Heastie and the Assembly Democratic conference were in Albany Tuesday for a closed - door meeting, discussing issues ranging
from federal budget cuts, the state's financial concerns and in «generic terms» discussions surrounding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Not exact matches
In his first term, Bush won passage of tax
cuts that helped swing the
federal budget from surpluses to deficits.
In Tuesday's
federal budget, the government said more analysis was necessary before considering tax
cuts to match the U.S., which announced in December it would drop its
federal corporate tax rate to 21 per cent
from 35 per cent.
Eliminating the state and local tax deduction would raise about one - quarter of the $ 4 trillion in revenues that some Republicans say they need to prevent tax
cuts from creating a massive increase in the
federal budget deficit.
The
federal government recorded a
budget deficit of $ 215.2 billion in February, up significantly
from a year ago as the impact of the GOP tax
cuts passed in December begin to surface.
Tax
cuts have lifted business sentiment and the outlook for growth, with the Fed seeing a «significant boost to output over the next few years»
from the tax law and a
federal budget boost.
Parliamentary
Budget Officer Kevin Page, in his last week on the job, is taking the government to court in a bid to have Ottawa release information about the impacts on
federal jobs and services
from $ 5.2 billion in
cuts announced in last year's
budget.Photo by Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press / Files
The White House is set to request for $ 11 billion to be
cut from the
federal budget Monday, according to two sources briefed on the proposal.
The
federal government is not confronted with a short - term fiscal crisis but it is facing a stubborn medium - term structural deficit that will prevent you
from balancing the
budget by 2015 - 16, without new expenditure
cuts and / or tax increases.
President Donald Trump unveiled a $ 4.4 trillion
budget plan Monday that envisions steep
cuts to America's social safety net but mounting spending on the military, formally retreating
from last year's promises to balance the
federal budget.
The government
cut its
budget significantly and at the same time the
Federal Reserve was hiking rates to stave off inflation, because they were trying to contain the price inflation
from the war years.
It was only after the Reagan administration recognized the reality of homelessness that it reluctantly agreed to restore
federal money that had been
cut from the Housing and Urban Development
budget.
The House of Representatives is working day and night in its effort to
cut more than $ 60 billion
from the
federal budget.
I think Jesus would
cut all the social programs
from the
federal budget.
Finally, the report noted that state and local revenue gains
from federal tax reform will be further offset by higher costs for state and local borrowing, resulting
from tax reform, and greater demand for public services as charitable donations drop and
federal budget cuts continue.
In a TV interview on Sunday, Cuomo echoed Brown's letter, pointing to potential
budget cuts from the
federal government impacting the state.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week insisted he won't seek a broad - based tax hike in this year's
budget, even as he sounds the alarm over potential
cuts from the
federal government.
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.
Stung by the expiration of
federal aid intended to help states balance
budgets as they seek to recover
from the recession that began in 2008, the final
budget is also expected to include another
cut in local aid to cities and towns and to call for reduced growth in the rate of spending on education and health care, although special education is one of the few areas in which significant investments appear imminent.
To prevent that tax
cut from happening, Cuomo's
budget legislation decouples
from the
federal law by pegging the credit and the income phase - outs to the levels in the old tax law.
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.
For AQE, which is pushing for education spending on par with a decade - old court ruling, the problem for them was Cuomo suggesting a short - term extender may be a viable option for the state
budget considering the uncertainty emanating
from Washington over the
federal government's
budget cuts.
Ultimately, Cuomo received the power to make changes to the
budget after its approved in order to have the «flexibility» in reacting to potential
cuts from the
federal government.
The mayor's
budget proposal did not address what he called the «great unknown» of possible
federal cuts to city financing
from the Trump administration and the Republican - controlled Congress.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will try to block Trump
from cutting off a top source of
federal aid to Syracuse and other cities in the fiscal 2018
budget.
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, NY)-- On May 10, 2018, the New York
Federal Budget Response Team submitted a letter on behalf of 75 service providers and advocacy organizations (listed below) asking members of Congress to fully fund and defend critical programs from budget
Budget Response Team submitted a letter on behalf of 75 service providers and advocacy organizations (listed below) asking members of Congress to fully fund and defend critical programs
from budgetbudget cuts.
Instead, he said it's the combined
cuts from the
federal and state governments that forced him to his
budget.
When Gotham Gazette asked de Blasio about the new
budget mechanism that gives Cuomo additional power and any concerns for New York City he may have, particularly about
federal cuts trickling down to the city, the mayor said he wasn't completely familiar with the provision, but
from what he did know, he wasn't sure why it was needed.
