Sentences with phrase «funded city contracts»

DEALS — Daily News's Greg Smith: «A contractor whose former company was suspected of mob ties won $ 37 million in taxpayer - funded city contracts last year — despite his history of blocking investigations into his prior company.

Not exact matches

With unusual bluntness, the mayor criticized the Success Academy charter school network for refusing to sign a contract his administration says is mandatory for all organizations offering city - funded pre-kindergarten programs.

The world's first Green Investment Bank putting millions into green jobs and growth; our youth contract to get every young person out of work earning or learning; more apprenticeships than this country has ever had before; major investment in areas facing difficulties from the Regional Growth Fund and greater freedom to boost jobs in our great cities; and we will take further steps to make our tax system fairer too.

In particular, the budget means that New York City charters will never see a rise in per - pupil funding that matches the jump for other schools from the 2014 UFT contract.

The state would also reduce funding for the senior colleges of the City University of New York by $ 485 million in the coming school year, which is partially offset by $ 240 million the state would set aside to settle CUNY's outstanding, long - expired labor contracts.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in New York City alleged in a criminal complaint Thursday that Aiello and Gerardi, both founders of Fayetteville - based Cor, paid bribes to Howe and Joseph Percoco, a former Cuomo aide, to use their influence to obtain state - funded construction contracts.

Meanwhile, the city's Law Department has contracted two top - tier law firms, which will be paid with taxpayer funds, to deal with non-campaign-related aspects of the multifaceted federal probe.

«Take your time — I like it nice and slow, too,» replied Johnson, who had overseen a Seabrook nonprofit group's compliance with a $ 350,000, city - funded contract to boost minority employment.

Mr. Linn, meanwhile, has managed to settle the vast majority of the city's outstanding labor contracts with relatively conservative deals funded by health care savings.

In June 2014, Singh was appointed to the Mayor's Fund - a non-profit that raises private money for city causes - and the Democratic National CommitteeHe also won another six - figure contract with the state office of emergency management to provide meals for rescue workers toiling in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

The public will learn about pension funds, auditing city agencies and approving city contracts.

His main power derives from investing the city's pension funds, but the office also affords Stringer a bully pulpit for critiquing city contracts as well as other investments, including those related to real estate.

Also at 10 a.m., NYC Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal and a coalition of nonprofits rally to call on de Blasio to fund a 2.5 percent increase to contracted community service nonprofit budgets to help pay for the increased cost of supplies and repairs, equipment, technology, food, and rent, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;

Success Academy suffered a defeat in a high - profile skirmish with New York City on Friday, when the state education commissioner ruled that the city could require the charter school network to sign a contract to receive funding for its prekindergarten progCity on Friday, when the state education commissioner ruled that the city could require the charter school network to sign a contract to receive funding for its prekindergarten progcity could require the charter school network to sign a contract to receive funding for its prekindergarten program.

Last week, the city officially launched the Contract Financing Loan Fund, which allows MWBEs to apply for low - interest contract financing loans of up to $ 500,000 as part of the city's new $ 10 million revolving fund foContract Financing Loan Fund, which allows MWBEs to apply for low - interest contract financing loans of up to $ 500,000 as part of the city's new $ 10 million revolving fund for MWFund, which allows MWBEs to apply for low - interest contract financing loans of up to $ 500,000 as part of the city's new $ 10 million revolving fund focontract financing loans of up to $ 500,000 as part of the city's new $ 10 million revolving fund for MWfund for MWBEs.

Human Services Nonprofit Funding: City - contracted nonprofits provide a range of human services such as homelessness prevention, mental health care, after - school programming, to mention a few.

Nonprofit providers who operate shelters and provide homeless prevention and aftercare services, who have been agitating for across - the - board contract increases from the de Blasio administration as part of this year's budget, said they were concerned about how the city planned to fund what amounts to a broadening of their work.

If a contract is state - funded, then the MWBE standards should be the same regardless of whether it is administered by a state agency, authority or the City of New York,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

Mayor Bill de Blasio, last week raised salaries for tens of thousands of private workers operating under city - funded contracts.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, but subject to such requirements as the legislature shall impose by general or special law, indebtedness contracted by any county, city, town, village or school district and each portion thereof from time to time contracted for any object or purpose for which indebtedness may be contracted may also be financed by sinking fund bonds with a maximum maturity of fifty years, which shall be redeemed through annual contributions to sinking funds established by such county, city, town, village or school district, provided, however, that each such annual contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of the contribution, the same amount of such indebtedness as would have been paid and then be payable if such indebtedness had been financed entirely by the issuance of serial bonds, except, if an issue of sinking fund bonds is combined for sale with an issue of serial bonds, for the same object or purpose, then the amount of each annual sinking fund contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of each such annual contribution, (i) the amount which would be required to be paid annually if such indebtedness had been issued entirely as serial bonds, less (ii) the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be paid during such year on the portion of such indebtedness actually issued as serial bonds.

