Sentences with phrase «aid budgets more»

Increase the NHS and overseas aid budgets more rapidly than those used to pay for - say - schools, policing and defence?

Not exact matches

Just a day earlier, the White House released a preliminary budget for 2010 that would boost the SBA's appropriation to $ 700 million, about 45 percent more than what the Bush Administration had sought for 2009, excluding disaster aid.

Such a cut fits into Trump's «America first» worldview, but is alarming to lawmakers who see diplomacy and foreign aid as a small but crucial component of the federal budget, just more than 1 %.

More aid may be now within reach, but euro - area creditors consider the latest Greek budget measures a basis for further work rather than a done deal.

Christian aid agencies have praised George Osborne's budget announcement which confirmed the UK will spend 0.7 % of its national income on aid this yea... More

More than half of the U.S. food aid budget is consumed by administrative and transportation expenses.

Email blasts from the two liberal organizations note that Avella used to be an outspoken opponent of charters — and co-location in particular — and yet voted «yes» on the Senate one - house budget that education advocates say pushes more of the controversial co-locations and hikes state aid to charters at the expense of traditional public schools.

His announcement came just a day after the US State Department laid out plans to put «America first» and slash Washington's budget for diplomacy and foreign aid by more than 30 percent.

«Their point was that they modified the governor's budget — they put in more taxes, they restored education aid... The governor now says: I'm going to veto all the modifications they made: 6900 vetoes.

New York voters will head to the polls next Tuesday, May 16, to vote on school budgets that are benefiting from a $ 1 billion boost in state aid and a more flexible property tax cap, with just 12 districts seeking a 60 percent vote to override the cap.

Assembly Democrats may reject the plan outright in their one - house budget resolution while also pushing for more aid to municipalities.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein said there's a «tentative deal» on the state budget that includes more aid for the MTA and NYCHA.

And three, as state budget negotiations continues, we need to have a more honest dialog about where our property taxes go, and how reform at the state level, whether it's mandate relief or targeted local aid, we can finally actually reduce the property tax burden on New York's homeowners and businesses.»

Cuomo and the state Legislature have not yet nailed down a budget deal that could include an extension of a tax on millionaires, more tuition aid for middle - class college students and more spending on clean water infrastructure.

DiNapoli said more information is needed to address concerns raised during the budget talks, such as potential cuts to federal aid, a premise that drove the governor to successfully receive power over making changes to the budget after it is approved.

Meanwhile, a budget watchdog group said the state could still spend more money on the poorest schools and save hundreds of millions of dollars if only it reconfigured the formula for distributing school aid.

ALBANY — Actress and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon challenged state lawmakers to raise taxes and include more school aid as part of the emerging state budget, and attacked Gov. Andrew Cuomo for being a «bully» to women, journalists, his colleagues in government and children.

To a large extent, state fiscal policies have caused great pressure on property taxes in needy cities, counties and school districts, including decisions: to reduce revenue sharing; to decrease the share of local school budgets covered by state aid, to divide the non-federal share of Medicaid costs without considering ability to pay, and to allocate STAR benefits... (read more)

Leaders of both parties said they are working for financial responsibility in town, especially after the state budget uncertainty, which had threatened more than $ 20 million in education aid to the town.

State Budget Director Bob Megna issued a statement yesterday rejecting the mayor's claim that the city stands to lose $ 2 billion if Cuomo's spending plan is enacted as - is by the Legislature and also insisting the mayor has more than enough stashed away to make up the difference of whatever the final aid reduction might be.

As for the governor, he made no appearances yesterday, but issued yet another lengthy statement insisting he won't sign off on more state education aid unless the budget includes reforms that address «accountability, performance and standards.»

The federal government was actually much more generous to New York in those drop - dead days of the 1970s, when more than 20 percent of the city budget came from federal aid.

«Joining 18 other states as finalists for more federal aid is good news, but it won't overshadow the facts that taxes and spending will be going up even more, school property tax bills are being prepared without a state budget in place, and the budget will soon be the latest in history.»

Although less than 9 percent of the city's overall budget is comes from federal aid — excluding Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery and other Hurricane Sandy - related aid — 11 out of more than 40 mayoral agencies that represent 59 percent of total city spending get 92 percent of federal grant aid, according to Stringer's initial analysis of federal funding, which he conducted to pinpoint what's at stake for New Yorkers ahead of Trump's inauguration in January.

