Sentences with phrase «money state lawmakers»

Disclosure forms made available for the first time Wednesday by the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics detail the amount of money state lawmakers earn from their outside jobs.

Cuomo has previously called for an end to the so - called loophole in election law that allows unlimited donations through limited liability companies as well as limits to the amount of money state lawmakers can earn outside of public service.

Not exact matches

The state gave its juvenile detention officers a pay raise, set aside some money for physical improvements, including plumbing upgrades, bought new surveillance cameras and allowed lawmakers to visit whenever they want.

The bills proposed Friday by lawmakers would also create exemptions from the state's public - records law to protect the privacy of victims and provide money to raze and reconstruct the building where the shooting occurred.

For two years, Mayor Luke Bronin has fashioned his city budgets from a mix of steep cuts, labor concessions and, at times, layoffs as he pleaded with state lawmakers for more money.

The British government diverted 1.85 million pounds ($ 3 million) of foreign aid money to help pay for the state visit of Pope Benedict XVI last year, lawmakers charged Thursday.

On ethics, Cuomo wasn't able to get at some of the issues that forced, say, Sheldon Silver from power, namely the ability for lawmakers to earn as much money as they'd like at law firms or other entities with potential business before the state.

Lawmakers, including Flanagan, are insisting money for schools and health care — the two most expensive items in the state's spending plan.

A liberal former state lawmaker (Richard Brodsky) and a conservative fiscal watchdog (EJ MCMahon) have joined forces — calling on the state to redirect billions of dollars in unspent legal settlement money to help fix the subways.

The state budget includes no significant new controls or oversight on how the Cuomo administration spends money on economic development projects, and that troubles many lawmakers after federal prosecutors accused eight men of bid - rigging schemes in earlier development projects.

Two state lawmakers — Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Sen. Diane Savino — who gave campaign money to now - indicted Brooklyn Assemblywoman Pamela Harris, amid a grand jury probe into her alleged theft of taxpayer money, say they had no idea she was under investigation at the time.

Cuomo and Albany lawmakers quietly added a controversial provision to the $ 151 billion state budget that allows taxpayer money to pay for fertility services for poor women.

Lawmakers unveiled plans to extend deadlines for developing new teacher evaluation criteria as well as changing how state funding is distributed, so districts won't lose out on money if they don't adopt the new evaluations.

The administration official, who declined to be identified publicly under the terms of a background briefing with reporters, says Monday it's not part of the proposed state budget, noting lawmakers» opposition to spending state money.

The governor also wants to close a number of state prisons, to save money, but will leave it up to a panel of lawmakers and others to decide which prisons to close in order to achieve his goal of 3500 fewer beds.

And he told lawmakers that in the future, Empire State Development will not ask for money for anything that is «inappropriately risky.»

ALBANY — Gov. Paterson warned yesterday that the state could run out of money «in a month and a half» and threatened to cut short the Legislature's summer vacation if lawmakers don't pass a plan to pay the bills.

State lawmakers with disabled children, along with people with developmental disabilities and their caregivers, rallied Monday at the State Capitol for more money in the budget to pay caregivers a living wage.

Commission documents obtained and authenticated by City & State show that Moreland's investigators sought to determine if lawmakers were spending the contributions they received for legitimate campaign - oriented purposes, or whether any money was going to their personal use, in violation of stateState show that Moreland's investigators sought to determine if lawmakers were spending the contributions they received for legitimate campaign - oriented purposes, or whether any money was going to their personal use, in violation of statestate law.

Franco also said Silver could unilaterally steer state money to Taub, the cancer doctor, using the controversial member - item process in which many lawmakers legally dole out grants to favorite causes.

It's also sent letters to numerous state lawmakers who are attorneys, asking them to disclose the names of clients they've represented in public civil or criminal cases, and the amount of money they received in legal fees.

They came in buses from all over New York to give state lawmakers their message — big money is corrupting politics.

Even if outside income is banned, it will remain extremely easy for deep - pocketed special interests to give large amounts of money to lawmakers via the LLC loophole, the housekeeping account loophole, and various other scurvy methods that have made Albany synonymous with corrupt state government.

