Sentences with phrase «in budgeting discussions»

The point I was trying to make is that the Lib Dem participants in the budget discussions seemed to have held their principles very lightly to agree to such an appalling benefit cut even when it achieves such a small saving.

On Thursday, de Blasio was asked about Mark - Viverito's assertion and said, «we're in a budget discussion and all items are being discussed.

This was so far off the radar that even districts like Madison that benefited from the change did not include the benefits in their budget discussions or explanations (I tried to get them to and if they had figured in the recent credits of about 1.5 % for most taxpayers, this may have given them the courage to not under - levy so extremely).

Not exact matches

Ultimately if you're seeking for approval or board consensus on an action (getting approval for a budget, raising money, investing in CAPEX, firing a head of sales — whatever) your job is to hold a discussion in which all board members who want to voice an opinion can do so and ultimately pushing for a vote or a resolution.

It would have been better if the paper had been released after the Prime Minister's statement in Davos and before budget 2012 to allow for a public discussion on the elderly benefit system, but that was not possible because the paper did not address the issue of the long - term fiscal sustainability of elderly benefits.

The 2012 Budget contained considerable discussion on the economic and political uncertainties in the EURO area and in the U.S. and rightly so, because these uncertainties are not just short - term uncertainties but medium and longer - term uncertainties as well.

There is no discussion in the budget on the range of the private sector views, so it is impossible to assess the risks inherent in this «average» forecast.

Our discussion, like the budget, didn't have a lot of numbers in it.

It is a budget that demonstrates the government's inability, or unwillingness, to engage in public discussion and debate over ideas and policy.

Daniel Lauzon, a spokesman for the Finance Minister, said the government conducts a wide - range of consultations throughout the year and that the discussions are much broader than what might be in the budget.

Such a discussion would highlight the risks and uncertainties in budget planning.

Furthermore, Ryan's death check list AKA the Ryan Plan is actually a 28 year projection not the 10 year projection they are using in the discussions... The reason they are using a 10 year projection is because Obama's plan is a 10 year projection that would balance the budget, Romney / Ryan plan is a 28 year projection that would double the deficit in 10 years, and as people die off between years 10 and 28, and we have a theoretical unprecedented growth of the economy it would break even at the end of year 28... Go look it up for yourself... Then

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in an armchair discussion highlighting the federal budget's investments in Canadian innovation at the University of Ottawa in March 2018.

A full discussion of that issue is outside the scope of this paper but warrants consideration in a debate about school food budgets.

«In the current budget debate, there's all this discussion about how much will come from spending cuts, how much will come from tax increases,» Mr Clinton added.

During an hour - long discussion with reporters, Cuomo seemed to suggested he perhaps didn't want a budget at all, at least not one without what he called «flexibility» for his administration to act — post-budget — to respond to widely expected federal cuts, particularly in the Medicaid program.

The official government line was that this would allow the new legislators to take part in discussions for the 2017 budget.

A rep for the de Blasio administration also told the Times that the city has been in talks with the state, the MTA and Vornado over potential development plans in the area, but they didn't resemble what Cuomo pitched during 11th hour budget discussions.

As disabled protesters shouted: «Kill the bill, don't kill us,» in a Capitol Hill hearing room, the Senate Budget Committee, with no discussion, quickly approved the legislation on a 12 - 11 party - line vote that left Democrats fuming.

«[The phone calls] involve discussions between Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos about the ways in which Dean Skelos can maximize his leverage with the Governor during the budget negotiations — the same negotiations during which the Government alleges Dean Skelos attempted to insert legislation that would benefit Adam Skelos and the Environmental Technology Company in the charged schemes,» prosecutors say in the court filings.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced a five - pronged package in January that included these reforms as part of his 2018 State of the State agenda, and the organizations were led to believe they would be part of the state's finalized budget after months of discussions with elected officials, a spokesman for the Legal Aid Society said.

ALBANY — Seven of New York's nine Republican members in the House of Representatives voted against a budget resolution that will pave the way for a larger discussion on tax reform.

