Not exact matches
Council
Member Maria Baez allocated discretionary funds to a nonprofit that the city had already disqualified from receiving larger member item grants from Baez, according to the New York
Member Maria Baez allocated
discretionary funds to a nonprofit that the city had already disqualified from receiving larger
member item grants from Baez, according to the New York
member item grants from Baez, according to the New York Post.
The focus on Tuesday, at least for some Council
members, is what they were able to bring home for their districts in the form of
member items — the body's
discretionary funding
grants it sends to local nonprofit organizations.
* In the third case, the Empire Center argues the City Council violated state law when it failed to comply with a March 1, 2010 FOIL request for information about the Council's «
discretionary» funding, also known as initiative - based or
member -
item grants.
Marinello vowed a fairer process in distributing
discretionary grants, called
member items, if he is elected to the 145th Assembly District seat.
In the complaint, Silver is accused of awarding two
discretionary grants, better known as «
member items,» totaling $ 500,000 to a center that did research on an illness related to asbestos exposure.
Much of the testimony by Victor E. Franco, a New York State Assembly staff
member, focused on the budgetary process and Mr. Silver's power to approve
discretionary funding, known as
member items, like Health Department
grants.