Sentences with phrase «budget officials asked»
The White House has not taken a position on the legislation, but Science has learned that budget officials asked NSF earlier this year to write a stern letter opposing the program.
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Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.
Top State University of New York officials say they want a tuition freeze at the state's colleges and universities, and are asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature to adequately fund SUNY in the budget so that they don't have to raise rates for students.
Top State University of New York officials say they want a tuition freeze at the state's colleges and universities, and are asking Governor Cuomo and the state legislature to adequately fund SUNY in the budget so that they don't have to raise rates for students.
«Well those are Larry's words, but if the legislature didn't pass an on - time budget it would a repudiation of the progress they've made for the last seven years and would be going backwards — politically, it would be untenable to ask for a raise,» the official said.
He'll lead what's often referred to in Albany as the «tin - cup brigade» — the line of local elected officials asking the Legislature to reconsider gubernatorial budget cuts.
Transit advocates and elected officials asked Cuomo to be more specific about his commitments to funding improvements to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's infrastructure, saying his current budget contains nothing more than an IOU.
But for all the fanfare with the Democratic governor's annual State of the State and budget address, municipal - finance experts and transit advocates are asking exactly how officials will pay for — among other things — new subway cars, a revamp of New York Penn Station and upgraded roads.
«The Administration asked Congress to consider an emergency budget amendment of $ 15 million for the Department of Energy to fund the activities of that commission,» an administration official told CNN on condition of not being identified.
In a letter sent Monday to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders, the New York State Educational Conference Board — a group of seven organizations including the New York State School Boards Association and New York State United Teachers — asked state officials to clarify what aid estimates schools should use when they are developing their own budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.
District officials asked for $ 12 million to help close a $ 24 million budget deficit, but only received $ 4.6 million in state aid, according to Syracuse.com.
In the heart of long and fiery debates over Erie County's 2005 budget, some citizens and public officials have asked the Library to revisit the 1998 Cohen study - a study that the Library's Board and administration never ignored and never abandoned.
A modern conservative columnist, Kate O'Beirne, writing in the National Review, has questioned the value of food stamps, school breakfasts and lunches, and the WIC programs (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children): «With rates of excess weight and obesity highest among low - income households, budget officials should be asking themselves why tens of billions of dollars are being spent each year by federal nutrition programs aimed at boosting food consumption by the poor.»
It is the Biggest Cut to Bridgeport's School Budget and no official asks a question!
Well, we're g; ad you asked, we have no official word from Mercedes but we reckon you should budget some 5 — 10 grand more than the price of the A45 AMG hatchback.
The program was recently in jeopardy, and we asked Best Friends members in that area to contact their elected officials — and PetSmart Charities asked local animal welfare groups as well — in response to a budget dispute that threatened to derail the Pima County Community Cats Project just as it was getting off the ground.