.
At noon,
state Sen. Brian Kavanagh will join
with good government groups and legislators to call on Cuomo to fund early voting in this year's executive
budget proposal, outside th4e Senate chambers, 3rd Floor,
state Capitol, Albany.
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 amendme
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 amendme
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 amendme
with an additional $ 620 million worth of cuts and revenue to cover a deficit gap that has opened since his Feb. 9
budget amendments.
He also referenced his time in the Assembly where he worked
with both sides of the political aisle and pushed
proposals that led to real balanced
budgets — including the first reduction in
state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.
Executive
Budget proposal accepted
with some modifications including ability to contribute to existing
state health and higher education foundations.
The governor's offensive began
with a Sunday statement from
Budget Director Robert Mujica about a
proposal to combat educational inequality not
with more funding — as school advocates and Nixon have called for — but by granting the
state power to review and veto plans by large districts to distribute it among schools.
On the positive side, the
proposal as described by the governor continues to restrain spending, holding the core
state operating funds
budget growth to 1.7 percent
with an (apparent) minimum of gimmickry.
«I'm heartened that the Governor has embraced my
proposal in the
state budget to better protect the men and women who keep New Yorkers safe, our police officers, by equipping their vehicles
with bullet proof glass as I first called for on December 21, 2014.»
It is school district
budget voting Tuesday across New York
State,
with a range of spending
proposals, school board candidates and capital
budget proposals being put to the voters for their approval.
John Faso worked
with both sides of the political aisle and pushed
proposals that led to real balanced
budgets — including the first reduction in
state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.
This
budget proposal will empower the
state commissioner of the department of motor vehicles (DMV) to «approve demonstrations and tests consisting of the operation of a motor vehicle equipped
with autonomous vehicle technology while such motor vehicle is engaged in the use of such technology on public highways within this
state.»
I expect to be at the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ceremony seeing three Democratic Connecticut
state senators receive plaudits for breaking ranks
with their party on Sept. 15 to support the Republican
budget proposal passed by the legislature.
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed to fight back against Washington Republicans on Tuesday
with a $ 168 billion
state budget proposal that lays out spending on schools and mass transit while also confronting greater uncertainty in federal funding.
«Then he'll lay out all of those policy pieces that call for dollars in the
budget and we'll get the specificity
with that, but today is laying out what the condition of the
state is and what his
proposal is in order to remedy that and I think he did a good job
with that,» said Crystal Peoples - Stokes (D) Assembly — Buffalo.
In releasing his plan, Faso — who as a member of the Assembly cut spending and championed
proposals that led to real balanced
budgets — called it a smart way to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and align New York
with most other
states in the nation that don't pass their Medicaid expenses down to county taxpayers.
SQUADRON, KAVANAGH, ELECTEDS, ADVOCATES CALL TO CLOSE LLC LOOPHOLE IN
BUDGET Electeds: With LLC Loophole Protected by Senate Majority, Budget Best Chance for Reform NEW YORK — Today, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, and 42 co-sponsors of their bill to close the LLC Loophole (S. 60 / A.6975), called on Governor Cuomo to include closing the LLC Loophole in his Executive Budget proposal, and to ensure that it is closed in the final enacted b
BUDGET Electeds: With LLC Loophole Protected by Senate Majority, Budget Best Chance for Reform NEW YORK — Today, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, and 42 co-sponsors of their bill to close the LLC Loophole (S. 60 / A.6975), called on Governor Cuomo to include closing the LLC Loophole in his Executive Budget proposal, and to ensure that it is closed in the final enacted b
BUDGET Electeds:
With LLC Loophole Protected by Senate Majority,
Budget Best Chance for Reform NEW YORK — Today, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, and 42 co-sponsors of their bill to close the LLC Loophole (S. 60 / A.6975), called on Governor Cuomo to include closing the LLC Loophole in his Executive Budget proposal, and to ensure that it is closed in the final enacted b
Budget Best Chance for Reform NEW YORK — Today, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, and 42 co-sponsors of their bill to close the LLC Loophole (S. 60 / A.6975), called on Governor Cuomo to include closing the LLC Loophole in his Executive Budget proposal, and to ensure that it is closed in the final enacted b
Budget Best Chance for Reform NEW YORK — Today,
State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, and 42 co-sponsors of their bill to close the LLC Loophole (S. 60 / A.6975), called on Governor Cuomo to include closing the LLC Loophole in his Executive
Budget proposal, and to ensure that it is closed in the final enacted b
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In recent weeks, as Nixon began her upstart campaign, Cuomo has been talking about a
budget proposal that would require school districts within cities
with a population of more than 125,000 people — New York City, Buffalo, Syracuse, Yonkers and Rochester — to submit an annual plan detailing the allocation of local,
state and federal funds by school building.
Cuomo has been pushing hard for a phased in $ 15 an hour minimum wage, putting the
proposal into his
state budget and campaigning for the measure
with Vice President Joe Biden.
«We look forward to the Governor's
State Aid and
budget proposals, which we hope will include a level of education funding sufficient to meet the needs of every student throughout our
State, particularly those in schools
with the greatest needs.»
Yandik is running for the 19th Congressional District, he will meet
with residents at the Sidney Memorial Library; he is seeking to replace Chris Gibson, who declined to seek re-election for another term, -------------------------- Both Houses of the
State Legislature have forwarded their
budget proposals for eventual negotiations by conference committees, Assemblyman Bill Magee chairs the Assembly Agriculture Committee, he said that some but not all of the Agriculture cuts from the Governor have been restored in the Assembly B
budget proposals for eventual negotiations by conference committees, Assemblyman Bill Magee chairs the Assembly Agriculture Committee, he said that some but not all of the Agriculture cuts from the Governor have been restored in the Assembly
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Despite the tentative deal, details on specific
proposals continued to be hammered out through Thursday,
with the New York
State Senate scheduling a rare session to pass
budget bills today.
