Sentences with phrase «budget reform commission»

The Florida Constitution authorizes the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission to meet once every 20 years to discuss budget and tax issues.

This April, the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission placed two proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution on the November ballot.

Not exact matches

The announcement coincides days after the departure of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who had led the investigation into de Blasio as well as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's closure of the Moreland Commission following an agreement on ethics reform changes in the state budget.

If the budget is late, and there is no ethics reform by the end of the year, it's going to be very hard for the pay commission to give them a raise.

The new compliance unit was created as part of the ethics reform package passed along with this year's budget, which Cuomo has attributed, at least in part, to the work of the Moreland Commission.

Such a system is a real possibility — Governor Cuomo has included a holistic package of reforms recommended by the commission in his budget proposal.

By late March 2014, Cuomo had agreed to end the commission's probes in exchange for a budget deal that included some ethics reforms.

Britain's proposals for reforming the EU budget were last night dismissed by the European Commission president as «unacceptable» and «simply not realistic».

Governor Cuomo, at an end of the year cabinet meeting, said he still considers campaign finance reform and the other recommendations of the Moreland Act Commission a «top tier» priority, but says he will first focus on the state budget and a tax cutting plan.

The corporate franchise tax reform package included in the Executive Budget reflects many of the proposals set forth in the Tax Reform / Fairness Commission co-chaired by Peter Solomon and Carl McCall, which issued its final report on November 13, 2013, and the Tax Relief Commission, co-chaired by McCall and former Governor George Pataki, whose final report came out in early December, and whose membership included Business Council President Heather Bricreform package included in the Executive Budget reflects many of the proposals set forth in the Tax Reform / Fairness Commission co-chaired by Peter Solomon and Carl McCall, which issued its final report on November 13, 2013, and the Tax Relief Commission, co-chaired by McCall and former Governor George Pataki, whose final report came out in early December, and whose membership included Business Council President Heather BricReform / Fairness Commission co-chaired by Peter Solomon and Carl McCall, which issued its final report on November 13, 2013, and the Tax Relief Commission, co-chaired by McCall and former Governor George Pataki, whose final report came out in early December, and whose membership included Business Council President Heather Briccetti.

«Obviously the budget comes first, so there's more emphasis on the economic issues up front,» said Cuomo, who continues to consider the Moreland Commission recommendations for reform a top tier priority.

They discuss ethics reform in state government and the commission's standing in Governor Paterson's new budget.

With reports trickling out of Albany that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has reached a tentative deal with lawmakers over the state budget and education reforms, local educators are calling for an independent commission to help develop policy moving forward.

Reiter and the other Cuomo appointee present at Tuesday's meeting, former budget director Bob Megna, suggested the commission could meet after its Nov. 15 deadline and give lawmakers a nominal raise later this year even if they failed to pass any reforms.

Cuomo created the commission last year and abruptly disbanded it this spring after a budget deal that produced ethics reform, 1010 WINS» Juliet Papa reported.

The Skelos news also comes a year after the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption was shuttered following an agreement on ethics reform in the state budget in 2014.

The bills include ethics reform, budget reform, and establishing an independent redistricting commission — all included in NY Uprising's reform pledge signed by 53 of 62 incoming senators before the November elections.

Governor Andrew Cuomo included $ 25 million in this year's budget for universal full - day pre-K, targeted toward high - needs students in lower wealth districts, which follows a top recommendation his education reform commission made last December.

David Friedfel, with Citizens Budget Commission, a budget watchdog group that lists numerous business and Wall Street representatives on its board, agrees that procurement reform is needed before the sessionBudget Commission, a budget watchdog group that lists numerous business and Wall Street representatives on its board, agrees that procurement reform is needed before the sessionbudget watchdog group that lists numerous business and Wall Street representatives on its board, agrees that procurement reform is needed before the session ends.

Major issues during the 2014 legislative session included the biennial state budget, casino gambling, tax reform based on the recommendations of 2012 commission, and raising the minimum wage.

Mr. Cuomo insists that the commission was no longer needed because — believe it or not — Albany's ethics problems have been solved, by a package of reforms that was part of the negotiated budget deal.

An anonymous source connected to the governor suggested to reporters that the governor would use his appointees on a commission weighing a pay hike for legislators to hold base salaries at $ 79,500 if the budget were late and ethics reforms are not adopted before legislators leave for the year this June.

Moreland's leaders suspected Cuomo would shut down the commission if the governor's ethics reforms passed as part of the bargain for a state budget.

