Sentences with phrase «city government spending»

The bills all relate to increased disclosure by the administration of billions in city government spending and have been praised by good government advocates.

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Around 5,000 years ago, humans made the transition «from the anarchy of the hunting, gathering, and horticultural societies in which our species spent most of its evolutionary history to the first agricultural civilizations with cities and governments,» Pinker wrote.

Local governments, especially those outside mega cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, spent at least 8.6 billion yuan ($ 1.3 billion) subsidizing airlines in 2016, mostly for them to start direct services to far - flung places such as New York and Paris, according to data compiled by Civil Aviation Data Analysis.

Musk originally believed a hyperloop connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco would cost about $ 6bn, 10 times more than the $ 68bn the government is set to spend on a high - speed train line connecting the two cities.

In contrast, low priority was given to spending for cities and rural communities, and for diversifying the provincial economy; that is building an economy that is broader than the traditional industries of energy and agriculture through targeted government investment and tax incentives.

Municipal operating spending has also increased because of further downloading of responsibilities by federal and provincial governments onto municipalities. The biggest increases in spending by municipalities over the past two decades have been for housing, health, social services and environmentâ $» all areas where federal and provincial governments also have responsibility, as the FCM's recent State of Canadaâ $ ™ s Cities and Communities report demonstrated.

And as far as spending by big cities growing too fast, their operating spending has increased at a slower pace than overall municipal government spending while their responsibilities have arguably grown at a faster pace.

Inner - city Catholic schools (the Church in America's most effective social welfare program) demonstrate that time and again: They spend less than the government schools, and their students learn much more — and not just in quantifiable, standardized - testing terms.

To solve the traffic problem, national and city governments have announced plans to spend $ 280 million on new roads.

The federal government has approved New York City's plan to spend the first $ 1.77 billion in aid for Hurricane Sandy recovery, with the money expected to start flowing by early summer to homeowners, businesses and others in need.

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

At issue were comments O'Luck made on the Times» City Room blog in February 2009, in which he said that if government programs that benefit businesses owned by women and minorities weren't around «white men and the connected would have access to nearly 100 % of all city, state, and federal government dollars spent.&raCity Room blog in February 2009, in which he said that if government programs that benefit businesses owned by women and minorities weren't around «white men and the connected would have access to nearly 100 % of all city, state, and federal government dollars spent.&racity, state, and federal government dollars spent.»

What's interesting is even some of those cities, like Liverpool and Newcastle, which are having very robust words with the government about spending cuts seem to be working very pragmatically [with Whitehall] on the growth agenda.»

Trump has threatened to veto a massive omnibus spending package if it includes money for the Gateway tunnel project in New York City, complicating the outlook for the $ 1 trillion - plus spending measure, which House Speaker Paul Ryan and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to pass before government funding runs out on March 23.

At the lowest level of municipal government, the city is still managed by its medieval patchwork of contrade, neighbourhood - based collectives that raise money to be spent on local projects, including the lavish feasts that run for days after a contrada's horse has won the Palio.

By the end of the week, the state government should have decided upon spending plans for the year and New York City will follow with its budget in June.

His focus in a speech to City folk this morning was on winning over the wider public - a «hearts and minds» approach to public spending which, he said, had worked terribly well under Canada's Liberal government of the 1990s.

Senate Republicans are nudging de Blasio to release more information on how the city spends its education money; the Assembly on Monday passed an omnibus bill that packages a two - year extender with a continuation of local government tax measures.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan says the city hasn't provided documents showing how government money was spent, which is required by state law.

Cuomo last week suggested the other elected officials — county governments and New York City — need to spend more to fix the problem.

The first hearing will be focusing local government and government operations spending, generally the day when the state's big - city mayors come to Albany to lobby state lawmakers in person.

Since the January inauguration of Donald Trump as president, department heads and administrators throughout New York City government have been bracing for negative reverberations, with many expecting slashed federal spending and harmful policy rollbacks.

Schulman has spent much of her life working with and for city government, but she is hoping to serve for the first time as an elected official representing the 29th Council District in City Hcity government, but she is hoping to serve for the first time as an elected official representing the 29th Council District in City HCity Hall.

