Sentences with phrase «devastating federal cuts»

«These devastating federal cuts are a dagger in the heart to New York State, attacking needy healthcare patients, stripping away healthcare from children, forcing cuts on stressed hospitals and local governments and ultimately raising taxes on New Yorkers,» Governor Cuomo said.

Reinstating this tax on buybacks would allow Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature to tax some of the windfall profits companies are making off the tax bill and protect New Yorkers from devastating federal cuts to health care and education.»

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Federal administration cuts one - third of child nutrition funding, with devastating consequences for local programs and NSLP participation.

As New York State braces for proposed federal budget cuts that could have a devastating impact on health care, education and infrastructure investments across the state, more than 80 New York residents with incomes in the top 1 % have sent an open letter... (read more)

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today called on Congress to immediately rescind the federal government's devastating cuts in Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payments that will go into effect on October 1st unless Congress acts.

Cuomo has long warned that deep cuts to federal health care spending could rip huge holes in the state's budget and devastate health care coverage for New Yorkers.

«We will not stand idly by while the federal government targets middle and working class New Yorkers — we must speak up now, mobilize to stop these devastating cuts and stand up for our New York values.»

But times have changed, the state could face devastating cuts under Trump, it could face drastic shifts in immigration policy and federal positions on environmental protection and business regulations.

«Anyone of them would be devastating, and we don't even know what they are,» said Cuomo, who said the potential federal cuts could range from $ 2.6 b to $ 17b.

«For months, Governor Cuomo has repeatedly and publicly warned of the devastating impact these federal cuts will have on New York's hospitals,» Helgerson said.

Recent issues of Capitol Connection have reported on the potentially devastating effects of sequestration, the across - the - board cuts to education and other federal programs set in motion by the congressional budget impasse last fall.

The announcement, which came in the form of a memo (PDF) sent on Friday to chief state school officers from Deputy Secretary of Education Anthony Miller, is a shocking development for education experts and political observers who, up to now, believed that all federal education programs would be subject to a devastating 8.4 percent across - the - board cut beginning in January 2013.

Together, you sent thousands of messages to your federal lawmakers that detailed the devastating consequences of the automatic cuts.

According to information provided by Bi-State Primary Care Association, which represents community health centers in New Hampshire and Vermont, «Without action by Congress before September 30, 2017, New Hampshire's Health Centers will face a devastating 70 % cut in their federal funds which could mean a loss of nearly $ 16 million and 47 % of their patients could lose access to care.»