Sentences with phrase «more local aid»
Its well known that some of the main Democratic priorities are weaken the tax cap, shift more local aid to NYC and raise taxes.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
«It has left communities even more reliant on outside aid, stretching humanitarian agencies and local authorities to their limits.
Aided by judicatory and seminary personnel to whom the congregation seems more beneficiary than source of Christian praxis, local churches usually assume that a more definitive form of church life exists somewhere else.
One was the work of a sociologist, Earl Brewer, who, with the aid of a theologian and a ministries specialist, sought by an extensive content analysis of sermons and other addresses given in a rural and an urban church to differentiate the patterns of belief and value constituting those two parishes.67 The second was the inquiry of a religious educator, C. Ellis Nelson, who departed from a curricular definition of education to envision the congregation as a «primary society» whose integral culture conditions its young and old members.68 James Dittes, the third author, described more fully the nature of the culture encountered in the local church.
The organization recovered more than 130,000 pounds of food in its first year of operation, and continues to promote the connection between wasted food on college campuses and opportunities to aid in local hunger relief.
Revised Statute 167.273 (1990) makes available additional state aid to local school districts for a program of parent education established in one or more high school that service pregnant teens and teen parents enrolled as pupils in the district.
Check your local hospital for newborn care classes and infant CPR / first aid classes to learn more about keeping your babies safe at home.
The property tax cap is a band - aid covering the more egregious problems with the local property tax.
«More funding is needed, especially following the virtual demise of legal aid and what is likely to be another round of harsh local authority cuts in the coming year,» Hawkes warns.
«We will push for more AIM aid because local governments unlike any government haven't seen AIM increase in probably eight, nine years,» McDonald said.
At the same time, this is one of the more formalized and concerted efforts by Cuomo, harnessing the state committee that he controls, to aid Democrats who are running in down - ballot local races as he seeks another term later this year.
And three, as state budget negotiations continues, we need to have a more honest dialog about where our property taxes go, and how reform at the state level, whether it's mandate relief or targeted local aid, we can finally actually reduce the property tax burden on New York's homeowners and businesses.»
Proposal # 1 will also deliver more than $ 35 million a year for schools, property tax relief and aid to local governments in the Capital Region including extra funds for hosting casinos
To a large extent, state fiscal policies have caused great pressure on property taxes in needy cities, counties and school districts, including decisions: to reduce revenue sharing; to decrease the share of local school budgets covered by state aid, to divide the non-federal share of Medicaid costs without considering ability to pay, and to allocate STAR benefits... (read more)
Senate Democrats call for more education aid — at least $ 2 billion — while also backing an indexed minimum wage increase coupled with local control.
He is imposing more cuts in local government services by tying the state tax relief programs to municipal compliance with the 2 percent property tax cap while simultaneously freezing revenue - sharing aid to municipalities at 75 percent below its 1980s level,» Hawkins said.
To avoid cuts in services, local aid or tax increases, the Executive Budget directs State agencies to be more efficient and focuses resources on their core programs and services.
The Legislature today, led by the Assembly, reached an agreement on a package of education proposals that will immediately increase state aid to schools, provide that teachers are evaluated on more than a single student test score and ensure local oversight of struggling schools,» United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said.
Tensions between upstate state senators and the mayor of New York City were highlighted during a budget hearing on aid to local governments in Albany when lawmakers questioned the mayor for more than five hours.
What our local governments truly need is the first increase in AIM (Aid and Incentive to Municipalities) funding in years, not more money wasted on an ill - conceived program.»
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office on Friday released a report assessing the impact of federal aid on New York's local governments and schools districts, finding they rely on more than $ 11 billion combined in 2015.
Walker said his plan for the next budget involves an investment of 25 percent more than the last budget for the Local Road Improvement Program, $ 65 million in new aid to local governments and «the largest increase to the Local Bridge Improvement Program in over 20 years.&rLocal Road Improvement Program, $ 65 million in new aid to local governments and «the largest increase to the Local Bridge Improvement Program in over 20 years.&rlocal governments and «the largest increase to the Local Bridge Improvement Program in over 20 years.&rLocal Bridge Improvement Program in over 20 years.»
During a meeting of the Schroon Town Board on Monday, Feb. 13, Councilman Roger Friedman discussed the importance of creating more promotional material such as maps of the region, to aid tourists in their quest to visit local hot spots.
