Sentences with phrase «of budget watchdogs»

And while he is taking additional steps — like the formation of the new Citywide Savings Unit at the Office of Management and Budget — it is not yet clear to what extent de Blasio will follow the advice of budget watchdogs like the Citizens Budget Commission and city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Not exact matches

«We've made a lot of progress in the last 10 years on transparency, but there's still some real problem areas,» said Bob Williams, the president of watchdog group State Budget Solutions.

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney is, according to reports from Bloomberg and CNN, under consideration to become interim director of the federal government's consumer watchdog after current director Richard Cordray steps down later this month.

There are currently two interim leaders of the agency: current head of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney, who was selected by President Trump to oversee the consumer watchdog until a permanent replacement could be found, and Leandra English, former CFPB chief of staff turned deputy director, whom Cordray had appointed.

New Democrat defence critic Jack Harris accused the government of not only keeping the public in the dark, but watchdogs such as the parliamentary budget office, which had a tough time compiling its own estimate on the war earlier this winter.

«Mr. Speaker, it is clear after the Minister of Finance's attack on the Parliamentary Budget Officer, Mr. Kevin Page, that it is the Prime Minister's intention to turn the taxpayers» watchdog into his personal lapdog.

Speaking at a public meeting in which the Park District's $ 385 million budget was unveiled, Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, said the tax watchdog group supported the district's restraint in not raising property taxes and increasing employee contributions to health care costs, but was troubled by the «pension holiday.»

David Stringer, a 56 - year - old real - estate broker and brother of NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, is a serial tax deadbeat who owes the IRS and state Tax Department as much as $ 447,370 while his brother preaches financial prudence as the city's budget watchdog.

Cuomo has long sought to consolidate and scale back the size of local governments in New York, which he has blamed for the state's high property taxes — an assertion budget watchdogs say is more tied to the cost of programs like Medicaid or employee pensions.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Half of the money spent so far from New York state's $ 10 billion in legal settlement windfall has gone to support the state budget rather than the capital projects for which it should be used, the state's chief fiscal watchdog said on Friday.

A budget watchdog group says New York's new 10 - year plan of how it will spend over $ 174 billion in road and bridge and numerous other projects lacks transparency.

NEW YORK — New York's top environmental watchdog group has finished its review of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal for next year, and it is less than pleased.

Meanwhile, a budget watchdog group said the state could still spend more money on the poorest schools and save hundreds of millions of dollars if only it reconfigured the formula for distributing school aid.

Government watchdogs, including Citizens Union, says the budget deliberations reached a new level of secrecy, even for Albany's clandestine ways.

Jamison Dague, director of infrastructure studies for the Citizens Budget Commission of New York, a nonprofit government watchdog group, said the MTA has long wanted to abolish some of the work rules.

The Citizens Budget Commission, a nonprofit financial watchdog group, in a report last week, predicted that even with the planned fare increases, the MTA stands to post budget deficits in the hundreds of millions of dollars in the next several years without a new revenue stream to fund the subwayBudget Commission, a nonprofit financial watchdog group, in a report last week, predicted that even with the planned fare increases, the MTA stands to post budget deficits in the hundreds of millions of dollars in the next several years without a new revenue stream to fund the subwaybudget deficits in the hundreds of millions of dollars in the next several years without a new revenue stream to fund the subway plan.

«Although school aid is statutorily capped at the annual growth rate of personal income, the projected increase for next fiscal year is a much larger 7.5 percent,» the budget watchdog wrote.

Asked if relations between the Legislature and his administration are fraying — perhaps because of his quiet lobbying for former IG Ellen Biben to become leader of an independent ethics watchdog, his push for more executive control over the budget or just the natural devolution of good feelings — Cuomo noted that love isn't the real motivator.

The watchdog group Citizens Budget Commission says the event comes in the final days of the legislative session, when over 50 bills have emerged that enhance benefits for state and local public employees, with a price tag of $ 140 million dollars.

Budget watchdogs are eagerly awaiting the details of Cuomo's spending plans.

Amid the criticism from de Blasio and budget watchdogs, Cuomo changed his tune on the plan — suggesting the point of the proposal was simply to get players to the table to cut costs for CUNY and Medicaid.

A leading budget watchdog group is accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo of fudging the numbers in his state budget to appear to stay within his self - imposed two percent per - year spending cap.

Buffalo's fiscal watchdog says the city needs to get out of its longtime habit of taking money from reserves to close out budget deficits.

The budget for the office of the city's financial watchdog grew at twice the rate of the rest of the government over the last two years, according to data examined...

Critics, including budget watchdog groups, say STAR is inefficient and has simply led to padding of school budgets, not any real decrease in property taxes for homeowners.

The Empire Center, a conservative budget watchdog in Albany, has criticized state leaders for creating the new fund, saying it's yet another source of political pork.

