Sentences with phrase «of state taxpayer money»

That left room Thursday for Sen. Len Fasano, the Republican Senate leader, to say, wait a minute, if the tax changes weren't bad for GE and the company is bluffing, as Democrats claimed in June, «then why would Gov. Malloy offer them a lot of state taxpayer money in hopes they will stay?»

A source said AG Eric Schneiderman's office is probing Rivera's alleged misuse of state taxpayer money funneled to her crony - packed Bronx Council for Economic Development.

Not exact matches

In addition, cities, states, and taxpayers have concerns about the costs of bonds and borrowing, how to get the best return on banked or invested public money, and an interest in finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

He says the New Jersey bank would «take money out of Wall Street and put it to work for New Jersey — creating jobs and growing the economy [by] using state deposits to finance local investments... and... support billions of dollars of critical investments in infrastructure, small businesses, and student loans — saving our residents money and returning all profits to the taxpayers.»

The Baltimore Sun filed a request under the Public Information Act seeking a copy of the proposal, which could reveal details on how much taxpayer money and other benefits the city and state were prepared to offer the Seattle company.

As a result, American taxpayer money is currently supporting the use of child soldiers in several countries, and the highest levels of Congress, the State Department and White House all know about it.

The case against the park district, brought in a civil action filed last May by the Cook County state's attorney's office, alleges that park district officials improperly took office in the Southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

The state's attorney's office sued the park district last May, alleging district officials improperly took office in the southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

The Cook County state's attorney's office filed a civil lawsuit last May that alleged Park District officials improperly obtained their offices, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

Following reports that the del Lago Casino & Resort in Seneca County is struggling with revenue and is seeking a bailout from the state, Sen. Joseph Griffo sent a letter to Cuomo and the state Budget director, indicating he doesn't believe a bailout is appropriate use of taxpayer money.

Tenney says the $ 15 million gondola planned for the New York State Fair is an unnecessary waste of taxpayers» money, and she'll oppose granting the federal approval needed for the project.

Russia is a socialist state, there is no such thing a taxpayer money all of the money belongs to the government and is allotted to the people as the government deems appropriate.

Maude began and ended quite touchy - feely, but the meat of the piece fairly accurately represented what you might expect a Tory platform on the third sector to look like: we need a «rehabilitation revolution'to tackle unprecedented levels of reoffending, fuelled by addiction, illiteracy and family breakdown; the state consistently fails to get those who have never worked, lone parents, and those on incapacity benefit back to work; charities should be paid by results; and the third sector is means of saving taxpayer money and delivering services more efficiently and effectively.

A bill introduced Thursday night by Sen. Simcha Felder would change the state's tax law in order to address the federal tax overhaul that caps the amount of money taxpayers can deduct in state and local taxes at $ 10,000.

Two state lawmakers — Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Sen. Diane Savino — who gave campaign money to now - indicted Brooklyn Assemblywoman Pamela Harris, amid a grand jury probe into her alleged theft of taxpayer money, say they had no idea she was under investigation at the time.

The Professor's out - of - state — much less out - of - district — fundraising doesn't begin or end with California: the ardent Iranian Nuclear Deal and taxpayer - paid campaign proponent has also raised more money out of New England than out of New York.

But he says it's simply meant to help consolidate portions of state government and save taxpayer money quickly.

«We're confident,» Stefan Friedman, a Genting spokesman, said, «that once New Yorkers understand that Genting is proposing to pay for — without a dime of taxpayer money — the biggest convention center in the country, creating tens of thousands of jobs and generating untold billions of dollars in revenue for the state, support for this project will be robust.»

DeFrancisco has been harshly critical of some Cuomo development initiatives that have soured, especially two in his backyard: the currently - empty «film hub» and an empty factory that the state built (with $ 90 million in taxpayers» money) only to see the would - be tenant (a light bulb manufacturer) back out of the deal just before the facility was finished.

But on Thursday, the New York Times revealed that Peralta, along with colleagues in the IDC, got thousands of dollars in taxpayer money from the state after GOP officials submitted fraudulent paperwork claiming they were the chair of committees that were actually led by Republican senators.

Some of the money was allocated by state Assemblywoman Vivian Cook (D - Jamaica), who the AP said dispensed $ 30,000 in taxpayer dollars to the group in 2008.

Thanks to a new state law, East Hampton taxpayers will have the right to force a vote on whether the town should accept money for East Hampton Airport from the Federal Aviation Administration, which imposes rules on how airports function as a condition of providing funding.

Malliotakis has voiced opposition to the City's program, calling it an irresponsible use of taxpayer money, and voted against a bill that would have established a state matching program with a similar 6 - 1 match.

The House will have noted that, for the second time, the Secretary of State was unable to give my hon. Friend the Member for Monmouth (David T.C. Davies) the guarantee that he seeks that extremists have not got their hands on taxpayers» money.

In his State of the State speech this month, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called for banning the use of taxpayer money to settle sexual - harassment claims involving all government entities and some private companies and to require public disclosure of the settlements.

