Governor Pat McCrory has signed a $ 21 billion
dollar state budget that includes pay increases for teachers.
Former Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, who has a son with severe development disabilities, says the money is «loose change» in a $ 160 billion
dollar state budget.
Governor Cuomo is calling legislative leaders into his office for twice a day private meetings to hash out details of the $ 145 billion
dollar state budget.
McMahon says that while all of the closures announced so far will save around $ 90 million dollars, something he calls a «rounding error» in the $ 135 billion
dollar state budget, he says it does represent a bigger portion of what is called the state operations budget.
«This year they had to vote on it along with every other part of the $ 130 billion
dollar state budget,» he said.
Cuomo says he had to cope with a $ 10 billion
dollar state budget deficit, and an ongoing weak economy.
On July 8, 2006, the $ 30 billion
dollar state budget, with the sales tax agreement, passed both houses and Governor Corzine signed the budget into law ending the budget impasse.
Karen Scharff, with the government reform group Citizen Action, says that's not a lot of money in a $ 130 billion
dollar state budget.
Not exact matches
As California slashes billions from its higher education
budget, the
state's premier public business schools have quietly focused its efforts on raising private
dollars.
When it comes to starting a standard and large scale cleaning company with several outlets in key cities in the United
States of America, a cleaning company that can carry out pressure cleaning and any other form of cleaning services on a commercial level and a company with the intention of selling franchise, then you should look towards
budgeting well one million, five hundred thousand
dollars ($ 1.5 million).
Chapman expects it will develop into a prolonged recession caused largely by the bursting of the housing bubble and the weakness in the
dollar attributable to the United
States» large federal
budget deficit and international trade imbalance.
Malloy's proposed
budget this year would bring more deep
state cuts, either in staffing or pay and benefits to public employees, along with a shift of hundreds of millions of
dollars in costs to cities and towns.
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.
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.
Meanwhile, Governor Jerry Brown's obsession with climate change had him threatening to launch the
state's own data - gathering satellite while pushing a multi-billion
dollar, high - speed train boondoggle that is already far over
budget.
The office's tasks — to advise
State Department leaders on religion - related policy matters and to help diplomats navigate religious dynamics overseas — and its million -
dollar budget should be moved under the Office of International Religious Freedom (IRF), according to a proposal laid out this fall.
'' The next two years will provide no shortage of challenges for our Conference, its partners in government and all New Yorkers: A multi-billion
dollar budget deficit needing closure, a government that is still too big and spends too much, chronic unemployment, some of the nation's highest taxes and a continued lack of public confidence in
state government,» Kolb said.
Back in 2003, for example, the Assembly and Senate overrode the governor's
budget vetoes for the first time in two decades, increasing
state taxes over Pataki's opposition to restore billions of
dollars in spending on schools, hospitals, nursing homes and localities.
«Those are costs that could be considered a hidden tax on people who pay utility bills across New York to support the
state budget with dollars that are flowing through the New York Power Authority,» said Deputy State Comptroller Bob
state budget with
dollars that are flowing through the New York Power Authority,» said Deputy
State Comptroller Bob
State Comptroller Bob Ward.
At 12:30 p.m., Reclaim New York Initiative hosts a rally and press conference with residents and lawmakers to urge the removal of $ 1 billion in taxes and fees included in the governor's
budget, and urge savings and oversight for economic development spending, Million
Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor,
state Capitol, Albany.
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.
Also at 11 a.m., the New York City Coalition for Adult Literacy hosts a press conference with Assembly members Ron Kim and Pamela Hunter to call attention to the elimination of adult literacy classes from the governor's executive
budget, Million
Dollar Staircase,
state Capitol, Albany.
Also at 11 a.m., over a dozen advocacy organizations from across the
state are convening in Albany in support of a
budget «that provides for New Yorkers health, well - being and future,» Million
Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor,
state Capitol, Albany.
New York
state lawmakers have included $ 40 million
dollars in this year's
budget to help property owners who are still cleaning up from last year's flooding along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
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.
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said Cuomo is right to draw attention to over a billion
dollars in potential health care cuts to the
state, now that Congress and President Donald Trump have postponed acting on a new federal
budget.
Ron Deutsch, with New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, says the
state could begin to close its $ 2 billion
dollar budget deficit and have more money for schools and health care if it began collecting more taxes on corporations and other businesses who the groups believe are underpaying right now.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said it's possible he'll call a special session to address potential gaps in the
state budget that could total several billion
dollars.
Governor Cuomo released a
state budget plan that closes a $ 2 billion
dollar gap, recommends a phased in
state takeover of county health care costs, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose access to increased school funding.
Governor Cuomo closes this year's
budget gap by reducing spending at
state agencies by $ 1.3 billion
dollars, and reducing aid to local governments by another $ 756 million
dollars.
Governor Cuomo unveils his 2011 - 2012 Executive
Budget that transforms the state budget process to conform to fiscal realities and eliminates a $ 10 billion dollar deficit without raising taxes or borr
Budget that transforms the
state budget process to conform to fiscal realities and eliminates a $ 10 billion dollar deficit without raising taxes or borr
budget process to conform to fiscal realities and eliminates a $ 10 billion
dollar deficit without raising taxes or borrowing.
Governor Cuomo released a
state budget plan that closes a $ 2 billion
dollar gap, recommends a phased in
state takeover of county health care costs, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose increased school funding.
This
budget is the first step toward building a new New York, as it both saves taxpayer
dollars and reinvents our
state government.»
Gov. David Paterson has been vetoing hundreds of millions of
dollars in spending out of the
state budget.
Cuomo closes this year's
budget gap by reducing spending at
state agencies by over a billion
dollars.
Stanley Fritz of Citizen Action is one of many who spoke against the
state budget's priories at a rally on the Million
Dollar Staircase at the Capitol on Wednesday
The
state faces an over $ 4.4 billion
budget gap, as well as funding cuts and policy changes from Washington that could cost New York and some of its taxpayers billions of
dollars.
The proposal, unveiled by Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier this month, transforms the
state budget process to conform to fiscal realities and eliminates a $ 10 billion
dollar deficit without raising taxes or borrowing.
«I'm running for the
state senate to take on the rampant corruption in Albany and the fiscal mismanagement that has produced a multi-billion
dollar budget deficit and the highest taxes in the nation,» Schorr said.
Excerpt:» [It's] not only about balancing a
budget; it is also about making the wisest choice for
state expenditures so our
state dollars are maximized and are used in the most beneficial way.»
Many proposals in Washington right now including the changes to the Affordable Health Care Act, could mean multi billion
dollar budget gaps for New York
State.
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.
«Then he'll lay out all of those policy pieces that call for
dollars in the
budget and we'll get the specificity with that, but today is laying out what the condition of the
state is and what his proposal is in order to remedy that and I think he did a good job with that,» said Crystal Peoples - Stokes (D) Assembly — Buffalo.
Meanwhile, a
budget watchdog group said the
state could still spend more money on the poorest schools and save hundreds of millions of
dollars if only it reconfigured the formula for distributing school aid.
$ 25 million
dollars is also in the
state budget to beef up security at JCC's, schools, and other facilities under threat.
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.
Roughly $ 57 billion in federal
dollars flow into our city and
state budgets annually.
Stanley Fritz of Citizen Action is one of many who spoke against the
state budget's priorities at a rally on the Million
Dollar Staircase at the Capitol on Wednesday.
Monday was the first full day of session in the New York
State legislature, and lawmakers have a lot to contend with, including a multi billion
dollar budget deficit.
«The taxpayer's
dollars and the
state budget is not the leader's own personal piggy bank.