Sentences with phrase «by county governments in»

Cuomo had previously railed against a Republican - backed effort in Congress to shift the Medicaid burden carried by county governments in New York to the state.

Not exact matches

Tax rates are calculated by the County Commission, depending on the funding needs of local government bodies and the total value of assessed property in a district.

By 1908 railway, municipal, county and state bonds supplemented U.S. bonds as legal reserve backing for U.S. Government deposits in the national banks, much as the Federal Reserve would accept real estate mortgages as bank reserves after 2008.

And when we realize that the average person today is paying the federal government around 25 % of their income, and then paying another 10 % (or more) for state, county, and city taxes, we are paying a little more in taxes today than what was prescribed by the Mosaic Law for the people of Israel to pay their government.

«But here in Oxford we're not prepared to just let the situation worsen, which is why the city council has chosen to pick up an additional, non-statutory burden in tackling rough sleeping to try to plug the gap after the county council was unable to carry on funding some support due to this tightening of the purse strings by the Government.

Four days after a 72 - year - old retired government worker was brought to a southern California hospital's emergency ward by his 12 - year - old «companion,» a county welfare worker dropped in on the pair and initiated legal action to have the child made a dependent of the court.

JOLIET — After dozens of students and teachers were sickened by a contaminated school lunch two years ago, the Will County state's attorney made headlines by charging two state education employees with reckless conduct, apparently the first criminal charges against government employees in a food - poisoning case.

Several park districts in southern Cook and Will counties have been awarded more than $ 1.1 million in grants by the state and federal government, according to the Illinois Department of Conservation.

«Eric Schneiderman has proven that he is a true reformer who will tackle corruption in government and in the private sector,» said Dutchess County Democratic Chairwoman Elisa Sumner in a statement released by the Manhattan lawmaker's campaign.

David Fried — who was endorsed last month by Clinton in his bid for Rockland County executive — said he will give to charity $ 10,000 that political fixer, government informant and admitted felon Moses «Mark» Stern contributed to Fried's failed 2006 run for New York State Assembly.

A trial court in Rensselaer County has thrown out a union challenge to a pair of programs started by Cuomo — the Empire and Excelsior Service fellowships — that recruits young professionals and those just getting out of school, to work at high level jobs in state government for two year periods.

«I promised a transparent and open government, and by being here today and laying out the documents and discussing from the beginning to the end what occurred and taking some pretty substantial measures by relieving a long - time employee of his responsibilities here in the County of Monroe, I want the people in Monroe County to know that I will not tolerate this type of behavior,» Dinolfo said.

The government email records of Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove were seized by investigators with the state attorney general's office in an ongoing investigation into his handling of a fatal police shooting case last year in Troy.

«The vulnerabilities in Nassau County government exposed by our review remain substantially unaddressed, the Board of Ethics is conflicted and lacks a quorum, and the taxpayers are ill - served every day that our elected leaders fail to enact the reforms to prevent the corruption that continues to compromise public confidence in our government.»

Westchester County Executive George Latimer pointed to the $ 10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions by the federal government as having «changed the game» for taxpayers in New York, making the limit on tax levy increases all the more important.

Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon sent a letter to County Executive Mark Poloncarz asking the administration to release and detail all of the harassment settlements in Erie County government that have been paid for by taxpayers over the past five years.

«Government by the people» fail when a lot of the people in a country don't think that the other people in the county (different tribe etc) have any right to choose who leads the country.

The Erie county legislature hereby finds, declares, and determines that farming is important to Erie county because it is a major occupation within the county, providing a livelihood and employment for thousands of residents; farming remains the single - largest industry in New York state; farming provides locally produced, fresh commodities; agricultural diversity promotes economic stability; agriculture promotes open space and promotes environmental quality; agricultural land does not increase the demand for services provided by county or local governments.

The County Executive insisted that if there was going to be a review of the financial disclosure process, it must be looked at evenhandedly by reviewing both branches of government, not just the Executive's in a political fashion.

Detectives from the Suffolk County district attorney's government corruption bureau Monday subpoenaed records related to county financial disclosure law to determine whether anyone in county government filed a form different from the one required by law, Suffolk County Legislative Clerk Tim LaubeCounty district attorney's government corruption bureau Monday subpoenaed records related to county financial disclosure law to determine whether anyone in county government filed a form different from the one required by law, Suffolk County Legislative Clerk Tim Laubecounty financial disclosure law to determine whether anyone in county government filed a form different from the one required by law, Suffolk County Legislative Clerk Tim Laubecounty government filed a form different from the one required by law, Suffolk County Legislative Clerk Tim LaubeCounty Legislative Clerk Tim Laube said.

By restoring state revenue sharing to former levels to pay for unfunded state mandates, which are driving many cities, towns, and counties toward bankruptcy, New York's local governments could fully fund their services and still cut their highest - in - the - nation property taxes.

As the current elected Nassau County Comptroller, I have applied my 35 years of common sense business experience in senior management to bring results by streamlining government, promoting efficiency and cutting waste and malpractice.

Sub-national government in the form of combined urban authorities and county regions headed by DEEMs will be more easily manipulated by central government than would be a system of local government.

Albany County Legislator Merton Simpson said he was discriminated against by the city when he wasn't hired for the fair housing coordinator's job in Albany, according to complaints he filed with the local and federal governments.

