Sentences with phrase «against the taxpayers of»

The document, discovered by the Republican caucus on March 22, was hand delivered to the County Attorney on February 3 and included directives from Chairman Jenkins to Meehan to «answer the verified petition and assert cross claims» against County Executive Astorino, and therefore take a position on behalf of the 38 workers against the taxpayers of Westchester.

It is no surprise, however, that people charged with perpetrating fraud and corruption against the taxpayers of Monroe County are attempting to distract from their alleged crimes.

Not exact matches

In that case, according to the IRS, rental losses of up to $ 25,000 for single taxpayers and married couples filing jointly (and $ 12,500 for married filing separately) can be used against other types of income.

San Francisco taxpayers will not subsidize legally - sanctioned discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people by the State of Indiana.

CEO Vikram Pandit Kenneth Lewis Company Going Against Him Slow to cut costs, snowballing losses, spins all results positively, voracious consumer of taxpayer funds Bad acquisition of Countrywide, worse deal for Merrill, bonus scandal, gorged on i - bankers at peak of market Going For Him Engineering background, Suaveness.

Income from retirement savings accounts and public pensions is taxed, but taxpayers over the age of 64 can claim a deduction against it.

The state by state breakdown of self - interested salesmanship — NOT ADVICE — simply works against the interest of both the saver and the taxpayer.

Alberta's premier threatened trade retaliation against British Columbia for standing in the way of the pipeline, Canadian premier Justin Trudeau hinted that he could complete the project with taxpayer money, and BC's premier dug in his heels, recommitting his government to defending the coast from the risk of an oil spill.

Taxpayers can deduct up to $ 3,000 of net losses (losses in excess of gains) each year against other income; taxpayers can carry over losses above that amount and deduct them from futuTaxpayers can deduct up to $ 3,000 of net losses (losses in excess of gains) each year against other income; taxpayers can carry over losses above that amount and deduct them from fututaxpayers can carry over losses above that amount and deduct them from future gains.

If her government had spent the last three years negotiating on aboriginal title with First Nations — rather than spending millions of taxpayers» dollars fighting a losing battle against the Tsilhqot» in — there would today be more opportunity and benefits for First Nations and greater certainty for investors and workers on where and how LNG related pipelines and plants will proceed.

There have been a wave of nexus cases nationally and they seem to have largely gone against taxpayers.

From a tax perspective, readers may want to know that there is something that federal tax code calls the passive loss limitation rules that prevent taxpayers from offsetting passive losses against other forms of income.

I could understand being «anti-event» if this was taxpayer - funded, but in that case, I would be against it purely because of that, not because it's a religious event.

Madison, chief architect of the Const.itution and eleven of the Amendments, on more than one occasion, wrote that it was a mistake and against the principles of religious freedom achieved through the separation of church and state for the taxpayer to fund chaplains for the nation's congress.

«This assures nothing happens to Bakers Lake, «said James Perille, a member of the Barrington Enlightened Taxpayers Association, which has lobbied heavily against the driving range.

Kudos to the League of Women Voters of Chicago and its president, Edna Pardo, for their stand against the preposterous notion that taxpayers should subsidize profit - making sports enterprises.

The case against the park district, brought in a civil action filed last May by the Cook County state's attorney's office, alleges that park district officials improperly took office in the Southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

Over the past week, things have gone downhill quickly for both Lopez, who announced he won't be seeking re-election as Brooklyn Democratic chairman, but has refused to heed calls to resign his Assembly seat; and Silver, who was revealed to have negotiated a secret settlement of $ 103,000 worth of taxpayer cash with two women whose harassment claims against Lopez pre-dated those sent to the ethics committee.

«Voters and taxpayers deserve the transparency and the enforcement of the law against the appearance or the actual violation of public trust that may be involved.»

The case against HS2 has nothing to do with nimbyism and everything to do with it being a colossal waste of taxpayers» money.

Following Assemblyman Vito Lopez's censure last week for sexually harassing two female staffers, the New York Times reported Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had «quietly» settled at least one other complaint against the powerful Brooklyn Democrat, using an undetermined amount of taxpayer dollars to do so.

The NYT reported that Silver had used an undisclosed amount of taxpayer cash to settle a claim made against Lopez before these two staffers» complaints were referred to the ethics committee.

Skelos declined to criticize Silver's handling of the situation, although did say he thinks it's inappropriate for taxpayer dollars to be used to settle allegations lodged against sitting lawmakers.

Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented, «People from across the political spectrum, representing a range of different religions and beliefs, are united on this one point: whatever your views on faith schools themselves, it can not be right for taxpayer - funded schools to divide and discriminate against children.

