Sentences with phrase «than the governor proposed»

This is $ 667 million less than the Governor proposed in May, leaving outstanding school deferrals at about $ 6.2 billion.

Not exact matches

More than 50 business leaders from around the Houston area signed an open letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott Monday, signaling their opposition to a proposed «bathroom bill» that will target transgender individuals.

In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed free tuition to public colleges for residents whose families earn less than $ 125,000.

The policy was adopted a month ago as the province lobbied Governor Andrew Cuomo to drop his proposed New York Buy American Act, which would have required state entities to buy from U.S. companies on all purchases more than $ 100,000 (U.S.).

The governor himself has argued, though, that he wants the money to fund education, including a proposed plan that would provide free tuition at public colleges for families that earn less than $ 125,000.

This state law could be changed, but you would need more than the bare legislative majority you propose - you'd need enough votes to override the inevitable veto (the governor isn't on your side, since you don't have half the state's population.)

As teachers returned today to a high school where a shooter killed 17 people, Florida's governor, Republican Rick Scott, proposed banning the sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21 as part of a three - point plan to prevent gun violence.

«The Senate Democratic Conference would have a tough time supporting anything that goes slower or lower than what the Governor has publicly proposed in his budget,» Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, D - Yonkers, said in a statement.

Assembly Democrats, meanwhile, are expected to call for more taxes on the wealthy than the governor has proposed.

Magnarelli said he believes the budget will include an increase in education funding that is greater than the $ 961 million the governor proposed.

The measure contained the governor's earlier allocation of $ 143 million for a downsized Environmental Protection Fund — far less than the $ 168 million the Assembly is proposing, not to mention the $ 222 million the Senate wants.

KINGSTON — State Senator John Bonacic (R - Mt. Hope) said if the governor's proposal for no more than one casino in a region of the state, and only three in total to begin with is approved, the proposed facility at the new Nevele Hotel would be a dead issue.

We applaud Governor Paterson's argument that, should New York receive a significant cash infusion from the federal government for Fiscal 2010, the state should use those revenues to cut back on significant proposed tax and fee hikes, rather than restore or increase governmental spending.

The governor said the budget — which spends about $ 250 million more than he proposed, yet still clocks in at $ 132.5 million overall — is a victory for New Yorkers.

Cuomo administration officials, for the second time in less than a week, blasted DiNapoli for botching «basic math» after the controller released a report questioning aspects of the governor's proposed budget.

Asked what he thought Cuomo's motivation was for penning the OpEd about the built - in spending increases, Silver said he believes the governor looked at his proposed budget and determined he's going to «wind up spending more money than was spent last year even though he said there would be a cut.»

The governor noted proudly that he was once again proposing a spending increase of less than 2 percent over last year, a self - imposed cap he has made a centerpiece of his fiscal policy throughout his governorship.

Assemblyman Kevin Cahill didn't tell us much about the governor's $ 145 billion proposed budget, other than the process has started, which we knew.

The Governor has proposed allocating $ 300 million for the State's Environmental Protection Fund — the highest amount ever for the fund and more than double the fund's level when the Governor first took office.

The State Board of Regents says school aid needs to be increased by more than twice the amount the governor has proposed, to $ 2.1 billion, in order to begin to fulfill the court order.

The State Board of Regents said school aid needs to be increased by $ 2.1 billion — more than twice the amount the governor has proposed — to begin to fulfill the court order.

«As a way to reduce the property tax burden on homeowners across the state, Governor Cuomo proposed making the county - wide shared services panels that were mandated by the state last year a permanent fixture of local governments... in 2017, 34 counties submitted nearly 400 projects with more than $ 200 million in savings... Cuomo proposed making state funding for local government conditional on the continuation of shared services panels.

(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an application.

But the governor's proposed changes to the program would cost the city about $ 82 million a year more than legislation supported by the de Blasio administration in 2015, according to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Politico reported.

The Senate Republicans» budget restores $ 280 million worth of education cuts proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, eliminates $ 296 million in unfunded mandates for local governments and spend slightly less overall than the governor ($ 132.5 billion, to $ 132.9 billion)-- all without any new revenue generators (AKA taxes).

Public schools on Long Island next year can expect a «record» hike in state financial assistance, greater than the amount recently proposed by the governor, Republican Long Island Sen. Carl Marcellino told educators.