Adding to this lapse in leadership, Governor Cuomo said he will disband the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, labeling the narrow ethics reforms in the budget a triumph.

Cuomo administration officials said the commission was no longer needed, because it had been empaneled solely to convince recalcitrant legislators to pass a slate of ethics reforms, some of which were included in the budget passed on April 1 of this year.

Governor Andrew Cuomo included $ 25 million in this year's budget for pre-K, which was as a top recommendation of his education reform commission in December.

, counting state and local sources like industrial development agencies, the Citizens Budget Commission has estimated — and suggest that consolidation of state subsidy programs seems a more likely reform, for now, than retrenchment.

De Blasio's commission is expected to focus on campaign finance reforms, while the council is looking to examine «a wide swath of issues — including a more transparent budgeting process, more robust community engagement in land use, and a more independent Law Department,» according to Council Speaker Corey Johnson.

Fancy footwork and evasion won't change the reality that even a «reform - minded» Governor like Andy Cuomo campaigning on promises of a «New New York» is keeping the shadow government of Commissions, Authorities and off - budget quasi-public corporations in place and running a patronage mill busily dispensing 6 - figure jobs to connected people who clearly have cabbage to burn while being incredibly penurious with civil service schlubs, secretaries and clerks.

Episode 28 - $ 14.3 billion — Listen to State Budget Director Robert Mujica and New York City First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan speak at a live Citizens Budget Commission event where they discuss the implications of the federal tax reform on the city and state.

In a Journal News op - ed, Lawrence Norden and Frederick A.O Schwarz of the Brennan Center, wrote that Governor Cuomo's refusal to pass meaningful reform in the state budget was especially disheartening in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission.

The problem in eliminating these inequities is some taxpayers will end up paying more and some less down the line — a radioactive equation for most politicians, says Carol Kellerman, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, a good government group that's been seeking reform for years.

The Chairman said, «It is important that the budget of INEC be made to show more widespread public accountability and transparency of the Commission — which is a significant reform in itself - with a multiplier effect on electoral reform.»

The governor himself does not have the same leverage he did on the budget or on a potential ethics bill, where he has suggested he would use a Moreland Commission to investigate legislators if a reform bill doesn't pass.

The Council's response to the mayor's preliminary budget also calls for a commission that would «evaluate and recommend reforms to the New York State legislature» regarding the city's byzantine property tax system, Council Budget Committee Julissa Ferrerasbudget also calls for a commission that would «evaluate and recommend reforms to the New York State legislature» regarding the city's byzantine property tax system, Council Budget Committee Julissa FerrerasBudget Committee Julissa Ferreras said.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

And the new chair of the School Reform Commission, former Democratic City Councilman Bill Green, wants concessions from the union so the district can do more, even as the district closes its budget deficit.

A-19 Operating Budget: $ 92,725,926 Contracts with 215 - Get - a-Cab, ALC, City Cab, CPC (Germantown), Montco Transportation, and Philly Trans — To / From School Vehicle and Taxicab Service RESOLVED, that the School Reform Commission authorizes The School District of Philadelphia, through the Superintendent or his designee, to execute, deliver and perform contracts separately with 215 - Get - a-Cab, ALC, City Cab, CPC (Germantown), Montco Transportation, and Philly Trans for the transportation of students to and from school, for an aggregate amount not to exceed $ 92,725,926, for the period commencing July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023.

In May 2013, just before the School Reform Commission approved what Philadelphians called the «doomsday budget,» Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp — an icon of the self - described reform movement — tweeted: «In Philadelphia today, so much more to be done, but I can't get over the progress in this city's schools in the last decade!&Reform Commission approved what Philadelphians called the «doomsday budget,» Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp — an icon of the self - described reform movement — tweeted: «In Philadelphia today, so much more to be done, but I can't get over the progress in this city's schools in the last decade!&reform movement — tweeted: «In Philadelphia today, so much more to be done, but I can't get over the progress in this city's schools in the last decade!»

The Philly teachers» contract has expired and the reform commission is looking for millions in concessions to help balance its budget without massive personnel cuts.

President Obama established the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to propose recommendations to cut excess spending and balance the nation's budget.

PEPÓN OSORIO: REFORM Responding to the shuttering of more than 20 schools in the Philadelphia area to close a budget deficit, Temple Contemporary commissioned a Pew and MacArthur fellow, the artist Pepón Osorio, to address the loss of one school near Temple University.