Sentences with phrase «local taxpayers more»

This failure has cost state and local taxpayers more than $ 620 million.

In addition to costing local taxpayers more than $ 1 million to break her contract, four months later, she was named New York state Education Commissioner.

Not exact matches

It would jeopardize hundreds of billions of dollars each year in new debt financing, and would push more construction and labor costs onto local taxpayers.

But given that the tax bill severely curtails the state and local deduction for most if not all individuals, many more taxpayers could take advantage of state - level initiatives that essentially reclassify state and local tax payments as federal charitable contributions.

That form of tax planning would have allowed taxpayers to benefit more from the full state and local deduction this year before it is capped next year.

'' Premier Christy Clark claimed that the AGLG would help local taxpayers, but this survey shows that AGLG audits cost municipalities an average of more than $ 12,000 for little or no results,» said NDP local government spokesperson Selina Robinson.

The SALT deduction is regressive for several reasons: it is only available for the one - third of taxpayers who itemize deductions, it is more beneficial for those who are paying higher state and local taxes, and perhaps most significantly, its benefit goes up with one's tax rate.

This unjustifiably rewards high - tax states, and because deductions rise with income (they are worth 39.6 cents per $ 1 at the top, but only 10 cents or less at the bottom), it also rewards areas with more wealthy taxpayers, even holding state and local tax rates constant.

Local farmers and grape growers are vehemently against fracking and the region is a safe Liberal seat that became more complicated when the sitting Liberal Party MP, Troy Bell, resigned from the party in August after being charged with allegedly misappropriating $ 2 million in taxpayer funds.

Mr Denham said today: «The House may share my fear this move will end up costing local taxpayers far more than it will save.»

«We have led the way on controlling state spending, capping local property taxes, and soon, millions of middle class taxpayers will get to keep more of their income to invest and spend as they see fit.

«However, we do know these proposals will dramatically increase costs for local county boards of election, putting even more pressure on taxpayers.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer pointed to the $ 10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions by the federal government as having «changed the game» for taxpayers in New York, making the limit on tax levy increases all the more important.

That means taxpayers would no longer be able to deduct the amount they pay in state and local taxes — like income or property taxes — from their federal tax return, making it more burdensome for high - tax states to raise money for transit improvements.

Medicaid is the single largest cost to Erie County, costing taxpayers more than $ 1 billion annually, with a local share of $ 211.7 million in Fiscal Year 2012.

Yet in spite of everything it has done to keep a lid on property taxes, we think state government can do more to ease the burden on local taxpayers.

While Medicaid represents the single largest cost to Erie County, more than $ 211.7 million this year alone — the local share of more than $ 1 billion annually — prior administrations failed to take significant action to help reduce this burden on local taxpayers.

«While Medicaid represents the single largest cost to Erie County, at more than $ 211 million this year alone, prior administrations have failed to take significant action to help reduce this burden on local taxpayers,» said Poloncarz.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, a Democrat, said the bill would hurt Long Island taxpayers, many of whom pay more than $ 10,000 in state and local taxes — the new threshold for deductibility.

«Leading by example in making state buildings more energy efficient will save taxpayers money, create thousands of local jobs, and bolster New York's broader efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

There will be thousands more Councillors; # millions more in allowances and expenses, and the possible additional burden of their pensions because they can all choose to join the gold - plated; index - linked; taxpayer - funded, final - salary Local Government Pension Scheme.

Schumer says he and other members of Congress are battling for the federal government to help local governments and taxpayers deal with aging water and sewer lines by making more money available.

That's why the Governor said he wants local governments to do more to find savings and ease the burden on local taxpayers.

He has been hailed as a transparency champion by the taxpayers» alliance, and his efforts to make local government more transparent have gained support from some unlikely places.

Jen has worked to make utility costs more affordable, helped local governments save energy and taxpayer dollars, and organized dozens of town and city councils across the political spectrum to stop new crude oil pipelines from endangering our communities.

«While the full SALT (state and local tax)... deduction for individuals is repealed, full deductibility will remain in effect for corporations and other business entities, thereby protecting taxpayers in states like Texas, which rely more heavily on corporate taxes,» Faso said.

