Sentences with phrase «than the governor»

It would also increase funding for charter schools by $ 225 per student next year — even more than the governor's budget would.

I closed more prison cells than any governor in the history of the state!

That's less than the governor offered last year.

They say there is actually a half - billion more coming for next year than the governor originally estimated.

And he says both houses of the legislature estimate there is $ 350 - 400 million more in the state budget than the governor has predicted, which could also be sent to schools.

He pointed out that it's not unusual for the comptroller to come from the opposite party than the governor.

They say there is actually half a billion more dollars coming for next year than the governor originally estimated.

He actually sounded more like a candidate for state Republican chairman than governor.

They also often send their schedules earlier than the governor's office does.

But he can rightly point out that it's more than any governor has done in decades to inject some measure of public interest into the redistricting process.

And he says both houses of the legislature estimates there is $ 350 to $ 400 million in the state budget than the governor has predicted, which could also be sent to schools.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says that doesn't mean the legislature is spending half billion dollars more than Governor Cuomo wants.

For example, if you were running for Treasurer in San Francisco you would prefer to get an endorsement from the mayor of San Francisco rather than the governor of Rhode Island.

And in a third sign of growing disillusionment with Cuomo by Democrats and others on the political left, Working Families Party activists, furious over Cuomo's alliance with Senate Republicans, are threatening to back someone other than the governor in the November election, a move that would aid GOP gubernatorial contender Rob Astorino, sources said.

He would go further than Governor Scott Walker, who has curtailed, rather than eliminated, teacher collective bargaining in Wisconsin.

Teamsters Joint Council 16 President George Miranda said, «Investments in infrastructure is one of the best ways to create jobs and jumpstart economic growth, and nobody knows that better than Governor Cuomo.

Sadly, Cuomo's words aren't very different than Governor Dan Malloy's actions.

Two new Quinnipiac University polls show that New York voters trust the teachers» unions more than Governor Andrew Cuomo to improve education in the state, and two thirds of New York State voters say the Common Core aligned standardized tests are not an accurate way to measure how well students are learning.

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi, in an email, said of NYPIRG's criticism: «No governor has fought harder to reform New York's campaign finance system than Governor Cuomo, who included public campaign financing in his budget and is using the funds that NYPIRG is railing against for commercials urging the public to support it.»

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

But so far, it looks like the Senate Republicans have more to worry about than the governor does.

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.

Cuomo, a Democrat, is fond of boasting that he's done more to boost upstate areas than any governor since DeWitt Clinton dug the Erie Canal, and on a per capita basis, state subsidies have rained down more heavily on Buffalo and the North Country than Brooklyn or Staten Island's North Shore.

Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat who frequently claims to have «invested more in upstate New York than any governor in history,» was perhaps Dr. Kaloyeros's most ambitious partner yet, with plans to sprinkle Kaloyeros dust on Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester and other areas in desperate need of new jobs.

This is what educators call a «teachable moment» because the issue goes much deeper than Governor Walker's biography.

Chancellor Carmen Fariña and Mayor Bill de Blasio visited Automotive HS in Brooklyn on March 25 to showcase the work done in the mayor's School Renewal Porgram, which holds much more promise than the governor's receivership strategy.

As a result of this column's April 12 publication of «What is the cost of removing and replacing the numerous Tappan Zee signs on the Thruway and Palisades Parkway with Mario Cuomo signs,» the Ombudsman Alert was contacted by several individuals closely connected to the history of the original Tappan Zee Bridge, including its re-naming in 1994 as the Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge upon the recommendation of none other than Governor Mario Cuomo.

Flanagan says individual senators and assemblymembers are much better equipped than the governor to decide what programs are best for their region, saying «there's a lot more talent and intellect and better understanding» among legislators.

«Frankly, this is an issue that is bigger than Governor Cuomo.»

That requires a much greater investment of money than this Governor has been willing to provide.

«We will make Marc's taxes for inspection in the coming days and they will demonstrate his family is decidedly more in touch with the middle class than Governor Cuomo,» said Katherine Delgado, a spokeswoman for Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.

Now about all those Non-Profits that receive Federal, State or City funding and pay there executives salaries greater than the Governor?

Cuomo will still outrank De Blasio, but the mayor of New York City has a more powerful pulpit than the governor of the state.

Fifty - seven percent voiced support for a full - time Legislature with a complete ban on outside income, which is what reform advocates and AG Eric Schneiderman have been pushing — a proposal that goes considerably further than the governor wants at this point.

On Tuesday Hizzoner said the cuts to New York City are a whole lot worse than the governor's numbers would indicate, reports CBS 2's Marcia Kramer.

Gov. Cuomo has been far closer for far longer to now - indicted Buffalo - area Democratic power broker Steve Pigeon than the governor himself admits — or that many in his administration realize...

In fact, no one, other than Governor Dannel Malloy, has been a bigger cheerleader for the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC testing system than CCER.

Put a million dollars into a primary against Shelly Silver, and if you beat him, you are more important than the Governor just like that!

DeFrancisco says Cuomo, a moderate Democrat, might have an easier time getting along with Republicans in the Senate, rather than with a chamber controlled by Democrats who might want to go further than the governor when it comes to raising the minimum wage, raising taxes on the wealthy, banning hydrofracking and other issues.

«But in any event, New York State is one of the great, most beautiful states in the union and had I won the governorship I would have done more for upstate than any governor who in fact was elected.

A source close to this year's budget talks said the Assembly sought $ 20 million less than the governor for supportive housing funding.

In place of traditional governing bodies, E-ACT will introduce academy ambassadorial advisory bodies, as well as a centralised process for monitoring standards, rather than governors at an individual level.

This governor has talked more about government ethics reform than any governor in memory, and yet the rules and high mindedness never apply to him.»

«I can say unequivocally that the LGBTQ community has not had a greater champion than Governor Cuomo.

It's hard to find a more extreme anti-women's health politician than Governor Perry.

Oil prices are much lower than Governor Stephen Poloz thought they would be when policy makers released their latest forecasts in July.