Sentences with phrase «money than this governor»

That requires a much greater investment of money than this Governor has been willing to provide.

They haven't said they would, but in theory such a move would give de Blasio some leverage to fight for more pre-K money than the governor has proposed in his own proposed statewide alternative.

Not exact matches

In his initial run for governor Scott and his family poured more than $ 70 million of their own money into the race.

Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, gave a speech on 2 March on the future of money and how the UK central bank can help manage the potential risks, as well as realise the promise of, more than a thousand virtual or cryptocurrencies.

(While in the Appalachian League he was making more money than his father was as Governor of Tennessee.)

«Obviously, the vision is there, the plan is there but again it is not driven by anything than the citizens themselves and the area that we need improvement is for citizens to have trust or confidence that the taxes they are paying will be returned back in terms of infrastructure but I can tell you that I am also concerned; I see a lot of things I don't like but I am inhibited by the amount of money I have,» Governor Ambode said.

Pataki has a good fiscal record as governor (better than anybody else so far in the GOP mix), a compelling personal story, an ability to raise tons of money fast, and with a squeaky clean record that's been under scrutiny for nearly 20 years...

The governor himself has argued, though, that he wants the money to fund education, including a proposed plan that would provide free tuition at public colleges for families that earn less than $ 125,000.

«Unlike Governor Cuomo who initially refused to return the more than $ 100,000 from known - creep Harvey Weinstein and wound up being the last person in the country to return his tainted money, we made the decision to donate Mr. Wynn's money on the same day the allegations broke,» Proud said.

«I'm not getting in my opinion any better cooperation right now than I was getting when I was still a candidate for governor back in December and the Legislature left the state $ 600 million short and we ran out of money,» Paterson continued.

All ten regions competing for economic development money were awarded some portion of $ 788 million dollars in funds in a ceremony led by Governor Cuomo Thursday, but some regions were more equal than others, with four areas receiving the top grant prizes.

$ 3.3 million, more than 71 percent of this money, went to the governor.

The protesting organizations dispute those accomplishments, arguing that the Governor dragged his heels on spending for supportive housing to help the previously homeless with additional social service, and moreover the money will only create six thousand units, less than a third of the total need.

Now, amid daily reports of infrastructure failures and the governor's sliding poll numbers, the Cuomo administration will not even say how much the lighting scheme will cost — except to dispute early, internal estimates it could cost more than $ 350 million — or where that money will come from.

we are saying that consolidation should occur in order to save the taxpayers real money rather than as a political vendetta against a few politicians that didn't vote the way our illustrious Governor wanted them to.

Asked what he thought Cuomo's motivation was for penning the OpEd about the built - in spending increases, Silver said he believes the governor looked at his proposed budget and determined he's going to «wind up spending more money than was spent last year even though he said there would be a cut.»

Repeating the governor's claim that state cuts to education do not require layoffs, Mulgrew said it was clear that Mayor Bloomberg's priority «is not to get money for the schools; he would rather fight over who to lay off than fight on behalf of children.»

The former governor said it had always been his belief that money should be spent on the living and those in need of help rather than on those that were already dead.

«The governor is fighting to reform a system that spends more money per student than any other state in the nation while condemning hundreds of thousands of children to failing schools over the last decade,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.

The Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., stepped into the void left by the Legislature when he agreed to pay for Governor Cuomo's prison education plan with more than $ 7 million in criminal forfeiture money secured from banks.

With less than two weeks remaining before the election, the two major candidates for governor are spending money at a blistering pace.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Republican Bob McDonnell has more money in his campaign war chest than any of his potential Democratic rivals in the closely - watched Virginia governor's race, his campaign announced Monday.

Federal investigators» interest seems to lie less with whether the people of Buffalo will ultimately benefit than with those who already have: a tangle of well - connected players — including developers and frequent donors to the governor — who have feasted on Buffalo Billion money.

«Even if the governor was going to provide the full amount of money for the fair, there are more priorities rather than a gondola.

Both proposals are more than Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan of a $ 1.1 billion spending hike for education aid, with much of that money tied to approving the governor's policy proposals, including bonus pay for high - performing teachers and a strengthening of charter schools.

«The Governor's Executive Budget proposal took welcome steps to remedy the state's longstanding bad habit of spending more money than it takes in,» DiNapoli said.

