Oversee a $ 20.5 - million -
dollar budget which includes payroll and benefits.
Equally offensive is the stingy $ 83 billion
dollar budget which grossly under - funds public schools while pouring millions into that sketchy corporate charter welfare program called «Schools of Hope.»
Not exact matches
One that stands out is a «regulatory
budget,»
which would limit the number and
dollar amount of rules federal agencies can impose every year.
Martin would be left with billions of
dollars in unallocated revenue at the end of each fiscal year,
which was first used to narrow the
budget deficit, and then went toward the debt.
BNSF has billions upon billions of
dollars in debt,
which help fund its massive capital expenditure
budget for railroad track, railroad cars, and other infrastructure.
Second is the fact that it went to the Trump Foundation —
which came under scrutiny during the presidential campaign for its shady practices, specifically documents that showed Trump pulled about a quarter of a million
dollars from the foundation's
budget to settle lawsuits related to his business.
«In addition this government reduced taxes on corporations by fifty billion
dollars,
which in the short and long term will deprive future governments» ability to improve programs and balance
budgets.
That
budget will see the company spend between 300 million Canadian
dollars to CA$ 350 million,
which is an increase from the CA$ 225 million it intends to spend this year.
The short take is: We are talking about trillions of
dollars that aren't covered in the official
budget, most of
which hits the treasury market like any other form of debt.
For instance, during the recent stimulus bill, Billions of
dollars in federal tax
dollars were diverted to states to cover
budget shortfalls,
which had the indirect effect of preventing municipalities from declaring bankruptcy.
The reconciliation instructions identify the authorizing committee (s) tasked with reconciliation, the
dollar amount of budgetary changes that must be achieved over designated time frames (usually the first year of the
budget and the five - or ten - year period covered by the
budget resolution) that the committee (s) must achieve, and the date by
which the committee (s) must report reconciliation legislation.
J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said the destruction wrought by Harvey underscores «the need for good government,» and shows «the president is just wrong with his
budget,» in
which Trump proposed slashing billions of
dollars from federal agencies.
Permanent annual trillion -
dollar deficits will now return next year and top $ 2 trillion by 2027 if both this
budget deal and the tax law are made permanent,
which is what Congress intends.
After my post last night got me reading
Budget 1980 and the National Energy Program, I stumbled upon something completely fascinating: the hated National Energy Program proposed an indexed price for synthetic crude from oil sands projects
which, had it been followed until today, would have been above the Canadian
dollar price of WTI in -LSB-...]
This situation can be explained by two basic reasons: the social expense growth linked to unemployment, that increases in thousands of millions of
dollars in the State social
budget, and the increase of the share of pensioners in the population
which also contributes to the increase of social expenses.
In fact, fuel disbursements make up 60 percent of a fleet's operating
budget,
which means that there is plenty of opportunity to save valuable
dollars.
A college student on a
budget knows that almonds in the bulk section only cost $ 4.95 / lb, meaning he / she can have a pound of super food, easily digestible homemade almond flour,
which is healthier and savings of over a couple of
dollars from regular online almond flour.
A good steam sterilizer can cost up to $ 200
dollars,
which is out of the
budget for many families.
As the New York Times article discusses more fully, the impetus for the price increase was a finding by the Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities, a research organization in Washington, that by keeping the price of the full meal too low, the paid meals were effectively being subsidized by the federal
dollars which are supposed to be allocated to the meals provided to kids who are on free / reduced lunch.
In a
budget in
which a billion
dollars is a rounding error, killing a program that costs a few million a year may be worse than useless, since it lets activists FEEL like something substantive has been accomplished when nothing has, other than to deprive the people who received benefits under the program in question.
What incentive do the Senate Republicans have to play ball during the upcoming
budget talks,
which all sides agree are going to be challenging due to a growing multibillion -
dollar deficit, if the governor has already signaled whose side he'll be on in the rematch for control of the chamber next fall?
«It seems like we're getting down to the
dollars and cents,
which is what a
budget is.»
The comptroller's office also found NYPA,
which takes in $ 2.8 billion in annual revenue, has given the state more than a billion
dollars over the past decade to make up
budget shortfalls.
The Citizens
Budget Commission (CBC) today released the report «Union - Administered Benefit Funds: Getting More Out of a Billion
Dollar Taxpayer Contribution,»
which gives short - term and long - term recommendations for improving the inefficient operations of union - administered benefit funds.
Lander was one of the first councilmembers to bring «participatory
budgeting» to his district, (now going into its seventh year) giving residents the power to decide
which projects to support with their tax
dollars.
