Sentences with phrase «from budget hearings»

The city and county are entering into a partnership with Syracuse public television station WCNY to live - stream everything from budget hearings to council and legislative sessions.

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And we heard a variation of that theme late last week from Mick Mulvaney, the former South Carolina Congressman and Freedom Caucuser who now heads the Office of Management and Budget — and who, importantly, has been one of the Trump Administration's key emissaries in the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare.

The GVBOT is pleased that government heard and responded to the concerns expressed by small businesses all across Canada: the tax measures in Budget 2018 represent a notable shift from the government's original proposals announced in July 2017.

I hear the current debate about the 1 % vs the 99 % and everybody giving their fair share, and how to balance the budget, and so on, and I just think that no matter what, nothing will change until people from the top to the bottom become less greedy.

Instead, we hear most forcefully and frequently from our bishops» conference and our dioceses regarding the federal budget, border policy, net neutrality, gun control, and the environment.

One money - saving tip that I often hear from other vegans on a budget is to make your own nut butters.

«From what we're hearing, the Regional Economic Development Councils will move ahead as they had previously existed, but again that language has yet to be determined in the final budget,» he said.

We're already hearing from magistrates that cuts to YOT budgets in just the last year are impacting their sentencing options.

Governor Cuomo's budget director, testifying before a legislative hearing, faced tough questions from lawmakers on the governor's new proposed defined benefit pension system for state workers.

The only thing clear from the day's appearances by top state officials at a joint Assembly and Senate fiscal hearing was that Cuomo's tuition plan is in store for some changes once budget negotiations begin in earnest in coming weeks.

He also drove home the message we have been hearing from a lot of Senate Republicans, that the budget and cutting taxes is their top priority right now.

A hearing scheduled for Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Albany will be the first courtroom encounter between Paterson — represented by lawyers from the attorney general's office — and four state workers unions that brought suit against the governor's plan to force employees to take a one - day - a-week furlough until the state's budget plan is finalized.

Cuomo's economic development czar, Howard Zemsky, told legislators at a Monday budget hearing that giving the building to NexGen was «an opportunity» that would prevent the facility from lying dormant.

Also at the hearing, the county comptroller's office released a fact sheet showing there was a $ 48.9 million budget deficit for 2017, according to preliminary unaudited results from Nassau's five primary operating funds.

While it remained unclear late Thursday when a final budget deal would come together, this much is certain: In the months ahead, you'll hear more complaints from Cuomo that the feds are threatening to drown Albany in red ink — even as the state keeps cutting big checks to the producers of «Blue Bloods.»

Howard Zemsky, the chair of Cuomo's Empire State Development agency, told lawmakers in a joint legislative budget hearing Monday that he has complete confidence in the integrity of the projects that he oversees, including ones they took over from the troubled SUNY Polytechnic.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to separate the state's tax rates from the federal rates to keep New Yorkers from a $ 1.5 billion income tax increase, the Democrat's top budget official testified Thursday during a budget hearing.

Lloyd faced tough questioning from the City Council during budget hearings in March.

but I think it is a very courageous Budget that is rather different from many that I have heard.

One day after a Q poll found that most New Yorkers would like to hear more specifics from AG Andrew Cuomo about how he'd solve the state's fiscal woes, the Democratic candidate for governor weighed in on some of the more pressing budget issues during a stop in Buffalo this morning.

Their release corresponds with the first joint budget hearing, which was held today and drew local elected officials from all over the state to testify.

Cuomo said he's heard from those who have applied for relief over concerns that there would be a delay in securing more funding ahead of next year's budget, due to pass by April 1.

Today's Q poll finds AG Andrew Cuomo's Rose Garden strategy isn't working so well when it comes to the budget mess, as 64 percent of voters say they'd like to hear more from the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful about what he would do to pull the state out of its fiscal morass.

From The NYDN: Galante usually outlines the library's budget needs during the annual hearing.

We'll hear more from Senator Young and her initial thoughts on the state budget later today on our Community Matters program, which airs at 5 p.m.

As for the Assembly Democratic conference, Heastie said: «We don't want to go home and then in September hear that school districts have to lay people off because they haven't received the funding from the budget because of the linkage of the teacher evaluation and the funding.»

She has carved out a role for herself in repeatedly pressing the mayor's budget director, Mr. Fuleihan, for a more transparent and timely budget — offering the kind of criticism that was largely absent from last year's budget hearings, when one member memorably brought muffins.

