With the City Council's 2010 fiscal budget, Councilman Eric Gioia (D - Sunnyside) trailed the pack
in member item funding, though his office said the councilman made up for some of that by seeking private grants for constituent groups.
The federal investigation follows subpoenas issued by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to the nonprofit Parent Information Network Inc., which is run by Huntley's daughter, Pamela Corley, according to the Associated Press, and received $ 400,000
in member item funding from the state Assembly between 1993 and 2008 and another $ 30,000 from Huntley in 2008.
That investigation exposed a nonprofit set up by, as the AG's press release put it, «a New York state senator,» which allegedly funneled about $ 30,000
in member item funds to those associated with it, including the senator's aide and an individual who shares a residence with the senator.
Not exact matches
-LRB-... The DN calls on de Blasio to use his mayoral powers to abolish the Council practice of dividing up some $ 400 million annually
in so - called
member items...) ************* Don't see de Blasio using up political chips to try to end the
member -
item slush
fund.
Schneiderman's office says the vast majority of
funding for Christian Community
In Action received tens of millions of dollars from the Medicaid program, while the Christian Community Benevolent Association received about $ 495,000 in member item grant
In Action received tens of millions of dollars from the Medicaid program, while the Christian Community Benevolent Association received about $ 495,000
in member item grant
in member item grants.
The State and Municipal Facilities Aid slush
fund apparently isn't subject to the added disclosure and accountability guidelines applied to standard pork barrel «
member items» at the recommendation of then - Attorney General Cuomo
in 2008.
(While
member item funding dried up
in 2009, lawmakers have once again inserted hundreds of line
items worth millions of dollars into the aid to localities bill, which has now cleared both houses of the Legislature.
In recent days, Heastie's use of his campaign
funds, his donations and steering of
member items to contributors have come under the magnifying glass as Assembly Democrats coalesce around his election as speaker.
Tedisco's bill requires all
member items, discretionary
funds, and so - called «lump sum payments», which are controlled by the Speaker of the Assembly, Senate Majority Leader and Governor and negotiated
in many instances behind closed doors, be made public and fully transparent within the state budget.
Those accounts were partially
funded by
member item grants administered through the Empire State Development Corporation and the Office of Children and Family Services, which were intended to provide educational and recreational opportunities to children and senior citizens
in the Bronx.
Gov. David Paterson began the policy of removing new
member items from the state budget, and Cuomo has continued that push by now allowing new earmarked spending (Though old
member items remain
in the spending plan for as long as they are
funded).
David Paterson vetoed hundreds of
member items in 2010, essentially stopping the
funding streams.
Included
in the massive list of «
member items» —
funds individual council
members dole out to non-profits — is a $ 5,000 allocation to Angeldocs, whose city
funds are under examination by the city Health Department.
The focus on Tuesday, at least for some Council
members, is what they were able to bring home for their districts
in the form of
member items — the body's discretionary
funding grants it sends to local nonprofit organizations.
City Councilman Peter Koo has given at least $ 24,000
in Council
member item funds since 2012 to Bridge to Life, which promotes alternatives to abortion.
Eric Stevenson, a first - term state senator representing East Tremont and other neighborhoods
in the south Bronx, said he'd planned to give his expected $ 100,000
in member item money to local tutoring and after - school programs and a cash - strapped little league, some of the same organizations that his predecessor, Michael Benjamin, had
funded over the years.
«When the Senator says legislators «should play a critical and pivotal role»
in the distribution of
funds, that's code for going back to the days of
member items and pork barrel spending that were the vestiges of the old Albany,» he said.
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In the third case, the Empire Center argues the City Council violated state law when it failed to comply with a March 1, 2010 FOIL request for information about the Council's «discretionary»
funding, also known as initiative - based or
member -
item grants.
A single sentence
in this year's state budget intended to help
fund member items was also responsible for holding up roughly $ 20 million in federal aid to the state Conservation Fund, letters from the Cuomo administration's legal counsel s
fund member items was also responsible for holding up roughly $ 20 million
in federal aid to the state Conservation
Fund, letters from the Cuomo administration's legal counsel s
Fund, letters from the Cuomo administration's legal counsel show.
That's almost exactly two years after McLaughlin pleaded guilty to stealing $ 2.2 million
in cash, carks and perks — both as a state lawmaker (he even bilked a little league team out of taxpayer -
funded member item money) and as president of the New York City Central Labor Council.
«When the Senator says legislators «should play a critical and pivotal role»
in the distribution of
funds, that's code for going back to the days of
member items and pork barrel spending that were the vestiges of the old Albany.
As you all know,
Member Items and Capital
Funds were the only way that a State Legislator used to be able to help those struggling groups such as little leagues, senior centers, schools, and not - for profit organizations
in their districts.
The Governor got the Senate Democratic Conference and the Democratic Assembly
Members to vote against their own community interests and against themselves, while on the other hand, the Governor created his own, private, HUGE
Member Items — or should I say, Governor
Items and Governor Capital
Funds for his disposal, making everyone believe that he did away with the system — and
in the process, using the Democrats as rubber stamps.
The hospital received a $ 2,000
member item as recently as 2013 administered by the state Department of Health, part of more than $ 13.6 million
in state
funding flowing to the medical center since 2009, according to public records.
