NYBC: just say 'No' to budget reform plan.The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Building Congress this week reiterated its call for a 'No' vote on a plan to amend the state constitution and transfer fiscal responsibility from the governor to the legislature. "The New York Building Congress opposes the proposed budget reform amendment, Proposition l, to the state constitution and we encourage voters to defeat it on election day, Tuesday, November 8," the congress stated. "Intended to give the New York State Legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: The statement claimed the amendment was an attempt by the legislature to usurp u·surp v. u·surped, u·surp·ing, u·surps v.tr. 1. To seize and hold (the power or rights of another, for example) by force and without legal authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. 2. powers from the Governor and an effort by "an already dysfunctional dys·func·tion also dis·func·tion n. Abnormal or impaired functioning, especially of a bodily system or social group. dys·func legislature to secure more power." If passed, the bill would give New York State Legislature the power to delay the governor's budget. It provides that, in the event the Legislature does not act on the Governor's budget by the next fiscal year, the budget essentially expires in its entirety. A contingency budget automatically takes effect and the Legislature becomes empowered to draft its own budget. The proposal would also do away with the current provision that withholds legislators' paychecks until they pass a budget. Currently, the Governor is charged with setting state spending priorities. Even under this system, the legislature has been able to add more than $12 billion in spending to the budget. Passage of the amendment would reward legislators who stall the executive budget by granting them the authority to draft a new budget that caters to their local projects and priorities. In a state that already spends more revenue then it brings in, opponents say debt would almost surely soar if the legislature succeeds in hijacking hijacking Crime of seizing possession or control of a vehicle from another by force or threat of force. Although by the late 20th century hijacking most frequently involved the seizure of an airplane and its forcible diversion to destinations chosen by the air pirates, when the budget process. Speaking at the NYBC NYBC New York Blood Center NYBC New York Bicycling Coalition NYBC National Yiddish Book Center luncheon last week, Governor George Pataki George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who was the 57th Governor of New York serving from January 1995 until January 1, 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party and was seen as a possible 2000 and 2008 Presidential candidate. warned, "If this ballot is approved, New York will be plunged head first into budget deficit." The amendment is scheduled to go on the same ballot as the 2005 Transportation Bond Act which the NYBC--and Pataki--support. It will provide $2.9 billion for such projects as the Second Avenue subway and JFK commuter rail link. |
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