Governor Cuomo has proposed increasing school aid by $ 800 million dollars in the new state budget, lawmakers have requested a few hundred million more.

Reginald Brown, community leader for VOCAL - NY, announces plans to stay at the Capitol until the New York State budget includes more money to fight HIV / AIDS.

He once stalled weary senators for three hours during a marathon 17 - hour budget session because of his reluctance to vote for the minimum wage hike in return for more school aid.

To avoid cuts in services, local aid or tax increases, the Executive Budget directs State agencies to be more efficient and focuses resources on their core programs and services.

Tensions between upstate state senators and the mayor of New York City were highlighted during a budget hearing on aid to local governments in Albany when lawmakers questioned the mayor for more than five hours.

The state Division of Budget says more than 70 percent of state school aid goes to salaries and benefits.

Cuomo's budget provides 4.4 percent more aid to schools and would fund his proposal from the State of the State address for longer school days and school years.

In 2004, County contributions comprised more than 85 % of the Library's operating and materials budgets with the balance made up of State operating aid, which has remained relatively stagnant, as well as library fines, fees and related income.

The governor has also said that he won't increase school aid in the state budget unless lawmakers agree to a list of changes, including adding more charter schools and making teacher performance tests more stringent.

As Cuomo seeks to resolve a budget deficit he estimates at more than $ 4 billion, school aid funding for education could also be on the chopping block.

The Assembly has proposed a spending plan that would provide $ 25 billion in total school aid, about $ 1.8 billion more than the previous year, but that budget was not supported by the senate or Gov. Cuomo.

But after a brief pause and a moment's thought, this instant gesture of mine seems like a step too far; and whilst those factors of inefficiency and waste remain true, beheading the foreign aid budget immediately would create a hydra - like problem, where one problem is removed, more appear in its place.

«Since a state aid increase such as the one that was received last year may represent upwards of $ 500,000 or more there is no way a district can trim that much from the budget after years of already cutting the expense side of the budget.

The government recently announced a re-targeting of the UK overseas aid budget, which will see more money spent in conflict areas.

First, the Division of the Budget's (DOB's) authorization to craft a plan if federal Medicaid funding or all other federal aid declines by at least $ 850 million is extended for two more fiscal years.

Not that they'll necessarily get it though; some hard line austerity hawks in cash strapped councils across the country are undoubtedly going to balk at the idea of being inundated with more calls for aid than they can possibly service after Westminster cut their budgets.

Cuomo's budget increases education aid by $ 961 million; typically the final agreement includes more education aid.

Already cash - strapped from budget tightening, they'll have to live within a 2 percent property tax cap next year, making federal aid all the more important.

With the vast majority of the NIAF project's budget being spent on international consultants, not on new power stations or connections to link poor communities to the grid, it's difficult to imagine a more disastrous use of aid money.

Jim Tallon, a former assemblyman and chair of the Board of Regents» state aid committee, expressed broad criticisms of Cuomo's budget proposal, arguing the spending plan should have included more information about the distribution of funding and more money for pre-K for upstate school districts.

Lawmakers touted the negotiations with Cuomo and Senate Republicans that ultimately included more school aid than the $ 1.1 billion that was initially proposed in the executive budget in January.

In a statement released this afternoon from NYCOM, Executive Director Peter Baynes warns against equating more aid — which has remained flat over the last several budget years — with a «bailout.»

Some on the left have been pushing Democratic lawmakers to hold out on a deal — especially in the Assembly when it comes to getting more education aid — arguing that a bad budget is worse than a late budget.

According to the Citizens Budget Commission, most of the $ 1.4 million education increase in this year's budget is allocated outside Foundation Aid formulas; and as a result, affluent districts benefit proportionately more than the neediest distBudget Commission, most of the $ 1.4 million education increase in this year's budget is allocated outside Foundation Aid formulas; and as a result, affluent districts benefit proportionately more than the neediest distbudget is allocated outside Foundation Aid formulas; and as a result, affluent districts benefit proportionately more than the neediest districts.

Walker said his plan for the next budget involves an investment of 25 percent more than the last budget for the Local Road Improvement Program, $ 65 million in new aid to local governments and «the largest increase to the Local Bridge Improvement Program in over 20 years.»

In May, a budget division spokesman dismissed Yonkers» request for more aid by calling it a «perpetual bailout.»