For a more comprehensive look at the state's revenue and budget challenges, see the Fiscal Policy Institute's 2018 - 2019 budget briefing book, which includes a discussion of many other progressive pro-revenue tax proposals which would generate billions of dollars that New York needs to remain competitive in the future.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco confirmed Monday afternoon that discussions are underway that might produce «tweaks» to the public financing proposal in the agreed - to 2014 - 15 state budget.

Jettisoned from the budget talks, too, were discussions over juvenile justice reform and curtailing sexual assault on college campuses (funding for raising the age of criminal responsibility is still under discussion in the budget talks).

In yearly budget discussion there's a lot of pressure to cut cost.

«We are going to put into place a plan starting next week of daily meetings and discussions bringing outside folks in to really formulate our plan for the budget and then put something at least on the table for those negotiations.

In his resolution, Holmquist says the salary discussion should have been a part of the budget process and deserved more public input and review.

And he says discussion about whether unrelated policy items should be included or not included in the budget is simply a «red herring.»

De Blasio said the issue was still open for discussion before approval of the final budget in June.

«The Senate, throughout our budget discussions, didn't seem very interested at all in bail reform.»

We're in discussion with the mayor's office, the mayor's office will be in discussion with the City Council as to what the city budget will be able to afford, that's the purpose of discussion,» Bratton said at the hearing according to the New York Observer.

He's had to develop a relationship with a new state Assembly speaker, Carl Heastie, after corruption charges toppled longtime speaker Sheldon Silver from the rostrum and from his seat in closed - door budget discussions with the other leaders.

As discussions on the city's 2013 budget begin in earnest, some city lawmakers say that a combination of state - mandated expenses,

In practice the most significant discussions look set to be over the content of the Budget and the severity of spending cuts.

Topics of discussion and presentations included an overview of the New York State Association of Counties; New York State Open Government Laws; Major Policy Issues Affecting Counties; Introduction to County Finance and Budget Issues; County Government Structure in New York State; Ethics in Government; Adopting Local Laws; and Role of the Clerks of Legislative Boards.

--------------------------- The Governor and the legislative leaders are in the midst of ongoing budget discussions, which have intensified as the budget deadline approaches.

General discussion ensues about whether a credit rating downgrade means Britain can be classed as a developing country, so it can get in on some of that sweet ring - fenced budget.

There was additionally a very thorough discussion of Campaign Finance Reform with Kristina Andreotta, of Citizen Action NY particularly focused on New York State legislation that may be influenced over the next month by positions Gov. Cuomo will announce in launching the budget and legislative priorities for 2014.

They discuss the budget, Tier VI retirement discussions, redistricting, and ethics in the Comptroller's office.

The budget agreement can stipulate a forum where legislators, local officials and the public can participate in discussion of the precise terms of the plan.

But DeFrancisco, along with his fellow Senate Republicans, argue its best to remove the policy discussions if they threaten to impact the on - time budget streak, currently at four in a row.

The particular harm is that underlying «trend factors» built in to projections on year - to - year spending changes become a self - fulfilling base from which the discussion on the budget begins... for example, a change from $ 9 billion to $ 12 billion in actual proposed spending on a program area doesn't become the focus, if the «projected out - year» for that program had its expected growth going to $ 13.5 billion — instead of anaylyzing why there is 33 percent growth in that program, the interest groups and journalists cover that as a «cut» of $ 1.5 billion.

Rather than including set budgets for this, why not simply include messages on websites and discussions in constituencies?

«I think there's a good starting point to have the discussion over it, putting it in the budget,» Silver said.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Thursday weighed in on the education funding discussions in the state budget, saying in a statement school aid should not be «held hostage» in the ongoing effort instill education reforms.

«We had a fruitful discussion with the Governor and his team today about how to substantially reduce State mandates in order to help New York City manage the State's $ 2.1 billion cut, down from its November budget plan.»

«A regularly updated tax consultation tracker is something else we have been making the case for, both in Better Budgets and in ongoing discussions with Treasury and HMRC officials.

«This is part of the discussion and we had this in our one - house budget resolution, language in there to bring reform,» said Sen. George Amedore.

According to Strasburg, Skelos made it clear to Cuomo this week that he would not «entertain any discussions whatsoever on rent control» in connection with the budget.