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Assembly, Senate agree on fall session day

Posted by: Cara Matthews - Posted in 2007, Albany, Eliot Spitzer, Joseph Bruno, New York City, Sheldon Silver on Sep 24, 2007

   Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, Rensselaer County, just announced the Senate will return to Albany Oct. 22 “to address a number of unresolved issues involving economic development, jobs, tax relief and confirmations.� Bruno said he spoke with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, and he has agreed to convene a session in the Assembly that day too.

Following a deal crafted in July allowing New York City to pursue a traffic-reduction plan, Bruno said the compromise forged as part of the agreement included giving $200 million in property-tax credits to moderate-income homeowners over 65 and spending $300 million on economic-development projects. Gov. Eliot Spitzer said at the time those issues were not done deals.

On confirmations, there are about 75 Spitzer nominees who haven’t been confirmed by the Senate (out of more than 200). Bruno said many of the nominations came in days before the legislative session ended in June and the Senate has needed time to vet all the candidates.

 
 
 
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2 Responses to “Assembly, Senate agree on fall session day”


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