Sentences with phrase «city agency cuts»

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Fresh off a cost - cutting battle with City Hall labor unions that resulted in layoffs, Mayor Richard Daley signaled Tuesday that union workers at other city agencies he controls are now in his sights to take unpaid days City Hall labor unions that resulted in layoffs, Mayor Richard Daley signaled Tuesday that union workers at other city agencies he controls are now in his sights to take unpaid days city agencies he controls are now in his sights to take unpaid days off.

Mayor Bloomberg said this morning he is becoming increasingly pressimistic that the city and state will get the FMAP funds they had expected to receive from Washington, DC, and he has directed his agency commissioners to start preparing for more cuts as a result.

NYC Administration for Children's Services Commissioner David Hansell said that his improvements to the agency face an obstacle in Cuomo, who has proposed a cap to cut state reimbursement for the city's child welfare costs from its current $ 449 million to $ 320 million in his budget.

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE The two city agencies that are most likely to contribute resources to a plan to substantially reduce new HIV infections in New York saw their funding cut in the city's preliminary budget, suggesting that any effort those agencies might make to advance the plan will be paid for by reprogramming existing cash -LSB-...]

Syracuse, N.Y. — Mayor Stephanie Miner has cut the payroll of the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency by nearly 20 percent in the past year, responding to criticism that the renewal agency has long been misused to hire city workers without going through civil seAgency by nearly 20 percent in the past year, responding to criticism that the renewal agency has long been misused to hire city workers without going through civil seagency has long been misused to hire city workers without going through civil service.

Bloomberg laid out in detail what he has done, and will continue to do — including freezing city - funded spending, seeking agency - specific budget cuts, and spreading the current four - year capital plan to five years.

The city has cut down on the amount of money for administrative costs, and has targeted housing initiatives rather than distributing money to a wide variety of nonprofit agencies.

Unlike the proposals of many recent years, which prompted council members and advocates to march on the steps of City Hall, fighting to halt cuts to city agencies and social services, Mr. de Blasio's preliminary budget is relatively painlCity Hall, fighting to halt cuts to city agencies and social services, Mr. de Blasio's preliminary budget is relatively painlcity agencies and social services, Mr. de Blasio's preliminary budget is relatively painless.

MANHATTAN SUPREME COURT — Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. joined other city prosecutors in asking the city to reconsider cutting funds to the city agency responsible for referring cases of elder abuse to authorities.

Quinn said that the council's overarching strategy was to cut discretionary spending in order to restore funding to city agencies to keep core services intact.

In September, Bloomberg ordered a partial hiring freeze and told city agency directors to shrink their budgets by 5.4 percent this year and 8 percent next year, with smaller cuts for the Department of Education and police and fire departments.

Unlike former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who for a number of consecutive years required city agencies to make cuts of a specific size, de Blasio has requested the savings from his commissioners without any mandates.

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services, which manages properties and resources for city agencies, received $ 9.3 million for cutting back on energy use during peak demand hours last summer.

In 2016, as federal investigators dug into allegations that de Blasio traded favors for political donations, a senior official at a city agency at the center of the probe was demoted and given a sharp pay cut.

Six months before jilting the Syracuse Industrial Development Agency to seek tax breaks from Onondaga County's IDA, the developer of the Syracuse Inner Harbor sued the city to cut its tax bill on the land to be developed.

Bloomberg said his plan closes a $ 4.5 billion deficit due to $ 5.2 billion in cuts through deficit - closing actions taken by city agencies and additional tax revenues «that reflect the city's continually improving economy.»

Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which emerged late last month as the surprise — and controversial — winner of a drawn - out bidding process to develop the Queens racino, is moving to smooth things over with the public by cutting ties with Darryl Greene, the partner who pleaded guilty to stealing $ 500,000 from city agencies in the 1990s.

He's threatened to cut federal funding for cities, like Syracuse, that don't detain immigrants accused of crimes long enough for federal agencies to deport them.

Malloy offered his own deficit reduction proposal Monday, and it included major cuts in state aid to cities and towns as well as a range of sometimes dramatic state agency spending reductions.

Those often called for mandated cuts of a certain percentage for city agencies, and had their own budget category — making it easier to ensure the savings actually happened, and making it possible for Council members to track them.

In 2016, as federal investigators dug into allegations that Mayor Bill de Blasio traded favors for political donations, a senior official at a city agency at the center of the probe was demoted and given a sharp pay cut.

But since the city council cut $ 1.5 million from the Land Bank's budget, the agency has begun refusing to accept properties in need of demolition.

Malloy has proposed deep cuts in state spending for many cities and towns as well as state agencies, saying those reductions would have to take effect if the budget impasse continues through October.

Cathy Pennington, NYCHA's Executive Vice President for Leased Housing, told the Observer the agency has converted 3,500 of the former city and state - run units to Section 8 to date and suggested federal cuts to HUD are to blame for the slow conversion rate.

Senior officials at the New York City Housing Authority said the cuts were the largest decrease in funding the agency has seen in five years.

In a budget maneuver that critics said tacitly encouraged job cuts, City Hall added the cost of fringe benefits, such as employee health care and Social Security contributions, to the agencies» individual budgets even though the agencies do not pick up those costs.

The city Department of Education could be facing a loss of more than 6,100 teaching jobs in the coming fiscal years under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest financial plan calling for an additional $ 1.6 billion in agency budget cuts.

Most other city agencies face cuts of more than twice that size.

Agency heads have until Dec. 3 to produce the lists of cuts, which the City Council must vote on in January.

Agencies across the city are warning that the new cuts will compromise safety and hurt children and seniors.

And budget analysts on Thursday continued to criticize de Blasio for his spending plan's lack of a «program to eliminate the gap» or «PEG,» a budgeting practice common under all de Blasio's predecessors dating back to former Mayor Ed Koch, which requires city agencies to identify a specific amount of money they could cut in the coming fiscal year.

The mayor has already asked city agency heads to prepare lists of potential new cuts, in addition to the thousands of teacher layoffs that are already planned.

Mayoral spokesman Marc La Vorgna said all city agencies take similar cuts for fringe benefits, and the final amounts were clear in budget documents before the Council voted.

A PEG, or program to eliminate the gap, calls on city agency heads to identify a certain percentage or amount of agency spending for potential cuts, then leaves up to the Mayor and his budget office which recommendations to accept.

Henry is referring to the Bloomberg administration's executive budget proposal, which includes a $ 75 million cut to the city's Human Resources Administration, the agency which oversees social services for those living with HIV and AIDS.

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE The two city agencies that are most likely to contribute resources to a plan to substantially reduce new HIV infections in New York saw their funding cut in the city's preliminary budget, suggesting that any effort those agencies might make to advance the plan will be paid for by reprogramming existing cash and not from new money.

Beijing has closed the first of four large coal - fired power plants set to be de-commissioned as part of the city's efforts to cut air pollution, official news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday, citing the local planning agency.

By any measure, the current California drought is severe, to the degree that Governor Brown made an emergency drought declaration almost a year ago, state and federal water agencies have been forced to greatly cut back deliveries of water to cities and farms from dangerously depleted rivers and reservoirs, and local utilities are asking customers for a mix of voluntary and sometimes mandatory water - use reductions.