Overall, the budget is $ 147.2 billion — about $ 1.4 billion more than the governor initially proposed back in January.

It calls for spending $ 14 million less than the budget proposed in January by Governor Deval Patrick.

Occupy Albany protesters are long gone from the park where they camped out more than two years ago, but a coalition of progressive protesters, angry about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed tax cuts and posing a number of demands descended on the Capitol Thursday for a demonstration and sit - in outside the governor's office.

Voters also want to raise the minimum wage higher than the governor is proposing, and think he should not exclude minority party leaders, including the only female legislative leader Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, from budget talks.

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE The Plan to End AIDS continues to confront money problems as Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget for the state's 2017 fiscal year will spend only $ 40 million on the plan, an amount that is well below the more than $ 100 million that advocates had hoped the state would spend in the current -LSB-...]

The budget includes a $ 1.5 billion increase in education funding, greater than the $ 961 million the governor proposed in January, but not as much as the $ 2.13 billion that the state Assembly wanted.

That analysis also shows the overall proposed aid increase for the Island's 124 districts is less than the additional state aid the governor proposed for the current school year.

Ensure that the tradable emission permits under Governor Pataki's proposed regional carbon cap are auctioned rather than given away with the proceeds used to mitigate negative distributional effects on low and moderate income households and to serve other economically and socially important purposes.

Beyond the bullying issue, spending for schools in Governor Andrew Cuomo's $ 168 billion budget is another challenge for the commissioner as and advocates sought more than the proposed $ 770 million increase.

The Senate bill would provide a lower tax on hails than what the governor has proposed: Cuomo would tax rides 5.5 percent, the Senate's bill places a 2 percent tax on hails while also not subjecting the service to a 4 percent sales tax.

He lauded Paterson for pushing the property tax cap in his last round of budget extenders (which the Legislature refused to accept both last night and this morning), while also noting that the cap he has proposed is more stringent than the governor's.

Does anyone recall that the Governor came in at the last minute of the SED regulation development process on teacher evaluations and asked the Regents for changes in the proposed regulations to include greater emphasis on test scores than the original legislation prescribed?

During his testimony, de Blasio raised several concerns about Cuomo's proposed $ 145 billion budget and pleaded with lawmakers to, among other things, reject the governor's attempt to claw back more than $ 600 million in savings from a recent debt refinancing and his call for the city to provide more per - pupil funding to charter schools.

«These are just a couple of areas where the final budget shows a much better approach than what Governor Andrew Cuomo originally proposed,» Donohue said.

California's Democratic governor, Jerry Brown, in January proposed spending more than $ 40 million on the state's own census - related outreach efforts to avoid that fate.

They haven't said they would, but in theory such a move would give de Blasio some leverage to fight for more pre-K money than the governor has proposed in his own proposed statewide alternative.

Under the scale the governor proposed, superintendents at districts with 250 or fewer students would earn the least, $ 125,000, while superintendents at districts with more than 6,500 students would earn $ 175,000.

The March for Main Street participants will continue to speak out and advocate for better choices because New Yorkers deserve better than what the governor has proposed.

Voters also want to raise the minimum wage higher than the governor is proposing, and think he should not exclude minority party leaders from budget talks, including the only female legislative leader Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

So we are going to be looking for champions on the legislature to help us see that money for the Hudson River Estuary Program increase even more than the governor has proposed.»

With both the State of the State message and the introduction of the governor's proposed budget later this month, voters will get the first tangible evidence of whether Albany is really trying to change its ways, or if changes are more rhetorical than real.

They also introduced a stand - alone FMAP contingency bill that would give the governor less power over the cash — should it come from Congress — and any cuts that might have to be made if it doesn't, than he had initially proposed.

The governor warned lawmakers not to spend more than he was proposing, a notion that made some lawmakers roll their eyes.

More than a third of the state's money is spent on Medicaid, making it a necessary and obvious target for cuts, and yet each year the same ritual plays out: The governor proposes cuts to health care; the state's hospital lobby and the union representing health - care workers spend millions of dollars in maudlin TV ads decrying the cuts — on top of the millions they contribute to elected officials; the governor's poll numbers decline, and he agrees to an expensive truce that barely makes a dent in rising Medicaid costs.