ALBANY — The
state Assembly and Senate are poised to reject Governor Andrew Cuomo's
proposal for a de facto property tax freeze in
budget resolutions that will be passed next week, people familiar
with the documents said.
Last week, after Cuomo introduced a
budget with cuts to
state funding for Medicaid and the City University of New York that de Blasio said would be «debilitating» for the city's finances, the governor walked back his
proposals and said the plan was to look for efficiencies in both systems.
ALBANY — After days of deliberations, the
State Senate's governing coalition released a 55 - page resolution outlining their
budget priorities,
with proposals to halt rising property taxes, and modify Governor Andrew Cuomo's plans for estate taxes and renter credits.
State lawmakers are considering
budget proposals from Gov. Andrew Cuomo to use $ 1 billion from settlements
with financial institutions to help the authority pay for a
budget - busting replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge and for toll tax credits.
In an effort to improve delivery services, the 2015 - 2016
state budget included a
proposal to study whether a separate office for «older adults and persons of all ages
with disabilities» would be of value to that population.
Party officers pointed out the just - introduced Republican AHCA would have significant negative impacts on coverage for New Yorkers and health care cost for
state government, and that Gov. Cuomo's
budget proposal has no plan to deal
with changes to the ACA.
Fields, 64, who has been endorsed by the union in past elections, angered the organization earlier this year
with her
proposal that teachers across the
state reopen their contracts and agree to a wage freeze to help close the
state budget deficit.
Late last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration broke
with the longstanding tradition of providing school districts across New York
State with «runs,» the projected aid increases, based on the governor's education funding
proposal, which district officials use to help shape their own
budgets.
I am grateful that Governor Cuomo has already outlined significant funding for this
proposal in his
budget, and I will continue to work
with the governor, the MTA and the
State Legislature to bring this transformative transit
proposal to life.
The new minimum wage
proposal in the Assembly is backed by Labor Committee Chairman Carl Heastie and Assemblyman Keith Wright, the
state Democratic Party co-chairman (his other party co-chair, Syracuse's Stephanie Miner, broke
with Cuomo on his pension smoothing plan that is also in the
budget).
The IDC's
budget proposal, introduced in January, «included a $ 1.47 billion investment in the Foundation Aid formula for the first year
with a multi-year commitment to achieve complete funding,» Alcantara told parents earlier this week, adding that as an IDC member, she has «a voice at the
budget table» and is «confident that the end of this year's
budget process New York
state will have invested a record amount of funding in education.»
DiNapoli's report raises a number of transparency concerns
with the
budget proposal, which includes several measures that would bypass existing provisions intended to ensure integrity in the
state's procurement process.
Bronx Sen. Ruben Diaz in a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday raised «deep concern»
with a
proposal in the
state budget plan that could cut $ 17 million in Title XX funding for the elderly.
With legislative
proposals stalled and an assistance request before a
state panel pending, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan says she's looking to local nonprofit institutions to create a sustainable
budget.
State lawmakers» growing frustration
with the holes Gov. Andrew Cuomo left in his 2011 - 2012
budget proposal was on display at this morning's joint legislative hearing on economic development, which produced a frosty — albeit polite — exchange between Assemblyman Jeff Aubry and outgoing ESDC Chair Dennis Mullen.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is out with his assessment of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2011 - 2012 budget proposal, which the comptroller «begins to address the state's structural deficit by bringing recurring expenses into better alignment with recurring revenues,» but also relis on more than $ 4 billion in yet - to - be specified act
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is out
with his assessment of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2011 - 2012
budget proposal, which the comptroller «begins to address the
state's structural deficit by bringing recurring expenses into better alignment with recurring revenues,» but also relis on more than $ 4 billion in yet - to - be specified act
state's structural deficit by bringing recurring expenses into better alignment
with recurring revenues,» but also relis on more than $ 4 billion in yet - to - be specified actions.
Even while declining to weigh in on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
budget proposal, Rep. Charlie Rangel last night seemed to be siding
with state lawmakers who are agitating in favor of extending the millionaire's tax and using the revenue that would produce to soften the governor's proposed spending cuts.
This year, Cuomo's office has said he will include several education reform measures in his
state budget proposal, due to be released Jan. 21, along with the State of the State add
state budget proposal, due to be released Jan. 21, along
with the
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Cuomo had proposed a public financing system
with a donor - matching program based on New York City's model in his 2014 - 15
state budget proposal.
Even
with New York facing a multibillion - dollar deficit,
state legislative Democrats are calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to include a «fair and sustainable» revenue source for the cash - strapped MTA in his upcoming
budget proposal.
«In the United
States where we borrowed our Constitution from, once the president walks into the chamber
with the
budget proposal, it becomes dead on arrival.
But as the Democratic - held Assembly and Republican - controlled
state Senate stake out their positions
with their own
budget proposals in the coming weeks, DiNapoli sees an «openness» to discussion.
The mayor's pension
proposal — coming one day after a shrunken
state budget from the new governor, Andrew M. Cuomo,
with similar tough talk — represents a clear bid to capitalize on growing concerns about pension costs and rising anti-union sentiments, even among traditional labor allies.