E.J. McMahon of the watchdog group Empire Center for Public Policy wrote that the new budget includes nearly $ 500 million in «the biggest, murkiest, pork - barrel slush fund in Albany — and perhaps any state capital — has ever seen.»

Lawmakers and budget watchdogs have questioned the effectiveness of the state's use of tax credits and other spending incentives in order to spur job growth.

Ethics watchdogs at the Capitol also remain miffed the package of reforms initially proposed by Cuomo during his State of the State and budget presentation in January have fallen off the table in mid-March.

Good - government watchdogs on Monday continued to criticize Cuomo and the top legislative leaders for keeping ethics reforms out of the state budget this month.

NYC will have to shell out nearly $ 200 million more on homeless shelters next year on top of what's in Mayor Bill de Blasio's budget, according to a report by an independent budget watchdog.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has asked New York City commissioners to look for ways to cut costs in a gesture of fiscal moderation prompted by worries over the rocky world economy, drawing cautious praise from budget watchdogs.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and other government and budget watchdogs have criticized the proliferation of these entities and called for reform.

«It's pension pork,» said Davie Friedfel, director of state studies for the Citizens Budget Commission, a watchdog group.

Fiscal watchdogs said they're wary of the plan, as the city's capital budget is already high and that speeding up these approved projects will beget more spending.

Elizabeth Lynam, director of state studies at the fiscal watchdog Citizens Budget Commission, said she knows of no other business in the state that is claiming the property tax credit without paying taxes.

The governor also named recently retired President of the state's AFL - CIO Denis Hughes, as well as the head of the watchdog group Citizens Budget Commission, the Mayors of Syracuse and Buffalo, and a construction union leader to the panel.

A budget watchdog group says New York's new 10 year plan of how it will spend more than $ 174 billion in road, bridge and numerous other projects lacks transparency and needs more details on how it will all be paid for.

The watchdog agency's predicament is just one example of what happens in the budgetary bloodletting of fashioning a $ 20 - billion annual budget plan when the state faces a huge shortfall in revenue.

Florida TaxWatch, the nonpartisan government watchdog group, released its annual «Budget Turkey List,» of almost $ 178 million in line - item projects that are part of the $ 82.4 billion budget passed May 8 by the Florida House and SBudget Turkey List,» of almost $ 178 million in line - item projects that are part of the $ 82.4 billion budget passed May 8 by the Florida House and Sbudget passed May 8 by the Florida House and Senate.

Carol Kellermann, the president of nonpartisan fiscal watchdog Citizens Budget Commission, was equally outraged, telling The Observer, «Funds paid in settlement of litigation with the state, unless intended to compensate for specific losses, should be used as determined through the normal budget and appropriation prBudget Commission, was equally outraged, telling The Observer, «Funds paid in settlement of litigation with the state, unless intended to compensate for specific losses, should be used as determined through the normal budget and appropriation prbudget and appropriation process.

Florida TaxWatch, the nonpartisan government watchdog organization, served up its annual list of «Budget Turkeys,» naming almost $ 178 million in line - item projects part of the $ 82.4 billion budget passed May 8 by the Florida House and SBudget Turkeys,» naming almost $ 178 million in line - item projects part of the $ 82.4 billion budget passed May 8 by the Florida House and Sbudget passed May 8 by the Florida House and Senate.

New York's extensive system of Industrial Development Agencies and Local Development Corporations is rife with overlapping boundaries and a lack of transparency that is crying for an overhaul, according to a study to be released today by the Citizens Budget Commission spending watchdog group.

And government watchdog groups pointed out that by skipping the legally required three - day public review period — which the governor circumvented this week with messages of necessity — the budget skidded past the deadline by days, not hours.

«It's clear the Council is trying to assert itself in budgeting,» said Maria Doulis, vice president of Citizens Budget Commission, an independent fiscal watchdog.

A new report from Citizens Budget Commission, a government finance watchdog group, examines the costs of implementing universal pre-kindergarten statewide, and attempts to explain why that remains an «elusive» goal.

This is true in terms of the raw dollar amount, which is several billion, but with a $ 83.4 billion budget that has expanded rapidly under de Blasio, the city is somewhat short of a safe «budget cushion,» according to Comptroller Scott Stringer and other watchdogs.

Syracuse, N.Y. - A state budget watchdog and some local conservative leaders are defending Mayor Stephanie Miner's insistence on answers before embracing a $ 500 million sports facility in a city set to run out of money in as little as three years.

The watchdog group Citizens Budget Commission said the newest checks are the latest in a string of what it calls «rebate madness.»

The state Authorities Budget Office, a relatively young watchdog charged with overseeing such entities, applauded the bill signing as «a significant step forward in reforming the vast and archaic web of public authorities in New York.»