Sentences with phrase «new budget authority»

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There will be $ 5.77 billion more for health care spending in the new budget with the biggest chunk for the newly created Saskatchewan Health Authority.

VANCOUVER — A new threat of cuts to vital mental health services at Vancouver Coastal Health despite the growing need for resources shows the unreasonable pressures health authorities have been under due to the unsustainable Liberal budget, say B.C.'s Newnew threat of cuts to vital mental health services at Vancouver Coastal Health despite the growing need for resources shows the unreasonable pressures health authorities have been under due to the unsustainable Liberal budget, say B.C.'s NewNew...

In the 2007 Budget Omnibus Bill, the previous government amended the Financial Administration Act to eliminate the need to introduce a Borrowing Authority Act for any new borrowing requirements.

The Borrowing Authority Bill would need to be tabled shortly after or with the tabling of the Budget to ensure that the borrowing can begin early in the new year in an orderly fashion.

For example, the Commission could help facilitate local deliberative bodies or citizen assemblies, support local authorities conduct effective participatory budgeting exercises, and experiment with new means for the public to engage in political decision - making processes in more direct and sustained ways.

That criticism has to do with what Paladino describes as more than $ 1 Billion from the New York State Power Authority's budget.

«Those are costs that could be considered a hidden tax on people who pay utility bills across New York to support the state budget with dollars that are flowing through the New York Power Authority,» said Deputy State Comptroller Bob Ward.

The Authorities Budget Office has released new guidelines on how these organizations should solicit and issue contracts.

This week, members of the New York City Transparency Working Group sent a letter to The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey thanking them for publishing their budget online in a machine - readable format.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle article on BP Adams joining City Comptroller Stringer to condemn the Trump Administration's proposed budget cuts to the New York City Housing Authority.

Worked with the Legislature and Governor to approve legislation that continues the appointment of monitors in East Ramapo, provides new oversight authority for the monitors and the Department over the school district's budget, and provides $ 3 million in state funds to restore and expand educational programming for the public schools within the district;

The Business Council of New York State, Inc. the State's leading business advocacy organization, opposes the Executive Budget proposal to create the position of chief procurement officer, to be appointed by the governor and given principal oversight authority over all state procurements.

He has visited New York City public housing repeatedly over the last month, and even declared a state of emergency last week, promising $ 250 million in additional funding in the state budget ($ 550 million has been allocated to the New York City Housing Authority since 2015).

The new state budget recently signed by Cuomo creates the Design and Construction Corp., a three - member panel to be selected by Cuomo that will advise other state departments on construction projects costing $ 50 million or more, such as large university buildings, the new Penn Station and planned upgrades at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

The new budget doubles the program appropriation to $ 770 million, and expands the funding eligibility list to include facilities owned by school districts, housing authorities, library systems, fire districts and private non-profit colleges and universities.

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pledged to fund half the cost, Mayor Bill de Blasio has for months refused to put new money toward the plan — which he was not consulted on crafting — arguing that city taxpayers already make significant contributions toward the authority's operating budget.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo once again criticized New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over how to close a gap in the capital budget of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

And an MTA spokesperson told the Journal that «the authority's existing budget already includes some of the funding for portions of the New York City subway that would be affected by the project.»

Despite low approval ratings, Paterson managed to impose budget cuts, increase oversight for New York's authorities and create a new pension tier for incoming state workeNew York's authorities and create a new pension tier for incoming state workenew pension tier for incoming state workers.

DeFrancisco said Cuomo's budget increases spending for the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the public transit system in and around New York City.

Those questions are now part of a formal complaint filed by Reinvent Albany, a good - government group, with the New York State Authorities Budget Office, the subpoena - empowered body charged with watching over the state's dizzying array of quasi-independent aAuthorities Budget Office, the subpoena - empowered body charged with watching over the state's dizzying array of quasi-independent authoritiesauthorities.

DiNapoli complains that the latest state budget allows for $ 475 million in new SAM spending and a $ 385 million boost in borrowing authority — with no explanation of the need, since much of last year's $ 1.5 billion in SAM funds is still unspent.

Klein said new funding for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expected to be part of a $ 168 billion budget.

The budget will also grow the economy with a $ 4.2 billion middle class tax cut when fully effective and critical statewide infrastructure investments — including a new $ 55 billion State Transportation Plan that commits $ 27.14 billion for Department of Transportation and Thruway programs and $ 27.98 billion for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Supplementary Budgetary legislation in New Zealand includes an annual «Appropriation (Confirmation and Validation) Bill», which serves to validate taxation and spending incurred in the previous year which fell outside the previous year's Budget, and «Imprest Supply Bills,» typically several in a year, which grant interim authority to the Government to tax and spend.

Mr. Bellone's original budget had not called for dipping into the sewer stabilization fund at all, but rather closing the budget gap in the $ 2.7 billion budget through borrowing from the New York State Dormitory Authority, a path that would have required legislation approved at the state level.

The Assembly is no happier than the Senate with Cuomo's budget bullying, but seems a bit less anxious to challenge his authority here — perhaps due to the fact that it is still reeling from the change in leadership and trying to get its sea legs under the new speaker, Carl Heastie.

