Sentences with phrase «legislative member item funds»
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.
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A nonprofit funded with hundreds of thousands of dollars secured by state Sen. Adriano Espaillat through legislative «member items» quietly wound down last year and threw its four paid staffers out of work.
The funds Gardner is accused of stealing came at least partially from state legislative earmarks, so - called member item funds, administered by the Empire State Development Corporation and the state Office of Children and Family Services.
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.
For this reason, Governor Cuomo has refused to fund new legislative member items and is carefully reviewing existing items.
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.