Eliot Spitzer and current executive director of the nonprofit Union Settlement, says prohibiting the use of taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment claims brought against government employees, as Cuomo has proposed, is probably illegal and also bad policy.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who got the ball rolling against Pedro Espada Jr. during his stint as state attorney general, clearly feels vindicated by the jury's conviction today of the former Senate majority leader on four counts of theft from his taxpayer - funded Bronx health clinic.

The taxpayers of New York have coughed up nearly $ 5 million to settle sex harassment claims filed by city workers against city employees over the last five years, the de Blasio administration revealed.

The plan does not offer funds to pay for the shift, and Cuomo, in a third day of attacks against the plan, said anyone who believes it's a savings for taxpayers «is being taken for a ride.»

And, as a reader pointed out, it was produced and posted by the Senate Democrat - controlled (and taxpayer - funded) media services unit just two weeks before Espada faces off against his two primary opponents: Gustavo Rivera (who is being backed by a number of the majority leader's colleagues and labor unions) and Dan Padernacht.

The Comptroller's Office promises to investigate every allegation of abuse submitted and will pursue any part that engages in wrongdoing against the County and you, the taxpayer.

Malliotakis has voiced opposition to the City's program, calling it an irresponsible use of taxpayer money, and voted against a bill that would have established a state matching program with a similar 6 - 1 match.

«Greens have already come out against the referendum, lining up with Matthew Elliott of the Taxpayers» Alliance, and other right - wing climate change - denying loons.»

But even more outrageous is the idea of taxpayers money being used to campaign against a political party and it evidently not occurring to the Audit Commission that this is not considered an appropriate way to behave in this country.

The ad goes on to cite Faso's record of results as a leader, notably his efforts to push for a property tax cap, which his opponent is against, and his role in creating New York's STAR program, which saves taxpayers millions of dollars each year.

Governor, you have railed against high taxes, you've called for fiscal restraint and yet you attempt to saddle Suffolk County taxpayers with an individual whose tax hiking, job killing agenda is polar opposites of yours.

«There have always been short and long - term issues to consider, and it was wrong for some to pit the promise of something new against incredibly important repairs that exist every day in the lives of real people and real taxpayers,» he said.

«Reed, Collins and the rest of the New York congress members who voted against their own constituents can try to deflect from this irresponsible vote, but it's the governor who stood up for New York taxpayers and always will.»

This is a victory for common sense, since it halts the prospect of some new body, or group being set at vast amounts of taxpayer's money to take evidence for a long period before reaching the conclusion that some bankers broke the law and others acted against the interests of their customers.

«Taxpayers have already lost,» said Legislator Sheila Marcotte (R - Eastchester / New Rochelle), reacting to the need for both the Westchester County Executive and Board of Legislators to hire outside counsel because of a conflict of interest created by actions of Chairman Ken Jenkins and the Democratic County Legislators in siding with the CSEA union in its lawsuit against Westchester County.

Many business groups are against the idea, saying it would not be a good use of the taxpayer's money.

Fiscally conservative groups including Unshackle Upstate argue against public financing for elections as nothing more than «labor's latest effort to enhance their political influence at the expense of taxpayers.»

Malliotakis previously sued de Blasio to preserve IDNYC records, vowed she would fight for taxpayers who are against many of de Blasio's policies when she announced her run for mayor in the Republican primary and has asked for money to oust de Blasio.

Since then, it has become clear that there was at least one and perhaps more additional complaints lodged against Lopez, which were quietly settled through a $ 103,080 payment worth of taxpayer funds.

Our candidates and our officials work tirelessly to defend the rights of every taxpayer against the uncontrolled government spending that is weighing down the promise of our great state.

De Blasio and Murphy vowed to work together to rally against the GOP's massive federal tax overhaul that calls for the elimination of popular tax deductions — such as state and local property tax costs and student loan interest payments — which they argue will hurt middle - class taxpayers.

«Silver used taxpayer - funded hush money to keep the victims of sexual harassment from rocking the boat in the Assembly and he brushed off serious allegations that his counsel had committed multiple rapes against women who worked there.

The tax body also said that penalties must be kept simple, so that they and the policy intention behind them are easily understandable to the ordinary taxpayer, and there must be a straightforward right of appeal against the imposition of a penalty.

Cuomo has railed against the Medicaid takeover for the last several days, issuing a series of statements that could fill a textbook blasting the measure and warning of its potential implications for New York's taxpayers.

Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference, Fallon said he was «appalled» at the way human rights law was being used against the British military, with the result that millions of pounds of taxpayers» money were being spent on fighting «fairly spurious cases» rather than on kit and personnel.

If it is extreme to speak out against a government take - over of our best - in - the - world health care system, 2 / 3rd's of our automobile industry, and subsidization of a high - risk banking and mortgage system at the expense of small businesses and taxpayers, than I fully support the «extremism» of Dr. Nan Hayworth..