Sentences with phrase «new member items»

The legislature did not put any new member items in this year's budget.

The end of new member items has been much to the chagrin of some lawmakers, though agreements have been quietly floated in the past to end of the member item ban to no avail.

Gov. David Paterson began the policy of removing new member items from the state budget, and Cuomo has continued that push by now allowing new earmarked spending (Though old member items remain in the spending plan for as long as they are funded).

And he would not go along with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's push for reintroducing new member items into the state budget.

There's no new member item cash in this budget — just like last year.

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Amazon has launched a new rewards and cash - back program for Prime members, the company announced Tuesday, an incentive for users to purchase more items through its e-commerce site.

The restaurant chain recently implemented an empowerment strategy to inspire its franchisees and staff to develop new menu items, as well as a guest experience program where team members can honor guest requests and address issues without asking a manager first.

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Managers and team members are also encouraged to survey guests on their experience and feedback can lead to new menu items.

When developing new items, Scicchitano says, a member from every department is involved to make sure there are no hurdles and great ideas have every chance to succeed.

Please note only members with at least 3 months membership and 250 + posts can create new topics to sell items (this permission is set automatically).

When members of the Chicago Park District's largest union sat down Tuesday with their bosses to discuss a new contract, a plan to track some workers via satellite was the newest item on the agenda.

Many to most members of crunchy - mom mafia tend to identify as «feminist,» which has proven to be a remarkable shield that largely prevents observers from noticing that each new item on the must - do list increases the burdens and demands on mothers, who already have a full plate living in a sexist society that doesn't really do much to make it easier for women raising small children.

This morning I attended a Houston ISD / Aramark Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting in which I and fellow PAC members were asked to sample several of the new menu items introduced this fall.

Shortly after that, NARAL Pro-Choice New York, a member of the coalition, blasted out an e-mail continuing their support for all 10 items.

While the source could not say exactly why federal investigators were looking at Huntley, the New York Post reported the southeast Queens senator received a federal subpoena in connection with $ 400,000 in member items she helped steer -LSB-...]

As lawmakers prepare to pass the third consecutive state budget with no new pork - barrel spending, Cuomo said yesterday he doesn't believe legislative «member items» should ever return.

That investigation exposed a nonprofit set up by, as the AG's press release put it, «a New York state senator,» which allegedly funneled about $ 30,000 in member item funds to those associated with it, including the senator's aide and an individual who shares a residence with the senator.

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper - East Region, HON. ISAAC ADONGO.has made arrangements to donate an undisclosed cash amount and some other items to the regional chief Imam in support of this year's Eid - Ul - Adha Salla Festival because the regional minister and executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party have abandoned the regional chief Imam on preparations pertaining to this year's Eid - Ul - Adha celebrations.

Council Member Maria Baez allocated discretionary funds to a nonprofit that the city had already disqualified from receiving larger member item grants from Baez, according to the New YorkMember Maria Baez allocated discretionary funds to a nonprofit that the city had already disqualified from receiving larger member item grants from Baez, according to the New Yorkmember item grants from Baez, according to the New York Post.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has said raising the minimum wage is an essential budget item for his members, and Assembly Democrats back increasing it even higher, to $ 15 an hour in New York City by 2018.

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.

In following years, he will analyze whether or not the economy is strong enough in New York to start accepting member items for his district.

On the flip side, it means difficulty for central New York's Democratic Assembly members to push through key agenda items, and reduces the influence of Sen. Dave Valesky, who DeFrancisco shares representation of Syracuse with.

«At the heart of every scandal is always member items, or pork, or whatever they call it, in New York State,» he said.

The Senate and Assembly have stuffed millions of dollars in pork - barrel - type spending into nonbinding budget resolutions adopted Thursday — despite the fact that that governors have not allowed new legislative «member items» in the budget since 2010.

Forty - nine percent of voters supporter Paterson's decision to axe almot $ 200 million reappropriated member item spending from the budget, but a majority of New Yorkers statewide — 58 - 38 — opposed his veto of the $ 600 million in additional education spending added by the Legislature in its two - way deal.

