Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D)
(is kinda happy, if ...)
If State Legislators Pass a Bill
(leaders agree, now let's see)
Two related articles and moving pieced to this budget “deal”
story - the one that the Gov and Party Leaders have agreed on. We still need it
to be a law to have any meaning:
Syracuse.com
here (highlights): A New York state budget deal was announced
Sunday night by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Legislature leaders that included education
reforms and increased school aid, ethics reform rules that require legislators
to disclose outside income, and a $1.5 billion pot of money that Upstate cities
can compete for.
The Gov and party leaders said the budget includes $23.5
billion in school aid, an overall school aid increase of approximately $1.4
billion, or 6.1 percent.
Spending on all state operations grows by only 2
percent, the leaders said.
Some $1.5 billion will be available for Upstate cities comes
from $5.4 billion in lawsuit settlements.
Continue
at the Syracuse link.
From
the NY Times here (also in part): Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and
legislative leaders on Sunday night (March 29, 2015) reached an agreement on
the next state budget, capping weeks of deliberations over issues like
deterring public corruption and improving public schools. The budget,
which still needs the formal approval of lawmakers, would be the state’s
fifth in a row passed by the April 1 deadline.
Key parts in addition to education reform measures
include:
Administration officials said the ethics changes would
require lawmakers to disclose more about the income they earn on top of their
government salaries, including broader disclosure of legal clients. Mr. Cuomo’s
effort to seek more disclosure had rankled some legislators who work as lawyers.
The budget also expands a pension-forfeiture law; further
restricts the use of campaign funds for personal expenses; and puts in place
new oversight for lawmakers’ travel expenses. Legislators, who earn base
salaries of $79,500 and have not received a raise since 1999, also could see
that change: The budget creates a commission that would study raising their
pay, though no pay hike could take effect until 2017.
Continue at the NY Times link.
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