Sentences with phrase «for federal funding cuts»

Lawmakers could develop some sort of contingency plan for federal funding cuts under a mechanism outlined in this year's state budget.

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For one, federal spending cuts are also likely weighing on state and local government hiring — as about 25 % of their funding comes from Washington.

On the demand side, individual investors and mutual funds are still buyers, as individuals experienced a somewhat modest tax cut overall (the top income tax rate fell from 39.6 % to 37 %, for example) and many are looking for protection from the tax man now that the federal deduction for state and local taxes is capped at $ 10,000.

Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, a low - profile minister with a high - impact portfolio, must hammer out huge bilateral deals with all the provinces for their slices of $ 33 billion in federal funds for ribbon - cutting - worthy projects like big public transit expansions.

Congressional Republicans — including nearly all of the Texas delegation — spent the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy insisting that any new funding for hurricane relief had to be offset with cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.

Pro-life members of the US Senate introduced a bill to cut all federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

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

Advocates also brought attention to the fact that any cuts to HFNY funding would disqualify New York from applying for millions in federal aid for home visiting because the state is required to show a Maintenance of Effort in order to receive federal funding.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and a Brooklyn state Senator cut hefty checks to the campaign of Assemblywoman Pamela Harris after she found out she was under federal investigation — and she promptly drew on the funds to pay for high - priced defense lawyers.

De Blasio described it as «troubling» to witness the St. Petersburg subway explosion only weeks after Trump proposed a $ 667 million cut to the FEMA, which includes federal funding for the NYPD's counter-terrorism efforts.

A White House spokeswoman insisted the reports of funding cuts are «wrong,» adding: «When all federal funding is totaled, NYC has received a net increase of $ 47 million for port and transit security over the previous year's budget.»

The final agreement not only burnishes Cuomo's liberal credentials by extending (though not expanding) the millionaire's tax, raising the age of criminal responsibility of New York and addressing the high cost of college tuition for members of the middle class, it also dramatically increases his (already considerable) budget powers, enabling him to single - handedly make spending cuts in the event of widely expected future federal funding reductions.

Assemblywoman Nily Rozic is introducing legislation that would require the state Department of Health to bolster funding for Planned Parenthood amid federal government cuts.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed an $ 84.86 billion executive budget that includes funding for the beginnings of a pre-K expansion, legal services for undocumented immigrants and more even as the city grapples with the potential of federal budget cuts from Trump.

City Council Member Liz Crowley (D - Middle Village) has come under fire for co-sponsoring a bill that will cut funding for a program that turns the NYC DOC into a flock of stool pigeons for the Federal Government.

The decision came the same day a federal judge made public an order that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal maintain Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood centers for 14 more days while the court considers plans to cut it off permanently.

In addition to potential changes to the Affordable Care Act, which could cost the state billions in federal funding, Cuomo said there likely could be cuts to housing programs and energy assistance for the poor.

While Collins says he has House leadership support for cutting federal reimbursements to state Medicaid funding derived from counties in the sales tax, the Senate side is still debating how states would be impacted.

Assemblyman says Congress must «referee» to stop Secretary of Education from cutting federal school funding to punish NY for massive student opt - outs of grades 3 - 8 tests

State Senator Espaillat and Mark - Viverito were advocating for the federal government to allow Puerto Rico to restructure its debt, provide additional funding to the territory and restore key cuts to its healthcare programs.

Despite lingering fears about cuts to health care in Washington, it's worth noting that federal funding for the state's massive Medicaid program is still on track to go up, not down, in the year ahead.

This will cut critical federal funding known as Disproportionate Share Hospital payments that reimburses hospitals through the Medicaid program for uncompensated health care costs.

Federal officials have reportedly confirmed that they are cutting off a major portion of funding for New York's Essential Plan, opening a roughly $ 1 billion hole in the state budget and raising new doubts about the future of a rapidly growing health insurance option for the working poor.

Federal officials have cut off $ 1B in funding for NY's Essential Plan, deepening a $ 4 billion budget gap.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The attorneys general for New York and Minnesota are suing the Trump administration for abruptly cutting off federal funding for health care coverage for more than 800,000 low - income residents in the two states.

