John Cahill has been calling Republican county chairs and donors in recent days to gauge support for a potential run for attorney general, a source
with knowledge of the talks on Friday said.
A source
with knowledge of the talks earlier today said a legislative pay raise commission — which is opposed by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — was out of the budget framework.
Sources
with knowledge of the talks in Albany said that disputes remained over matters of time and space: the length of the period in which the change should be implemented, and the regions outside of New York City where the phase - in could occur at a slower rate due to a lower cost of living.
Sources
with knowledge of the talks say the Dream Act — legislation that would provide access to tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants — will not be in the resolution.
But another
source with knowledge of the talks said the Senate Dems were briefed on Friday about the terms of the deal and came back Monday to say there wasn't support among their members for coming back before the end of the year.
Notwithstanding the state's ongoing studies of alternatives to Indian Point, in meetings between state officials and Entergy representatives early last month, P.S.C. chairwoman Audrey Zibelman offered no other significant alternatives and indicated that the state was waiting for someone from the Cuomo administration to make a decision, according to multiple sources
with knowledge of the talks.
According to several sources
with knowledge of the talks, the carpenters union balked at the wages that were being proposed.
Apparently the information comes from an individual «
with knowledge of the talks» who claims the situation may include other «suitors» as well.