And, red - faced officials were just within hours today of shattering the all -
time latest state budget adoption.
Not exact matches
A deal announced in November to bring the IDC and mainline Democrats together after the
State budget is passed in
late March or early April left many scratching their heads about the
timing of both the announcement and the reconciliation date being so far away.
Cuomo has teased a possible
state intervention into the troubled agency for weeks, but today promised for the first
time to take action no
later than April 1, when the Albany
budget is due.
The new fiscal year began today for the
State of New York, and for the first time under Governor Andrew Cuomo's leadership, the state budget will be
State of New York, and for the first
time under Governor Andrew Cuomo's leadership, the
state budget will be
state budget will be
late.
Still, as
late as January 2014 when the mayor traveled again to Albany, this
time to testify before the legislative
state budget hearings, he and Cuomo were still talking about one another as old buddies who might have played lacrosse together at some posh Connecticut boarding school.
ALBANY —
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli yesterday blasted his fellow Democrats for «wasted
time» and warned that further delay on the weeks -
late budget could devastate schools and local governments.
The source made it clear that Paterson doesn't expect the special session of the Legislature he's called for Wednesday to produce a quick
budget agreement, noting that it was largely called to «stop them from taking their sweet
time» to finalize an almost 4 - month -
late state fiscal plan.
«You put this cap together with the
budget that we just passed, it would help turn this
state around,» said the governor, who
later added that he believes the cap is perhaps even «more important» than the on -
time budget deal he pushed through the Legislature in
late March.
According to YNN's Matt Hunter, McLaughlin yelled at Gordon, accusing him of grandstanding at a
time when he should be focused on the
late state budget.
Despite decades of
late budgets, Monday's action marked the first
time a governor has enacted a portion of the final
state budget through a temporary
budget extender bill.
Paterson initially said he wanted to call a special election as quickly as possible to fill the vacant seat but
later backtracked, citing excessive costs at a
time when the
state's
budget is in disarray.
«The
budget is
late, our
state is on the brink of bankruptcy and State Senator Schneiderman has decided it's time to plot his political future and mount a campaign for a job that isn't even open
state is on the brink of bankruptcy and
State Senator Schneiderman has decided it's time to plot his political future and mount a campaign for a job that isn't even open
State Senator Schneiderman has decided it's
time to plot his political future and mount a campaign for a job that isn't even open yet.
Even that's becoming more difficult: Cuomo openly complained about his negotiating partners when the
state budget was adopted
later this year than any
time since he took office.
The indictment against Ortt was brought in
late March, at a
time when the Senate, Assembly and Cuomo were in active negotiations over a
state budget.
«Just as years of
late budgets symbolized Albany's dysfunction, on
time budgets show that
state government is working again,» said Skelos.
The third straight on -
time state budget passed roughly three weeks
later.
However, the optics of a
late budget are likely to be particularly irksome for Cuomo, who has repeatedly pointed to on -
time budgets as a sign that he has righted the ship of
state.
Under Cuomo, the
state has passed a balanced
budget by deadline fives
times in a row (though, last year's was technically
late by a few hours), which isn't a small feat, Birdsell said.
The
budget deadline is April 1 and while Albany has a history of
late state budgets Fahy hopes they will complete this year's on
time.
Democratic legislative leaders, who control the General Assembly, reached a
budget deal with the
State's Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy
late Tuesday night but said they did not have
time to get the bill to all members before the end of the regular session at midnight on Wednesday.
After the school district in Beaverton, Oregon, announced its
latest round of
budget cuts, teacher lay - offs and increases in class sizes, Jack and Julia's parents decided to enrol them in the
state's full -
time online school, Oregon Connections Academy.
While this move deserves credit, it comes
late and its realization has been slow as the government must build basic supporting infrastructure, which takes
time and saps the
state budget.