Sentences with phrase «in discretionary money»

But the fund is massive compared with the $ 16 million in discretionary money Duncan's predecessors got each year for their own priorities.

Halloran is accused in a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday of, among other things, accepting more than $ 24,000 in cash and campaign funds in exchange for agreeing to appropriate $ 80,000 in discretionary money from the council.

With Espada in trouble, will Community Board 6 still get the $ 58,000 in discretionary money he's promised them?

Not exact matches

First, go through all the major discretionary items on which you spend money and order them in terms of expense and importance.

Desjardins Capital Markets analyst Maher Yaghi, for one, expected a reduction of $ 5 to $ 10 in monthly revenue per user «as customers get the option to choose the channels they want to watch and move discretionary money toward OTT (over-the-top) services such as Netflix.»

Tudor also created a role for one of its partner - level money managers in London as head of discretionary trading technology.

To top it off, contributions to a Roth IRA are discretionary, which means you get to decide when you want to deposit money in your account.

As predicted by Mindful Money, the social news and knowledge network for investors and savers published in the UK, the RDR was likely going to increase the use of discretionary managers.

If you have several hundred dollars in discretionary income, that doesn't mean all of your extra money will go toward your student loans.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver used the occasion of President Obama's address at the UAlbany nanotech facility this afternoon to note that the money to fund the ever - growing complex came from «discretionary dollars» he and others in the Legislature steered there over the years.

Only CM Arroyo received contributions from the employees of the Puerto Rican Family Institute, however, and in the same month when each council office allots discretionary money.

Council Member Ruben Wills was back in the news this week when it turned out that he had allocated more than $ 30,000 in discretionary funds to the Young Leaders Institute, whose own leader, Van Holmes, was arrested for stealing money from the non-profit.

The Donna Reid Fund had received hundreds of thousands of dollars in discretionary funding, including money from Christine Quinn's infamous slush fund.

Advocates said Peralta's doling out of discretionary money violates a ban in the state senate budget.

«I had no intention to divert the money for discretionary purposes,» Haldar stated in an affidavit filed as part of the lawsuit.

The report points to the billions of dollars in discretionary pots of funds that are approved in the budget without clear details on where and how the money will ultimately be spent.

Eventually, Gregg said that he would freeze discretionary spending, «eliminate the TARP money,» «end the stimulus spending» in June, and reform entitlement spending.

Of course he did have the small problem that many good organizations don't want to take any discretionary dollar from him - even if it is our tax money - because they don't want to deal with his sleazy self in any way

In 2008, when Quinn and the Council found themselves mired in a slush - fund scandal — she had quietly continued a bad - old - timey Council practice that allowed the speaker to consolidate power by doling out discretionary money to members in secret — she found an invaluable, unshakable source of support in Bloomberg and in the real - estate communitIn 2008, when Quinn and the Council found themselves mired in a slush - fund scandal — she had quietly continued a bad - old - timey Council practice that allowed the speaker to consolidate power by doling out discretionary money to members in secret — she found an invaluable, unshakable source of support in Bloomberg and in the real - estate communitin a slush - fund scandal — she had quietly continued a bad - old - timey Council practice that allowed the speaker to consolidate power by doling out discretionary money to members in secret — she found an invaluable, unshakable source of support in Bloomberg and in the real - estate communitin secret — she found an invaluable, unshakable source of support in Bloomberg and in the real - estate communitin Bloomberg and in the real - estate communitin the real - estate community.

After three months, the agency overseeing the discretionary fund — Empire State Development — answered a request for information about how four projects in New York City were awarded TIF money with a series of documents that made no specific mention of the fund and were all produced before its first appropriation in 2015.

That conviction was followed by a fraud investigation of Monserrate, and another conviction in December, for routing $ 100,000 in City Council discretionary funds to a nonprofit organization he controlled and allegedly using the money to fund his 2006 New York State Senate campaign.

Worse, Helsmoortel wrote in the 2/24/11 Saugerties Times that this money came from discretionary fund which, according to budget officials, doesn't exist!

The money for «discretionary» items that's left over — including R&D — is expected to drop to 23 % of the federal budget by 2040, down from 67 % in 1970 and 36 % in 2012.

It is assumed that people who are retired not only have greater sums of discretionary money but also have a tendency to spend it more wisely and may have more time to engage in an exercise program.

Rent and food are obviously necessities, a fun account is your discretionary income or play money, vacation is for a longer term goal that's reachable in the foreseeable future, and savings gets you started on a nest egg for when it's needed unexpectedly down the road.

A new, in - depth report takes a look at how states spend education money and finds that the most cost - effective ways of increasing student achievement are by reducing pupil - teacher ratios, providing more prekindergarten programs, and providing teachers with discretionary classroom resources — not by raising teacher pay.

Race to the Top money gets to schools in two ways: Half goes out based on the percentage of federal funding that schools get for low - income students (Title I), and the other half is discretionary.

This third pot of cash also includes money for discretionary spending or, as it is categorized in the union's financial disclosure report, «contributions, gifts and grants.»

The discretionary money is disbursed in a number of ways.

Schools typically have discretionary money that they use to enhance their technology or increase the amount of computers they have in the building, but the infrastructure component is always the one that is lagging behind.

Blowing a hole in the Federal budget will force Congress to look for savings in future budgets» discretionary spending, putting money sent to help our neediest students at risk.

This market is expected to continue to grow as the average age of vehicles on the road continues to increase, classic cars gain in popularity and Baby Boomers have more discretionary money to purchase these vehicles.

I and many others believe that you should think of your investments in two parts: your retirement money and your discretionary money.

As for the other portion of your assets — your discretionary money — you can place this in any investment you feel comfortable about, whether it be in stocks, ETFs, mutual funds (or in bonds, REITs and other asset classes) but I'd be careful to do sufficient research before taking on any risk.

You may be better off investing your savings in a well - balanced portfolio of stock and bonds and withdrawing money as needed to cover discretionary expenses and any other costs that pop up.

Each spouse receives their own discretionary spending money in their own separate interest bearing checking account each month, with all other funds being held in joint accounts.

I put in about $ 500 which was probably all the discretionary money I had; and for a while, I did really well.

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A tax refund is generally regarded as a type of windfall, «found money» that the recipient feels free to spend on a discretionary item, when in fact it rightfully belonged to the individual in the first place and could go into the savings account.

Once your account is under our management, Motley Fool Wealth Management, in discretionary capacity, would be managing your money for you.

You need to track all your money coming in (your total income) and everything going out (your fixed expenses and your discretionary spending).

But if you have other reliable income sources from outside your investments — Social Security and pension and so forth — then your lifestyle is not as exposed to if your portfolio declines in value, you could potentially spend at a higher rate, and enjoy that money, it's more discretionary in nature for you, because you do have your lifestyle protected in other ways.

In general, discretionary income refers to the money that you have left over after you pay for all of your necessary expenses, including taxes.

He reasoned that this would put more discretionary money in their pockets and thus improve their lives.

In order to extract themselves from debt, they will need someone to teach them the proper way to manage their money and create a budgeting plan that will allow them to pay all of their obligations with some discretionary spending money left over each month.

«If most of his discretionary money is directed to one goal (travel) then what happens if / when there is an unexpected expense in the short term like car repairs?

Money that came from borrowing against home equity is spent on discretionary and products more durable in nature.

I think most discretionary travelers will find they are better off paying for the a la cart upgrades or first class tickets on the longer routes where it matters rather than investing the extra time and money in mileage runs to earn elite status.

«Naturally, liquidity is a big factor in any market that seems to be a lot of money in the world, and there's a lot of discretionary money.