Senate leader John Sampson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have agreed on the plan, but Sampson may not have the votes; Governor Paterson may use his line -
item veto to strip it of
member items (earmarks), millions
in restored school aid, and any spending he doesn't think we can afford; and it may be anywhere from $ 200 million to $ 1.5 billion short of closing the budget gap, depending on whether Congress comes through with $ 1 billion
in Medicaid
funds.
Last year, state lawmakers received nearly $ 148 million
in discretionary
funds, also known as
member items or «pork,» to distribute
in their districts.
Governor Cuomo has vetoed over half a million dollars of legislative
member items, saying he's following through on a promise to ban the
funds, which have been used
in the past to finance lawmakers» pet projects.
The truth is that
member items constitute a legalized slush
fund that gives pols millions
in taxpayer cash that they then use to buy loyalty, community support and votes.
Quinn's critics have regularly accused her of using the process of doling out
member items to reward friends and supporters, while cutting back
funds to her enemies, regardless of overall needs
in individual
members» districts.
Mr. de Blasio, despite his repeated vows to end the
member item system, also confirmed that council
members would have discretionary
funding that they can dole out to favored groups
in the new budget.
«The speaker is going to be interested
in gaining the support of the Council and may take that into consideration of her
funding of
member items,» said Rachael Fauss, a policy expert at Citizens Union, which authored the group's report.
The clinic made headlines several years ago when area Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, a Republican, alleged that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer had cut their
member item funding after the two politicians engaged
in a public spat.
In 2012, the complaint alleges that Doctor - 1 asked Silver for help in finding a family member a job with a nonprofit organization that «received millions of dollars in member items and capital funding from Silver.&raqu
In 2012, the complaint alleges that Doctor - 1 asked Silver for help
in finding a family member a job with a nonprofit organization that «received millions of dollars in member items and capital funding from Silver.&raqu
in finding a family
member a job with a nonprofit organization that «received millions of dollars
in member items and capital funding from Silver.&raqu
in member items and capital
funding from Silver.»
During his gubernatorial campaign, Cuomo said the
member item process needed «dramatic reform,» and said any legislative earmarks should be posted online before
funding was approved
in the state budget.
Laurie Cumbo Cumbo, the incumbent, was moved to run for office
in 2013 after criticizing the state ending allocation of
member items, or
funds that state Senate senators and Assembly
members got to dole out to nonprofit organizations, like the one she founded.
David Paterson to veto appropriations under the «
member item» program,
in which legislators could send
funds to organizations or programs
in their districts.
Expenses of the Community Projects
Fund may be lower than projected
in 2010 - 11 as a result of Governor Paterson's vetoes of
member -
item reappropriations.
After his election, Cuomo submitted two budgets that contained no
member item funding;
in 2012, he vetoed over 100
member items that were re-programmed from previous budgets.
The indictment charges Patricia Savage, president of Parent Workshop and former Senator Huntley's aide, and Lynn Smith, the treasurer of Parent Workshop and Huntley's niece, of engaging
in a fraudulent scheme to steal
member item funds.
While it was first
funded as part of the 2013 - 14 state budget, lawmakers are just now offering details about the earmarking process — which
in its previous iteration, called
member items, went away
in 2010.
The
funding is included
in the Legislature's
member items — also known as «pork» — that Pataki has argued is unconstitutional.
Schneiderman and DiNapoli had previously announced that the two aides to Huntley, Smith and Savage, were charged with pocketing nearly $ 30,000
in legislative
member item funds through the group.
Katz also said she will advocate for transparency
in how the City Council doles out
member items, but stopped short of saying competitive bidding among community groups for the controversial
funding is the answer — as some of her opponents have suggested.
Of Crowley's
member items, $ 26,500 went to the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council, which also received a combined $ 2.5 million
in capital
funding from the Queens delegation of the Council, Borough President Helen Marshall and Councilwoman Diana Reyna (D - Bushwick) as it prepares to move to a new location at the former VFW Garrity Post on Fairview Avenue.
Crowley said her
funding represented a 25 percent increase
in member items over the previous fiscal year levels and a 50 percent increase
in capital allocations for the 30th District, which includes -LSB-...]
Leibell doled out $ 6.5 million
in so - called «
member items,»
funded by taxpayer dollars, to nonprofit groups that he himself controlled between 2005 and 2010, according to the New York Times.
Crowley said her
funding represented a 25 percent increase
in member items over the previous fiscal year levels and a 50 percent increase
in capital allocations for the 30th District, which includes Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village and Ridgewood.
The emails obtained by the News showed that Ceretto's then - chief of staff, Lynne Neveu, suggested on Sept. 9, 2015, that Ceretto should send letters to all the localities
in his district asking them to suggest projects to be
funded with the more than $ 1.6 million
in «
member items» that Ceretto controlled.
The first tier contains
items that many young scientists would expect from their supervisors: mentoring; communication; setting a direction and vision for the research group; providing opportunities to network with other scientists; providing
funding for postdocs» research or giving them significant help
in obtaining their own grants; training; creating a work culture and environment that encourages individuals to treat everybody with respect and encourages collaboration; creating an ambience that keeps group
members satisfied and attracts talented scientists to the group; and offering postdocs opportunities to explore options for their careers once their fellowships have ended.
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