In 2013 - 14, related - party financial commitments were worth half a billion dollars of state taxpayer funds, representing 48 percent of charter school expenditures for contracts, leases and rents. (grandcanyoninstitute.org)
Greg David says Cuomo is commandeering city resources to make it look like he's solving problems and also wasting state taxpayer funds in his ongoing feud with de Blasio. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Cuomo's plan reportedly would seek about $ 200 million from budget education funds, place them among other state taxpayer funds in the budget and then use them to implement his teacher evaluation program. (qgazette.com)