Sentences with phrase «use budget extenders»

As pioneered by his predecessor, Gov. David Paterson, Cuomo reiterated last night that he would use his budget extenders to pass large swaths of his preferred budget or have the Legislature risk a government shutdown.

It seems like a long - shot at this point, but it's awfully interesting to contemplate, particularly with Cuomo using the budget extender - or - shutdown threat.

Not exact matches

GOP gubernatorial designee Rick Lazio took some time out from campaigning in Rochester today to take a swipe at AG Andrew Cuomo for semi-panning Gov. David Paterson's creative use of budget extenders as «intriguing» but not optimal, YNN's Mark Gruba reports.

For the first time yesterday, Cuomo talked at length about the new paradigm created by the creative use of extender bills by his predecessor, David Paterson, during last year's budget battle.

The Gov. is threatening to use the non-democratic «extender» canard... having a temporary week, two week, or month budget, with the mushy cuts he originally proposed.

Here's a brief video of Gov. David Paterson — post leaders meeting — defending his controverisal use of budget extenders to push his spending cuts through the Legislature, compliments of Capital Tonight's own Kaitlyn Ross.

«So, what used to happen was every year or two years there would be an extender that would go to the governor and put police and firefighters back in tier 2, but Paterson vetoed it in [20] 09,» said Maria Doulis, director of City Studies at the nonpartisan Citizens» Budget Commission.

Cuomo has made it clear he won't be providing any messages of necessity to circumvent the three - day aging requirement, and would not hesitate to force the Legislature to choose between passing his budget and a government shutdown by using the extender method employed with great success last year by then - Gov.

The use of the extenders themselves, which Gov. David Paterson successfully used during the 2010 - 11 budget battle, are in a legal «gray area.»

The governor has touted his and lawmakers» budgetary deal making in advance of the start of the fiscal year (Cuomo has effectively used the threat of including broad swaths of his preferred budget and policy measures in extender legislation should the budget be late).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's threat to use extenders did the trick in moving the Legislature on the budget, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said in a radio interview set to first air Friday.

Silver was on the losing end of Silver V. Pataki, the 2004 case that reaffirmed the governor had the power to use the extenders when the budget was late.

Gov. David Paterson in 2010 pioneered the use of passing his preferred version of the budget through the extender process when no agreement had been reached in August of that year.

It argues, in short, that the governor does not have the power to enact policy through an emergency extender, which — until Paterson — was traditionally used to keep government running in the absence of a budget deal.

The governor's power in the budget process was greatly enhanced in the Pataki v. Silver ruling of 2004, but using the extender process to get the spending plan done has been used only once.

Lawmakers in both the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly over the last several budget years have grown increasingly concerned with the power Gov. Andrew Cuomo has threatened to use via the extender process.

Cuomo said Paterson's novel use of budget extenders to force an end to what he deemed «ground hog day» late budgets of the past «changes the equation.»

After his appearance in Syracuse earlier today, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he's been working hard to reach an agreement with the Legislature, but intends to get the best budget «for the people» by using the nuclear extender option, if necessary, because «the buck stops on my desk.»

Paterson for laying the groundwork for Cuomo's signature accomplishments through his pioneering use of budget extenders to force cuts and pushing for gay marriage.

[Cuomo has made it clear he won't be providing any messages of necessity to circumvent the three - day aging requirement, and would not hesitate to force the Legislature to choose between passing his budget and a government shutdown by using the extender method]

A Cuomo aide dismissed the possibility and instead raised the specter of using short - term budget extenders until the revenue picture from the feds becomes clearer.