At 9:30 a.m., Cuomo's counsel, Alphonso David, Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte and CUNY Chancellor James Milliken speak at the eighth annual MWBE and SDVOB Conference on Contract Opportunities with CUNY and with the City University Construction Fund, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 W. 59th St., Manhattan.

While the city requires social service arms of religious groups that receive government contracts to pledge not to discriminate on any prohibited basis including sexual orientation and gender identity, no such restriction was placed on this funding.

The governor, along with the state legislature, controls New York City union contracts, and can throttle the city's ability to raise taxes to fund public progrCity union contracts, and can throttle the city's ability to raise taxes to fund public progrcity's ability to raise taxes to fund public programs.

James, a trustee of the city's largest pension fund, said she would introduce a bill prohibiting the city from signing contracts with firms involved in the wall project.

The Department of Homeless Services held a public hearing for its proposed contract with the Doe Fund on Thursday, one of the final steps in finalizing a city contract before it gets registered by the Comptroller's Office.

His Campaign for One New York slush fund collected a whopping $ 350,000 from the UFT scarcely a month before City Hall lavished that nine - year contract on the union.

However, under state law, that goal only applies to contracts issued by state agencies and authorities; it does not apply to state funding given to localities such as cities, counties, towns, villages and school districts, which amounts to approximately $ 65 billion annually.

That freed the Brown administration to sign contracts to secure the state funding: $ 1 million from the Department of Housing and Community Renewal's Affordable Housing Corp., for use with properties anywhere in the city and $ 1.4 million from Empire State Development Corp. for houses on the East Side.

CUNY receives most of its funding from the state, and a smaller amount from the city, and so any contract must be approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

«If a contract is state - funded, then the MWBE standards should be the same regardless of whether it is administered by a state agency, authority or the City of New York,» Diaz added.

He also noted that City Council discretionary funding requests are vetted by the City Council, as well as the Mayor's Office of Contracts and the funding agency «before one dollar is issued to any organization.»

Now it plans to ask the city Comptroller's Office to retroactively approve contracts with the vendors so taxpayer money can repay the Fund for the City of New York for its bridge locity Comptroller's Office to retroactively approve contracts with the vendors so taxpayer money can repay the Fund for the City of New York for its bridge loCity of New York for its bridge loans.

The City University of New York's faculty union promised to hold Governor Andrew Cuomo to a commitment by his budget director on Thursday that the administration will «address» funding its expired labor contracts once a deal is reached between the union and the university.

We are hopeful of reaching a fair settlement soon that will supported by the state and city with funding needed to resolve these long outstanding contracts,» a CUNY spokesman said.

Throughout the budget process, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, chair of the contracts committee, has been calling for increased funding for human services nonprofits that contract with the city but struggle to meet costs of salaries, administration, equipment, rent, and maintenance.

The city's parks commissioner, who was partly responsible for a federal probe by giving a no - bid trash - bag contract to one of Mayor de Blasio's top fund - raisers, says he signed off on the deal unaware the liners failed the smell test years earlier.

The city is withholding funds from Success until they sign the contract, as first reported by POLITICO New York.

But the comptroller has also attacked New York's low rate of contracting with female - and minority - owned businesses, and has talked in forceful terms about using the city's pension fund as a bludgeon to open up insular investment firms.

The appellate division of New York State Supreme Court on July 28 declined to rule on the allegations in a lawsuit filed by the UFT and a coalition of community groups and parents on Jan. 5, 2010 that the New York City Department of Education was misusing hundreds of millions of dollars in Contract for Excellence funds earmarked for smaller class sizes.

While other charter networks have signed the contract and received city funding, some charter leaders have said the contract is overly restrictive and in need of an update.

The city has alleged that Moskowitz has refused to sign a contract granting the Department of Education oversight over pre-K programs in Success» charter schools — meaning the city can not fund the programs.

Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized the Success Academy charter school network on Monday for refusing to sign a contract his administration says is mandatory for all organizations offering city - funded pre-kindergarten programs.

The dispute, the latest in a series of spats between City Hall and Success, centers around a contract the city says is legally required to get city fuCity Hall and Success, centers around a contract the city says is legally required to get city fucity says is legally required to get city fucity funds.

City Hall has been adamant that it can not legally provide Success funding for its pre-K programs without a signed contract.

During the campaign, Singas said if elected she would expand a review of the county's contracting system that her office conducted in April, to include towns and cities in an effort to «expose vulnerabilities to corruption» when it comes to municipalities awarding millions of dollars in taxpayer - funded contracts.

The back - and - forth revolves around details of a contract that all pre-K providers are required to sign before the city funds programs.

But the Procurement Policy Board, an obscure agency if ever there was one, has decreed that the competitive bidding rules «shall not apply to contract awards made from line item appropriations and / or discretionary funds to community - based not - for - profit organizations or other public service organizations identified by elected city officials other than the mayor and the controller.»

He laid out the major new investments from the preliminary budget — including $ 115 million for the $ 15 minimum wage for city employees and contracted workers, investments in public safety, funding education initiatives under the mayor's Equity and Excellence agenda, investments in transportation and social services, along with a few Council priorities.