Cuomo said the final hurdle to a full
budget was a «
federal funding response plan» that he sought in order to have flexibility in the event of
cuts from the Republican - controlled capital.
He sought to
cut the state's Medicaid
budget by nearly 30 %, or $ 20 billion [47]($ 10 billion
from the state's share, the other $ 10 billion coming
from the county and
federal shares)[48] by making significant
cuts to benefits, reducing reimbursement rates, [49] requiring identification, fingerprints, and drug testing for individuals to receive benefits.
But the comptroller says potentially huge
cuts from the
federal government present the biggest threat to the state
budget.
CITY HALL — Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a $ 84.67 billion preliminary
budget for fiscal year 2018 Tuesday that includes money to pave 1,300 miles of road, adds 40,000 new classroom seats and boosts financial reserves to record levels in case of potential
federal funding
cuts from the Trump administration.
Bloomberg has said the layoffs are necessary because of
budget cuts from the state and
federal governments, as well as rising healthcare and pension costs.
UFT members
from Districts 13, 14 and 17 as well as high schools
from those areas heard UFT President Michael Mulgrew speak about the proposed
federal education
budget cuts, the attack on unions by far - right privatization advocates, the dangers to hard - won benefits if a state constitutional convention is held in 2018 and other pressing issues.
Citing the threats of deep
federal budget cuts from President Donald Trump's administration and a
Speaking to reporters in the Capitol's Red Room, Cuomo added that he would prefer holding off on finalizing the document due to the threat of
budget cuts from the
federal government, which itself operates under a continuing resolution, offering greater flexibility.
Letter
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Budget Plan [February 12, 2018] AAAS Statement on FY 2018
Budget Deal and Continuing Resolution [February 9, 2018] AAAS Statement on President Trump's State of the Union Address [January 30, 2018] AAAS Statement on Continuing Resolution Urges FY 2018 Final Omnibus Bill [January 22, 2018] AAAS Statement on U.S. Government Shutdown [January 20, 2018] Community Statement to OMB on Science and Government [December 19, 2017] AAAS CEO Response to Media Report on Use of «Science - Based» at CDC [December 15, 2017] Letter
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from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Halt of Young Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement
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Just days after the midterm elections, a report
from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a related story in The New York Times examined what would happen to
federal science agencies if the GOP carried through on their planned
budget cuts.
Lacking any official declaration of the project's cost or how it would be funded, some researchers bristled at the prospect of a large new
federal initiative that could take money
from traditional grants for individual scientists, especially at a time when NIH faces a massive
budget cut.
She was referring to $ 2 billion in
cuts to higher education announced separately
from the
federal budget last Monday.
The mandatory across - the - board
federal cuts known as sequestration slashed $ 1.55 billion
from NIH's
budget this year and will result in belt - tightening at labs with ongoing grants as well as hundreds fewer new grants than in 2012.
Separate spending bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate would spare both agencies
from the severe
cuts forecast next year for most
federal agencies in the wake of last summer's
budget agreement between Congress and the White House and a
budget resolution approved earlier this month by the House.
A bill passed by the House on 19 February to fund the
federal government through the rest of fiscal year 2011 would
cut the
budget of the Office of Science by 18 %,
from $ 4.9 billion to $ 4.0 billion.
The Trump
budget would
cut $ 5.8 billion
from NIH's current funding level of $ 31.7 billion in the stopgap congressional funding measure that funds most
federal agencies through 28 April.
Antonio Busalacchi, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, said UCAR is concerned that the proposed
budget cuts for
federal earth systems science programs will undermine scientific progress needed to protect the U.S.
from natural disasters.
If the
cuts in the skinny
budget had made it into law, they «would've really decimated the
federal sciences,» and not just what the agencies do themselves, but in academia as well «because that's where the grants come
from,» Shultz, said.
At the start of Sizer's deanship, HGSE had an influx of
federal funds to support its programs, projects, and research initiatives; however, with the election of Richard Nixon, HGSE faced serious
budget cuts as
federal support fell
from 57.3 percent of the total
budget in 1966 to 39.8 percent in 1970.
Federal Work - Study (FWS) is on the chopping block: the Trump administration's recently - released
budget summary seeks to
cut program funding by nearly 50 percent,
from $ 990 million to $ 500 million, and to «reform the program to ensure funds go to undergraduate students who would benefit most.»
Arts organizations, while fearful of the impact of
federal budget cuts at the National Endowment for the Arts, are feeling a resurgence of support
from the philanthropic community.