Cuomo is going to Puerto Rico today with top state officials in his administration, including Secretary Melissa DeRosa, Budget Director Robert Mujica and New York State Power Authority President and CEO Gil Quiniones.

Speaking to reporters following his first address before the Association for a Better New York in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning, Johnson said he has not yet settled on the amount of money he would like to see in the mayor's preliminary budget — which will be unveiled this week — for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

Elected officials joined in Manhattan Sunday with advocacy group Riders Alliance and Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member Allen Cappelli over the weekend with their eyes on the new state dollars made possible through the 2013 - 14 budget passed last month, which included an increase of more than $ 358 million for transit.

Yet in last year's budget negotiations, $ 40 million went to the Port of Oswego Authority to «link with the Port of New York and create additional intermodal rail yards in Syracuse and Binghamton» — a decision that has ended up undermining 3Gi's bid.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's final budget, which was finalized in a deal with the City Council Sunday evening, gave the New York City Housing Authority an additional $ 58 million, which will prevent the closure of NYCHA - run facilities — including senior centers and community programs.

The New York Times, for instance, reported in 2003 that 40 Executive Chamber officials working for Gov. George Pataki were on agency or authority budgets.

As he had previously mentioned during a visit to a Bronx NYCHA complex, Cuomo said he is providing an additional $ 250 million to the housing authority, which has been worked into the new state budget for 2019.

The Department of Public Service will see its current - year spending of $ 80 million increase to $ 81 million; spending by the New York Energy Research and Development Authority will drop by $ 1 million to $ 23 million; the New York Power Authority will see a jump to $ 14 million from $ 3 million, reflecting capital spending for the new Empire State Trail, the budget office saNew York Energy Research and Development Authority will drop by $ 1 million to $ 23 million; the New York Power Authority will see a jump to $ 14 million from $ 3 million, reflecting capital spending for the new Empire State Trail, the budget office saNew York Power Authority will see a jump to $ 14 million from $ 3 million, reflecting capital spending for the new Empire State Trail, the budget office sanew Empire State Trail, the budget office said.

But both houses of the Legislature have signaled unwillingness to consider initiatives inside Cuomo's budget which would have given the state health department broad authority to negotiate how a «value - based payment» methodology would work here in New York.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- With the New York State budget deadline looming, Assemblyman Sean Ryan is calling for legislators to fund the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's Metro Rail infrastructure at $ 100 million over five years.

Last month, the New York State Authority Budget Office criticized the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency (UCIDA) for hiring auditors without using a competitive bidding process.

In his first public comments since the budget deal was struck over the weekend, de Blasio repeatedly said Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the hook for system - wide repairs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Housing Authority.

Upper East Side Sen. Liz Krueger echoed that the new law — as a state program proposed in the state budget — strips the city's authority to oppose projects that receive the abatement.

Last month, the New York State Authority Budget Office criticized the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency (UCIDA) for hiring auditors

The budget appropriates $ 250 million for the NYCHA and grants it design - build authority, but creates an independent monitor chosen by the New York City Council and NYCHA tenants who will work with the New York City comptroller.

The non-binding budget resolution included such IDC asks as a provision to create an independent monitor to oversee the troubled New York City Housing Authority, diverting more than $ 400 million in city sales tax money to the MTA, and creating a secure choice savings account that would allow workers with no retirement savings plan to set aside money in a fund run by the state.

In his first public comments since the budget deal was struck over the weekend, Bill de Blasio repeatedly said Andrew Cuomo is on the hook for system - wide repairs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Housing Authority.

Now, according to New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, the governor is trying yet again to grow his authority, burying in his proposed budget language that would give the state budget director unilateral ability to pass cuts down to local government officials to manage the funding reductions widely expected to come from the Trump administration and GOP Congress.

Cuomo this month unveiled a $ 142 billion budget plan that includes sending $ 1.3 billion of the state's $ 5.4 billion windfall surplus from financial settlements to the Thruway Authority, which is charged with building the new bridge.

A report on the approved 2015 - 16 state budget issue on Tuesday by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli raise concerns with the amount of new debt being taken on by public authorities and the use of «lump - sum appropriations.»

Currently, the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) prepares the most comprehensive view of state and local economic development efforts statewide; however, the usefulness of this presentation is limited because it is based mostly on available data published for past years.1 A UEDB should be part of the Executive and Enacted budgets and should include prospective information showing the costs of all economic development programs for the coming fiscal year.2 To capture the full scope of economic development costs, a UEDB should bring together tax expenditures and spending at state agencies and authorities, as well as the value of discounted power offered by the New York Power Authority.

BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER When Christopher O. Ward became executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in May 2008, the buildings at the World Trade Center site under the Port Authority's jurisdiction were years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.

Debt service prepayments lowered spending and spending growth in both the fiscal years 2017 and 2018 budgets.2 In addition to prepaying debt service, the fiscal year 2018 budget also delays loan payments due to the New York Power Authority, deferring $ 193 million in payments to future years, thereby lowering spending in 2018.