Congress's continuing resolution, a short - term spending bill passed to avoid a government shutdown, will only cover overtime expenses for the NYPD and other city agencies guarding Trump Tower and other vulnerable locations linked to the incoming commander - in - chief.

Consensus, a commission of volunteers examining the county, city of Syracuse, 19 towns, 15 villages and 20 fire districts with taxing powers in Onondaga County, has issued a report full of statistics about government spending, services and structure.

She hammered both her opponents for spending years in city government without taking action on poverty.

Nicoletti, an at - large member of the common council, has spent much of his career working in Syracuse city government.

Mr. Grimm faulted Mr. de Blasio for a rising homeless rate in the city, fuming that «tax - and - spend» liberals mistakenly believe government programs can solve social ills.

The longtime legislator from the tony Finger Lakes city of Canandaigua has spent the last several months touring the state and said he's «jumping off the cliff» because most people he's met don't think the state government is working for them.

Some supporters saw a potential ally in Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has spent the better part of four years blaming his failures on the way the constitution regulates elections, structures state government and imposes severe limits on the power of New York City.

And instead of more details, it effectively punted, saying that the state would at some point put in money, but only after the MTA spent down its contributions from the city and federal government.

But it will do little to cut carbon or entice people out of cars and planes, so the # 2 billion per year that the government has earmarked could be better spent on improving our existing rail network — as well as improving local transport in our towns and cities.

Mayor Koch's personal secretary and his first deputy mayor will spend most of their time at Gracie Mansion this week as the seat of city government shifts several miles uptown during Mr. Koch's recuperation from a minor stroke.

«The last thing hardworking taxpayers want is an all - Democrat, all - New York City run state government free to push their liberal tax - and - spend agenda on the people of New York,» Skelos said this morning.

A report released by the good - government group on Tuesday found 47 different independent expenditure or «IE» committees were created in 2013, spending nearly $ 15.4 million to influence city - wide races as well as council contests.

A bipartisan group of New York House members — including the first Republican congressman to endorse Trump's candidacy, Buffalo Rep. Chris Collins — urged the federal government to reimburse New York City the $ 25.7 million it spent on protecting Trump Tower during the presidential transition.

«The state has no legal obligation, so we are putting more money on the table than either the city or the federal government — but I want the money spent!»

With just three weeks left in his term, the outgoing mayor has vetoed the 2016 budget approved by the Common Council and replaced it with his own spending plan — one his successor, Mayor - elect Steve Noble, says will make it nearly impossible carry out some basic functions of city government.

The mayor spent much of the winter leading a full - court press, angrily complaining about state government's unfairness to the city and loudly insisting on the repeal of «LIFO,» the state law requiring that teachers with the least seniority be fired first.

The City of New York's participation will increase the usefulness of the spending data for all governments in the New York Metropolitan area.

Rather than just monitoring city spending, he hopes to conduct investigations into the effectiveness of government policies.

Collins» amendment, which excludes large municipalities such as New York City, would bar federal reimbursements for state Medicaid funds raised from local governments, shifting roughly $ 2.3 billion in Medicaid spending from the counties to the state.

That is, Republicans may be hoping that without the break on federal taxes I was getting for my high property, city and state taxes, I may vote to reduce taxes — and thus spending — at all levels of government.

And city government had no say whatsoever in how that money could be spent.

The Empire Center today released its annual «Benchmarking New York» report, comparing and ranking government tax, spending and debt levels for hundreds of counties, towns, cities and villages throughout the state.

Cuomo has called for increased control over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and is pushing local governments within the MTA's service area to spend more on transit in the area, including New York City.

Public records indicate that legal maneuvers by Small's law firm facilitated nearly $ 700,000 in anonymous lobbying spending for Pledge 2 Protect, a nonprofit founded in 2013 to fight the city government's plan to build a marine waste transfer station on the Upper East Side that would haul away garbage by barge.

Masterpole has spent 13 years in city and county government.

Visiting Bristol yesterday as part of Labour's city conversation, to help elect Marvin Rees as city mayor, shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg highlighted the government's swingeing cuts with new build funding for schools slashed by a massive 57 %, against a general 30 % cut in most other spending areas.