Sentences with phrase «in public funds last»

That massive intake was matched by an additional $ 150,000 in public funds last year, according to Campaign Finance Board records.

WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt spent more than $ 120,000 in public funds last summer for a trip to Italy that included a meeting of G - 7 ministers and...

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What's more, the news - reading public has grown accustomed to announcements of multi-million-dollar investments over the last 15 years, a period of extremely active venture capital funding, which reached new highs in 2015.

Alabbar announced last year he plans to launch his own e-commerce firm Noon in partnership with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF).

The New York State Common Retirement Fund, which is the third - biggest public pension fund in the U.S., cut its target last month from 7.5 percent to 7 percFund, which is the third - biggest public pension fund in the U.S., cut its target last month from 7.5 percent to 7 percfund in the U.S., cut its target last month from 7.5 percent to 7 percent.

According to the now (in) famous Kauffman report last year, just 20 % of venture funds generate returns that beat a public - market equivalent by more than 3 %.

For instance, the government says it will invest $ 950 million over five years to support «superclusters,» but the vast bulk of that money is repurposed from last year's budget, with the remainder scraped from «public transit and green infrastructure» funding allocated in the 2016 fall economic statement.

According to figures that the National Venture Capital Association diligently collects through primary research and publishes on their Web site, last year was somewhat typical in that 1,334 start - ups got funded, but only 13 % as many achieved an IPO (81 last year) or an acquisition large enough to warrant a public disclosure of the price (95 last year).

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, which has more than $ 224 billion in assets, spent about $ 54 billion on investments last yfund, the Public Investment Fund, which has more than $ 224 billion in assets, spent about $ 54 billion on investments last yFund, which has more than $ 224 billion in assets, spent about $ 54 billion on investments last year.

It also manages a public market fund that operates as a kind of hedge fund and quietly closed last year with an undisclosed amount in capital commitments.

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.

Silicon Valley darling Dropbox is aiming to go public at a valuation well below the $ 10 billion it clocked in its last private funding round, despite posting healthy revenue growth and turning cash - flow positive in the intervening four years.

And while there have been a string of successful initial public offerings, including Healthscope's debut last week, this is not enough to counter the force of more competitively priced funds available in the debt market than the equity market for a company seeking to grow by acquisition.

Only two of the last 27 new parks were financed without public funds: San Francisco's AT&T Park, which opened in 2000, and Dodger Stadium, which opened in 1962.

The $ 25 million price tag for the fountain's restoration, almost 10 times the cost of the last round of major restorations in 1994 and 1995, would be paid for by a mixture of public and private funds, Park District officials said.

Last Thursday, the U. S. House of Representatives passed HR 3010, which restored $ 100 million in funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Mention can also be made of the Petroleum Funds which include the Stabilization Fund and the now famous Heritage Fund which the NPP government through its Senior Minister, had only last week hastily earmarked to fund the lofty Free SHS programme until public opprobrium forced them to beat a retreat in the matFund and the now famous Heritage Fund which the NPP government through its Senior Minister, had only last week hastily earmarked to fund the lofty Free SHS programme until public opprobrium forced them to beat a retreat in the matFund which the NPP government through its Senior Minister, had only last week hastily earmarked to fund the lofty Free SHS programme until public opprobrium forced them to beat a retreat in the matfund the lofty Free SHS programme until public opprobrium forced them to beat a retreat in the matter.

Although a reduction in public funds for the sport post-London 2012 will present inevitable challenges, I'm confident that the momentum England Netball has built up over the last two years will carry the game forward.

One interesting illustration of the issue came up when the US Republican presidential candidate last fall, Mitt Romney, opened the first of the three presidential debates by saying that he wanted to cut off funding for PBS, the public - funded broadcasting service in the US.

He has visited New York City public housing repeatedly over the last month, and even declared a state of emergency last week, promising $ 250 million in additional funding in the state budget ($ 550 million has been allocated to the New York City Housing Authority since 2015).

BY JOSH ROGERS Nine Lower East Side public housing complexes will be able to tap into a $ 3 billion federal fund to repair damage from Hurricane Sandy, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week in Red Hook.

Tax - funded public - pension costs for every level of state government rose from absolutely minimal levels in 2000 to a grand total of more than $ 16 billion last year, half of it in New York City alone.

Among the Buffalo Billion related questions were the review of Joe Percoco's disclosure form revealing outside income from Buffalo Billion vendors, details of Cuomo's last conversation with Percoco, the recent disclosure by Solar City of a reduction in the expected number of jobs, why the Public Authorities Control Board delayed a decision of funding certain payments related to Solar City and whether public money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occuPublic Authorities Control Board delayed a decision of funding certain payments related to Solar City and whether public money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occupublic money funding the Buffalo Billion was treated «as sacred» and if so, why an investigation is occurring.

Like his predecessor in public shaming, Eliot Spitzer, Dominique Strauss - Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund who resigned Wednesday night after he was accused of sexually assaulting a New York City hotel maid last weekend, allegedly hired prostitutes from Wicked Models to keep him warm at night.

In doing so, they are heeding Boris Johnson's calls for a «citizen's wealth fund»: last October, London's mayor proposed pooling some of the UK's 39,000 public pension funds into a single investment fund large enough to reduce the country's dependence on foreign investment and close its infrastructure financing deficit.

