Sentences with phrase «mandates local governments spend»

Not exact matches

On issues like property taxes, Astorino wants to simply double - down on what Cuomo and the Legislature already have in place: Making the current property - tax cap permanent while also going after mandated spending, a perennial concern for local governments.

He pledged to veto all unfunded mandates on local governments if he's elected, and also nix any bill — be it Democrat or Republican — that increases spending and throws the budget out of balance.

President & CEO of the Long Island Association Kevin S. Law said, «Tough times calls for tough decisions and Governor Cuomo has shown courage and leadership with his proposed budget that lowers spending, does not propose new taxes and supports a property tax cap along with mandate relief to our schools and local governments.

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.

And most important of all, I am for reducing state government spending: this includes ending «leadership stipends» and «member items» for legislators, and for ending the practice of state government imposing «unfunded mandates» on local governments.

The Senate Republicans» budget restores $ 280 million worth of education cuts proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, eliminates $ 296 million in unfunded mandates for local governments and spend slightly less overall than the governor ($ 132.5 billion, to $ 132.9 billion)-- all without any new revenue generators (AKA taxes).

Railing against mandated state spending on the local level — often seen as a top driver of high property taxes for municipal governments — is part and parcel with running for office in New York.

School districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential services.

The Republican - controlled Senate, meanwhile, kept a low profile on Monday, passing legislation aimed at tackling the spending mandates placed on local governments by Albany.

Calling it an «oppressive unfunded mandate» that would impose $ 57 million in «near term obligations» on local governments across New York State, Governor Cuomo has vetoed a bill that would have allowed public employees to claim up to three years worth of pension service credit for time spent in military duty.

to cover state mandated spending by local government....

DiNapoli in an interview in August indicated he would keep the contribution rates the same for local governments, which have struggled in recent years to raise revenue amid a cap on property taxes, the flat growth of aid to municipalities and mandated state spending requirements.

Cuomo has argued that the proliferation of local governments was responsible for the increase in costs, but localities counter that it is state - mandated programming — like Medicaid and early childhood special education — that drives up their spending.

The final budget passed by New York state's government will impact county, municipal, and school budgets in the form of mandated local spending and state aid.

For the local government officials in the house, one thing they want on the record, is a request for support in fighting state mandates that they say drive up spending for their budgets.

Why don't teh local governments tell us how much less they would spend if the mandate did not exist, and then tell us how much they are spending on each?