(Police overtime amounted to more than $ 9 million in local taxpayer expense last year.)

Cuomo said the new law is «even more critical» given a proposal by President Donald Trump to end deductions for state and local taxes, which Cuomo said could cost 950,000 local taxpayers a total of $ 4.3 billion, or $ 4,600 per taxpayer.

But IRS data showed that 125,970 Erie County taxpayers claimed a deduction for state and local taxes in 2015 — nearly 35, o00 more than Cuomo said would lose out because of the end of the SALT deduction.

In all 818 local authority workers are earning more than # 100,000 and 132 earn more than the # 137,579 earned by a Cabinet minister, according to the Taxpayers Alliance's Town Hall Rich List.

Perhaps the minority legislators can explain why they always vote for more pension benefits in Albany that are dumped on local taxpayers.

The SALT cap also will increase the effective cost of State and local government services at the margin; each new dollar of State and local government spending will cost New York taxpayers more than under previous federal law.

«They should learn from the Conservative councils across the country who are finding innovative ways to save local taxpayers money while delivering more for less.»

He has asked Cuomo to consider more highway funding for Glenville to compensate local taxpayers.

I've focused during my time in the legislature to deliver mandate relief for local governments that should help local property taxpayers, voting against budgets that contained tax and fee increases, and I still believe there is more to do to get our state back on the right track for ourselves and future generations.»

In exchange for taking its parkland, soaking up taxpayer dollars (in the form of subsidies and tax breaks) and bringing more traffic congestion and parking woes to the area, the Yankees (and the city which backed the project) promised to provide local jobs, quickly restore parkland and give back money to community groups and programs on annual basis.

The Fiscal Policy Institute, a labor - backed think tank that supports the increase, believes the state should step up with more funding rather than leaving mandated pay hikes to local property taxpayers.

And as taxpayers across the state get even more used to the protection provided by the cap, it will become a taller political order for public employee unions and local governments to riddle it with loopholes, as they've been trying to do.

The school superintendents said in a relatively high - tax state like New York, the highest - income taxpayers would be forced to pay thousands of dollars more per year in taxes if they are no longer able to deduct state and local income taxes.

«The complete removal of the deduction for state income taxes and the limitation on deductions for local property taxes will impact New York families more severely than taxpayers in other states,» Faso said.

Only a bit more than a quarter of the taxpayers in Western New York take the deduction for state and local taxes that a Republican tax plan would trim by 71 percent, but Cuomo and Schumer insisted cutting the «SALT» deduction would harm the vast majority of taxpayers in the state.

«When the governor made this announcement (about shared services) at his regional «State of the State» addresses, he wanted people to believe that the prime reason for high property taxes is the existence of local government without acknowledging school taxes and without acknowledging that [New York] imposes more state spending on local property taxpayers than any state in America,» said Molinaro, a former state assemblyman.

«There is nothing of excellence in Governor Cuomo's proposal to close psychiatric centers, leave seriously ill people without the help they need and dump more unfunded mandates on local taxpayers,» said CSEA President Danny Donohue.

Cuomo and the legislature recently enacted a multi-year-plan that would reward taxpayers in local governments and schools with a tax freeze, if the governments and schools agree to share services and even merge two or more school districts together.

This readjustment brings New York more in line with most other states and will save billions of dollars for taxpayers and local governments.

«More grants will be needed to help local taxpayers and communities if we hope to keep the Adirondack Park's water clean and healthy for everyone,» said Executive Director William Janeway in a statement.

While the new funding, if approved, will keep the wolf from the door for another year, Sheehan had been hoping to see an annual funding stream that would allow the city to craft «a realistic budget and a more permanent solution» to create stability for everyone involved — local officials, taxpayers, developers and even bond rating agencies.

That program, also known as SNA, grows more costly every year, costing local taxpayers $ 7.8 million last year — more than 10 percent of their total property tax bill.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

«We live in a state that forces more of its state spending down onto local property taxpayers than most states in America,» Molinaro said.