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«CSEA has already filed an Improper practice charge with PERB earlier this week over the governor's threats which are a violation of the agreement and the Taylor Law.»
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The list of Fed chair candidates has been whittled down, and over the past week two frontrunners have emerged: Fed governor Jerome Powell and Stanford economist John Taylor.
Salesforce came in and pushed the governor of Georgia up against a wall over a anti-gay legislation, and this week, Apple, Google and Facebook are among the companies putting serious pressure on North...
The move by Georgia's statehouse was not a complete surprise as earlier in the week Casey Cagle, Georgia's lieutenant governor who presides over Georgia's Senate, said in a tweet he would «kill any tax legislation» that helps Delta unless the company continues ties with the NRA.
«We will be contacting State Agencies over the next several weeks and directing them to update their websites to include a new «widget» to promote the Governor's message.
«I think that if you look at the governor's actions over the last few weeks, I think it's very showing and telling that he is trying to do all he can to get a Democratic Senate,» said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
Closed - door negotiations over the ethics reform bill have been dragging on for weeks now, despite the fact that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has said repeatedly that his house has an agreement with the governor.
The date of the inauguration of the Commission, which was contained in a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, over the weekend in Kaduna, read: «The Kaduna State government last week announced the membership of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Zaria clashes.
The verbal attack last week on state Senate GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan by Cuomo's hand - picked state Democratic party executive director, reportedly sparked by the governor's anger over the conference's release of its priorities, raised eyebrows on both sides of the aisle.
Astorino's comments come after weeks of attacks from Hochul over the Governor's Buffalo Billion initiative.
«Over the past several weeks, I have worked closely with representatives from Western New York to determine the best possible timing to fill a vacancy in the 29th Congressional District,» Governor Paterson said.
The breakdown from the budget message, which includes items revealed by the governor in a series of announcements over the past few weeks:
The governor was short on specifics, but two weeks later in his budget address Cuomo detailed his funding plan for universal pre-K: $ 1.5 billion over five years.
That puts the former Godfather's Pizza CEO into a tie with Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, whose support has essentially held steady over the past two weeks.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has offered only lukewarm support in the past for his fellow Democrats in their quest to take over the State Senate, this week said he would back Democratic candidates in Senate races.
First: While the Indys backed Democratic AG Andrew Cuomo for governor (who stood with party leaders in Troy two weeks ago, but accepted their nod via teleconference today) and his preferred running mate, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, they crossed over to the GOP line to back Harry Wilson for state comptroller.
«If folks and been paying attention over the last couple of weeks, we've heard that the governor, thanks to the governor, now folks from the Kingsbridge National Ice Center will meet all thresholds in order for them to satisfy the leasing agreement,» Diaz Jr. said.
As POLITICO New York has previously reported, the amendments increase the benefit offered under the governor's paid family leave proposal to the state's lowest paid workers, but keep in place a cap on benefits of just over $ 500 per week.
Over the past week, several former Spitzer administration officials quietly reached out to refute that claim, saying they don't recall things operating that way during their time in the governor's office.
Governor Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.
Washington (CNN)-- Rob Astorino, New York's GOP candidate for governor, was urged not to attend a Republican Governors Association meeting in Aspen this week after publicly clashing with the group's chairman, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, over support for his underdog campaign, which Christie called «a lost cause.»
The state GOP last week filed a complaint with ethics regulators over Percoco's appearances in the governor's office in 2014 when he was in charge of Cuomo's re-election campaign and not working for the state.
Catsimatidis, who has contributed to a variety of candidates over the years, including the governor, loaned the plane for the trip after the governor had approved legislation that would benefit a biofuels plant he owns, according to the Times Union this week.
«Of course, much of what Cuomo has been talking about over the last several weeks has been overshadowed by the ongoing coverage of the Federal corruption trial in Manhattan, in which the Governor has been featured prominently.»
The minister noted that the meeting was a follow - up to a parley with state governors two weeks ago over the violent conflicts between farmers and herdsmen in Benue State and other places.
