Sentences with phrase «critics say the program»

Critics say the program's structure may undermine its purpose and reduce it to a cash - grab for firms trying to make a quick buck.

Critics say the program doesn't guarantee enough affordable housing and foregoes around $ 1 billion in annual tax revenue.

Critics say the program should be suspended in light of a state report that shows that $ 28 million has been spent advertising it but it created only 76 jobs in its first year.

Critics say the program serves the foodie elite and urban locavores at the expense of conventional farmers in rural America.

Although critics say the program has more problems than an accurate monitoring system.

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Critics have said the program provides a misguided tax subsidy to coastal and river valley property owners, encouraging development in flood - prone, often environmentally sensitive areas such as wetlands.

Critics of the program say that large companies abuse H - 1B visas, hiring foreign workers who command lower salaries than Americans would doing the same job.

Republicans balked at renewing elements of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act in 2015 and the House of Representatives introduced legislation that critics say would dial back access to the program.

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Anticipating critics who might say that the European Central Bank is not in full control of the eurozone's monetary policy if it shares the risk of its program, Mr. Draghi said, «The singleness of monetary policy remains in place.»

Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have criticized H - 1B visas, because the biggest beneficiaries are outsourcing firms, which critics say use the program to fill lower - level information technology jobs and replace American workers.

Critics say nuclear deal failed to stop Iran's regional meddling, and its missile program development

Rodger Cuzner, Kenney's Liberal critic in the House of Commons, said there's been no consultation with the provinces on the program.

It «s the field house of Avalon Park on the South Side, a monument to the Chicago Park District «s longstanding devotion to organized recreational programs — at the expense, critics say, of attractive, well - maintained parks where people can stroll or sit in comfort and safety.

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Critics say the new rules will roll back the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act championed by Former First Lady Michelle Obama, who worked to establish strict nutritional standards on the program as part of her campaign against obesity.

A Chicago Park District proposal to dam four lakefront harbors because of record high water is drawing fire from critics who say it would seriously hamper boating and fishing and could jeopardize a 19 - year salmon stocking program that has made Chicago a salmon fishing capital of the Midwest.

Critics say that babies just learn how to memorize without gaining any real comprehension, yet thousands of parents swear by these teach your baby to read programs.

Republicans balked at renewing elements of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act in 2015 and the House of Representatives introduced legislation that critics say would dial back access to the program.

Critics say the state spent too much money for what the program has yielded so far.

But critics on both the left and the right say Cuomo is failing to address the bigger picture — whether the $ 8.6 billion worth of programs are an effective use of public money.

Critics say juvenile offenders have better outcomes when they're placed in age - appropriate facilities with the right support programs.

First approved in 2013, the two years in which the program has been in effect has produced a net 408 jobs, providing fresh fodder for critics of the program, who say it is too costly.

Governor Cuomo is making some changes to prevent any future bid rigging in some of his major economic development projects, but critics on both the left and the right say the governor is failing to address the bigger picture — whether the $ 8.6 billion dollars» worth of programs are an effective use of public monies.

Mahoney last night defended the economic development council program, which many of her fellow Republicans have dubbed the «Hunger Games,» because it pits regions against one another in the battle for state funds — a process critics say is inequitable and unfair.

Critics today, including members of the de Blasio administration and some developers, say that the current program often stimulates luxury housing more than affordable units.

State lawmakers said a few years ago they would no longer permit the controversial member item program to continue, but critics said the old system, which gave taxpayer money to legislators» pet projects, is being revived in a new form.

One critic said the governor's program would do little to slow the «opt out» movement unless the Democrat de-emphasized the use of student test scores to evaluate schools and teachers.

Some critics said if the $ 1.7 billion rebate program is funded by other taxes, it is not really a cut at all, but a shuffle.

But critics call this a slush fund, and say it and similar programs need more transparency.

But critics say that promise was broken when Democrats tapped the contractor - fed federal account to help Malloy — so why should taxpayers shell out for a clean - elections program that lets in tainted money?

But critics say these changes are a tacit acknowledgement by the governor that the program in its current form has been a failure.

It's one part of a series of measures that would establish more oversight of Cuomo's business subsidy programs — others would require financial disclosures on regional economic development councils and mandate more reporting on tax - free zones that critics say are under - performing — that have cropped up, but not advanced.

Cuomo, who said Republicans in the state Senate resisted a wider program, urged critics to take a more positive view.

Critics of the governor's economic development programs say there's more that he can do to get out from under the scandal.

Critics say that falls far short of the goals of a program billed in the state budget as universal pre-K.

Moskowitz has been a critic of the administration's pre-K program, saying she prizes quality over quantity and accusing the mayor of not creating an adequate education plan for grades K - 12.

Critics of the program's limited scale, including State Senator Diane Savino and Assembly health committee chairman Richard Gottfried, said the governor's plan also relies on an unstable source for the drug's supply, and could potentially use marijuana seized by law - enforcement officials, instead of the purified and specially - grown strains developed to treat specific medical conditions.

State lawmakers said a few years ago that they would no longer permit the controversial member item program to continue, but critics say the old system, which gave taxpayer money to legislators» pet projects, is being revived in a new form.

Romfo, with the Children's Scholarship Fund, says the tax credit program won't take anything away from public schools, and she says the critics are wrong.

But even with the funding, critics, including mainline Senate Democrats, say the IDC has not delivered on the creation of a state DREAM Act that would give the children of undocumented immigrants access to state tuition assistance programs.

But the conference, which the governor's aides said was the first of many to be held around the Upstate area, also gave Cuomo the opportunity to defend his economic development programs from critics who have said the programs have failed to create significant numbers of Upstate jobs.

But critics on both the left and the right say the governor is failing to address the bigger picture, whether the $ 8.6 billion worth of programs are an effective use of public monies.

Critics say the eligibility rules for the free - tuition program are too stringent for students who are enrolled part - time or have jobs outside class.

Aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo say it is unfair to compare the SAM program to member items — which Cuomo himself has criticized in the past, noting abuses like the one involving Diaz Sr. — but critics see little difference.

«Contrary to concern expressed by some critics,» he said, «there are not enough qualified or interested American students to fill all the slots in STEM undergraduate and graduate programs.»

Critics of the response, however, have said Pence was too slow to launch a needle exchange program, allowing the virus to spread to more people.

Critics, however, say that the study's leaders asked the wrong questions when evaluating the program's success.

A critic of the select agent program, molecular biologist Richard Ebright of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, says that several «substantive» and many other «minor» changes in the memo «will improve U.S. select - agent oversight.»

While such ideology - driven critics have long existed (especially in the United States) their fervor and the weapons at their disposal have increased in the recent years, says Michael Halpern, who is program manager at the Center for Science and Democracy of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) in Washington, D.C.