Sentences with phrase «of city budget»

This leads to nearly three quarters of the city budget being spent on police, fire, and emergency medical expenses, which is somewhat more than the national average.

This leads to nearly three quarters of the city budget being spent on police, fire, and emergency medical expenses, which is somewhat more than the national average.

This results in money taken from other portions of the city budget, and the cities affected already have some of the highest poverty rates in the Commonwealth.

«For Mayor Bloomberg, the change is in his overall approval rating, not in his handling of the city budget, the direction of the city, or how New Yorkers think they will remember his years in office,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

Katz said to meet the needs of that growth, Queens needs a greater share of the city budget for its schools.

The common council financial chair says that state funding makes up between 7 and 8 percent of its city budget.

Quinn, who is widely credited as the architect of a deal that helped save teaching jobs and keep fire companies and libraries open during the latest round of city budget negotiations, will be spending Wednesday on a victory lap celebrating the saved services.

Johnson also expressed concern about the ballooning of the city budget under de Blasio, noting that the city expects to spend as much as $ 95.2 billion by the 2022 fiscal year, and promised a «renewed focus» on the city's capital budget.

On the growth of the city budget, Stringer defended his oversight work, saying he had pushed the de Blasio administration to find more savings, and said that due to his advocacy the city currently held its largest total amount of savings in its history.

Now, with the passage of the city budget just weeks away, advocates with the Riders Alliance and Community Service Society gathered in Harlem on Monday to bring that call to action to regular New Yorkers.

Williams confirmed to the Observer after an unrelated event last night that he intends to run for speaker, a role that carries enormous power over legislation, zoning and the crafting of the city budget.

During last year's review of the city budget, there was some discussion about eliminating Bennett's job and using that money to hire more police officers.

The Council's Finance Committee is highly influential, with oversight of the city budget — making the committee's chairmanship one of the most sought - after positions in the legislative body.

DiNapoli says the story of city budget issues are all too familiar in city halls across upstate New York.

Madden's moves in 2017, followed by similar action in the 2018 budget, such as a $ 160 per unit trash collection fee, had won support from the state comptroller's office in its mandated reviews of the city budget.

Key portions of the city budget are, of course, dependent upon the state budget, so much anticipation (and lobbying) surrounds negotiations in Albany, where Governor Andrew Cuomo is attempting to push through his spending plan, with major education and ethics reforms, despite significant disagreement from both Democrats (who control the State Assembly) and Republicans (who control the State Senate).

Each City Council member who takes part in the program sets aside between $ 1 million and $ 2 million out of the city budget.

The extra $ 510 million, however, may not be enough to cover the new labor contract contracts, he said — the «Achilles» heel» of the city budget.

The federal government was actually much more generous to New York in those drop - dead days of the 1970s, when more than 20 percent of the city budget came from federal aid.

Key details of the city budget that is agreed upon later this year by Mayor de Blasio and the Council will depend on the next state budget, which is due by the April 1 start of the state fiscal year.

Cautious in face of an uncertain Washington: Federal aid is 1/3 of State budget (which is 18 % of City budget); 8 - 10 % of City budget; 64 % of NYCHA budget; and nearly half of the Health and Hospitals budget.

The slush fund scandal indicates to Mr. Lander that «we don't have a vital local democracy,» and sees the scandal as a function of a system whereby the City Council focuses a great deal of energy and attention to the 1 % of the City budget that is allocated to Member items.

Malliotakis regularly criticizes the $ 85 billion overall size of the City budget and the $ 15 billion increase in the budget since de Blasio took office.

She has been part of the city budget process assisting in the allocation of over $ 5 million for infrastructure projects to renovate parks and upgrade technology in classrooms, and the designation of over $ 600,000 to increase and expand programming throughout the district.

Taxes on real estate in Maryland account for about 35 % of city budgets and 30 % of county budgets, funding local services like public education and fire protection.

These annual payments represent nearly 40 percent of the Citys budget.

«I understand the pressures of city budgets,» Duffy said.

Not exact matches

Though the Harper government has been maligned for paring the CTC's budget to $ 58 million a year — less than that of New York City — it did negotiate Approved Destination Status with China prior to the 2010 Olympics.

April 30 - A state of Michigan board voted on Monday to end active oversight of Detroit's finances after the city managed to balance its budgets since exiting bankruptcy in 2014..

That balkanization is evident in the City of Vancouver's paltry economic development budget, which sits at about $ 2.7 million.

In Colorado's Weld County, home to Peppler's farm and more than 19,000 active oil and gas wells, some officials see selling unneeded portions of their allotments from the Colorado River as a way to shore up city budgets.

Despite the fact that it's a weekday afternoon, city hall is empty, too -; the result of a government - mandated four - day workweek to help close the budget gap.

April 30 (Reuters)- A state of Michigan board voted on Monday to end active oversight of Detroit's finances after the city managed to balance its budgets since exiting bankruptcy in 2014.

The unanimous vote by the financial review commission, which was created as part of the city's federal court - approved debt adjustment plan, enables Detroit's elected officials to enact budgets and enter into contracts without first obtaining the board's approval.

U.S. cities are reconsidering the value of municipal airports in the era of superjumbo jets and budget cuts, N.Y. Times reports.

A $ 1.6 million security budget like the one Bezos enjoys is generous, says Alan Schissel, a former New York City Police Department sergeant who's now president and CEO of Integrated Security Services, Inc., a private investigation and executive security firm.

Marjorie Young, vice president of New York City - based EG Bowman, a commercial insurance brokerage, says when considering insurance and what to buy you first need to determine what you need to comply with the law, what your budget allows, and any coverage that may be required by lenders.

The state is also suffering a major fiscal crisis that is impacting its budget, pension fund and tax revenue — and the capital city of Hartford is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.

Roughly 800,000 low - income New Yorkers would save $ 726 a year if a proposal by the New York City Council and advocates to fund half - priced Metrocards for the poorest New Yorkers is adopted as part of the city's final budCity Council and advocates to fund half - priced Metrocards for the poorest New Yorkers is adopted as part of the city's final budcity's final budget.

Every city recruits its police force differently based on budgets, existing crime rates, density, and a number of other complex socioeconomic factors (like the area's racial makeup).

Cities and states across the country are working hard to overcome the double whammy of an economic slump and a fiscal budget crunch.

Just for comparison, the entire annual operating budget for the city of Pittsburgh — one of the cities Amazon is reportedly considering — is less than $ 600 million.

When the city of Rockford, Illinois, realized Acthar was taking up 2.5 % of its medical budget for just two infants, it filed a lawsuit against Mallinckrodt saying the expensive drug was part of «an anticompetitive, unfair and deceptive scheme.»

FUNDING of community services, facilities and projects, roads, dual use paths and drainage have received high priority in the City of Bunbury's $ 28 million budget for 1999/2000.

Though Cleveland's economy has been on the mend, one of SmartShape's major clients and the major mover in the city's medical renaissance — the Cleveland Clinic — is cutting its budget and its workforce.

Annual budgets in most of Canada's major cities are a mess — excluding key activities, using inconsistent accounting, burying crucial numbers where only experts can find them, and often voted well after the fiscal year has started, according the 2016 edition of the C.D. Howe Institute's Municipal Fiscal Accountability report.

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Tiffany Mealia is the founder of She's So Savvy, an online destination for professionals who want to live large in the city on a small budget.

But the city is also struggling with a budget deficit that may require firing hundreds of public employees to bring it under control.