The make up of the state Senate has not changed from last year, and the GOP still opposes public financing of campaigns, calling it a waste of the taxpayer's money.

Under the previous government charities came to rely more and more on taxpayers» money, to the extent that parts of the voluntary sector practically became another arm of the state.

Labour is calling for cross-party talks on how religious education is conducted and monitored in the state sector as a special poll for the Observer shows widespread concerns about the use of taxpayers» money to fund faith schools in a multicultural Britain.

State Sen. Shirley Huntley desperately tried to cover up the theft of $ 30,000 in taxpayer money from her «sham» nonprofit as a grand - jury probe bore down on her, sources claimed and documents indicated yesterday.

In contrast there are other facilities that house less than 300 inmates, do not own their power plants, do not own their actual buildings (that's right the State leases them for tens of millions of dollars yearly with taxpayers money) on prime NYC real estate and are falling down around the people who work there.

You have been screwing that people of this state for many decades, and in my opinion should not only removed from the senate, and may to repay the money they can prove you screwed that state taxpayers out of, but you should be thrown in jail for fraud and / or theft like the criminal that you are.

However, another prominent Republican, Onondaga county district attorney Bill Fitzpatrick — who is investigating public corruption in the state as the co-chair of the Moreland Commission — thinks public financing would be an excellent use of public money, leading to long - term savings for taxpayers.

«Leading by example in making state buildings more energy efficient will save taxpayers money, create thousands of local jobs, and bolster New York's broader efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

«Not only would this action save the taxpayers money by reducing the number of State elections by half; it would also eliminate, in my opinion, some of the political nonsense that occurs in Albany.»

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has launched a probe into the state fair, to look into «patronage, cronyism, and waste of taxpayer money.»

Such a project could cost in the hundreds of millions of dollars - money that might come from SU, a private developer and, like the Carrier Dome, a big, long - term investment from state taxpayers.

The resolution would alter or eliminate roughly a half - dozen of Cuomo's other proposed changes to the state's tax code, eliminating a proposed renters» tax credit and modifying a plan to merge bank and corporate franchises taxes to ensure the merger wouldn't cost state taxpayers any money.

Called Open New York and culled from his list of campaign promises, the initiative aims to «harness technology to show how taxpayer money is being spent, showcase the great resources of the state, and foster productive engagement with government,» Cuomo promised in his prepared remarks.

«The loss of money to taxpayers in New York state through federal actions, will absolutely have enormous ramifications,» said Krueger, who predicted it will result in a loss of «billions and billions» of revenue for the state to fund key programs.

Donald Trump and Paul Ryan's proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act would have ripped out a big chunk of money from Medicaid and also transferred more of those costs to New York State and New York City taxpayers with the so - called «Buffalo Bribe».

QUEENS — State Sen. Shirley Huntley was arrested Monday on charges of covering up the theft of taxpayer money earmarked for Long Island non-profit she founded, according to sources and reports.

The Empire Center's E.J. McMahon said an analysis of federal data on wages paid finds the law's interpretation is outdated and that New York may be paying more in taxpayer money than is necessary — up to 25 percent more for some projects in some regions of the state.

So, in 2005, Silver awarded Taub's research center a $ 250,000 research grant from an $ 8.5 million pool of taxpayer money established by the state Health Care Reform Act — which was disbursed at the speaker's sole discretion with no public disclosure, court papers state.

The idea behind Connecticut's public campaign financing system was that replacing major amounts of special interest money in the election process with taxpayer dollars would cut down on influence peddling and state corruption.

But let me repeat what I said earlier: If the state budget does not offset this one - time infusion of money, our property taxpayers will be the ones who benefit.

«They want to focus on Washington instead of the fact that she supported the use of taxpayer money to cover up sexual harassment and abuse in the State Assembly, she approved of seating Hiram Monserrate in the State Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.&rState Assembly, she approved of seating Hiram Monserrate in the State Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.&rState Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.&rstate school aid to New York City.»

Most of the money that flows into the MECC account is the result of a voluntary decision by individual taxpayers to make a gift to children, not to state bureaucrats.

In doing so, he expects state elected officials to be mindful of taxpayers» money and set a schedule to reflect that.

Tony's stance on key issues such as job creation (bringing jobs back to the New York State), access to affordable and quality health care for all, improving the quality of education for students, and holding state officials accountable for how they spend taxpayers» money is aligned with the Coalition's point of vState), access to affordable and quality health care for all, improving the quality of education for students, and holding state officials accountable for how they spend taxpayers» money is aligned with the Coalition's point of vstate officials accountable for how they spend taxpayers» money is aligned with the Coalition's point of views.

The State will pay 580G to Ms. Burhans and Ms. Rivera with taxpayer money — so let me weigh in — they deserve every penny of «our» money and we should be outraged that it came to that and Silver should go straight to hell for condoning a culture of sexual harassment for so long in Albany, NY.