Previous ads cite Faso's record of results as an innovative leader, notably his efforts to enact balanced state
budgets, push for a property tax cap and his role in creating New York's STAR program,
which saves taxpayers millions of
dollars each year.
They pointed to the East Side Access project
which had an initial
budget of $ 4.3 billion, and an estimated completion in 2009; the project now requires an additional billion
dollars, and has a new completion date in 2022, they say.
He spoke out against the City's proposed taxi medallion sale,
which Halloran pointed out violated the State Constitution and now jeopardizes the NYC
Budget revenue projections with a $ 1.5 billion
dollar shortfall.
The
budget allocates $ 6,939,908 million
dollars which will provide a $ 1,000 increase in the starting salaries for correctional officers and 1.5 % percent increase for state employees effective August 10, 2015.
For a more comprehensive look at the state's revenue and
budget challenges, see the Fiscal Policy Institute's 2018 - 2019
budget briefing book,
which includes a discussion of many other progressive pro-revenue tax proposals
which would generate billions of
dollars that New York needs to remain competitive in the future.
Poloncarz announced that the Proposed
Budget cuts the county Property Tax Rate by one cent,
which will drop that rate to $ 4.94 per thousand
dollars of assessed value from the current rate of $ 4.95.
In April, state Senator Simcha Felder (D — Brooklyn) refused to sign off on the state
budget unless yeshivas,
which accept millions of
dollars in government funding, were given more autonomy over curricula.
Elected officials joined in Manhattan Sunday with advocacy group Riders Alliance and Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member Allen Cappelli over the weekend with their eyes on the new state
dollars made possible through the 2013 - 14
budget passed last month,
which included an increase of more than $ 358 million for transit.
«In the summer of 2014, we had a large number of special ed [ucation] students move into our district that were not
budgeted for,
which caused us to expend more than half - a-million
dollars in additional funds to cover the cost of these students» tuitions and additional transportation for those students,» says Burnell.
Overall, the comptroller finds that the governor's
budget relies on $ 10 billion
dollars in non recurring revenue,
which is generally considered a poor choice.
Mahoney believes more visitors for a longer time means more sales tax
dollars,
which account for about two - thirds of the revenue in the Onondaga County
budget.
Connor: I think Cuomo's very beholden to corporate interests, particularly individuals from the finance sector of New York City who have donated tens of thousands of
dollars to his campaigns — directly to Cuomo himself but also to his affiliated organization, the Committee to Save New York,
which is this opaque lobbying organization that has fought for his various
budget proposals.
Mr. Lesko's resignation comes just before a difficult financial season for the town,
which faces a multi-million
dollar budget crisis.
The New York State Sheriffs» Association this week called on the Legislature to include funding in the next state
budget for at least one armed school resource officer at every grade school and high school,
which could run into the hundreds of millions of
dollars.
Testifying at a hearing at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights yesterday, Markowitz urged the 15 - member commission to consider giving borough presidents an independent
budget rather than the current process in
which they have to beg the City Council for
dollars.
The increase puts an extra $ 2.6 million in county coffers,
which rely more and more on sales tax
dollars to keep the
budget balanced.
A state - owned oil company
which can award contracts worth billions of
dollars without the knowledge of the minister of state for petroleum who is also chair of its board, and
which can administer a petrol subsidy scheme that is not
budgeted for is probably not an epitome of anti-corruption!
State lawmakers in the
budget last month approved a provision that allows for a 12 - month pilot program for testing self - driving vehicles,
which automobile industry observers expect will be a multi-billion
dollar business in the coming years.
«Every
dollar for these projects is approved through the
budget process and has to go through the Public Authorities Control Board — a member of
which Kolb appoints,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.
Katko also did not like the
budget's proposed cuts of billions of
dollars from Medicaid and the federal food stamp program,
which would shift the burden to states like New York.
New York State has received a multi-billion
dollar windfall from bank settlements this year, but a new report from the State Comptroller shows the settlement took a bite out of Wall Street profits in 2014,
which could have repercussions for the state
budget in the future.
He added that the majority of the state's transportation
dollars comes from the federal
budget and from the gas tax
which is 18.4 cent per gallon.
New York,
which was once number 5 in spending on tobacco prevention ads now ranks number 20, and Governor Cuomo and the legislature
budgeted just under $ 41 and a half million
dollars for the anti smoking campaign in 2012.
Governor Cuomo sought $ 250 million
dollars in workforce savings in the current state
budget,
which expires on March 31st.
Flanagan had publicly said that the Senate would not approve a
budget unless the
budget totally eliminated something called the Gap Elimination Adjustment,
which took millions of
dollars in school aid away from suburban and rural school districts.