Sentences with phrase «funded by public authorities»

It's still unknown whether Cuomo's proposal for $ 2 billion to upgrade water infrastructure will be a bond issue — requiring a public referendum in November before any debt is issued — or funded by public authorities.

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H.B. 929 Status: Failed Relates to promotion of cybersecurity in the Commonwealth, initiates several efforts to promote economic development, research and development, and workforce development of the cybersecurity industry in the Commonwealth, creates two new matching grant funds, adds one administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority for private entities that collaborate with one or more public institutions of higher education on research and development related to cybersecurity.

Authorities suspended initial public offerings, introduced a $ 120 billion market stabilization fund backed by the central bank, and encouraged executives to buy company shares.

Global bond funds invest in a wide variety of bonds issued by various public and private entities around the world, including sovereign governments, international agencies, state and local authorities, and private corporations.

«To ensure public shareholders are not disadvantaged, any takeover bid would need to be put to a shareholder vote and any recommendation by the board would have to be based on an appropriate premium as well as safeguards for future probity given past track records of the businesses controlled by the Murdoch family», said Kieran Quinn, chairman of Britain's Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).

And will the system of public funding for Christian schools — centred on the fact that such schools existed long before those established by any other authority in Britain — cease if the schools insist on retaining their Christian identity?

The solution is once again a form of authority: an authority empowered to provide the good but also to overcome the funding problem by taxing the public generally to pay for the public good.

A scheduled vote today by the Public Authorities Control Board on a controversial plan to move $ 511 million in clean water funds to the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project is being closely watched by federal regulators and lawmakers across the state.

Hiram Monserrate turned himself in to federal authorities in connection with the NYC Council slush fund scandal, a commission of his former legislative colleagues, which rarely takes action against one of its own, found reasonable cause to believe that he violated the Public Officers Law by setting up a legal defense fund and soliciting contributions from from individuals and entities that had business interests in his work as a senator.

Projects must be sponsored by a municipality, state agency or public authority eligible to administer federal transportation funds.

If elected as City councilman, Shafran would be entrusted by the public with access to tax payer funds and legislative decision - making authority.

Among the Buffalo Billion related questions were the review of Joe Percoco's disclosure form revealing outside income from Buffalo Billion vendors, details of Cuomo's last conversation with Percoco, the recent disclosure by Solar City of a reduction in the expected number of jobs, why the Public Authorities Control Board delayed a decision of funding certain payments related to Solar City and whether public money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occuPublic Authorities Control Board delayed a decision of funding certain payments related to Solar City and whether public money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occupublic money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occurring.

The vote by the Public Authorities Control Board would send the money to a «public benefit» corporation created by SUNY Poly for the funding of the SolarCity project at the Riverbend site in western NewPublic Authorities Control Board would send the money to a «public benefit» corporation created by SUNY Poly for the funding of the SolarCity project at the Riverbend site in western Newpublic benefit» corporation created by SUNY Poly for the funding of the SolarCity project at the Riverbend site in western New York.

Also at 10 a.m., NYC Councilman Andy King and NYCHA Chairwoman and CEO Shola Olatoye, joined by state Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, lead a tour of the authority's Boston Secor Houses, as King discusses nearly $ 1.5 million in funding for projects to install security cameras and renovate the public housing development's senior center and track and field; 3475 Bivona St., the Bronx.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

«No state agency officer or employee who serves at the pleasure of the governor or their appointing authority or members of state public authority or other boards appointed by the governor may contribute to and / or fund - raise for Andrew Cuomo 2018,» the website says.

In addition to toll roads, toll bridges and toll tunnels are also used by public authorities to generate funds to repay the cost of building the structures.

The old disclaimer read: «No State agency officer or employee who serves at the pleasure of the governor or their appointing authority or members of state public authority or other boards appointed by the governor may contribute to and / or fund - raise for Andrew Cuomo 2018.»

If Cuomo's plan were to go through, every project funded through these bonds would need to be cleared by the Public Authorities Control Board, a three - member body that needs unanimous approval for all votes.

The public - private partnership will be jointly funded by a $ 2.4 million award from the Governor's Regional Economic Development Councils and a $ 3 million investment by the Development Authority of the North Country.

In all, the Democratic governor boasted that there will be $ 100 billion worth of investments in New York, counting some expenditures from last year, spending by public authorities and matching funds from the private sector.

DiNapoli also suggested a separate constitutional amendment to ban public authorities and other entities from issuing state - funded debt, allow bond acts to be considered by voters in the same year and require all state - funded debt to be issued by the state comptroller after it's approved by voters.

Sen. Pat Gallivan, a Western New York Republican, said he'd like to see state funding for SolarCity's factory released next week by the Public Authorities Control Board, which postponed a vote on the appropriation amid legislative concerns.

Dubbed the Hurricane Emergency Loan Program, the fund would draw from the Drinking Water and Clean Water Revolving Funds, the proposal must still be approved by the Public Authorities Control Board on Sept. 21.

It was a referral to hundreds of millions in state funding that was vetoed by representatives of Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on the state's Public Authorities Review Board.

Under the Leadership of Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie, the Assembly Majority fought hard to secure much needed capital funding for the public housing developments owned and operated by New York City House Authority (NYCHA).

NOTE: Flanagan's bill was this morning amended to expand the funds available for nuclear subsidies to all of those funds now handled by NYSERDA under section 1854 of the Public Authorities Law.

