«Officials with the state
Budget Division say they're planning for layoffs even though there have been no memorandums or other written guidance sent to state agencies about how the cuts would proceed, or precisely when they would begin.
County executives all over New York have been complaining about delayed payments, which
the Budget Division says it necessary to manage the state's cash flow.
Cuomo's
budget division says it will cover most of the $ 3.5 billion deficit with unspecified cuts (and some accounting gimmicks, no doubt, like re-classifying certain spending programs) that hold operating spending growth to 2 percent.
Not exact matches
Deutsche Bank analyst Ross Curran
said the increased number of claims was driven by more claims from its marine and fire risk
division in Asia as well as higher - than -
budgeted crop losses in Ecuador and ongoing «issues» in its Colombian third party motor insurance book.
«It's like the eighth wonder of the world,»
said Darmstadt's Marcel Heller, after the Bundesliga team with the league's smallest
budget beat European contenders Hertha Berlin on Saturday to secure German first
division football for another season.
She
said the office raised a number of questions with Empire State Development and the
Division of
Budget.
New York's debt picture is the best it has been in more than half a century, the
Division of
Budget said in response to Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's spending plan analysis released earlier on Wednesday.
Cuomo also penned an OpEd for the NY Daily News in which he
said the state and its leaders have «rejected the politics of
division» with the new
budget, and are «forging our own path.»
Morris Peters, a spokesman for New York's
budget division, disputed DiNapoli's report,
saying the «vast majority» of settlement funds were destined for just such purposes.
A spokesman for the state
Division of
Budget said the complete enacted 2017 - 18 budget will be released in the coming
Budget said the complete enacted 2017 - 18
budget will be released in the coming
budget will be released in the coming days.
«We have fundamental disagreements with the executive on his broad authority, discretion, allowing too much authority to go to the
Division of the
Budget,» Flanagan
said.
The
Division of
Budget in April froze $ 69 million of the $ 75 million in reimbursable turnaround funds that were allocated for the persistently struggling schools to use during he 2015 - 16 and 2016 - 17 school year, an attorney for the Education Department
said.
The
Division of
Budget has
said the schools taken off the list are no longer eligible for the funding and had the department kept them on the list, they would have received the funds.
Budget Division spokesman Erik Kriss
said failure to pass a revenue bill worsens a cash crunch expected Sept. 1 when the state must pony up a $ 2 billion school - aid payment, with an additional $ 800,000 due not long after that.
For now, though,
budget division spokesman Morris Peters
said the state
budget remains in balance.
New York State does not have a revenue problem, Adams
said, pointing to data from the state's
Division of the
Budget showing that total state tax receipts are up $ 2.2 billion this fiscal year and will grow another $ 2.4 billion in 2008 - 09 without any change in our tax code or regulatory fees.
«This program provides capital allocations that are subject to a rigorous agency review process, must be approved by the
Division of
Budget and are limited to certain types of projects,» Peters
said.
«Their obvious ideology aside, the facts are that this administration has been rigorous and effective in constraining state spending growth to the lowest level in modern history — resulting in lower taxes for all New Yorkers,»
said state
Budget Division spokesman Morris Peters.
«Their obvious ideology aside, the facts are that this administration has been rigorous and effective in constraining State spending growth to the lowest level in modern history — resulting in lower taxes for all New Yorkers,»
said Division of
Budget spokesman Morris Peters.
«The
Division of
Budget says they have some ideas they want to discuss,» Griffo
said.
«An informed debate must answer two questions,»
said Division of
Budget Director Robert Mujica.
The document was quickly met with a retort from
Budget Division Director Bob Megna, who
said the governor was taking steps to save money in dire economic times, using the «status quo» line that Cuomo deployed today.
A spokesman for the state
Division of
Budget said Cuomo would consider the city's request in the context of the entire state budget, due out next
Budget said Cuomo would consider the city's request in the context of the entire state
budget, due out next
budget, due out next month.
Ward
says Cuomo and his
budget division have
said they would use the money for one time expenses, but he
says the actual
budget legislation «does not explicitly
say so.»
