Sentences with phrase «state government dysfunction»

«For voters, it's all about state government dysfunction.»

Supporters defended Cuomo's liberal credentials throughout the campaign, noting his work to pass same - sex marriage and gun control measures while also working to cut state government dysfunction and boost the economy through business - friendly tax policies and initiatives designed to spur economic development in western New York.

At the Brennan Center in 2004, Creelan wrote what has become an ur - text of state government dysfunction, which was especially withering of the arrangement in which state lawmakers receive «lulus» or stipends for leadership and committee posts.

Not exact matches

«Given the dysfunction in state government, it makes sense to rally around someone and build a coalition government and get things back on track in Albany,» McKeon told me.

The other option, which nobody wants, is state government descends into chaos and dysfunction.

Asked whether it would be better for New York to have an all Democratic state government, Cuomo referred to the chaos and dysfunction the last time the Dems controlled the state Senate in 2009 - 10.

Perhaps because of the legendary dysfunction at the state Capitol through the years, New York has no shortage of government watchdog groups.

He says legislative dysfunction reached a peak in the 2009 - 2010 legislative period, marked by a five - week coup that shut down much of state government.

During the call, Cuomo said he would not acquiesce to a legislative pay hike unless the state budget is adopted by its April 1 deadline — a popular indicator of government dysfunction.

One new senator isn't going to fix the dysfunction, of course, yet Peralta's path is depressingly typical of what helps keep state government mired in this mess.

Alas, corruption, cover up, kickbacks, payoffs, graft, dishonesty, dishonor, disloyalty, depravity, dereliction of duty and dysfunction will continue to rise at the bottom as long as WE, THE PEOPLE (we, the government), allow systemic corruption, power, privilege and unjust enrichment to prevail at top levels of city and state management.

As federal «dysfunction» forces them to step up regulatory efforts, state and local governments need to develop new policies for the growing tech sectors in order to balance the need for protecting public interests and supporting innovation, AG Eric Schneiderman told a NY Tech Meetup event.

Part of the dysfunction in state government is that the state legislature does very few oversight hearings.

«The other option, which nobody wants, is state government descends into chaos and dysfunction,» Reif said.

«Just as years of late budgets symbolized Albany's dysfunction, on time budgets show that state government is working again,» said Skelos.

And he admits that previous administrations, during the past few decades have dropped the ball on protecting the state's most vulnerable people, saying there was government «atrophy and apathy» and dysfunction.

«Given the dysfunction in state government, it makes sense to rally around someone and build a coalition government and get things back on track in Albany,» McKeon said.

It was similar to his welcome to delegates Tuesday night in which he talked of the governor «turning around a government» that was in «dysfunction» (This was hours before Cuomo named his predecessor, former Gov. David A. Paterson, as the new state party chairman).

«During my tenure as Temporary President and Majority Leader of the Senate, we've passed five consecutive on - time budgets and ended the dysfunction and chaos that existed when New York City Democrats ran our entire state government,» he said.

He said the state had made great strides since he took office, turning a $ 10 billion deficit into a $ 5 billion surplus, expanding health care to cover 1.5 million more people and reversing gridlock and dysfunction in state government by getting Republicans and Democrats to work together.

«We must transform the state of New York from a government of dysfunction, gridlock and corruption to a government of performance, integrity and pride.»