Sentences with phrase «billion budget»

Across the Capitol more than two years later, something similar happened as legislators and Governor Cuomo hashed out a $ 153 billion budget.

In announcing his $ 68.7 billion budget proposal, Mayor Bloomberg proposes cutting early childhood and after school programs — for the fifth straight year.

The $ 3.5 billion budget gap identified in December is closed through $ 2 billion in spending reductions and $ 1.5 billion in revenues from the tax reforms enacted last year that maintained the millionaire tax, albeit only on multi-millionaires rather than anyone making over $ 250,000.

Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a 3 % spending increase in an $ 88.7 billion budget.

Stringer sat beside de Blasio at the meeting in Midtown Manhattan, where members of the state board spoke approvingly of the city's $ 75 billion budget, which took effect July 1.

The Legislature approved the nearly $ 83 billion budget Monday night, three days after the 2017 Session was scheduled to end.

Understanding the county's $ 1.4 billion budget can be challenge for many residents.

A year later, NIFA froze the wages of 6,000 county employees and took control of Nassau's finances, saying the county's $ 2.6 billion budget was out of balance by $ 176 million.

Mr. Paterson, meeting publicly in Albany with leaders of the Legislature, also said he would not sign any budget that relied on borrowed money to close New York's $ 9 billion budget gap, a decision that would essentially kill a proposal crafted by his own lieutenant governor, Richard Ravitch, to use short - term borrowing to offset some cuts to government programs.

Democrats don't disagree that the figure could reach $ 1.5 billion, manageable on a $ 160 billion budget but worrisome.

Mahoney shared some highlights of her $ 1.299 billion budget in an editorial board meeting with Syracuse.com Wednesday.

The Connecticut State Legislature's Appropriations Committee released its revision of Governor Dannel Malloy's two - year, $ 40 billion budget proposal yesterday.

In early December, the Legislature approved a $ 1.7 billion budget that for the third consecutive year reduced the county tax rate.

The governor claims his budget closes the current $ 2 billion budget deficit with no new taxes or new fees.

In September, Mahoney proposed a $ 1.266 billion budget for the county for 2016.

It's a $ 1.7 billion budget with 3,800 employees.

This session, lawmakers and Malloy are crafting changes to the second year of the two - year, approximately $ 40 billion budget they passed last year.

Walker, who took office last month, says the emergency measure would save $ 300 million over the next two years to help close a $ 3.6 billion budget gap.

«One person who, if he's given the keys here, has already mismanaged his own life and will do so for $ 1.8 billion budget,» Astorino said.

The Senate worked through the night to pass the $ 156 billion budget, according to Syracuse.com.

Among those were the substantial increase in City spending, from $ 70 billion in Mayor Bllomberg's last budget to the just - agreed $ 85 billion budget.

ALBANY — Gov. Paterson unleashed a veritable veto - palooza yesterday — slashing thousands of spending items from the Legislature's $ 136 billion budget — even as Senate Democrats skipped town without passing a vital tax bill needed to finish off the spending plan.

The additional police officers were announced as part of the city's fiscal year 2016 $ 78.5 billion budget, and came as a surprise to many.

Lawmakers are expected to return to Albany in the coming weeks because the Senate left without passing a $ 1 billion tax bill needed to complete the state's $ 135.7 billion budget.

New York state is sitting on a more than $ 5 billion budget windfall that it received from several recent bank settlements, but has yet to decide what to do with that money.

In other words, she's suggesting that they all should be funded at levels not subject to change by the administration or the City Council, which approves just about everything else in the $ 63.5 billion budget.

Cuomo's $ 168 billion budget proposal also includes $ 1 billion in new taxes and fees that are likely to run into opposition.

Cuomo, a Democrat now in his eighth year, outlined his ideas for a $ 168 billion budget for the 2018 - 19 fiscal year, reflecting 2.3 percent growth while dealing with a deficit of $ 1.8 billion.

It would still include $ 500 million in additional spending above the $ 123.5 billion budget proposed by the Governor.

Last June, the Council signed off on a $ 82.1 billion budget, up from $ 78.5 billion the previous year, only to see the mayor tack on an additional $ 1.3 billion in November during the annual adjustment process.

The city council overwhelmingly approved a new $ 82.1 billion budget this afternoon with little drama.

NYS, according to Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is currently at a $ 2 billion budget gap and expected to rise to $ 2.9 billion over the next 2 years.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan said he has some reservations about the idea and whether it could be used as a back doorway for the state to increase taxes and generate more revenue to fill the over $ 4 billion budget deficit.

That would leave a more than $ 2 billion budget gap for the state to fill.

The mayor and the City Council agreed to an $ 85.2 billion budget Friday night, weeks ahead of schedule.

The medics are outside «just in case something happens with the family,» said Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D - Queens), who oversaw a council hearing Thursday morning to examine the FDNY's proposed approximately $ 2 billion budget.

John DeFrancisco, the second-most powerful Republican in the state Senate and a potential Republican gubernatorial candidate, isn't a fan of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed $ 168.2 billion budget.

«It's a new administration and leaving it with $ 1 million in unreserved reserve funds with a $ 3 billion budget is kind of risky,» Kopel said.

And he pledged that the council would make the half - fare transit option a priority in negotiations with Mayor de Blasio over the new $ 88.7 billion budget, which kicks in on July 1.

New York State has a $ 168 billion budget deal.

While striking a budget deal is always politically challenging, this year's spending blueprint is expected to be especially difficult, thanks to a $ 4.4 billion budget deficit.

However, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo talking about a $ 4 billion budget deficit, there might be a fight over money for the next three years.

Frank Zarb, former chief executive of Nasdaq and the original chairman of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, will lead a task force to address persistent deficits in the county's $ 3 billion budget.

In a conference call with Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver this morning, Governor David Paterson outlined the cuts he'd like to make in the state budget to help close the projected $ 6.4 billion budget gap.

The budget growth rate should be limited to the projected rate of inflation, around 3 percent, which would largely eliminate this year's $ 4.4 billion budget gap.

That's how the press - critic - in - chief sees the spat as it's been covered between his office and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli over the budgetary powers and pension overhaul the governor is pushing in his $ 132.5 billion budget proposal.

But Skyler — whose own name was at one point bandied around as a potential mayoral candidate — warned that the mayor - elect faces a huge challenge in overseeing a workforce of 300,000 city employees and a $ 70 billion budget.

That's a fraction of the $ 37.4 billion budget.

The additional funds — only a fraction of the city's $ 78 billion budget — would be used to support programs to reduce the spread of HIV infection in local communities and provide people living with HIV with access to care, medications that make viral loads undetectable, and other treatment supports.

The movement began taking shape after lawmakers in Albany passed a $ 133 billion budget in April, increasing taxes and fees by $ 7 billion and raising spending by 9 percent.