Bharara coupled many of his formal complaints with comments that bemoaned the «show me the money culture» of New York State politics and pleas for lawmakers to reform their own system rather than relying on prosecutorial policing.

But state lawmakers should be expected to recognize that the tax cap is working the way it was designed, and that it will continue to keep increasing amounts of money in their constituents» pockets — as long as they leave it undisturbed.

New York state is due to receive more than $ 600 million from the settlement, with the money being deposited next week — just in time for lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo who are hashing out a $ 142 billion budget.

Term limits and outside income bans for lawmakers are silly ideas, according to former LG Richard Ravitch, but public financing of elections, a system designed to take the big money out of politics, would be «key» to any ethical reforms of state government.

The State's Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli agrees that lawmakers should be more cautious about spending money in future years with what's so far been a very «tentative» economic recovery.

It's also the source of state money recommended by Central New York lawmakers to help build youth athletic fields in DeWitt, fix water problems in Tully, save the ice rink at Meacham Park in Syracuse, build a better ice rink for the Syracuse Crunch, and make improvements to the Kallet Civic Center in Oneida.

Ibrahim challenged the opposition lawmakers to name any state governor in the PDP who benefited from the previous withdrawals from the ECA and sought the approval of the state House of Assembly before spending the money.

A Manhattan federal judge sentenced Seminerio to six years in prison Feb. 4 for abusing his power as a lawmaker and extorting money out of hospitals, nonprofits and other groups in exchange for lobbying state officials on their behalf.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs continue to bring companies and jobs to New York, the state's top economic development official testified Monday as lawmakers questioned whether enough is being done to hold firms to their promises and to claw back taxpayer money when they don't.

State lawmakers said a few years ago they would no longer permit the controversial member item program to continue, but critics said the old system, which gave taxpayer money to legislators» pet projects, is being revived in a new form.

Republican Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi said she would have voted for the bill but changed her mind and abstained after the state Planned Parenthood declined to «open its books» so lawmakers could see how it spends its money.

Before leaving Albany, Bharara appeared on public radio station WAMC, where he offered a scathing condemnation of state politicians» recent behavior, calling it a «rancid,» «show me the money culture,» and derided the contention by some lawmakers that they are not doing anything illegal.

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele said on Wednesday that a defeated referendum testing the public's support for a $ 60 - a-year wheel tax should show state lawmakers that local governments simply can't be left to fend for themselves when they need more money for their transportation budgets.

These lawmakers should be required to disclose to the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics exactly how much money they made from which companies — not simply provide ranges of income, as they do now.

The groups are urging state lawmakers to put more money for schools in the budget.

County Clerks are once again pushing state lawmakers to increase the amount of money they can keep from

Before leaving Albany, U.S. Attorney Bharara appeared on public radio station WAMC, where he offered a scathing condemnation of state politicians» recent behavior, calling it a «rancid, «show me the money culture,» and derided the contention by some lawmakers that they are not doing anything illegal.

Lawmakers this spring included money in the state budget to address a number of legal challenges centered on health care in the prison system, including the treatment of inmates with hepatitis and inmates with disabilities and mental - health issues.

Tompkins county lawmakers are asking the state for a larger share of the money they collect at the local DMV office.

When lawmakers passed HCRA, they thought that collecting and spending the money outside of the state's budget would help protect important revenues for public health programs from the vagaries and fluctuations of the annual state budgeting process.

Tompkins county lawmakers are asking the state for a larger share of the money they collect at the local

That's right, despite the fact that it's your money, Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed to a $ 142 billion state budget and approved it in a way that meant that New Yorkers only found out the details after the fact.

How else to explain why Skelos would allegedly try to extort money for his son at a time when Preet Bharara and fellow prosecutors are picking off state lawmakers like so many sitting ducks?

Under state regulation, lawmakers had included money for programs they deemed important in the rates they set for insurance companies.

The state has once again earmarked $ 50 million in funding for lawmakers» hometown projects, drawing criticism that the money isn't being doled out fairly.

State lawmakers have a base salary of just under $ 80,000, and they're also allowed to collect extra money for leadership roles...

«The time is now for Governor Cuomo and lawmakers to make good on what they failed to do last time — pass real campaign finance reform and get money out of politics in this state for good,» said Samuels.