In weekly meetings over the past four weeks, at the governor's office in Manhattan, high - level aides to Mr. Cuomo have repeatedly pressed advocates to communicate to lawmakers and the public with one voice.
(CNN)- National Democrats continued their offense against Mitt Romney Friday, knocking the former Massachusetts governor over statements he made about home foreclosures earlier in the week.
Still, as vinegary as the talk has been so far, it is not hard to imagine the governor and Legislature getting over their differences in a few weeks as a matter of practicality.
A former Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Nyesom Wike for the inability of the state to take possession of the two helicopters, which were seized by the Nigeria Customs Service and handed over to the Nigeria Air Force last week.
There's just about a week and a half left before the budget deadline, and Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers remain at odds over a number of issues, including whether ethics disclosure rules should apply to Governor Cuomo as well as the legislature.
When Dan Walker died last week, it was hard for obituary writers not to note that he was one of four Illinois governors over the past five decades who ended up in prison.
Hanging over state business are both the federal corruption trial of Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for gGovernor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for governorgovernor.
One week after the New York state legislature declared the 2017 session over, Governor Cuomo is commanding that lawmakers return for a special session at 1 pm Wednesday to deal with some unfinished business.
The governor is optimistic Oneida and Madison Counties will go along with the deal he struck last week with the Oneida Indian Nation over casino gambling.
George Pataki greatly expand the powers of the governor over state legislators in the budget - making process met this week with Cuomo administration lawyers.
FAIRFIELD — With a little over a week left to go before the elections on Nov. 4th, petitioning candidate Joe Visconti finds himself under attack as some Republicans ramp up efforts to force him out of the governor's race.
The governor proposed several initiatives that brought his platform further left towards liberal issues that de Blasio has been championing — such as increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, mandating 12 weeks of paid family leave and offering up $ 20 billion over the next five years to address homelessness by providing 20,000 more supportive housing beds and 100,000 units of affordable housing.
At noon Monday, a coalition of over 90 HIV / AIDS advocates will launch a statewide Week of Action on the steps of City Hall, calling upon Governor Cuomo to invest $ 70 million in a plan to end AIDS in the 2016 New York State budget.
Many of the proposals have trickled out over the last two weeks, but the governor made news by fleshing out his agenda for public ethics and fighting homelessness.
While the governor is not up for reelection himself until 2016, at a cabinet meeting Monday in Albany, Cuomo said that with this year's election just over two weeks away, endorsements and campaign events to get out the vote matter.
Spitzer, who resigned as governor in 2008 after revelations he spent thousands of dollars on prostitutes, jumped into the race for New York City comptroller just over a week ago.
«Given the unique structure of the bonds, the State will realize the savings it is due over the next three state fiscal years through the adjustment of sales tax receipts otherwise payable to New York City,» reads the language in the governor's budget proposal unveiled last week.
«The governor made a lot of wild charges over the last week.
A few weeks ago, there were reports that Michael Gove had colluded to hand over control over many nominally secular schools to the Church of England, allowing bishops to install governors at those schools and putting at risk the inclusive nature of those schools.
The ads released on Monday and airing this week call Astorino the «ultra-conservative» choice for governor given his long and complex fight over enforcing a federal affordable housing regulations in the suburban county.
Paterson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have gone weeks at a time without speaking, although the two met over the weekend and the governor is scheduled to chat with Assembly Democrats sometime today.
The party, of which Cuomo is the de facto head, has been stepping up its involvement on behalf of the governor over the past week.
«As the Governor and Mrs. Hochul have alluded over the past week, the Lt. Governor is a heartbeat from running the State,» Moss said.
Asked about the spate of subway delays and derailments the governor has faced political heat over during the last several weeks, Cuomo noted the $ 32 billion spent on transit and the Lhota appointment.
After a week of squabbling between the city and the state over mass - transit funding, MTA chairman Joe Lhota traveled to the State Capitol to defend the governor's proposed budget that would force the city to pay more.