Sentences with phrase «local budget costs»

This is a thinly disguised attempt to get Albany to pick up pieces of local budget costs problems.

Not exact matches

Though immigration may strain some local budgets in the short term, costs and benefits tend to balance out in the end, said Alex Nowrasteh, immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.

Projects must be identified, cost - sharing with local governments negotiated, engineering studies conducted, budgets set and land acquired before a shovel ever strikes the dirt.

As more local governments find themselves unable to meet the increasing costs, particularly related to pensions and retiree health benefits, municipalities have begun to more seriously consider debt restructuring under the bankruptcy code as an option for right - sizing their budgets.

While the Better Government Association has claimed Illinois» budget contains no fat to trim, a deeper analysis reveals the state has many areas of expensive inefficiency to reform in state and local government costs, the Medicaid program and K - 12 education.

If plums aren't growing from a nearby tree or cost a small fortune, use whatever fruit is local, in - season, and within budget near you.

Finally, the report noted that state and local revenue gains from federal tax reform will be further offset by higher costs for state and local borrowing, resulting from tax reform, and greater demand for public services as charitable donations drop and federal budget cuts continue.

With strollers costing anywhere from $ 10 for a simple umbrella stroller at the local baby store to over $ 1,500 for luxury systems that do it all, choosing your budget is extremely important.

When working on a tight budget, supporting local businesses by purchasing locally made diapers becomes a distant dream; Especially when a single diaper can cost up to 30 $.

Instead, Congress, faced with its own budget crisis, is trying to pass the cost onto struggling state and local governments — and now parents unable to make ends meet.

Funding to meet first # 6,000 of additional support costs, delegated within school budget and academy grant derived from local formula.

Local authorities must ensure schools and academies have sufficient funding in their delegated budget to enable them to support pupils» special educational needs (SEN) where required up to the mandatory cost threshold of # 6,000 per pupil.

As labor accounts for about the same amount as the typical school district pays for food (about 44 % of the budget for the program), it is impossible to determine if other schools or other districts could try to do a similar program with a local restaurant, or even just with their own chef and cooking facilities, unless they know the labor costs.

Local governments had raised concerns with the program as proposed by Cuomo's initial budget presentation, pointing to the costs they've managed to contain over the years as well as the lack of increased state aid over the years.

The data series in which we found serious discontinuities or complete breaks are not trivial or obscure, but are (or should be) of major importance to the evaluation of government of any political stripe, such as total public sector capital investment, local government spending (on which the Office for Budget Responsibility and the government differ whether it is rising or falling), how much the government costs to run, and how much the civil service costs to employ.

Cuomo has long sought to consolidate and scale back the size of local governments in New York, which he has blamed for the state's high property taxes — an assertion budget watchdogs say is more tied to the cost of programs like Medicaid or employee pensions.

Glance at any local authority budget proposal and I am sure you would find, under the heading «budget pressures», a nod the cost of an aging population, and the anticipated increase in social care clients on the next five years.

Local officials are grappling with the likely increased costs associated with the raise the age legislation that recently became law as part of the new state budget.

By eliminating the single largest expense in county budgets, federal legislation mandating a state takeover of local Medicaid costs promises relief for property taxpayers across New York.

But the budget encourages efficiency and innovation through the competitive award of $ 79 million for local government consolidation and performance improvements that will help jump - start the Governor's vision of partnering with local governments to deliver smarter and more effective services to New Yorkers at lower cost.

This policy brief updates the Citizens Budget Commission's (CBC's) analysis of the cost of New York's state and local economic development programs.1 The February 2015 report Bigger Not Better: New York's Expanding Economic Development Programs examined economic development programs from 2010 to 2014 and urged greater reporting, scrutiny, and control of this growing and extensive portion of the bBudget Commission's (CBC's) analysis of the cost of New York's state and local economic development programs.1 The February 2015 report Bigger Not Better: New York's Expanding Economic Development Programs examined economic development programs from 2010 to 2014 and urged greater reporting, scrutiny, and control of this growing and extensive portion of the budgetbudget.

In the interview, Astorino knocked the mandated spending requirements in the budget he says make it harder for local governments to cut costs and keep taxes down.

Public employee benefit costs in New York are incredibly out of line with those in the private sector, and impose enormous pressure on state and local government budgets.

To a large extent, state fiscal policies have caused great pressure on property taxes in needy cities, counties and school districts, including decisions: to reduce revenue sharing; to decrease the share of local school budgets covered by state aid, to divide the non-federal share of Medicaid costs without considering ability to pay, and to allocate STAR benefits... (read more)

The governor recommends a gradual state takeover of county Medicaid costs in his budget, something the local government leaders had been requesting, saying they could not afford to pay their share of the health care program after Cuomo and the legislature imposed a 2 % property tax cap in 2011.

Regarding the $ 485 million cost shift from the state to city proposed in the most recent executive budget, he said, «The intent there on that proposal was, there's a belief that the local government should invest more money in CUNY.

