Sentences with phrase «holding the line on taxes for»

The Park District will hold the line on taxes for the fourth straight year, reduce operating expenditures and increase revenues largely by shrinking a huge central office that had been criticized in the past for being top - heavy and filled with patronage workers, Claypool said.

«Todd is a true public servant who grew up here in Nassau County and knows the issues that matter most to our communities, from helping Superstorm Sandy victims rebuild to holding the line on taxes for middle - class families.

Not exact matches

Unless they trade away a couple of their starters, the Wizards will be significantly (and I mean WAY, WAY) over the salary cap — and as it stands right now assuming both Meeks and Jason Smith exercise their player options (and they'd be fools not to), and the Wizards pick up the option on Kelly Oubre (and they'd be fools not to), the Wizards guaranteed salaries for 10 players + cap holds for their first round pick and the Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception will put them OVER THE PROJECTED LUXURY TAX LINE by at least $ 8 Million.

«Working together, our accomplishments are many ---- a game - changing property tax cap, record support for schools and elimination of the GEA, a 20 - percent middle class income tax cut, six straight budgets that have held the line on spending, targeted investments that will create jobs and revitalize our economy, and critical road and bridge funds for every region of the state,» he said.

Skelos, who has endorsed fellow Republican Rick Lazio for governor, noted that all of the candidates — including Cuomo — have espoused fiscally conservative positions that the Senate GOP has long pushed, including a property tax cap, holding the line on taxes and a ban on borrowing to close the budget deficit.

The plan called for imposing a one - year salary freeze on the vast majority of public employees whose contracts are up for renegotiation as of April 1; holding the line on taxes; and imposing a state spending cap limiting spending growth to the rate of inflation.

Martins and Curran each promised to create more affordable housing for young families and to hold the line on property taxes and fee hikes.

About two dozen people attended the People's State of the State Address, holding signs that called for taxes on the rich and giving speeches about mass incarceration and the increasing lines at food pantries.

The plan called for imposing a one - year salary freeze on the vast majority of public employees whose contracts are up for renegotiation as of April 1; holding the line on taxes; and imposing a State spending cap limiting spending growth to the rate of inflation.

The call, which will start to ring on phones statewide at 9 a.m., urges respondents to contact their local assembly member to express support for a budget that cuts spending and holds the line on taxes, fees and borrowing.

He says the governor deserves credit for four on - time budgets and holding the line on spending, as well as enacting a property tax cap.

The County Executive's proposed budget only held the line on taxes but that didn't go far enough for taxpayers.

Spano said his priorities will be to fight for a fair share of education funding for Westchester school districts, to ensure the area economy remains strong, and to hold the line on taxes.

If he receives the Democratic nomination to move forward in the race for county executive, Latimer would face a tough challenge in Astorino, who has been elected twice, after first running unsuccessfully in 2005, and has held the line on property taxes, keeping them flat for the last six years.

Mayor Bloomberg is taking some heat for the full - color mailer he sent out to NYC residents that slams Albany for trying to balance the state budget for «cutting billions of dollars» from the city and touts his own efforts to hold the line on taxes, create jobs and protect «vital services.»

In 2014, we took the County Executive's proposed 2015 budget, which only held the line on taxes, and identified cuts and lowered the tax rate for the first time in a decade.

«This budget protects families and seniors while also paving the way for continued economic growth by holding the line on property taxes for a fourth year in a row and by cutting spending so that we never return to the poor fiscal policies of the past,» Mangano said in a news release.

«In his tenure in office he has held the line on taxes, stood up for our seniors, and has been an advocate for open and honest government...»

Recently, in Syracuse, he also touted his efforts to cut business taxes and the estate tax, and to hold the line on state spending for the past three years to a growth rate of two percent or less.

«For eight years, I have balanced the budget and held the line on taxes while legislators have made the same claim,» he said in a statement.