Sentences with phrase «member items funds for»

Laura Seago, a research associate at the Brennan Center for Justice, said it could be money the senator is expecting to get from member items funds for the upcoming year.

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Schneiderman's office says the vast majority of funding for Christian Community In Action received tens of millions of dollars from the Medicaid program, while the Christian Community Benevolent Association received about $ 495,000 in member item grants.

The 3rd one is aimed at the city council for failing to release a list of their member items, known as «discretionary funding».

Gov. David Paterson began the policy of removing new member items from the state budget, and Cuomo has continued that push by now allowing new earmarked spending (Though old member items remain in the spending plan for as long as they are funded).

With the City Council's 2010 fiscal budget, Councilman Eric Gioia (D - Sunnyside) trailed the pack in member item funding, though his office said the councilman made up for some of that by seeking private grants for constituent groups.

Around a fifth of the discretionary fund is set aside for so - called «member items,» projects sponsored by individual Council members.

Two months before they take office — and a week before they are even officially elected — gay Democratic nominees like Corey Johnson of Chelsea, Brooklyn's Carlos Menchaca, and Ritchie Torres of the Bronx joined their future colleagues, led by Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander, to present a proposal that would «take the politics out of member Items» by allocating discretionary funding for Council districts on a «fair and objective basis.»

Then, several days later, the 51 members are given their allocations for discretionary funding known as «member items,» a roughly $ 50 million pot of cash for local nonprofits, including churches, little leagues and senior programs.

The focus on Tuesday, at least for some Council members, is what they were able to bring home for their districts in the form of member items — the body's discretionary funding grants it sends to local nonprofit organizations.

Cabrera has slammed Rivera for what he claims is a failure to bring capital funds for schools and playgrounds back to the district, even though state legislators don't receive the individualized disbursements of public cash (often called member items) that Council members do.

«When the Senator says legislators «should play a critical and pivotal role» in the distribution of funds, that's code for going back to the days of member items and pork barrel spending that were the vestiges of the old Albany,» he said.

* In the third case, the Empire Center argues the City Council violated state law when it failed to comply with a March 1, 2010 FOIL request for information about the Council's «discretionary» funding, also known as initiative - based or member - item grants.

A single sentence in this year's state budget intended to help fund member items was also responsible for holding up roughly $ 20 million in federal aid to the state Conservation Fund, letters from the Cuomo administration's legal counsel sfund member items was also responsible for holding up roughly $ 20 million in federal aid to the state Conservation Fund, letters from the Cuomo administration's legal counsel sFund, letters from the Cuomo administration's legal counsel show.

«When the Senator says legislators «should play a critical and pivotal role» in the distribution of funds, that's code for going back to the days of member items and pork barrel spending that were the vestiges of the old Albany.

As you all know, Member Items and Capital Funds were the only way that a State Legislator used to be able to help those struggling groups such as little leagues, senior centers, schools, and not - for profit organizations in their districts.

The Governor got the Senate Democratic Conference and the Democratic Assembly Members to vote against their own community interests and against themselves, while on the other hand, the Governor created his own, private, HUGE Member Items — or should I say, Governor Items and Governor Capital Funds for his disposal, making everyone believe that he did away with the system — and in the process, using the Democrats as rubber stamps.

The report even lauds the current administration for its changes to the system of «member item» pork distribution, for which the governor has basically choked off funds.

But he says there are around 130 member item grants that have been repurposed for a new organization, using an old line of funding.

For the first time, each council member generally received the same amount of money to distribute, a change from the past when some accused former Speaker Christine Quinn of using discretionary funds — known as «member items» — as a tool to punish members deemed disloyal...

Today, we will conclude our series with the candidates» views on independent redistricting and member items (discretionary funds intended for local nonprofit groups).

For this reason, Governor Cuomo has refused to fund new legislative member items and is carefully reviewing existing items.

«If they do not find a contingency way to address Medicaid... I will veto every single appropriation — all 518 of them — and 6,800 programs that they fund for $ 193 million, more commonly known as member items.

Liz Benjamin writes that «it's a bit ironic that Huntley, who is reportedly being investigated by the AG's office for her ties to non-profits to which she has directed thousands of dollars worth of taxpayer - funded member items, has introduced a bill intended to tighten up practices at non-profits.»

Member items: An undercover investigation focused on one small New York City storefront that appears to house several interconnected non-profit groups that receive state funding for medical services.