«This is a substantial amount of overbilling, and I thank Erie County
Division of Information and Support Services Commissioner Michael Breeden,
Budget Director Robert Keating, and the staff at Troy & Banks for working together to identify the issue and begin the refund process,» Poloncarz
said.
Morris Peters, a spokesman for the state
Budget Division,
said in a statement: «Under Governor Cuomo, funding for higher education has increased $ 1.4 billion over the past six years.
Michael Novakowsky, a
budget division unit chief,
said Percoco pushed for the release of funds for a central New York film hub being developed by COR Development in both a phone call and a series of emails calling for the
division to get money that «can be processed done asap.»
He
said the decline is actually part of a larger trend, and that Cuomo's
budget division already has projected tax collections for the new
budget year will be lower than previously expected, by about $ 1.5 billion.
«The
division of
budget says they have some ideas they want to discuss.
The state
Division of
Budget says more than 70 percent of state school aid goes to salaries and benefits.
«I'm sympathetic to the
division of
budget,» Dardia
said.
«When we look at broadly the Special Victims
Division, there are some cases, I believe, where we... could probably make some improvements on how we use technology going forward,» Shea
said, speaking after the City Council's executive
budget hearing on public safety.
«Just like in 2013, we have no reason to doubt that the Senecas are not honoring that requirement,»
said Morris Peters, a spokesman for the
Budget Division.
The NY State Senate hired consultant for the
Division of
Budget Revenue Availability Conference
said about 25 % of NY residents would pay higher Fed.
Update: Morris Peters from the governor's
Division of
Budget emails to
say the fee isn't new, technically speaking.
In a statement released this afternoon, Skelos, R - Nassau County,
said Senate Republicans will release their own analysis of the
budget situation after reviewing the just - released mid-year update from Cuomo's
budget division.
«The bad old days of spending increases, of 7 percent, of 8 percent, are behind us, and New York has been controlling spending,»
said Division of
Budget Director Robert Mujica.
«We at the
budget division have been
saying for many years that the reason we have these gaps is because we have laws on the books that do not change, that drive costs.»
And the report, prepared by Chairman John Sabini and submitted to the state
Division of
Budget and to NYRA,
says the still - ongoing investigation has yet to review documents that the association is yet to provide.
The new
budget figure is based on adjusted estimates and tax receipts, said Division of Budget spokesman Morris P
budget figure is based on adjusted estimates and tax receipts,
said Division of
Budget spokesman Morris P
Budget spokesman Morris Peters.
«We are pleased that the Comptroller's report recognizes the fiscal discipline and intelligent investments that characterize this
budget,» said Division of Budget spokesman Morris P
budget,»
said Division of
Budget spokesman Morris P
Budget spokesman Morris Peters.
Miner
said officials from Cuomo's office and the
budget division have promised to provide the city with detailed analyses of the pension smoothing option, so they can better analyze its impact.
«The bill sets up a uniform process entirely administered by local governments, allowing for local control while encouraging private investment to expand service,»
said Budget Division spokesman Morris Peters.
Morris Peters, speaking for the
budget division,
said Syracuse would only be obligated to remain in the stable - rate option for 20 years — not 25 — under the scenario analyzed by Assini and Vossler.
Several Assembly GOP lawmakers
said they knew only about the gun - law funding after a state
Budget Division briefing.
Morris Peters, a spokesman for the
budget division,
said only that «
budget negotiations are ongoing.»
Morris Peters, a spokesman for the
Budget Division, acknowledged that poorer districts rely on state aid for a larger share of their operating
budgets, but
said the cuts were structured «progressively, accounting for each school district's wealth, student need, administrative efficiency and tax burden.
He deferred to the state
Budget Division for specifics on how that money will be divided, but
said he'd «love to take all $ 207 (million).»
The city has sent several reports but not filled out one mandated by state law and provided by the state
Division of
Budget,
said Flanagan, R - Long Island.
«Tax collections are well below initial projections, and the
Division of the
Budget has made adjustments,» DiNapoli
said Friday.