Sentences with phrase «city system spends»

Dianne Payne leaves the Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan after asking a judge to force the state to pay the same amount of money that the New York City system spends per pupil for two of her children to attend private school.

Not exact matches

Cities also need to continue upgrading their transit systems, so while there may be spending pauses during tough economic times, that money has to be spent at some point.

Westergaard Online Systems Inc., a 10 - person publisher of investment information and analysis based in New York City, spends $ 5,000 a month sending promotional faxes around the country.

The «keeper is a product of the Man United youth system and has previously spent time on - loan with Peterborough United, Molde, Oldham Athletic, Hull City and Carlisle United — although has only ever made seven first team appearances for his boyhood club.

Last year in the Tap City an outfielder who spent nine years in the farm systems of three other teams wound up second in the National League Rookie of the Year vote (Scott Podsednik); a 29 - year - old reliever released by the Rangers in March 2003 became a lights - out closer (Danny Kolb); and a journeyman discarded by Texas in April and then Toronto in July became one of the league's most effective starters over the final two months (Doug Davis).

The money the taxpayers spent to build Ford Field could have gone to anything including public school system or adding police officers to the city.

Roland Fryer, a celebrated young professor of economics at Harvard University, has spent the past decade testing out a variety of incentive schemes in experiments with public school students in Houston, New York, Chicago, and other American cities that have school systems with high poverty rates.

Whether you are a family who spends most of their time in the country or whether you prefer the big city life; having and all in one baby travel system is a must have purchase.

I spent almost 4 years of my life trying to get the funding for that Point of Sale system — we applied for grants, we looked for a private funder, we approached the city — until finally we were able to get it funded through a parcel tax which was sold to the voters as a pay increase for our hard working and underpaid teachers, but which also contained a small portion vaguely dexcribed as «technology.»

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

The decision to forgo a local water rate increase comes after Miner spent the past few months prodding leaders in Washington and Albany for extra money to repair the city's aging drinking water system.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire, opted out of the public campaign financing system in his election campaigns, and spent his own money instead.

Independent expenditures are legal under the city's campaign finance system, but groups must disclose their members and their spending.

«We spend $ 22 billion on the New York City public school system, so to say we aren't devoting resources is ridiculous,» Bloomberg said at a press conference at Washington Irving High School later Tuesday, where he celebrated the opening of 54 new schools in the coming school year, 19 of which will replace schools that have been closed.

On topic questions included funding for items in the City's SIRR report and whether there is an alternative source for such items, whether the mayor is satisfied with the pace of City spending of federal money for Sandy relief, whether the mayor is confident of reaching his 500 construction starts and 500 reimbursement checks by Labor Day, Comptroller Scott Stringer's report on a lack of oversight on spending by the Department of Homeless Services, whether the City has the «right formula» for Build It Back, the total number of homes damaged by Sandy and when all will reached through Build It Back, how many of the 132 construction starts to date are repairs and how many are rebuilds and whether the mayor has closely examined the City's emergency management system in the context of preparing for a future coastal storm.

DeFrancisco said Cuomo's budget increases spending for the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the public transit system in and around New York City.

NYC Public Financing System Kept Focus on Constituents Although outside spending played a role in New York City's first citywide election since the Citizens United decision, Mark Schmitt argues in the New Republic that public financing helped keep the focus on small donors.

It increases education spending by $ 769 million and sets aside more than $ 400 million for work on New York City's beleaguered subway and transit system.

It increases education spending by $ 769 million and sets aside $ 254 million for emergency work on New York City's transit system.

Barbara Byrd - Bennett, the current CEO of the Chicago public schools, spent decades as a teacher and a principal in the New York City school system, working in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

In his acceptance speech, DiNapoli cited his work to audit state spending, manage the state's pension system to a record high and help financially struggling cities and towns.

During nearly four hours of questioning at a state budget hearing on transportation spending, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota assured Senate and Assembly members that an $ 836 million «subway action plan» launched last summer to fix the city's subway system is improving service, although he admitted there still is plenty of work still to do.

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story said that Johnson had a financial advantage over Kurland in the upcoming Democratic primary, but because both candidates are participating in the city's public financing system, they have the same amount to spend.

