Sentences with phrase «battle over funding»

The New Orleans Advocate: Battle over funding public schools in New Orleans now likely headed for court http://bit.ly/1U7hIjc

A fierce political battle over funding for the programme could be decided for good if investigators find the cause was a fundamental flaw in design.

They've battled over funding de Blasio's signature pre-K program and the city's ailing subway system as well as the mayor's hopes to extract greater tax revenues from New York's wealthiest.

Congressional Democrats and Republicans have waged repeated battles over funding for earth science research at NASA, with Democrats wanting more and Republicans less.

The battles over the funding of public defender offices continued — but the economic conditions would seem to preclude any easy solutions.

Not exact matches

This spring, he spent two weeks running the numbers and battling insomnia before making a dramatic announcement to his 120 - member staff on April 13, inviting NBC News and The New York Times to cover it: Over the next three years, he will phase in a minimum wage of $ 70,000 at Gravity and immediately cut his own salary from $ 1.1 million to $ 70,000 to help fund it.

BRUSSELS, May 2 - The European Commission proposed a bigger new multi-year budget on Wednesday that will trigger battles among member states over how to fill the funding gap left by Britain's exit next year.

BRUSSELS, May 2 - The European Commission met on Wednesday to agree proposals for a bigger new multi-year budget that will trigger battles among member states over how to fill the funding gap left by Britain's exit next year.

The most interesting part is the back story of how a billionaire was upset over an inappropriate news story about him and plotted for years to get his revenge, and then secretly funded someone else's legal battle to get it.

«This data shows that the battle for market share is far from over,» John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital LLC, a New York - based hedge fund that focuses on energy, said by phone.

We're unlikely to see him poring over dense regulations, struggling to meet an underfunded budget, lamenting the lack of a real school kitchen in which to cook and store food, dealing with a cafeteria too small to accommodate his students, competing with fast food outlets because of an open school campus, or, most importantly, battling an unyielding Congress for more school food funding.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer on Thursday dismissed criticism leveled at him by President Obama's press secretary this week amid a battle over anti-terrorism funding.

That tactic has played well so far, but it will become much less effective once the Labour leader is seen fighting a reforming battle over his own party's funding.

The governor's potential support comes during a battle between Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio over funding subway improvements and just as the mayor unveiled his own plan to create a new funding source for the MTA: a millionaires tax to fund MTA operations and half - fare MetroCards for low - income city residents.

Gov. Cuomo is holding a $ 15,000 - a-head Manhattan fund - raiser to raise money for a likely battle with special - interest groups over his soon - to - be-released state budget.

Topics include: Education funding and teacher layoff «propaganda», ethics reform, a property tax cap and the battle over naming an official state vegetable.

Labour unions have for the past seven years battled government over payment of their second - tier pension funds.

The battle between the two political heavyweights is the latest skirmish over education funding since Cuomo took office two months ago.

Sherrill compared the impending fight over CUNY and Medicaid funding to the battle between de Blasio and Cuomo over how to fund the MTA's capital plan.

DiNapoli is close and quite popular with the public workers unions whose pension fund he manages and Cuomo, as governor, was preparing to do battle with state workers over a less generous contract, threatening layoffs in the process.

Daramola has a running battle with academic and non-academic members of staff of the university over mismanagement of funds.

The battle has potential consequences for New Yorkers as discussions will begin soon over a $ 150 billion - plus state budget and an array of policy issues, from immigration and funding for legal services for the poor to whether to legalize ride - hailing upstate or permit physicians to assist terminal patients end their lives.

He's a narcissist and a huckster, an opportunist who not only failed to join conservatives in the big fights about the size and scope of government over the past several decades but, to the extent he was even aware of such battles, was often funding the other side, with a long list of contributions to the liberals most responsible for the dire state of affairs in the country, including likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

As de Blasio and Cuomo battled over the MTA funding shares between the city and state, Flanagan archly told The Daily News in the last week that Albany shouldn't grant more say to the mayor's office over how to fund the capital fund, a stipulation de Blasio had sought.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is battling with Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials over how to allocate $ 100 million in state funding for the New York City Housing Authority.