That's almost exactly two years after McLaughlin pleaded guilty to stealing $ 2.2 million in cash, carks and perks — both as a state lawmaker (he even bilked a little league team out of taxpayer - funded member item money) and as president of the New York City Central Labor Council.

A former member of New York City's Board of Health and a pair of Columbia researchers published a paper that could prove detrimental to the city's case for a new sodium rule, which requires restaurant chains to publish warnings for menu items that contain more than 2,300 milligrams of sodiNew York City's Board of Health and a pair of Columbia researchers published a paper that could prove detrimental to the city's case for a new sodium rule, which requires restaurant chains to publish warnings for menu items that contain more than 2,300 milligrams of sodinew sodium rule, which requires restaurant chains to publish warnings for menu items that contain more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium.

The Governor's $ 640 million dollars in line item vetoes for member items does not include any new money from this year's budget.

But he says there are around 130 member item grants that have been repurposed for a new organization, using an old line of funding.

The speaker — who has introduced new rules for member items — says she wants to keep them.

COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON ENCOURAGES DONATIONS FOR HURRICANE MARIA RELIEF EFFORT This week, Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson reminded Bronxites, the people of Council District 16 and across New York City to continue making donations of items that are critically needed -LSMEMBER GIBSON ENCOURAGES DONATIONS FOR HURRICANE MARIA RELIEF EFFORT This week, Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson reminded Bronxites, the people of Council District 16 and across New York City to continue making donations of items that are critically needed -LSMember Vanessa L. Gibson reminded Bronxites, the people of Council District 16 and across New York City to continue making donations of items that are critically needed -LSB-...]

«Member items» and other legislative discretionary spending — like the Multi-Modal Program — have been a feature of Albany and New York City corruption scandals for decades.

For this reason, Governor Cuomo has refused to fund new legislative member items and is carefully reviewing existing items.

In an informal investigation by Klein and Sen. Diane Savino, staff members took a list of 100 registered sex offenders across New York City and compared it with locations where Pokémon Go players could collect virtual items or use other game features.

Mr. de Blasio, despite his repeated vows to end the member item system, also confirmed that council members would have discretionary funding that they can dole out to favored groups in the new budget.

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

The Governor's $ 640 million in line item vetoes for member items does not include any new money from this year's budget.

Paterson rejected nearly $ 200 million in member items, including $ 5,000 grants promised to Central New York non-profit groups like the Onondaga Oswego Chapter of the Red Cross and the North Syracuse Babe Ruth League, and bigger amounts for Syracuse University, the Syracuse Chargers Rowing Club, the Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility, Jubilee Homes and several libraries and schools.

Other budget items are bold rebuttals to the Trump administration: a $ 10 million investment to create an immigrant legal aid fund and a new provision allowing union members to deduct their dues on state income taxes.

Member items: An undercover investigation focused on one small New York City storefront that appears to house several interconnected non-profit groups that receive state funding for medical services.

«The Council is taking the politics out of member items once and for all by implementing a new system to distribute funding equally while providing additional resources to support lower income communities,» Mark - Viverito told reporters.

More loose threads: Councilman Ruben Wills and the case of the missing member item Capital New York

Later on the UWVC will deliver those donated items to the Saint Albans Veterans Hospital as part of the UWVC's annual Valentine's Day Caravan, which collects and delivers thousands of donated cards and gifts to military members, veterans and their families at veterans» hospitals and military bases in New York City, Long Island, New Jersey and Bethesda, Maryland.

Lawmakers approved $ 385 million for the program in the 2013 - 14 budget, offering support for capital projects — not one - time operating subsidies, as member items often were — for a broad variety of purposes like «preserving and protecting infrastructure» or to support «economic development projects... that will create or retain jobs in New York State.»

But what they've created is a zombie member item process, which is different but has many of the same characteristics of the old one,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

According to the state's indictment, the president and treasurer of the Parent Workshop submitted fraudulent documents to New York State to obtain public money from a legislative member item sponsored by then - Senator Huntley.

Under the new rules, the council would come up with an «objective» and public formula to decide how member item money is disbursed.

Since 1999, the New York State Legislature has distributed more than $ 900 million through legislative member items to more than 20,000 nonprofit entities.