BOSTON — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joined mayors from across the U.S. on Monday to demand increased federal transportation funding, promising a campaign to get Washington to spend more on bridges, roads and improvements to mass - transit systems.

Under the city's campaign finance system, outside groups can spend unlimited amounts of money on local races, as long as they don't coordinate directly with campaigns.

Military spending on expensive major weapons systems built in large cities like aircraft, ships, and submarines, has grown much faster than military spending on personnel, (which has actually declined as military spending overall has surged), who frequently hail from rural areas.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer called on former Gov. Eliot Spitzer to cap his spending in the race for city comptroller at $ 4,018,000 as required by the city's public financing system.

«The onslaught of IE spending was fortunately somewhat offset by the City's matching fund system, which empowers voters to make their voice heard over special interest spending.

Although his office can not mandate repairs to the voting system, de Blasio announced that the city would spend $ 20 million to improve the Board of Elections, provided it would agree to a series of changes aimed at addressing the problems with last week's primary.

The agency that runs New York City's troubled subway said it plans to spend close to $ 4 billion to buy over a thousand new train cars to modernize an aging fleet, a major investment meant to help remedy the delays and breakdowns that plague the system.

The city is pumping an extra $ 337 million into the municipal hospital system to keep it afloat, Mayor de Blasio announced Thursday as he presented his $ 82.1 billion preliminary spending...

Giambra would be more moderate on issues such as abortion (he is pro-choice) and would encourage more spending on the state's infrastructure, including the much - maligned New York City subway system for which Cuomo is often assigned blame.

Under the current system, the city spends millions to send kids to far - away facilities, many of which are located upstate and which critics say are half - empty and poorly run.

«I don't ask upstate Republican county executives to tell me what they'll spend the 1 % sales tax extender on before I agree to pass a bill,» Heastie said, contrasting the Senate GOP's demand for information on the school system from the city.

But on Monday, Mr. de Blasio was the one rebuffing calls for increased spending, as he repeatedly rejected state officials» calls for the city to contribute more money to the deteriorating subway system.

Now, Mr. Adams said, he is learning the «city system» after spending several terms in Albany, where he was not always comfortable.

Walsh, in the budget proposal, said the city could cut spending in areas such as social security, medical insurance, parks conservancy, the department of public works and city employee, police and fire retirement systems.

It also would institute a public campaign financing system similar to New York City's, where candidates agree to spending limits in return for public matching funds.

Since then, Stringer has hit de Blasio for failing to remedy the lack of diversity among city vendors, spending on overtime and his attempted to reform the ailing city hospital system.

The Democratic governor wants to spend $ 22 billion on bridges and highways, add a third line to the Long Island Rail Road, overhaul Penn Station, upgrade airports throughout the state and commit $ 8.3 billion to a plan to overhaul New York City's subway system.

The city's employee retirement system will face a 14 percent cutback, and social security will have a 1.3 percent spending cut.

Stringer said he believes the city can cut the money spent on claims by implementing a system that identifies problem areas.

Cuomo called for a $ 383 million increase in spending for the State and City University systems.

So the city has spent the last several years updating the system.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo spent his inauguration day in New York City and Buffalo, where he spoke about fixing the criminal justice system and welcomed Western New York native and the new Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul into his administration.

When referencing Flanagan, who has spent five years in the city school system, she allegedly asked, «Did you see his big lips quivering?»

«Imagine if Rockland County was part of New York City's bus system and spent twice as much in taxes to get the same service we do now, and then you will see the situation we are currently in with the MTA,» Miele said.

De Blasio has voiced concerns about assuring that money raised in the city through congestion pricing gets spent on the city's transportation system.

The executive budget increased overall spending by only about $ 100 million compared to the preliminary budget, but added a number of new initiatives paid for by $ 1.25 billion in additional savings, including an ambitious plan to overhaul the floundering municipal hospital system, New York City Health + Hospitals.

«The public financing system was designed to ensure equal and fair access for all candidates who seek elected office in New York City by limiting the amount of money candidates can raise and spend during an election cycle.