In a report released Wednesday, DiNapoli recommended eliminating discretionary lump - sum appropriations, restricting «backdoor spending» by public authorities, and requiring deposits into the state's rainy - day fund when the state has a cash surplus, among other things.

The City Council's long - awaited public bail fund, a project spearheaded by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, is one step closer to being operational after receiving another required approval from state authorities.

«By maintaining a significant amount of cash in a checking account, not only did the SCA fail to comply with the investment requirements of the Public Authorities Law, but also lost the opportunity to generate additional investment income on these funds,» said a report by Comptroller Scott StringeBy maintaining a significant amount of cash in a checking account, not only did the SCA fail to comply with the investment requirements of the Public Authorities Law, but also lost the opportunity to generate additional investment income on these funds,» said a report by Comptroller Scott Stringeby Comptroller Scott Stringer.

In an attempt to empower victims of antisocial behaviour, the prime minister says they will be entitled to take out civil injunctions, funded by the local public authority, if the police are not taking action within a set time.

The move gave total control of the lucrative Programme for Research in Third - Level Institutions run by the Higher Education Authority (HEA)-- one of two main public bodies funding science in Ireland — to Minister Lenihan's new department.

The report finds that Local authority funding for buses in rural areas has fallen by 25 per cent in the past four years, while around half of people in smaller villages do not have access to any public transport.

Over 5,000 schools are now enrolled in the programme, which is supported by the Big Lottery fund and commissioned by Local Authorities and regional public health teams to address key health and wellbeing priorities in their areas.

Most academies and local authority maintained schools are impacted by the apprenticeship levy and public sector apprenticeship target, but many are unclear of how to access apprenticeship levy funds available to them.

Perhaps its most controversial elements involve the potential for increased public funding of charter schools, all of which hold nonprofit status, but some of which are operated by for - profit management franchises, and a proposal to transfer authority over the IPS district from an elected school board to a board appointed by the city's mayor and city - county council.

The State Charter Schools Commission was created by a 2012 constitutional amendment as an alternative to local districts for would - be charter schools seeking authority — and public funding — to educate children.

12) Illinois: Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) vetoes a bill promoted by Chicago Public Schools that would have «curbed the authority of the Illinois State Charter School Commission, which has overruled CPS and funded charter schools the district rejected for failing to meet standards.»

These provisions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection.

Developing, issuing and enforcing safety regulations are a significant portion of PHMSA's work; however, PHMSA also conducts research, funds State regulatory authorities, emergency responders, and representatives of communities affected by hazardous materials transportation, and educates stakeholder groups — including the general public — through outreach initiatives and training.

Some of these major monumental sculpture commissions include:.125, a mobile for the New York Port Authority that was hung in Idlewild (now John F. Kennedy) Airport (1957); Spirale, for UNESCO, in Paris (1958); Teodelapio, for the city of Spoleto, Italy (1962); Trois disques (Man), for the Expo in Montreal (1967); El Sol Rojo, installed outside the Aztec Stadium for the Olympic Games in Mexico City; La Grande vitesse, the first public art work to be funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan (1969); and Flamingo, a stabile for the General Services Administration in Chicago (1973).

Earlier this year, you, Senator Markey, were rebuked by the President of the Cato Institute for «an obvious attempt to chill research into and funding of public policy projects you don't like... You abuse your authority when you attempt to intimidate people who don't share your political beliefs»...

The commission makes 100 recommendations featuring six overarching ones: the National Advice and Legal Support Fund mentioned before; prioritising public legal education in schools, alongside financial literacy, and in «education for life»; calling on government to clampdown down «preventable demand» by getting decisions right the first time including a «polluter pays» scheme for the DWP to pay costs on upheld appeals (on average 35 % of appeals against welfare benefits decisions are upheld); an overhaul of the courts to make them better suited for the needs of litigants in person; a national strategy for 2015 — 20, including a «minister for advice and legal support»; and for local authorities to commission local advice and legal support plans.

Arguably though, the subjects of these proposals are not in the same position: certainly, they are not core public authorities; and they are, generally, funded, supervised and / or closely regulated by a core public authority, to which they are accordingly accountable.

Core public authorities are invariably funded directly by the taxpayer in some form and it is therefore arguably right that they be directly accountable to citizens for its use, something which FIA 2000 seeks to achieve.

In 2010, he chaired for Washington Governor Christine Gregoire her Higher Education Funding Task Force, and in 2011 he helped advocate for the successful adoption by the legislature of the task force's recommendations, including tuition - setting authority and increased accountability for the state's public universities and for the nation's first private - public funded endowment to enable more students to attend college.

As the Court found in paragraphs 29 and 30 of Skalka, that benefit, which is intended to ensure a minimum means of subsistence for its recipient where his pension is insufficient, is funded in full by the public authorities, without any contribution being made by insured persons.

The funding, or subsidising, by a core public authority of a function carried out by a private body may be indicative of that function being public.

The CATPA is similar to auto theft prevention authorities in other states that have successfully reduced auto theft by providing ongoing funding to investigation, enforcement, prosecution, public awareness and law enforcement training programs.

The dispute has involved lawsuits, accusations of public defamation, and an effort by Gevers to set up his own competing foundation and appeal to Swiss regulators to grant him authority over funds raised in Tezos» USD 232 million initial coin offering (ICO), which closed in July, 2017.