Sentences with phrase «multi-billion dollar surpluses»

There is reason to be skeptical that New York will run a multi-billion dollar surpluses in the coming fiscal years, according to a preliminary report on the 2014 - 15 state budget released on Monday by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office.

Even though the state is running a multi-billion dollar surplus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top budget aide is calling on state agency chiefs to submit spending proposals that assume zero growth next year.

The state's Education Conference Board says now that the economy is improving and the state has a multi-billion dollar surplus, it's time to end years of what they say is underspending on New York's schools.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew said, «Since the city continues to run a multi-billion dollar surplus, New Yorkers should wonder why the mayor insists on laying off teachers.»

Not exact matches

Absent a tax increase, there isn't much maneuvering room within this figure — because, in fact, there aren't any multi-billion dollar «surpluses» in store.

For example, a teacher in Iowa, a state with strong fiscal health and a substantial surplus, recently discovered that her pension contributions were recently raised to cover a multi-billion dollar shortfall in the state's teacher pension fund.