Heastie pointed to the omnibus bill approved by the Assembly in May, which included both mayoral control to local tax extenders for county governments.

In March 2015, the Putnam County Legislature took a first step by banning polystyrene in government facilitieIn March 2015, the Putnam County Legislature took a first step by banning polystyrene in government facilitiein government facilities.

«John Faso's idea would finally end the inequitable system — in place for 50 years since the Rockefeller Administration — which has county governments and the City of New York paying for a local share of Medicaid benefits mandated by Albany,» said William Cherry, Schoharie County Treacounty governments and the City of New York paying for a local share of Medicaid benefits mandated by Albany,» said William Cherry, Schoharie County TreaCounty Treasurer.

For the third year in a row, Oneida County has been named one of America's top digital counties by the Center for Digital Government and the National Association of Counties.

Inspired by his daughter, he launched the «ThinkDIFFERENTLY» initiative in Dutchess County, which encourages local governments to prioritize those with special needs.

Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money,» a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in the 10 - week - old corruption trial's closing arguments while Mangano's defense attorney countered that the government's star witness «desecrated the oath» by lying repeatedly on the stand.

But we have also stood firm against overreaching by the federal government to force the county to do things that are not in the agreement.

While noting steps the city and Erie County have taken in recent years, the 102 - page report by CGR Inc., a Rochester - based consulting firm, declared that defeating «lead poisoning will require much more from local government and the entire community.»

Among other highlights, the Proposed Budget creates twelve janitorial or custodial positions to augment efforts aimed at improving the cleanliness and health of county buildings; these positions previously existed in county government but were cut by the Collins administration.

The proposal is similar to a consolidation plan backed by officials in Onondaga County, which is recommending the folding of city and county government into one eCounty, which is recommending the folding of city and county government into one ecounty government into one entity.

Cuomo's plan for controlling property taxes would require county governments to work with municipalities to develop shared services and consolidation plans, which would then be approved by voters in a referendum this November.

It's a ratcheting up of rhetoric by Cuomo, who has vowed to help unseat Republican House lawmakers in New York who backed Obamacare repeal efforts, namely a provision that would shift the burden of Medicaid spending from county governments to the state.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

The mobility tax was introduced in 2009 to assist the financially strapped MTA and levied a tax of 34 cents per every $ 100 of payroll paid by employers in the 12 - county MTA region, including all levels of government and not for profits.

ERIE COUNTY, NY - Today a Resolution on the NFTA Pre-Tax MetroPerk Program, sponsored by Erie County Legislator Patrick Burke (7th District) was unanimously passed in the Legislature's Government Affairs CommCOUNTY, NY - Today a Resolution on the NFTA Pre-Tax MetroPerk Program, sponsored by Erie County Legislator Patrick Burke (7th District) was unanimously passed in the Legislature's Government Affairs CommCounty Legislator Patrick Burke (7th District) was unanimously passed in the Legislature's Government Affairs Committee.

The federal government approved funds for advertising to promote tourism in counties devastated by storm damage.

Highway Superintendent Pete Harris, who became the only elected Democrat in town government after former councilman Al Krupski was elected to the Suffolk County Legislature earlier this year, shocked his party Wednesday morning by announcing he won't seek re-election.

Hein did not mention his administration's proposal to reduce the county's share of sales tax to Kingston city government by $ 1.6 million a year and by $ 330,000 to the towns — a consequence, his spokespersons have said, of the localities» failure to reduce taxes after receiving a collective $ 7 million a year in cost relief from the county.

And Horrigan highlighted mandates in the county budget the local government has no control over, saying that 90 percent of the budget come by way of unfunded mandates from Albany.

Unlike here, city government in Rochester also lends inspectors to the cause headed up by the county.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Today a Resolution on the NFTA Pre-Tax MetroPerk Program, sponsored by Erie County Legislator Patrick Burke (7th District) was unanimously passed in the Legislature's Government Affairs CommCOUNTY, NY — Today a Resolution on the NFTA Pre-Tax MetroPerk Program, sponsored by Erie County Legislator Patrick Burke (7th District) was unanimously passed in the Legislature's Government Affairs CommCounty Legislator Patrick Burke (7th District) was unanimously passed in the Legislature's Government Affairs Committee.

Aided and abetted by the new county charter that gave him the power once enjoyed only by majority party chairmen, Hein calls his seven years in office a period during which he's restructured government from being a «who you know» operation to a «what you know» kind of place.

«The county executive will call together all the local governments in Onondaga and put everybody at one table, which has not happened believe it or not, and say to all the local governments, we have to figure out how to work together and how to save money by sharing services,» Cuomo said.

Adopted by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state lawmakers in 2011, the property - tax cap mandates that school districts, town boards, county boards and other local governments keep the growth of their tax levies at 2 percent or the rate of inflation — whichever is lower.

We passed the first and most stringent microbead law in New York State, a law that was emulated by other counties and eventually pressured the federal government to act, which it did when it passed a nationwide ban earlier this year.

Mr. Harris, 60, remained the only elected Democrat in town government after former councilman Al Krupski was voted to the Suffolk County Legislature earlier this year, and he shocked his party in May by announcing he wouldn't seek re-election.