Sentences with phrase «fiscally conservative think tank»

E.J. McMahon, with the fiscally conservative think tank Empire Center, says the recession, which began five years ago this week, has not caused the budget problems plaguing many of New York's municipalities, but has worsened already existing structural weaknesses.

«The number of taxpayer - supported six - figure pensions is going to keep growing,» said Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank that tracks state spending.

EJ McMahon, with the fiscally conservative think tank The Empire Center, says Cuomo still has not yet fully revealed how he's paying for the massive Thruway bridge construction project.

The Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank, noted last month that between the 2008 - 09 and 2014 - 15 school years, districts eliminated 29,922 net jobs to just over 235,000 people.

EJ McMahon, with the fiscally conservative think tank, the Empire Center, says the trend is «significant.»

asked E.J. McMahon, president of the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank.

While DiNapoli's office — which oversees the state pension fund — declined to provide an estimate, Skelos pension will be more than $ 95,000 a year, according to the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank.

Jones declined to estimate Silver's pension, but analysts at the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank, said it could be $ 98,010 a year.

But the head of a fiscally conservative think tank says the only outcome of a modified property tax cap is, higher taxes.

Looking at the most recent federal data, the fiscally conservative think tank found that New York spent 114 percent above the national average on instructional salaries and benefits in 2014 - 15.

«I think the Public Authorities Control Board would be completely within reason to hit «pause» and demand further disclosure and oversight,» said Ken Girardin, communications and marketing manager at the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank.

E.J. McMahon, the head of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank, told Newsday last week that the plan would «basically undermine the state's tax base.»

The Empire Center is a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany.

«Why we should be subsidizing the making of commercials is a question no one has ever bothered to answer,» said E.J. McMahon of Empire Center, the fiscally conservative think tank.

The data would be part of an annual update to the fiscally conservative think tank's government spending database, and the lawsuit alleges that the M.T.A. has consistently failed to meet deadlines and provide information in previous years, as well.

EJ McMahon, with the fiscally conservative think tank The Empire Center calls the levy the «death tax.»

«It's just another sad chapter in the ongoing saga of the Legislature's failure to exert any control over this ongoing waste in the name of economic development,» said E.J. McMahon, executive director of the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank.

«It doesn't set a very good example,» said Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany.

But not everyone thinks it's the best solution to upstate's continued lagging economy.EJ McMahon, President of the fiscally conservative think tank the Empire Center, says the building of resort style casinos won't generate as many jobs as some other industries, like opening up the state's vast shale resources to hydro fracking.

«Symbolic and unimpressive,» E.J. McMahon, of the Empire Center, an Albany - based fiscally conservative think tank, said in an email.

Martins asked E.J. McMahon, president of the fiscally conservative think tank, the Empire Center, how the transition to a higher wage could adversely affect smaller employers, versus the large chain stores like a Walmart or Home Depot.

E.J. McMahon of the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank, said state government should be spending the money instead on the state's crumbling infrastructure, instead of on subsidized development.

In addition, a fiscally conservative think tank is out with a study that shows potential effects of Governor Cuomo's proposal to phase in an increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

Ken Girardin, an analyst at the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank, also sharply criticized the arrangement.

EJ McMahon, with the fiscally conservative think tank The Empire Center, says to make things even more challenging, the governor's budget office has said the state still faces a structural $ 1.7 billion deficit.

E.J. McMahon, with the fiscally conservative think tank The Empire Center, says to make things even more challenging, the governor's budget office has said the state still faces a structural $ 1.7 billion deficit.

In addition, a fiscally conservative think tank is out with a study that shows potential effects of Cuomo's proposal to phase in an increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany, questioned how the village will afford the raises after its fund balance is drawn down.

E.J. McMahon, with the fiscally conservative think tank the Empire Center, said Cuomo still has not yet fully revealed how he's paying for the massive Thruway bridge construction project.

While details remained sparse, the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank that follows state spending, calculated that the raises would cost about $ 445 million over the life of the deal.

Not exact matches

«The various alternative tax options all highlight how complicated and difficult to implement they would be,» said E.J. McMahon of the fiscally conservative Empire Center think tank.

«The IRS is highly unlikely to go along with this,» E.J. McMahon, research director of the fiscally conservative Empire Center think tank, said of Englebright's proposal.

«When you get into long - term contracts that guarantee something every year, you've really tied the hands of districts to maneuver and adjust,» said Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, an Albany - based think tank that is fiscally conservative and has strongly supported the state's tax - cap law.

It's the sunsent component that has McMahon, of the fiscally conservative think - tank The Empire Center, concerned.

«The entire point of charging a toll for crossing the bridge itself is to recover costs from the people who benefit from it,» said Ken Girardin of the fiscally conservative Empire Center think tank.

The Empire Center, a think tank rooted in fiscally conservative beliefs, compared the new rebate checks, which will range from around $ 200 to several hundred dollars, to Frankenstein's monster.

Former State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, who is now a fellow at the Demos think tank and NYU's Wagner School, calls it «the case of the dueling commissions», and he says it's all about the governor's 2014 re-election campaign, where Cuomo is seeking a fiscally conservative platform.

«The payroll tax idea is not nearly as simple as it sounds,» said E.J. McMahon of the fiscally conservative Empire Center think tank.

The Empire Center, a think tank rooted in fiscally conservative beliefs, compared the new rebate checks (which will range from around $ 200 to several hundred dollars) to Frankenstein's monster.