Sentences with phrase «legislative earmarks known»

Cuomo has continued a ban the legislative earmarks known as «member items» that was instituted by his predecessor, David Paterson.

Agencies under the UJA - Federation umbrella have lost a total of $ 6 million due to Paterson's veto of legislative earmarks known as member - item grants, the latest in eight cycles of budget cuts that have rocked the non-sectarian network of special education, child care, mental health, immigrant and other services, lowering revenue by 5 to 7 percent, said Soloway.

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When it comes to legislative earmarks, taxpayers have a right to be able to follow the money and know who ordered the pork,» said Tedisco.

If there is something both houses appear to have in common, judging from the memorandum, it is their defense of legislative earmarks, known in Albany as «member items.»