Sentences with phrase «work on the state budget»

New York State lawmakers were finished work on the state budget Thursday evening, completing the spending plan three days before the deadline.

Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein, D - Yonkers, arrives for a meeting with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as legislative leaders work on the state budget at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y., in April.

Sen. John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, left, speaks with a staff member in the Senate Chamber as legislative members work on the state budget at the state Capitol on Friday, March 31, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo / Hans Pennink)

Lawmakers in Albany are trying to get back to work on the state budget after last week's arrest of state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was charged with four counts of corruption and accused of taking more than $ 4 million in kickbacks.

Legislative Leaders in Albany announced that they expect to wrap up work on the state budget on Thursday March 29th.

After his firework - filled inauguration, David Paterson settled down to quietly work on the state budget and legislative agenda.

State lawmakers should receive the annual state revenue estimates, and get ready to get down to work on the state budget plan.

«If I were a politician in another state, or someone working on the state budget, it would certainly get my attention,» says Derek Walker, director of strategic climate initiatives at the Environmental Defense Fund.

They will be returning Monday for a special session to finish work on the state budget, but lawmakers were trumpeted the education agenda as a significant step forward.

-- All work on the state budget relating to health care, mental hygiene, human services and housing, education and the arts is completed with this legislation.

The New York State Senate finished its work on the state budget in an overnight session at the Capitol.

Anyone who can convince his wife he is in Albany working on the State Budget, convince his Senate colleagues he needs to be excused from working on the State budget to take his wife to London, all while planning a trip to the UK with his mistress is a pretty darn good liar.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie cited Weinstein's «extensive» knowledge of the budget when he picked her to lead the critical committee, which oversees the Assembly's work on the state budget and legislation that impacts spending or taxes in the state.

It's the first three - day work week of the year, and a sign that work on the state budget is ramping up ahead of the April 1 deadline.

The Stringer web ad, which went up this morning, knocks Spitzer for his handling of the so - called «Troppergate» scandal in Albany and his work on the state budget.

Lawmakers have been making a lot of noise about how hard they've been working on a state budget that is more than two months overdue.