Another NYS Legislative Session Underway... Lawmakers Ready To Tackle Issues
The New York State Legislature convened last week for its six-month session. Area lawmakers have varying hopes and expectations for 2015. Another...
View ArticleCuomo Proposes $141.6 Billion Budget Plan
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his joint State of the State and budget message, proposing a $141.6 billion spending plan that in part sets up...
View ArticlePoll Finds New Yorkers Don't Want A Late Budget Over An Ethics Fight
Governor Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly threatened to hold up the state budget over ethics reform and other issues, like education policy. Now, a poll...
View ArticleRebuild NY Now Continues Push For Budget Surplus Funding
Members of Rebuild NY Now, a broad-based coalition seeking to raise awareness about the state’s infrastructure needs, spoke at the Albany County Office...
View ArticleWatchdog Group Says Cuomo Counting Too Heavily On Future Budget Surpluses In...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is taking credit for the state budget’s turn around from huge gaps to healthy surpluses, but a watchdog group says Cuomo...
View ArticleCould The New York State Budget End Up In Court?
The state budget could end up in court under some scenarios, as state lawmakers are discussing possible legal action against Governor Cuomo’s budget,...
View ArticleBlair Horner: Bad Ideas In The Governor's Budget Plan
The pace is picking up at the state Capitol. The budget is scheduled to be approved by April 1st. In order to meet that deadline, the state Senate and...
View ArticlePressure Grows To Drop Some Items From Budget
With just over a week until the state budget is due, there’s pressure to drop a number of unrelated items in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s state spending plan...
View ArticleCommission Proposal Floated To Resolve Teacher Evaluation Impasse In Budget
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature are considering a commission to design a new teacher evaluation plan, in order to break an impasse...
View ArticleSenate Leader Says Minimum Wage Is Out Of The Budget
The leader of the New York State Senate says raising the minimum wage is now out of the state budget, setting up a potential conflict with the state...
View ArticleMinimum Wage Likely Dropped From Budget, Cuomo And Lawmakers Continue To Haggle
The state Assembly, Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo continue to work on sticking points in the state budget, as yet another item has now been dropped...
View ArticleDid Cuomo Overreach In The Budget?
Governor Andrew Cuomo began the budget season with an ambitious agenda than included a wide array of items that he tied to the budget, including...
View ArticleCuomo, Lawmakers Finalize Budget Deals
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers finalized deals on education and ethics and passed the budget by the deadline. Legislators began passing...
View ArticleNew Ethics Law In New York Has Loopholes, Reformers Say
The New York legislature completed an almost on-time budget, around 3 a.m. on the first day of the state’s fiscal year. One of the final pieces to come...
View ArticleEducation Aid Heads To The Hudson Valley
New York’s 2015-2016 budget includes a $1.6 billion increase in education aid over last year. WAMC’s Allison Dunne tells us about how a few Hudson...
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