Senate Democrats» proposal
included budget numbers that were part of a CBO score of a previous House measure, but those costs had since changed, Reid said.
Not exact matches
That's because the majority of the increased
budget has been earmarked for taxpayer assistance,
including hiring up to 1,000 additional customer service representatives to cut down phone waits for answers to tax questions and reduce the
number of «courtesy disconnects» by an overloaded IRS switchboard.
Paramount released a
number of notable big -
budget flops in 2016,
including Ben Stiller's comedy sequel Zoolander 2 ($ 28.8 million in domestic gross) and a Ben - Hur remake that Paramount co-financed with MGM, which only grossed $ 26.4 million domestically, according to Box Office Mojo.
The
budget seeks to address these skills shortages through a
number of measures,
including $ 65 million to assist post-secondary institutions to revise their curricula to better align with industry needs.
However,
included in the
Budget forecast are a
number of end - of - year accruals amounting to $ 4.7 billion.
The Main Estimates also excludes a
number of items that are
included as expenses in the
Budget.
The Main Estimates exclude a
number of spending components
included in the
Budget.
Typically, second round impacts (multiplier) are not
included in the
budget estimates, given the subjectivity of any
number.
The Canadian bond market remained stable against a
number of national and international events,
including the delivery of the Canadian federal
budget, a U.S. interest rate hike and continuing Brexit developments.
A major source of confusion between the spending
numbers included in the Estimates and those in the
Budget relates to the differences in the scope and accounting methods used in the two series.
The Update also
included a large
number of spending initiatives (about $ 10 billion over six years), thereby ensuring that these initiatives would be
included in Main Estimates for 2018 - 19 as part of efforts to increase transparency and accountability between the
budget expenses and the Main Estimates expenditures.
«One of the estimated 1,290 tariff increases in
Budget 2013 is on tariff code 8519.81.29, which
includes a
number of digital music players.
That
number was a «total church
budget»
number, so it would
include community outreach and missions (which tends to be a fairly small percentage in most church
budgets).
She will also set out a
number of green proposals in a 25 - year plan for the environment
including eliminating all avoidable plastic waste by 2042 and a commitment to spend part of the Government's multi-billion annual overseas aid
budget on international measures to cut plastic use.
Under Title IX, to achieve gender parity between men's and women's sports, universities and colleges have to meet one of three different requirements: 1) equity in participation opportunities for both men and women; 2) scholarships offered proportionally based on the
number of male and female athletes; and 3) comparable overall treatment of women's and men's sports (
including but not limited to quality and maintenance of locker rooms and facilities, equipment and supplies, access to practice fields, publicity of teams and events, the quality of coaching, academic tutoring, traveling
budgets, etc.).
Klopp needs to strengthen a
number of areas and may be reluctant to spend a large portion of his
budget on a defender when there are cheaper alternatives out there,
including Hull City's Andrew Robertson.
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Cuomo pointed to a
number of measures he sought this year in the
budget,
including early voting, the Child Victims Act and others that he said were blocked by Republicans in the Senate.
Krueger said a
number of things are still under discussion,
including the SUNY empowerment plan and the education aid that the Legislature restored to the
budget and the governor vetoed.
A
number of state Senate Republicans weren't happy with a breakaway group of Democrats aligned with them after they voted en masse against a GOP
budget proposal last week that
included many initiatives the independent Dems had sought.
Governor David Paterson first
included the TAP yeshiva - eligibility in his proposed January
budget, encouraged to do so by a
number of community askonim working closely with Assemblyman Hikind.
Retiree Health Insurance — The Executive
Budget includes a
number of reforms that will provide needed long - term savings,
including tiered premium shares based on years of service and limited reimbursement of Medicare premiums.
Levy went on to note that a
number of the cost - saving measures Paterson says he supports,
including the property tax cap and wage freeze for state employees (or, alternatively, layoffs), were not
included in the governor's proposed
budget.
The
budget also
includes a
number of landmark policies that will strengthen opportunity for working and middle class families and a record $ 24.8 billion in education aid.
The
budget includes money for a property tax rebate for homeowners and a
number of education initiatives.