When the agency directors meet on March 30, they are expected to approve $ 425,000 in allocations — part of its external special projects budget — to help finance a local labor market assessment study, a plan to generate more development leads from Canadian firms and aid the operation of the Beverly Gray Business Exchange Center on Buffalo's East Side.
School leaders in Nassau and Suffolk counties insisted the state must provide more financial aid to compensate for lost local revenue.
At that point he expects lawmakers would have to consider more state aid for schools and local governments.
Erie County Legislators Lynne Dixon, Joseph Lorigo and Ted Morton joined the New York State Attorney General, along with local, county and state officials, at a press conference today to support efforts to aid victims who were subjected to price gouging during the November storm that dumped more than six feet of snow on their districts.
Hawkins says he supports a living minimum wage of $ 15 per hour and higher taxes on the rich so that the state can provide more aid to struggling local municipalities....
«While closing a $ 4.4 billion gap, this year's budget sends $ 16.5 billion in aid to the city — more than 40 percent of funding awarded to all local governments — and a half billion dollar increase over last year,» Peters said in a statement.
Rhodes said more must be done to provide opportunities for young people through job retraining, trade apprenticeships and increased federal aid to local universities and community colleges.
Acquario, with the counties, says in the long run, though, local governments are going to need more state aid, or he predicts, counties will be «socially bankrupt» due to drastic cuts in services.
They simply don't have the LEGAL authority to cut the overwhelming majority of their expenses and with the double digit cut in state aid most local school districts will receive, they will have to make up for that money by significantly jacking up property taxes... which are far more regressive and oppressive than income taxes.
In the fiscal year starting April 1, for example, existing law requires $ 2.9 billion more in aid to local schools.
The state sends school aid to more than 700 local districts and regional cooperatives.
More State aid to school districts is critical to keeping our local property taxes down.
More state aid to school districts is critical to keeping our local property taxes down.»
Buffalo, NY - The Erie County Industrial Development Agency Board of Directors today approved nearly $ 1.3 in various tax abatements to aid projects in Orchard Park and Cheektowaga which will leverage more the $ 11 million in private investment, creating 150 new local jobs.
Matt Pommer Gov. Jim Doyle's talk of a 2.5 percent cut in state aid to local schools guarantees more stress for school boards, unionized teachers and property taxpayers.
More than 200 people nibbled on assorted hors - d'oeuvres, desserts and all the beer, wine and local ale they could drink at a party Sunday at the Oncenter in Syracuse to celebrate the region's successful bid for $ 500 million in state development aid.
Syracuse, NY — Syracuse and Onondaga County will split about $ 6 million in federal aid to help clean up hazardous lead paint from more than 520 local homes, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Tuesday.
James Finley, executive director of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, said Tuesday the Education Cost Sharing grant, the largest pool of state aid for local education, is underfunded by more than $ 763 million.
Variation in pigmentation among human populations may reflect local adaptation to regional light environments, because dark skin is more photoprotective, whereas pale skin aids the production of vitamin D. Although genes associated with skin pigmentation have been identified in European populations, little is known about the genetic basis of skin pigmentation in Africans.
Herbaria have long been a valuable resource — traditionally to aid in identification of local flora — but more recently to address ecological questions including invasive species and the effects of climate change.
I will attempt to learn more about the effects of climate change on local ecosystems, and make use of data based on perceptions, livestock populations and rangeland experiments to aid snow leopard conservation strategies.
The 411: Since 1989, the Adolescent AIDS Program has been a go - to local and national resource for HIV - positive and... (read more)
October 5, 2012 • His plan calls for more spending on infrastructure, a tax cut for firms that hire new workers, aid to state and local governments, and a program to rebuild schools.
Some of the organizations that Harnoor has spent countless hours volunteering with are Halton Children's Aid Society, Town of Halton Hills, Willow Park Ecology Centre, Protect Our Water and Environmental Sources, Cogeco Television, Georgetown Hospital Foundation and many more organizations in local communities.
Districts that can generate more than the foundation level in local revenue are not eligible for foundation aid, but still receive at least $ 375 per pupil from a constitutionally dedicated fund.
«I also regularly assist young children at my local Stage Coach class so having some form of first aid knowledge puts my mind more at ease, should there be a medical emergency.»
Because schools rely so heavily on state aid, cuts to state funding (especially formula funding) generally force local school districts to scale back educational services, raise more revenue to cover the gap, or both.