Another health care heavyweight has released a statement in response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call for $ 5.9 billion worth of Medicaid cuts (when the federal share is factored in to the $ 2.85 billion worth of state funding).

Schneiderman started what he dubbed the «inVEST» program after the federal government cut funding over the past three years for bulletproof vest purchases by local police departments.

The rally comes after Republicans in Washington sought to cut off federal funding for the organization after a video emerged of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the selling of tissue of aborted fetuses.

They are concerned about funding cuts for foster care programs, public health and federal social service funds being reprogrammed.

To address federal SNAP cuts, Cuomo plans to use heating funds to shore up food assistance programs for some 300,000 families.

The housing agency has for many years been saddled with an unfathomably large backlog of capital needs because of federal funding cuts, among other reasons.

«Many states would be forced to kick low - income and disabled people off their health care coverage once federal funding for the Medicaid program is cut, as this Senate bill would do,» said Chris Shelton, president of the Communications Workers of America.

Based on its review of the Trump 2018 Budget Blueprint, DSS believes all federal funds will be cut for this program.

Based on its review of the Trump 2018 Budget Blueprint, DOH believes all federal funds will be cut for this program.

PLATTSBURGH — With millions of dollars in federal arts funding on the chopping block, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) appeared at the Strand Center Gallery in downtown Plattsburgh on Friday to rail against President Trump's proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

They criticized Katko for at first pledging to preserve federal support of the reproductive health care organization and then later voting to cut off funding.

But a day later, he would not specify what legal action would look like — though he maintained that he and other mayors across the country would fight in court — nor explain how the city would handle retaliatory cuts to federal funding for the NYPD, the New York City Housing Authority and the city's public hospital system.

Mr. Johnson said he would approach land - use decisions by trying «to get to a place of yes»; that he wanted to take steps to «eradicate hunger in New York City»; and that he would deal with the prospect of tighter budgets — because of the new federal tax law or a potential economic downturn — by guarding funding for «programs and everyday things that affect the most New Yorkers and the poorest New Yorkers, to ensure that they don't get cut.»

It will slightly cut overall spending for the second year in a row while limiting growth in state spending — sans federal funds — to just under 2 %, Skelos said.

On Sunday, Espaillat called for the federal government to allow Puerto Rico to restructure its debt, provide it with more funding and restore cuts to its healthcare programs.

Due to the fact many services provided by the County of Erie, State of New York are fully or partially paid for by the federal government, on March 16, 2017 County Executive Mark Poloncarz ordered certain commissioners and heads of departments that rely on federal funding to review the Trump 2018 Budget Blueprint and provide a report on the expected impact of it on Erie County services, including, but not limited to, the identification of any programs impacted by the Trump 2018 Budget Blueprint (including the expected cut in funds received), possible reduction in direct county jobs as a result of any cut, impact on third parties that receive funds from Erie County that are received from the federal government, as well as any other known impact.

New York City depends on federal funds and is bracing for cuts, and the mayor still appears to harbor national ambitions.

The Department of Education's proposal to amend ESSA would label most Westchester public schools as «in need of improvement» and would cut federal funding for any school where 5 percent of students or more opt out of Common Core testing.

There has been a strong push nationally to cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood in the wake of the CMP videos.

Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a sharp rebuke to the White House on Friday for what he called an «underhanded» and «inappropriate» attack on U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a disagreement between New York elected officials and the Obama administration over proposed federal budget cuts to local anti-terrorism funding.

At the same time, the NY - 19 Republican voiced support for the call by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor that any additional disaster funding be offset by spending cuts elsewhere in the federal budgt.

The council questions Cuomo's claim that schools have received «tremendous» increase in funding over the past decade, noting, for example, that aid increased 1.9 percent in 2009 - 10 largely because federal stimulus cash averted the need for layoffs that would have been caused by the $ 1.1 billion worth of cuts proposed by then - Gov.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday is hammering away again at the effort on the federal level to replace the Affordable Care Act, slamming the bill in the U.S. Senate for proposed funding cuts to heroin and opioid treatment programs.

Seattle filed a lawsuit over Trump's executive order threatening to cut off federal funding for cities offering to protect illegal immigrants.