Sentences with phrase «budget initiatives in»

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito (D - Manhattan / Bronx) and Finance Chair Julissa Ferreras (D - Queens) praised several of de Blasio's budget initiatives in a joint statement.

In 2011 City Council Member Brad Lander invited his constituents to take part in a participatory budgeting initiative in which citizens first identify community needs and then vote on which projects to fund, with $ 1 million set aside for the winning proposals.

Not exact matches

He said, «Patrick, I didn't believe when you started bringing this discipline that if the economy got better, or if there was a big initiative we really wanted to fund, that you would actually give us money for something that's not «in budget,» and just let us do it.»

While his standing among troops has likely been burnished by some of his policies — like boosting spending and reducing executive - branch input in battlefield decision - making — he has faced public criticism on some initiatives, like raising the budget and expanding US involvement in Afghanistan.

When it came to transforming the city's infrastructure, the mayor stayed within budget by implementing a temporary one - cent sales tax initiative, which will expire in December 2017.

The Liberal government has signalled that next Tuesday's budget will include initiatives to promote gender equality, improve the economic success of women, ensure more gender equality in boardrooms and ease access to capital for female entrepreneurs.

Although the Conservatives later replaced the Canadian Building Incentive Program with a similar program, the new one is more limited in scope with a smaller budget — typical of the cuts Harper made to many climate related initiatives that had been proposed and voted through in Parliament under the previous Liberal government.

You may choose to put off new fiscal initiatives in the 2011 budget but you will not be able to avoid them in the 2012 budget.

Instead of savings of $ 8.6 billion in 2015 - 16, we believe that their initiatives would yield only $ 3.8 billion, insufficient to achieve a budget surplus.

The initiatives are similar to those proposed in Shadow Budgets in previous years.

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

New policy initiatives usually take more time to be implemented than assumed in the Budget, therefore resulting in less spending that originally assumed.

In addition, the New Deomcratics do not include the various initiatives affecting Employment Insurance Benefits as a Use of Funds and the freezing of Employment Insurance premium rates at $ 1.88 per $ 100 of insurable earnings rather than letting them fall to $ 1.49, as specified in the April 2015 Budget, as a Source of FundIn addition, the New Deomcratics do not include the various initiatives affecting Employment Insurance Benefits as a Use of Funds and the freezing of Employment Insurance premium rates at $ 1.88 per $ 100 of insurable earnings rather than letting them fall to $ 1.49, as specified in the April 2015 Budget, as a Source of Fundin the April 2015 Budget, as a Source of Funds.

When the Main Estimates are tabled before a Budget, they do not include any of the policy initiatives and restraint measures proposed in that Budget.

New spending initiatives proposed in the Budget are not incorporated in the Main Estimates until the Treasury Board has officially approved them.

Thank goodness because there was more than enough in his previous budgets, including the proliferation of tax expenditures (which are really spending programs but delivered through the tax system), various initiatives included in the Economic Action Plan, among others).

Proposing these initiatives in a budget tabled before the end of fiscal year 2014 - 15 would have required that the net savings be booked in 2014 - 15 rather than in 2015 - 16.

Finally, the PBO expresses concerns over the lack of detailed costing information for new policy initiatives and a plan to secure the spending restraint savings announced in the 2010 Budget.

New initiatives that would require on - going funding would mean either a higher deficit track and no balanced budget in 2015 - 16 or new expenditure cuts to pay for the new initiatives.

In the budgets presented by the previous Liberal government, it was clearly stated that the Contingency Reserve was not to be used to finance new policy initiatives.

Higher revenues and lower expenses resulting from the improvement in nominal GDP, coupled with the saving measures implemented in the Budget are just sufficient to offset the impact of the new policy initiatives.

The commitment in Budget 2011 to undertake a Strategic Operating Review to find $ 4 billion in annual savings followed the Budget 2010 initiatives which restrained growth in national defence spending, capped funding of the International Assistance Envelope, forced departments to absorb the increase in annual federal employees» wages for 2011 - 12, and froze their operating budgets for 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13 at their 2010 - 11 levels.

This is somewhat surprising given that the Government now has a majority and has indicated that these initiatives will be reintroduced in the upcoming budget.

These improvements were partially offset by provisions for anticipated Cabinet decisions ($ 0.9 billion) and the impact of new policy initiatives proposed in the March 2017 Budget ($ 0.3 billion).

First, there would have to be additional major credible cuts to government programs; second, there would have to be some «creative budget accounting», including «one - time» savings initiatives in 2015 - 16; and third, there would have to be a significant recovery in global economic growth in 2014 and 2015.

