Sentences with phrase «funds for public works»

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, a Gyroid named Lloid dons a helmet and collects funds for public works.

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The startup provides a cloud - based records management system for incident logging, and it currently works with 13 public safety agencies across the U.S. CEO Scott Crouch said the company will use the funding for international expansion.

That includes things like working on initial public offerings and equity capital fund - raisings for listed companies.

Despite the hype, the public - private approach does not provide new funding sources to communities, nor does it work for many types of public projects.

Autonomous is pleased to announce the release of «Token Mania,» an in - depth look at Initial Coin Offerings: What they are, how they work, and the ways in which this new funding mechanism based on distributed - ledger technology stands to displace traditional markets for public and private investment.

A colleague of mine who works at a pension fund did a study last year in which he concluded that, because of the extreme degree of public pension underfunding, a 10 % decline in the stock market for a sustained period — i.e. more than 3 or 4 months — would cause every single public pension fund to blow up.

TECHINASIA: Brooklyn - based crowdfunding site Kickstarter has proven many times over that collecting funds from the public for creative projects can work.

The work of EBRI is made possible by funding from its members and sponsors, which include a broad range of public, private, for - profit and nonprofit organizations.

If the economy stays stuck in a cycle of deflation, the Liberal Democratic Party wants the Bank of Japan to purchase bonds as a funding measure for public works projects.

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Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

I have worked in a public pre-school (paid for by the same money that funds k - 12) and those children sang a blessing.

This funding by Congress for work by FDA to better educate the public about the many benefits of this invaluable tool for agriculture will help counter the misinformation about agricultural biotechnology.

Eunita Rushing feels at home when she's near plants, so perhaps it's no surprise that since 1999 she has been the enthusiastic president of the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, which works in partnership with the Chicago Park District to raise funds and awareness for educational and public programs for the conservatory, located on the city's West Side.

The agreement calls for the conservancy, which has been working in Lincoln Park for 20 years, to primarily raise funds from public and private sources for improvements to the Lincoln Park Conservatory.

These eight districts joined our original five districts — Dallas ISD (Dallas, TX), Little Rock (AR), Memphis City Schools (TN), Orange County Public Schools (FL), and Prince George's County Public Schools (MD)-- in the work of increasing access to, and participation in, the federally - funded School Breakfast Program, with the goal of reducing childhood hunger, and improving health and educational outcome for students.

The May 1, 2011 - April 30, 2015 agreements with police dispatchers, telecommunications operators, and public works and building maintenance employees and upper police management: • * increase required employee contributions to participate in conventional preferred provider organization health plans, • * provide financial incentives to employees to switch to consumer - directed plans or managed - care plans, • * provide village funding of 40 percent of the deductible for high deductible health plans with health savings accounts and • * require employee participation in annual wellness and health risk assessment screenings in order to qualify for best rates.

His international public health and development career spans five decades, including more than 30 years with agencies of the United Nations system (International Labour Office, United Nations Children's Fund, and the World Health Organization where he was the liaison officer (1990 — 2004) for LLLI), and seven years working in Turkey, Cameroon and Haiti.

GAIN is the public private partnership funded by the Gates Foundation that works with over 600 companies - and is seeking to open up markets for fortified complementary foods for babies.

«During the 2015 elections the PCO and my Directorate spoke up and campaigned for many PDP members who were running for public office and we funded and worked for them too.

Tentative deals have been reached on parts of a new state budget, including about $ 1 billion in additional funding for public schools, a work - around for some higher - income New Yorkers to reduce the impact of new federal tax deduction limits, and a freeze on what Albany sends to local governments around the state.

Instead of trying to squeeze every penny out of hard - working upstate residents, the Governor should be reprioritizing budget issues so that we can fund public transit systems through more appropriate budgetary means, starting with the legislation he vetoed that would have helped identify more long - term funding sources for upstate transit systems.»

She is currently under indictment for embezzling public works funds and facing a potential investigation related to the death of the prosecutor, Alberto Nisman.

It is time for the state to drop the costly gimmicks of «accountability» testing and charter schools and do what works: fully - funded, integrated public schools.

Worked with the Legislature and Governor to approve legislation that continues the appointment of monitors in East Ramapo, provides new oversight authority for the monitors and the Department over the school district's budget, and provides $ 3 million in state funds to restore and expand educational programming for the public schools within the district;

Since 2011, Keith has worked for City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, Sr. helping to advocate for after school funding, expanded Advanced Placement, prevent bullying of LGBT students in public schools, secure funding for employment and workforce programs, create new affordable housing, and preserve the quality of life on the Upper East Side, In 2006, Keith was the tenant organizer for the «Preserve Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village» campaign during the sale of the neighborhood to Tishman Speyer.