This is particularly important given the costs of the scheme, which include # 3.4 billion from the IT budgets of local NHS trusts over the next ten years - a large investment at the best of times, but particularly difficult for those dealing with million - pound deficits.

Shifting Medicaid costs onto New York City would be a «giant step backwards» for local governments in New York, the Citizens Budget Commission warned in a blog post on Friday.

Contribution rates for retirement benefits remain a key factor in municipal budgeting as well as a large cost for local governments.

The credit rating agency Moody's in a report released Thursday enumerated the challenges facing the state's budget, including faltering tax revenue, increasing costs for Medicaid and education, and the capping of state and local tax deductions by Congress.

While there are no new state resources set aside to ease the financial burden of state mandates imposed on county tax payers in the proposed State budget, Governor Andrew Cuomo continues to recognize the fiscal pressures on counties, and has provided some tools to help stabilize the costs imposed on local governments.

The measure was among the proposals in Cuomo's $ 142.6 billion budget proposal designed to ease the cost of required spending on local governments, which some critics said offers too little to struggling local governments.

Vanderhoef will also be seeking to layoff 150 county workers, save $ 1.8 million by not reimbursing out - of - county students at the community college, cut the intelligence task force from the police budget, kick $ 1.4 million in local election costs back to towns, reduce funding to contract agencies by $ 300,000 this year and over $ 500,000 next year, and install a new charge on your motor vehicle registration.

Budget Director Bob Megna fired back by saying that the high costs are definitely creating a crisis for local governments.

Though pension costs are often only a small part of local governments» total budgets - 5 percent in Suffolk this year and 3.7 percent in Nassau - they're a growing burden, officials said.

Not only will local residents have to wait until 2011 to use news parks (to replace the parks taken by the city and the Yankees to build the new stadium), but now the Independent Budget Office said the cost of replacing two parks has risen to $ 195 million, $ 16.3 million of which can't be accounted for.

Under the terms of the September 2013 agreement, 443 workers who are part of Local 237 received raises of as much as 34 percent — retroactive to 2008 — for a total cost of $ 3 million, according to the union and the city's Office of Management and Budget.

Currently, the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) prepares the most comprehensive view of state and local economic development efforts statewide; however, the usefulness of this presentation is limited because it is based mostly on available data published for past years.1 A UEDB should be part of the Executive and Enacted budgets and should include prospective information showing the costs of all economic development programs for the coming fiscal year.2 To capture the full scope of economic development costs, a UEDB should bring together tax expenditures and spending at state agencies and authorities, as well as the value of discounted power offered by the New York Power Authority.

Budget experts disagree with Cuomo's link of high property taxes to the number of local governments and taxing districts, saying much of the cost is driven by state - sponsored mandates.

The Budget proposes to take over growth in the local share of Medicaid costs and implement a phased takeover of local government Medicaid administration expenses.

We used that decision - making power to deliver on promises we had made to the electors: rapid demographic change had led to a shortage of local primary school places, so in the last four years we used the Council's resources to expand local primary schools to create twice as many; concerns about a scruffy and run down high street were addressed by comprehensive neighbourhood renewal; and pressure on household budgets was relieved by freezing the council tax and the cost of resident's parking permits.

However, a spokesman for the Department of Health (DoH) insisted local NHS trusts were always going to have to carry some of the cost of the new IT programme, and were allocated a budget of # 1 billion a year to pay for it.

The Legislature also approved an estimated $ 1.5 billion in homeowner tax relief tied to local governments staying within a 2 percent tax cap the first year and enacting cost - saving plans the second year, benchmarks for Cuomo, who called his property tax relief «the single most transformative part» of the budget.

Cuomo credits the budget, as well as agreements approved in mid-March, for implementing new teacher evaluations, pension changes that create a new tier of lowered benefits for public employees, and helping local governments with Medicaid costs.

Dozens of workshops covered a range of issues, including the impact of the State budget on counties, pension funding, renewable energy, local Medicaid costs, public safety, budgeting, pre-school special education reforms, shared services, and local leadership.

Runaway pension costs are consuming many state and local budgets, according to a recent Stanford study.

To create a financial disincentive for future pension sweeteners, Cuomo's Tier 6 «pension reform» of 2012 had included language requiring that the full cost of any retirement benefit increase for state and local employees to be paid out of the state budget.

Indeed, yesterday's Budget cuts to Housing Benefit are a sideshow to the big issue in housing, which is that spending has shifted dramatically towards supporting individuals with housing costs - rather than investing in bricks and mortar over the last twenty or so years since rent controls were abolished and local authorities were made to stop building council houses.

«Even before this wrong - headed tax proposal, New York and local communities across the state have long faced constrained budgets and growing cost obligations that have equaled reductions in education spending,» the groups wrote.

The county executive said it looks like some form of the measure will be included in the final budget, and the local government hasn't yet accounted for the costs of raising the age at which offenders are treated as adults from 16 to 18.