«(T) hey would rather dole out the money themselves as politicians rather than go through the (council) that is made up of business people, academics who are executing a real business plan,» the governor said.

Cuomo's infrastructure plans for the state will cost $ 100 billion and create more than 250,000 jobs, according to Bill Mulrow, the governor's secretary, who declined to reveal the timeline for these projects, how the figure he floated was calculated, or — more importantly — where the money would come from.

«Unlike Governor Cuomo who initially refused to return the more than $ 100,000 from known - creep Harvey Weinstein and wound up being the last elected official in the nation to return his tainted money, we made the decision to donate Mr. Wynn's money on the same day the allegations broke,» Proud said.

Florida Governor (R, Aug. 24): Wealthy former health care executive Rick Scott has spent better than $ 23 million of his own money on ads that have introduced him to Sunshine State voters and catapulted him past state Attorney General Bill McCollum in the upcoming gubernatorial primary.

The governor noted this year's education budget provides «$ 1 billion more» in state education funding than last year — including money for the state's new free tuition program for New York students hailing from families that meet certain income criteria.

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE The Plan to End AIDS continues to confront money problems as Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget for the state's 2017 fiscal year will spend only $ 40 million on the plan, an amount that is well below the more than $ 100 million that advocates had hoped the state would spend in the current -LSB-...]

Governor Andrew Cuomo has pledged more state money than ever before to the MTA, but some critics say it's going to the wrong place.

McDonnell now has more than twice as much money on hand as each of the Democrats in the governor's race, including Terry McAuliffe, the well - connected former DNC chairman who officially entered the race in January and raised about $ 948,000 since he started collecting checks last fall.

«Rather than force New York City riders and low - income families to pay more... the governor should return the money he diverted and support a tax on millionaires to bring the system into the 21st century.»

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, has raised more money for his campaign so far than he did during his entire 2010 campaign, when he finished 3 among 7 candidates.

Republican Bob McDonnell has more than $ 2 million in the bank to fund his 2009 bid for the Virginia's governor's mansion, putting him well ahead of all three of his potential Democratic rivals in the money race, according to fundraising figures released by each of the campaigns.

So we are going to be looking for champions on the legislature to help us see that money for the Hudson River Estuary Program increase even more than the governor has proposed.»

In a statement in Ado - Ekiti, the state APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, blamed the unfortunate incident on the «callousness» of the governor, who, he said, «collected more than enough» to pay workers» salary arrears but allegedly kept the money in private accounts to yield interests for personal use.

More than a third of the state's money is spent on Medicaid, making it a necessary and obvious target for cuts, and yet each year the same ritual plays out: The governor proposes cuts to health care; the state's hospital lobby and the union representing health - care workers spend millions of dollars in maudlin TV ads decrying the cuts — on top of the millions they contribute to elected officials; the governor's poll numbers decline, and he agrees to an expensive truce that barely makes a dent in rising Medicaid costs.

The lieutenant governor for New York says the state has money for infrastructure investment in sources other than the economic development competitions.

«We think it will actually save the state more money in sales tax abatements than they had budgeted for the governor's proposal.»

«The governor is fighting to reform a system that spends more money per student than any other state in the nation while condemning hundreds of thousands of children to failing schools over the last decade,» Azzopardi said.

Hawkins blasted Cuomo's big money contributors, saying that less than 1 percent of the governor's multimillion dollar campaign war chest actually comes from donations of less than $ 1,000.

«The estimated surplus, which excludes money received from monetary settlements with financial institutions, reflects stronger than expected tax collections through mid-January 2015,» the governor's office wrote.

Cuomo has repeatedly called for closing the LLC loophole since his initial run for governor in 2010, even as he has benefited more than any other candidate from the money that flows through it.

«So he made his statement in terms of universal pre-kindergarten and how it all eventually comes out is another question once we in the legislature get our hands on the budget because we have different ways of wanting to spend money let's say than the governor does and that's what the budget process is all about, negotiation, compromise and having an on time budget by April 1.»

«The state committee is allowed to raise significantly more money for these ads than Governor Cuomo can, so it makes sense for him to turn to these vehicles,» said Mahoney.

Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham law professor now running for Congress, ran for governor in 2014 on a progressive platform with little money and name recognition while managing to rack up more than 30 percent of the vote against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

That would be far more effective in stimulating the state's economy than Governor Cuomo squandering public money on tax breaks for big business and the rich,» Hawkins said.