The League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF) works with our state LCVEF partners, educates the public, media and elected officials about key environmental issues, works to increase voter participation in the democratic process and mobilizes a diverse network of activists to advocate for sound environmental policies.

The former «Sex and the City» star promised to work toward fully funding public schools, an agenda she has rallied for in the past.

Common Cause / NY is an active member of the Fair Elections Coalition, working for the passage of a broad package of campaign finance measures, built around a core of small donor matching fund public financing of elections.

The reform plan, which would match small donations from constituents with public funds, has «worked well for decades in New York City.»

His proposal cuts funding for the department of public works, among other things, in an effort to close a $ 16.5 million budget deficit without raising property taxes.

Communications between the mayor and his taxpayer - funded staff who work for the city are normally withheld from public disclosure.

«We are extremely encouraged by the new revenue streams secured for the MTA in the state budget,» said MTA spokesman Jon Weinstein in a statement, «and we will continue to work with our partners in government at all levels to help fund public transit.»

Guide Dogs does not receive any government funding and completely relies on public donation to pay for its life transforming work.

«Adequate funding, strong enforcement and starting the system in the next election cycle are necessary for public campaign funding to work for New York State,» Scharff said.

At a time when he has vehemently opposed the Republican tax bill that would devastate New York's working families and attack universities and students, Governor Cuomo has chosen to veto legislation that would have stabilized funding for New York's public universities,» said the Professional Staff Congress, which represents CUNY instructors.

I'll establish Homes for Londoners, a new in - house developer at City Hall, led by me, working with councils and private developers to lever in funding and get thousands of new affordable and market homes built on spare public land and brownfield.

Nurses from Kaleida stepped in and took over duties in the Buffalo Public Schools as part of a deal worked out in 2005, after funding for school nurses was eliminated by Erie County, which had previously provided the service to city schools.

As the budget nears its deadline of April 1, city commissioners have been working their way through Albany to make their case for funding to combat homelessness and improve public housing.

The unexpended balance of each appropriation, less the commitments outstanding at the close of the fiscal year for which it was made, shall lapse at the close of such fiscal year; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the lapsing of appropriations which may be or are required to be made for an indefinite period or which include state refunds, allocations or grants applicable to said appropriations pursuant to any other provisions of law; and provided further that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the making of appropriations or contracts for the construction of permanent public improvements or works not to be completed during the fiscal year, or the acquisition of property therefor, or the establishment of bond or capital accounts, sinking funds or reserve funds, and each such appropriation, account or fund shall continue in force until the purpose for which it was made shall have been accomplished or shall have been abandoned by a two thirds vote of the County Legislature.

For eight years, she's been the lightning rod of the charter movement, raising millions from hedge funders and foundations as she aggressively worked her close connections to the Bloomberg administration to take over space in public schools.

In addition to the state - provided funds, the legislation would also direct the county Department of Public Works to apply for federal matching grant funding through the Job Access Reverse Commute program, with the goal of receiving more than $ 2 million to cover the cost of the expansion.

Most of the funding for the Working Families Party comes from public sector and hospital unions.

«We have a real shot to flip the State Senate this fall so we can build a New York that works for all of us: reforming our broken criminal justice system, fighting climate change and creating good jobs, expanding opportunities for immigrant New Yorkers, fully funding all of our schools and public universities, and taking on big money in politics to expand and protect our democracy.

«For the sake of emphasis let me state clearly that both the Crude Term Contract and the Direct Sale and Direct Purchase agreements are not contracts for any procurement of goods, works or services, and therefore do not involve the use of public funFor the sake of emphasis let me state clearly that both the Crude Term Contract and the Direct Sale and Direct Purchase agreements are not contracts for any procurement of goods, works or services, and therefore do not involve the use of public funfor any procurement of goods, works or services, and therefore do not involve the use of public funds.

Gov. Perry indicted on felony charges for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors, investigating public corruption and Gov. Cuomo who could ultimately be indicted for obstruction of justice down the road, seem to both have a disdain for working within the law.

«Despite the progress outlined in this tentative deal there is clearly a lot of work ahead of us, including stronger criminal justice reforms; full funding for our state's public education system; ensuring affordable college for all New Yorkers, including DREAMers; additional support for Planned Parenthood; and ethics and voting reforms,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

Also at 11 a.m., construction industry representatives, government officials and transportation advocates hold a news conference to discuss the release of a report about road conditions in NYC and state, and call for increased government funding of public works and renovation projects; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

Erie County Legislature Chairman John J. Mills and Legislator Edward A. Rath, III are once again asking the Department of Public Works to provide an update on its road work plans for this summer and how it plans to spend an influx of state funding.

In his proposed state budget, Cuomo also has proposed $ 11 million in funding to hire additional health care workers at cancer treatment facilities for outreach work, $ 15 million for public education campaigns targeting underserved communities, and $ 5 million to support commercialization of cancer - related technologies.