Lawmakers departed Albany as scheduled yesterday without heeding Paterson's call for an up - or - down
vote on his budget proposal «just to see where we stand,» as he put it this morning.
Mr. Paterson, in what appears to be an effort to shake up a nearly month - long stalemate over the state budget, also called for the Legislature to make an up or down
vote on his budget proposal on Wednesday and failing that, come to work every weekday until an agreement can be reached.
Not exact matches
This is not good news for Stachowski, who has made quite a name for himself of late by refusing to
vote in favor of the
budget revenue bill until there's some sort of agreement
on the SUNY empowerment plan that helps further UB's 2020
proposal.
At noon, state Sen. Brian Kavanagh will join with good government groups and legislators to call
on Cuomo to fund early
voting in this year's executive
budget proposal, outside th4e Senate chambers, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.
The
proposal made Monday morning comes as the majority conferences in the Senate and Assembly are set to unveil their one - house
budget measures and
vote on them this week.
In his initial
budget recommendation to lawmakers in January, Cuomo inserted several policy
proposals, including ones to extend the statute of limitations
on child molestation, authorize advance
voting and eliminate cash bail requirements in low - level criminal cases.
Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb
on Tuesday became the latest elected official to raise issues with the spending
proposal, which was due to be
voted on last week by the board, but the meeting was rescheduled to today after «scheduling» issues arose, according to the Division of
Budget.
Cuomo's
proposal will allocate $ 7 million to the Fiscal Year 2019 Executive
Budget, an incentive for counties in New York to offer early
voting 12 days before Election Day, giving voters eight hours
on weekdays and five hours
on weekends to cast their ballots.
RSOs were required to submit
budget proposals earlier this month, and the Finance Board spent the past week
voting on the
proposals after holding hearings with each RSO
on Oct. 17 and 18.
The Legislature - Democrats and Republicans - are now fully
on notice that Paterson intends to corner lawmakers into
voting, piece by piece,
on the
budget proposal he gave them at the start of the year.
«I'm not in Congress and wouldn't have an opportunity to
vote on that,» Katko said of the Ryan
budget proposal.
The
proposal contained in Cuomo's
budget plan would require local government leaders
on the county level to convene a review of ways to share services
on the municipal level, with a plan that would be
voted on in a public referendum by November.
The state legislature is in Special Session at the Capital Monday night with hopes of
voting on a 2 yr
budget but there are still gaps between the Democrats and Republicans
proposals.
Each borough president had a powerful administrative role derived from having a
vote on the New York City Board of Estimate, which was responsible for creating and approving the city's
budget and
proposals for land use.
He said he is considering possibly
voting against the House Democratic
budget proposal because it does not currently include tax hikes
on the wealthy and instead offers spending cuts for programs for the poor and middle classes.
Paterson went
on to note that the Legislature could, at any time, pass a two - way
budget or even give an up or down
vote to his full
budget proposal.
The rare move came during a
vote on a fiscal year 2012
budget proposal by the Republican Study Committee, a group of 176 conservative House Republicans, or 76 percent of the entire Republican conference.
Democratic Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D - Freeport) said his members would have
voted with Republicans
on the
budget if they had backed their inspector general
proposal.
The mayor's 2017 - 18
budget proposal will be presented late Monday afternoon to the Common Council, which will hold
budget meetings prior to
voting on the document.
It's school
vote day today
on the North Fork, with
budget proposals and open school board seats
on the ballots in all five local school districts.
BY MICHAEL RICONDA County
Budget & Finance Committee Approves 2013 Budget, Legislature to vote on it tonight New City — The County Legislature's Budget & Finance Committee met on December 2 to approve the final version of the proposed 2013 budget, offering a look at what is to come should the legislature approve the proposal -LS
Budget & Finance Committee Approves 2013
Budget, Legislature to vote on it tonight New City — The County Legislature's Budget & Finance Committee met on December 2 to approve the final version of the proposed 2013 budget, offering a look at what is to come should the legislature approve the proposal -LS
Budget, Legislature to
vote on it tonight New City — The County Legislature's
Budget & Finance Committee met on December 2 to approve the final version of the proposed 2013 budget, offering a look at what is to come should the legislature approve the proposal -LS
Budget & Finance Committee met
on December 2 to approve the final version of the proposed 2013
budget, offering a look at what is to come should the legislature approve the proposal -LS
budget, offering a look at what is to come should the legislature approve the
proposal -LSB-...]
In his first term, Martin called for fiscal conservatism
on most issues that he dealt with, opposing a bill to increase the minimum wage and
voting against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's
budget proposals in 2015 and 2016.
The state Legislature's
budget committee is scheduled to
vote Wednesday
on a
proposal containing an estimated $ 7.5 million tax exemption for construction companies that do work for nonprofit groups.
While the bill is still awaiting approval in three separate committees —
Budget and Appropriations, Legislation, and Public Safety and Social Services — the Democratic Caucus is pushing for the committees to approve the
proposal in order to move forward
on a late night
vote of the full 17 - member county Board of Legislators
on Monday, July 17.
Peters said the PACB, which famously killed the West Side stadium deal in 2005, almost never rejects a
proposal and pointed out that the governor's
budget office works
on the issues before they are presented for a
vote.
«Very rarely we've had a day where we've had more than 10 bills under consideration at all, and we're roughly halfway through the session calendar,» said Senate Democratic floor leader Mike Gianaris
on Wednesday, about an hour after his attempts to get a
vote on his conference's
budget proposal came to naught.
Washington (CNN)- Eight members of Congress are the targets of ads, released Monday by the Democratic House Majority PAC, that criticize their
votes on the House GOP
budget proposal.
The school board plans to
vote on the
budget May 8, after a series of community meetings to get feedback
on the
proposal.
In addition to the
budget, the board will
vote on the Isthmus Montessori Academy Charter School
proposal on Monday.
Members of the Assembly
budget subcommittee
on education finance didn't take a
vote on the funding
proposal Tuesday, but committee chair Kevin McCarty, D - Sacramento, and Jose Medina, D - Riverside, voiced their support.
In 2011 City Council Member Brad Lander invited his constituents to take part in a participatory
budgeting initiative in which citizens first identify community needs and then
vote on which projects to fund, with $ 1 million set aside for the winning
proposals.
The PAG's
proposal and other critical
budget decisions will be vetted over the next several months; if they advance, they'll be
voted on by the Board of Directors in May.