lohud.com

Sponsored by:

‘Three men in a room’ to reconvene next week

July
18

 Gov. David Paterson plans to meet privately with legislative leaders next Thursday in New York City to talk about his plan to cap property taxes.

It will be the first time that new Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos will be one of the “three men in a room’’ that calls the shots at the Capitol. ( Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is the third.) Skelos took over last month as Senate majority leader from Joseph Bruno, who is quitting the Senate today.

Paterson has proposed that the state force school districts to limit annual increases in property-tax rates to a maximum of four percent, but lawmakers didn’t act on the idea during the legislative session that ended on June 24.

Skelos has signaled his willingness to back the idea, but Silver is opposed.

The Legislature is expected back at the Capitol for a brief session in September. The tax-cap idea may be considered then.

This entry was posted on Friday, July 18th, 2008 at 11:18 am by Jay Gallagher.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Print This | Email This Email This

Advertisement

4 Responses to “‘Three men in a room’ to reconvene next week”

  1. ed1

    Time is ripe for a legislative and popular uprising against Shelly Silver.

  2. Wahoo

    An upstate State Supreme Court Judge ripped Silver apart yesterday for his “cavalier” and worse handling of the sex assault complaints against his aide Michael Boxer by two women a few years ago. Boxer is now gone. I think the story is in today’s http://www.nypost.com

  3. دختر

    best blog i ever seen about this article! This is a very informative post. this will help me in my personal life and my works in dubai.

  4. دانلود نرم افزار

    IT’S OK

Leave a Reply

Advertisement
About this blog
Politics on the Hudson, from The Journal News/LoHud.com, is your online source for up-to-the-minute political news, insight and dish in the Lower Hudson Valley and New York state. Contributors to the blog include reporters and editors from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties, as well as Albany and Washington.

Subscribe
Politics on the Hudson Podcast

Daily Blog Email Updates


The Authors

Twitter Updates

Powered by Twitter Tools.


SMS Text Alerts
Want to be the first to learn about breaking local political news? Subscribe to the new text alerts from Politics on the Hudson.
Enter your phone number:
 
Advertisement
Other recent entries

Links



Recent Comments
  • Pay raise for state Legislature? (19)
    • Doofus: Hey Dummies!!! THIS POST DATES BACK TO DECEMBER 2006. Read the date on the entry from Jay Gallagher....

    • Donkey Darling: No pay raises! No matter how badly they may want one, they don’t (as a group) deserve one....

    • Mary: Thoughtful post and well written. Please write more on this if you have time.

  • DiNapoli To Withhold Senators’ Pay (8)
    • ed1: They’re both despicable. What did your posse offer Monseratte to again switch aisles and return to the...

    • Donkey Darling: Read Tom Robbins in the Village Voice (OOPS I forgot, you’re all conservatives and hate govt)....

    • smartporpoise: What a fiasco. Not only do we have a useless legislature, many States, while the government urgently...

    • SR: Why are we not starting impeachment proceedings for these chumps??? Voters should mobilize and fire all 62 of...

  • Lawmakers: It’s just common sense, Paine artifacts should stay (9)
    • GOPGirl: Perhaps a compromise is in order. Allow the documents out on “field trips” during the summer...

    • Mark Wilensky: I’m a fifth-grade teacher in Colorado, and a crucial part of teaching civics is providing...

  • Senate Leaders Meet With Paterson (1)
    • smartporpoise: Who tries to beat it out of Albany on the Thursday evening of a long weekend faster than politicians?...



Advertisement


Recently Updated LoHud Blogs
Monthly Archives


Bad Behavior has blocked 4206 access attempts in the last 7 days.