In 2012, the complaint alleges that Doctor - 1 asked Silver for help in finding a family member a job with a nonprofit organization that «received millions of dollars in member items and capital funding from Silver.»

«The Council is taking the politics out of member items once and for all by implementing a new system to distribute funding equally while providing additional resources to support lower income communities,» Mark - Viverito told reporters.

Several members said privately that once their top priorities were funded, they did not fear risking leverage over additional cash for some of their key items by rushing to the agreement Wednesday.

His modus operandi was typical: Leibell steered taxpayer funds to a senior - housing nonprofit he set up more than a decade ago via member - item funds — money meant for pork - barrel programs.

Laurie Cumbo Cumbo, the incumbent, was moved to run for office in 2013 after criticizing the state ending allocation of member items, or funds that state Senate senators and Assembly members got to dole out to nonprofit organizations, like the one she founded.

The defendants falsely claimed that Parent Workshop would use member item funds secured by Huntley to hold workshops for and conduct outreach to parents on the workings of the New York City public school system.

Katz also said she will advocate for transparency in how the City Council doles out member items, but stopped short of saying competitive bidding among community groups for the controversial funding is the answer — as some of her opponents have suggested.

Crowley said her funding represented a 25 percent increase in member items over the previous fiscal year levels and a 50 percent increase in capital allocations for the 30th District, which includes -LSB-...]

A week before the November election, several dozen members and candidates just days away from winning their seats gathered at City Hall to embrace a package of procedural reforms, chief among them one that would «take the politics out of member items» by allocating discretionary funding for Council districts on a «fair and objective basis.»

Crowley said her funding represented a 25 percent increase in member items over the previous fiscal year levels and a 50 percent increase in capital allocations for the 30th District, which includes Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village and Ridgewood.

The first tier contains items that many young scientists would expect from their supervisors: mentoring; communication; setting a direction and vision for the research group; providing opportunities to network with other scientists; providing funding for postdocs» research or giving them significant help in obtaining their own grants; training; creating a work culture and environment that encourages individuals to treat everybody with respect and encourages collaboration; creating an ambience that keeps group members satisfied and attracts talented scientists to the group; and offering postdocs opportunities to explore options for their careers once their fellowships have ended.

Since a Minister can not propose items of Private Members» Business, a private Member's bill should therefore not contain provisions for the spending of funds.

The first is the lab, where a member of the team can craft new items, traps, and equipment for you if you have the necessary ingredients and funds.

After studying this chapter, you will be able to: Explain the basic nature of a joint stock company as a form of business organisation and the various kinds of companies based on liability of their members Describe the types of shares issued by a company Explain the accounting treatment of shares issued at par, at premium and at discount including oversubsription Outline the accounting for forfeiture of shares and reissue of forfeited shares under varying situations Workout the amounts to be transferred to capital reserve when forfeited shares are reissued; and prepare share forfeited account State the meaning of debenture and explain the difference between debentures and shares Describe various types of debentures; Record the journal entries for the issue of debentures at par, at a discount and at premium Explain the concept of debentures issued for consideration other than cash and the accounting thereof Explain the concept of issue of debentures as a collateral security and the accounting thereof Show the items relating to issue of debentures in company's balance sheet Describe the methods of writing - off discount / loss on issue of debentures Explain the methods of redemption of debentures and the accounting thereof Explain the concept of sinking fund, its use for redemption of debentures and the accounting thereof Topic List Features of a Company Kinds of Companies Share Capital of a Company Nature and Classes of Shares Issue of Shares Accounting Treatment Forfeiture of Shares Meaning of Debentures Types of Debentures Issue of Debentures Over Subscription Terms of Issue of Debentures Interest on Debentures Writing - off Discount / Loss on Issue of Debentures Redemption of Debentures Redemption by Payment in Lump Sum Sinking Fund Mefund, its use for redemption of debentures and the accounting thereof Topic List Features of a Company Kinds of Companies Share Capital of a Company Nature and Classes of Shares Issue of Shares Accounting Treatment Forfeiture of Shares Meaning of Debentures Types of Debentures Issue of Debentures Over Subscription Terms of Issue of Debentures Interest on Debentures Writing - off Discount / Loss on Issue of Debentures Redemption of Debentures Redemption by Payment in Lump Sum Sinking Fund MeFund Method

As a supplier to schools and as a member of the British Educational Suppliers Association, Simon believes that schools are often under funded for these type of items.