Tuesday's announcement is the latest in a series of high - profile and big - ticket initiatives unveiled in the days leading up to the provincial budget on March 28.

The Government also sets out its policy priorities and new spending initiatives in the budget, many of which ultimately come into effect through the Estimates process.

«I was quite surprised to notice in the PC budget plan there was really no job creation initiative imbedded with that plan,» Notley said.

As noted in other blogs, the Main Estimates do not include many of the new initiatives proposed in the Budget, given the difference in timing.

The Update also included a large number of spending initiatives (about $ 10 billion over six years), thereby ensuring that these initiatives would be included in Main Estimates for 2018 - 19 as part of efforts to increase transparency and accountability between the budget expenses and the Main Estimates expenditures.

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This improvement of $ 2.1 billion was primarily due to somewhat better - than - expected economic conditions and an increase in the lapse ($ 3.2 billion) partially offset by provisions for anticipated Cabinet decisions ($ 0.9 billion) and the impact of new policy initiatives proposed in the March 2017 Budget ($ 0.3 billion).

There is no single flagship initiative, rather government has woven in gender - specific funding throughout the budget.

This would give the Treasury Board Secretariat time to make the Main Estimates consistent with the economic assumptions and spending initiatives proposed in the Budget.

Expenses for all other departments and agencies advanced $ 1.6 billion (6.1 %), also reflecting, in part, the impact of new initiatives proposed in Budget 2016 and increased liabilities for employee pension and other future benefits.

For those who do not know, the European Commission is the executive body of the EU, in charge with legislative initiative, budget management and control over other EU institutions.

Then, the current - Liberal government committed an additional $ 112 million over two years in Budget 2016 to Housing First initiatives, and a further $ 2.1 billion over 11 years in Budget 2017.

An attendee should not notice a drop in ministry execution, but there would not be any upgrades or new initiatives until giving matches budget.

Walmart, the largest food retailer in the United States, and other supercenters that often target budget - conscious consumers, are continuing to increase their organic food offerings — both Walmart and Target announced new organic food initiatives in 2014.

The administration's one education - related poverty - fighting program, Duncan's Promise Neighborhoods initiative, is a rounding error in the Department of Education's budget.

None of these outreach initiatives and very few of these programs exist in the Chicago Park District, despite its $ 128 million annual budget for parks and recreation programs, compared with Detroit «s $ 59.8 million, Evanston «s $ 3.2 million, and Atlanta «s $ 25 million.

NATO's current «Smart Defence» initiative, aiming to boost cooperation among Alliance members, is a direct result of broad trends in a new global economy of constrained resources, which is prompting governments to trim defence budgets and force structures.

Mr. Speaker, in our maiden Budget Statement and Economic Policy, we outlined a number of short to medium term policy initiatives, to set the stage for our agenda for inclusive growth and job creation.

Plus, the last time I checked, we don't DO budgeting by direct democracy, particularly considering how well the budget - by - citizen - initiative process has worked in California.

Mr. Speaker, the 2018 - 2021 Budget is informed by the President's Coordinated Programme for Economic and Social Development Policies which aims at creating a conducive environment for the private sector to thrive, propel growth and create employment opportunies, especially for the youth.In this regard, Government's policy objectives for the medium term will aim at: • Stabilizing the economy and setting it on a path of sustained, diversified and resilient growth; • Optimizing the key sources of growth in the economy on sustainable basis; • Enhancing a competitive and enabling business environment for private sector - led growth; • Formalizing the informal sector; • Building a strong and resilient economy able to withstand internal and external shocks; • Promoting agro-industrial enterprises as the basis for the «One District, One Factory» initiative; and • Creating entrepreneurial and employment opportunities, especially for the youth.

• Then provide you with the key policy initiatives for 2018; and • Finally conclude with highlights of the key messages in the Budget.

The SFY 2009 - 10 enacted budget, including the SFY 2008 - 09 Deficit Reduction Plan, will include $ 2.3 billion in Medicaid and other health - care «savings» and reimbursement and other reform initiatives.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's combined State of the State and budget message today included a promise to make permanent the historic property tax cap enacted at his initiative in 2011.

Many of the controversial initiatives in the PPGG and ELFA bills were removed, either to be considered after the budget, or to be used as a negotiating chip during the last - minute deal - making.

Asked Friday whether his budget initiatives were meant to polish his presidential résumé, Cuomo — who has denied interest in 2020 White House ambitions, said, «Ha, ha, ha.»