Both one - house
budget bills
included some form of the database, which would track the companies getting tax breaks or other benefits, the
number of jobs expected, and whether key benchmarks are being met.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a
number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley,
including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state
budget.
In an email to supporters, WFP State Director Bill Lipton points out there's a
number of things the party is behind in the new
budget,
including a renters tax credit, funding for pre-Kindergarten programs and increased support for child care.
While new officers were not
included in the mayor's preliminary
budget for fiscal year 2016, a
number of public safety initiatives were funded.
Presenting the 2017
budget to Parliament last year, Finance Minister Ken Ofori - Atta announced that government had abolished a
number of taxes
including the 5 per cent VAT on real estate cost.
There's just about a week and a half left before the
budget deadline, and Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers remain at odds over a
number of issues,
including whether ethics disclosure rules should apply to Governor Cuomo as well as the legislature.
He says despite numerous scandals in recent years, legislators also have a
number of achievements,
including six on time
budgets in a row.
A
number of other items that Cuomo initially tied to passage of the
budget also were dropped,
including raising the minimum wage, the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, and an education tax credit sought by the Catholic Church, among others.
With the state facing a multibillion - dollar
budget, Cuomo proposed a
number of tax code changes,
including $ 1 billion in higher taxes.
And while his administration routinely touts the plan's size as historic in scale —
including in Monday's press release — the non-partisan Citizens
Budget Commission says that adjusting for inflation, it's actually the smallest plan since 2000, or the second smallest, depending on how you crunch the
numbers.
There are a
number of nonspending items tied to the
budget,
including the Child Victims Act, to give victims of childhood sexual abuse greater access to the courts, and the Dream Act, which would qualify children of undocumented immigrants for college aid.
Lawmakers this spring
included money in the state
budget to address a
number of legal challenges centered on health care in the prison system,
including the treatment of inmates with hepatitis and inmates with disabilities and mental - health issues.
A
number of other items that Governor Andrew Cuomo initially tied to passage of the
budget also were dropped,
including raising the minimum wage, the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, and an education tax credit sought by the Catholic Church, among others.
Thursday's City Council schedule will
include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary
budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions,
including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the
number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to
include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive
budget for New York City.»
DiNapoli's report raises a
number of transparency concerns with the
budget proposal, which
includes several measures that would bypass existing provisions intended to ensure integrity in the state's procurement process.
Recommendation: The Acting Commissioner of Social Security should direct the Deputy Commissioner of
Budget, Finance, Quality, and Management to regularly track the
number and rate of date errors, which can affect benefit payments (e.g., incorrect cessation dates), and consider
including those errors in its reported CDR accuracy rates.
State leaders and Thruway officials in recent years have undertaken a
number of cost - cutting measures,
including staff layoffs and having the State Police
budget absorb the cost of patrolling the toll roads, an expense that had previously been on the Thruway's books.
Several budgetary factors have yet to be released,
including how the
budget was cobbled together, with specific
numbers for spending, revenue, borrowing — as well as information that bond credit agencies want to see.
Even with Cuomo's
numbers at an enviable place at the start of the year, the state faces multiple challenges,
including a $ 4.5 billion
budget shortfall that must be closed in the spending plan expected to pass by March 31, the end of the state's fiscal year.
[Supporters of continuing the tax —
including a
number of Assembly Democrats — argue the governor won't be able to cut his way out of such a massive
budget hole.]
Supporters of continuing the tax —
including a
number of Assembly Democrats — argue the governor won't be able to cut his way out of such a massive
budget hole and could use the revenue ($ 1 billion in the current fiscal year, $ 4 - to - $ 5 billion in the next) generated by the millionaire's tax.
Now, both Silver and Skelos are staking out their positions in advance of the unveiling of the 2015 - 16
budget proposal, which is expected to
include a
number of changes to the state's education policy.
Still, even as a
number of other measures melted away from the
budget talks, Cuomo stuck with
including education reforms, as well as ethics legislation, in the final
budget agreement.
The weather is making headlines this morning, and has resulted in the cancelation and / or postponing of a
number of planned events —
including today's joint legislative
budget hearing on the housing portion of the executive spending plan — as well as school closings.