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez pitched a plan last year that would kick in public money to expand them to every borough, but the company's latest proposal would do it without taxpayer funds.

The growing British interest in a citizen's income scheme coincides with an announcement last month that two major UK public pension funds — the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA)-- will form a joint infrastructure investment venture worth $ 500 million.

Last year the governor's budget called for the consolidation of 89 public health programs coupled with a cut in funding of 10 percent.

Governor Andrew Cuomo last week announced a new «Innovation Venture Capital Fund» to invest up to $ 50 million in public funds into start - up companies.

In the last week, he flexed some muscle, pushing for action on the DREAM Act, public campaign finance and funding for a pre-kindergarten expansion that New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has pushed for.

Last month, Cuomo asked some of his New York commissioners to boycott the Port Authority's public board meeting in protest of the ongoing dispute with New Jersey over what to fund in the agency's 10 - year capital plan.

In all, the Democratic governor boasted that there will be $ 100 billion worth of investments in New York, counting some expenditures from last year, spending by public authorities and matching funds from the private sectoIn all, the Democratic governor boasted that there will be $ 100 billion worth of investments in New York, counting some expenditures from last year, spending by public authorities and matching funds from the private sectoin New York, counting some expenditures from last year, spending by public authorities and matching funds from the private sector.

[From The WSJ] John Liu, a former New York City comptroller who ran unsuccessfully for mayor last year, accused the city Campaign Finance Board in a federal lawsuit of unlawfully denying his campaign millions of dollars in public matching funds.

Last year, de Blasio asked the Legislature for $ 300 million in new funding to help make capital improvements at the New York City Housing Authority, the crumbling system of public housing with a multi-billion dollar deficit.

On jobs and economic opportunity, Delgado said the country must repeal the «tax scam» adopted by Congress last year, pass a bill that requires the super-wealthy and corporations to pay their fair share in taxes, then use those funds to pay for a public infrastructure bill.

In a major blow to Gov. Chris Christie that complicates his 2016 ambitions, a New Jersey judge ruled that he violated state law when he declined to make the full payment into the state's pension system for public employees last year and ordered him to find a way to fund it now.

In fact, whatever else he may achieve in his pursuit of the presidency, the former Louisiana congressman and governor may be remembered as the last presidential candidate to ever receive federal matching funds; the very fact that he is the only candidate seeking and collecting those funds this year prima facie evidence that the public financing system for presidential elections is already functionally deaIn fact, whatever else he may achieve in his pursuit of the presidency, the former Louisiana congressman and governor may be remembered as the last presidential candidate to ever receive federal matching funds; the very fact that he is the only candidate seeking and collecting those funds this year prima facie evidence that the public financing system for presidential elections is already functionally deain his pursuit of the presidency, the former Louisiana congressman and governor may be remembered as the last presidential candidate to ever receive federal matching funds; the very fact that he is the only candidate seeking and collecting those funds this year prima facie evidence that the public financing system for presidential elections is already functionally dead.

In the last four weeks alone, the Fund For Great Public Schools has poured more than $ 1.1 million into the race to bolster Eachus against Republican Sen. Bill Larkin.

The government purchased large stakes in three banks last week as the Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and HBOS accepted public funding as part of the governments # 37 billion bailout plan.

• Predicted Douglas Carswell, the party's only MP, would only last another six months in Ukip, as he is not accepting any public funds and is therefore no longer useful.

Clinton's comments came during a 32 - minute speech in which she took aim at Walker and his signature legislation that all but eliminated collective bargaining rights for most public employees and his proposal in the last state budget to cut funding for higher education.

The hostilities between the mayor and the governor have only escalated in the last year over a variety of concerns, including mayoral control of New York City schools and proposed cuts in funding to the City University of New York, tumbling into public view with a rare intensity, even for two jobs that are often in conlfict.

Filings at the state Board of Elections show NYSUT's Fund For Great Public Schools super PAC has invested in both mailers and TV ad production over the last week to knock Republican Chris Jacobs and boost Small's chances in the battleground district.

The Moreland Commission on Public Corruption last year sent a subpoena to the firm Strategic Advantage International, a vendor for the group Common Sense Principles, in order to gain more information on who funded the group's efforts during the 2012 campaign cycle on behalf of Senate Republicans.

Last November the committee on standards in public life put forward a proposal to cap individual donations at # 10,000 and increase the amount of funding of political parties paid for by the state.

Last month, AG Schneiderman and Comptroller DiNapoli announced the arrest of former Bronx city council candidate Albert Alvarez for allegedly accepting straw donations and stealing at least $ 4,500 in New York City Campaign Finance Board public matching funds during his unsuccessful 2013 run for Council.

Last week, Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the arrest of former New York City Council candidate Albert Alvarez for allegedly accepting straw donations and stealing thousands of dollars in New York City public matching funds during Alvarez's unsuccessful 2013 run for Council.

City Council candidate Heidi Harrison Chain's announcement last week that she will decline public matching funds has prompted others in the race for Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat to criticize the move, saying she is ditching a program meant to level the financial playing field and could now far outspend her opponents.

Last week, State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport) signed off on $ 1.95 billion in public funding for the plan.

«The last time I talked to the county exec, it sounded like everything was going through and he had given me his word that he was going to find funding for... the remainder of the project,» Adam Skelos said, adding that Mangano told him that if federal funds didn't work out, he would look in the Department of Public Works budget.