The state legislature has finished its hearings on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal, and will be ready to start crafting a spending plan once they return from the President's Day break.

Bratton made a case for increasing police headcount during a raucous CIty Council budget hearing Thursday where a woman was arrested and 25 others expelled from the chambers for yelling through the police commissioner's presentation.

And with the recent arrests of 10 Cuomo associates linked to various upstate economic development programs, Flanagan warned he expects lawmakers from both houses will grill the governor's commissioners during next year's budget hearings.

But more recently we heard about how Bangladesh was spending its allocated amount on a television programme, about how India received money from the UK for years whilst it had its own foreign support department, and about how # 11 million of the British international assistance budget went «missing» in Uganda due to corruption and embezzlement.

Gov. David Paterson stuck up for his erstwhile political foe, AG Andrew Cuomo, this morning, insisting New Yorkers anxious to hear more from the Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner about how he'll fix the state's budget mess will learn more in good time.

It's not clear what Paladino will discuss when he speaks at his removal hearing, but he will likely try to shine a light on the discussions surrounding the school board's budget and contract talks last year, including the spending of money from a fund balance.

There was much criticism from Republicans last year when the legislature failed to hold joint budget hearings.

De Blasio is making his first appearance before state legislators in a budget hearing Monday morning as he seeks permission from Albany to raise taxes on those earning $ 500,000 and more a year in order to create a universal pre-Kindergarten program in New York City.

Also at 10 a.m., the Assembly holds a public hearing to examine the funding included in the 2017 - 2018 budget to enhance the housing opportunities for individuals who receive services and support from the state Office of Mental Health or the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, LOB, Roosevelt Hearing Room C, hearing to examine the funding included in the 2017 - 2018 budget to enhance the housing opportunities for individuals who receive services and support from the state Office of Mental Health or the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, LOB, Roosevelt Hearing Room C, Hearing Room C, Albany.

The legislature has finished it's hearings on Governor Cuomo's budget proposal, and will be ready to start crafting a spending plan once they return from the President's Day break.

All this could change depending on how legislators see things.A public hearing on the budget is set for a week from tomorrow at 6 pm.

The legislature's marathon budget hearings continued Wednesday and on the docket was public protection, which included testimony from several people including the new state police superintendent, corrections officials, and also the judiciary, which has been at odds with Governor Cuomo since his budget was introduced.

City Council members, proposing a bill that would have the Parks Department extend the public recreation season from its current closure date on Labor Day until the start of school on weekdays and the end of September on weekends, hashed out the issue at a budget hearing Monday.

Kellner — who has been stripped of his position as chairman of the Libraries Committee, banned from from working with interns, and docked of his staff budget as a result of the ethics committee findings — sent a formal notice of appeal to the committee requesting a public hearing on the matter.

Yesterday, during a joint legislative hearing on Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed executive budget, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens was peppered with questions from legislators about the administration's fracking plans.

«With many public hearings by the County Executive and Legislature occurring in the middle of the work day, members of the public are unable to attend, which is denying them the ability to voice their opinion on everything from the county budget to new additions to the county's agricultural districts.

The state budget hearing is an annual mayoral ritual that forces Mr. de Blasio and other mayors from across the state to travel to Albany in the dead of winter for a never - ending, occasionally humiliating pursuit of more state funding.

ALBANY, NY (11/08/2010)(readMedia)-- The New York State Division of Budget will hold formal public hearings on next year's 2011 - 12 Executive Budget, including agency and capital budgets, on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, in Room 124 of the State Capitol, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

«We've heard from our members that subway trains have gotten noticeably worse this last month,» said Raskin, whose group is collecting subway rider horror stories to send to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to convince him to fund the MTA's capital budget.

Senator Jim Tedisco, a Republican from Schenectady, asked acting tax commissioner Nonie Manion during a budget hearing why the checks have been so slow to arrive.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to separate the state's tax rates from the federal rates to keep New Yorkers from a $ 1.5 billion income tax increase, the Democrat's top budget official testified Thursday during a budget hearing.

Senator Jim Tedisco, a Republican from Schenectady, asked the acting tax commissioner, Nonie Manion, during a budget hearing, why the checks have been so slow to arrive.

«We'll also begin hearing from constituents and groups with their reaction to the proposed budget, including our schools, health care facilities, local governments, not - for - profits and employers,» Little said in a statement.