Sentences with phrase «state legislative leaders passed»

New York Times: Most Fundamental Reform Missing from State Budget Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders passed New York's 2014 - 15 budget last week without a comprehensive small donor public matching system — instead establishing a very limited pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race in 2014.

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State legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agree on the concept of passing a package of measure designed to curb heroin addiction in New York and are working out the details, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Wednesday said.

If you believe Cuomo, the top Republicans in New York's state and federal legislative delegations, the state's mayors and leaders of both business and labor, the recently passed tax overhaul hurts the high - tax state and could crimp its economy and real estate markets.

Good Government Groups to Cuomo and Legislative Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform.

A group of Suffolk County lawmakers called on leaders in the New York State Senate to pass legislation banning conversion therapy before the legislative session ends on Thursday.

Albany, New York — Prominent budget and transparency watchdog groups today called on the legislative leaders to act on their public statements on clean contracting, and pass meaningful legislation in response to the largest bid - rigging scandal in state history.

«The governor should live up to his own words and work with legislative leaders to pass a comprehensive public financing system for all state races as soon as possible.»

The call comes as Cuomo and state legislative leaders are in the midst of negotiating the finer details of his $ 142.6 billion budget proposal, expected to be passed early this year in order to accommodate the Easter and Passover holidays falling the final week of March.

Despite the string of arrests doing little to help Albany's reputation for corruption, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the new state legislative leaders acknowledge there is little they can do to stem the arrests by passing new ethics and anti-corruption laws.

Legislative leaders in Connecticut are to meet this week to discuss the state's continued fiscal problems despite having recently passed a bipartisan budget.

ALBANY — State lawmakers agreed early Monday to pass a stopgap budget to prevent a government shutdown after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders failed to reach a deal on a state budget over the weeState lawmakers agreed early Monday to pass a stopgap budget to prevent a government shutdown after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders failed to reach a deal on a state budget over the weestate budget over the weekend.

«Once again this year, the budget falls short on transparency, both in process and in content,» DiNapoli said, in part referring to the fact that this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo once again issued messages of necessity to waive the constitutional three - day aging period for budget bills in order to get the state budget passed before the April 1 deadline (technically, it wasn't, but Cuomo and legislative leaders had a general deal in place on March 31).

Tom, even though our neighboring state of Massachusetts has recently legalized recreational marijuana, Connecticut legislative leaders didn't believe they had the votes to pass a stand - alone marijuana legalization bill.

This year, however, many of the top priorities for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders were included in the state budget passed in April — leaving a relatively short list of items for June.

Legislative leaders abandoned the Capitol on Thursday, with state senators leaving before they passed the final component of this year's budget.

«I think the budget that was passed in both chambers is a terrible budget for the state of Connecticut,» House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D - Berlin, said Thursday after emerging from closed - door talks with Malloy and legislative leaders from both parties.

We urge our legislative leaders to pass early voting in the state budget.»

Majority Leader Baskin submitted a legislative resolution earlier today in support of legislation that overwhelmingly passed the State Assembly in 2017 but which is currently still under consideration by the New York State Senate.

Schneiderman, like Cuomo a Democrat, detailed his objections Tuesday in a letter to the governor and legislative leaders, who will be negotiating Cuomo's proposed changes before the March 31 deadline to pass the state budget.

Legislative Column from Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R - Canandaigua) This week, Gov. Cuomo devoted a great deal of his State of the State address explaining how the newly - passed federal tax reform bill will hurt New York.

«What we're asking for is for our state legislative leaders, our county legislative leaders, our city legislative leaders to allow for a mechanism for citizens... to pass petitions to put something on the ballot.»

And on April 1, lawmakers passed a state budget granting a significant benefit to medical malpractice insurance companies operating in the red, such as PRI, a measure Cuomo reportedly opposed but eventually assented to at legislative leaders» insistence.

While public education spending is at historic levels and is already the largest portion of our state budget — about 55 percent overall (K - 12, community colleges, and IHL) and around 40 percent for K - 12 alone — legislative leaders have begun preparing to «fully fund» the Mississippi Adequate Education Program formula should Initiative 42 pass.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders John J. Flanagan and Carl Heastie have reached an agreement on a landmark piece of personal injury legislation, and on January 30, 2018, the law passed in both houses of the New York state legislature.