Sentences with phrase «as member item grants»

In the past the pots of money were shared between the governor and legislature, many ended up as member item grants.

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«Member items,» in Albany language, are pay - as - you - go cash grants that legislators pass out as they please.

Agencies under the UJA - Federation umbrella have lost a total of $ 6 million due to Paterson's veto of legislative earmarks known as member - item grants, the latest in eight cycles of budget cuts that have rocked the non-sectarian network of special education, child care, mental health, immigrant and other services, lowering revenue by 5 to 7 percent, said Soloway.

* In the third case, the Empire Center argues the City Council violated state law when it failed to comply with a March 1, 2010 FOIL request for information about the Council's «discretionary» funding, also known as initiative - based or member - item grants.

Hikind's relationship with Maimonides Medical Center had drawn the interest of the Moreland panel's investigators last year, triggering an investigation of Hikind's community project grants, also known as member items.

Skelos says while it's «totally appropriate» that legislature should have input on where and how the funds are distributed, he would not characterize any such grants as member items.

For Paterson, a tumultuous week in Albany ended as he and several staffers wrapped up the final 2,000 or so line - item vetoes of $ 500 million in legislative spending contained in budget bills passed earlier this week, plus $ 193 million in member - item grants.

The grants, known as «member items,» are seen by many as pork - barrel spending, tools elected officials use to repay political supporters.

In the complaint, Silver is accused of awarding two discretionary grants, better known as «member items,» totaling $ 500,000 to a center that did research on an illness related to asbestos exposure.

But the bulk of the veto stack was taken up by $ 193 million in member items, the grants beloved of legislators and derided by good government groups as grade - A pork.

Much of the testimony by Victor E. Franco, a New York State Assembly staff member, focused on the budgetary process and Mr. Silver's power to approve discretionary funding, known as member items, like Health Department grants.