Esty said lawmakers were discussing setting up a permanent emergency fund that would available for projects like working on a Zika vaccine, though she was optimistic that Obama's funding request would be approved without being tied to a larger, partisan battle over the federal budget.

Sanders insisted he wasn't taking sides in a battle between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and de Blasio over how to fund the subways — even though Cuomo has called the millionaires tax proposal «dead on arrival.»

The battle for increased reimbursement will play out over the next 90 days as the budget is negotiated, and against the backdrop of a state - imposed Medicaid cap, uncertainty over the future of federal Medicaid funding and cries from long - term care facilities and home health care providers, which are also pleading for higher reimbursements.

School funding advocates are concerned that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is setting up for another political battle over school aid next year in a little - noticed provision in his new state budget.

De Blasio commended sanitation workers for their role in helping the city rebuild following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, as he battles the federal government over how effectively the city managed funds provided for the Build It Back program for homeowners and faces pressure from City Council members to speed up the rebuilding of homes.

Ratcheting up the pressure in a bitter battle between New York City and the state over health care costs, the city's public hospital system is planning on suing New York State officials over a payment of some $ 380 million in federal funding it says the state is unlawfully withholding.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ban on state - funded travel to North Carolina has taken a toll on a wide range of people here in New York, some of whom are scratching their heads over how they wound up in the midst of a political battle.

Obama returned from his Martha's Vineyard vacation yesterday, ready for a busy fall season and more battles with Congress over Zika funding, the federal budget and $ 400 million the administration paid Iran this year for the never - completed sale of military equipment.

MTA Budget Battle: MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast sent an open letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, pushing for the city to add $ 3.2 billion over five years to the capital budget for MTA funding.

In the latest phase of their interminable battle over mass transit funding, Cuomo went on the «Brian Lehrer Show» on Tuesday and urged de Blasio to behave more like his predecessor, whose tenure de Blasio campaigned against.

Republican Doe Fund Founder George McDonald, who is battling the city's campaign finance laws in court, reported raising $ 11,288 over the past two months, minus refunds, while publisher Tom Allon raised $ 12,385.

This has been borne out in their various proxy battles over the future of charter schools, the funding of the Metropolitan Transportation authority's capital plan, the growth of e-hail giant Uber, and how long the mayor should have authority over the city's public schools.

Ed Miliband's big union battle will be over what the next Labour government would spend, not party funding arrangements.

A battle has erupted in Brussels over the European Commission's plan to raid funds earmarked for research, in a bid to boost Europe's lagging economy.

«[P] olicymakers should consider separating NIH's budget from the broader» battles over federal spending, urges the report, Healthy Funding: Ensuring a Predictable and Growing Budget for the National Institutes of Health.

Moreover, the Senate bill that would fund DOE — the so - called energy and water bill — hangs in limbo, thanks to the political battle over the Obama administration's plan to use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations to set new limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, especially those that burn coal.

Suber notes the stark contrast between the quiet brokering of SCOAP3 and the battles playing out over mandates for open - access publication by research funders such as foundations and government agencies (see Nature 486, 302 — 303; 2012).

The space agency is likely to face prolonged battles on the Hill over the funding required to build the rocket.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius» State of the State Address did not directly mention the prolonged court battle over education funding in Kansas that ended — at least temporarily — last summer.

Texas had been plagued with decades of legal and political battles over school funding.

Despite the school's ongoing legal battle with the Pennsylvania School Boards Association and a bitter dispute over funding with the state education department, the president of Einstein's board of trustees vowed last week to fight the revocation.

The fallout from the 2009 legislative session continues in state court, as Gov. Sanford and lawmakers battle over whether South Carolina will accept $ 700 million in federal stimulus money that would help pay teachers» salaries and fund public safety.

The program has since expanded, but battles between Democrats and Republicans over its funding have never ceased.

Gov. Ann W. Richards of Texas signs a school - finance compromise bill, ending a seven - year battle over financing and freeing up state funds for public schools.

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