«New Yorkers are suffering the consequences
of years of underfunding and mismanaging of our mass transit system.
Not exact matches
The public awareness
of the degree to which State pension funds are
underfunded has risen considerably over the past
year.
A colleague
of mine who works at a pension fund did a study last
year in which he concluded that, because
of the extreme degree
of public pension
underfunding, a 10 % decline in the stock market for a sustained period — i.e. more than 3 or 4 months — would cause every single public pension fund to blow up.
As a result, the coming
years are likely to see a major pension crisis across both corporations and municipalities because the illusory front - loading
of returns has encouraged profound
underfunding.
We discuss how taxable entities with
underfunded pensions have been exploring the impact
of increasing funding for their plans prior to the deadline for capturing the higher deductions (the deadline is generally 8.5 months after the 2017 plan
year ends, so September 15, 2018, for calendar
year plans).
I worked on the Income survey for a handful
of years, and it is mired in dated ideas, methods and sadly
underfunded.
Mick Carew, a research analyst with Haywood Securities, hopes we have found the bottom
of the commodity cycle but expects M&A activity to continue apace through the rest
of this
year and into 2016 as low metals prices force the hands
of underfunded management teams.
The sad reality, as I have said many times before, is that our school meal programs are almost criminally
underfunded; our schools mostly lack kitchens, with some literally operating the meal program out
of a closet, and even the schools with kitchens from 40 or 50
years ago lack equipment with which to scratch cook.
Pension woes blame Now that the Securities and Exchange Commission's cease - and - desist order has revealed that the state's politicians have
underfunded the pension systems for 19
years, I would hope that the Tribune and others would stop blaming the employees who have their pension contribution deducted from every one
of their checks.
«Any one
of us can have a mental health problem, yet despite this, mental health services have been
underfunded and overlooked for
years,»
Since then, we've had 6 straight
years of IDC - Republican control
of the Senate; that's 6 budgets where thousands were held unjustly in pre-trial confinement, nearly a hundred thousand units
of affordable housing were lost, and millions
of kids attended
underfunded schools.
For Cuomo, a united Democratic Senate majority is a nightmare scenario: a centrist at heart, he belittled raising the minimum wage before it came back into vogue, ridiculed the idea
of hiking taxes on wealthy people, and still won't comply with a ten -
year - old court ruling to fork over state cash to
underfunded city public schools.
Former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen warned last
year of a possible system failure, due in part to
underfunding of the agency.
«That would only punish many
of the same students who have seen their schools
underfunded for
years,» Stewart - Cousins said
of the receivership proposal.
He is
underfunded, and has less than $ 3 million dollars, compared to Governor Cuomo's high point
of $ 35 million dollars earlier this
year.
Though not yet able to crack double digits in any statewide polling, the 61 -
year - old Hawkins — one
of the party's most prolific vote - getters — believes he has «a fighting chance» this fall against Wall Street - funded incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his hapless Republican rival, as evidenced by the surprisingly strong showing
of underfunded challenger Zephyr Teachout in the recent Democratic gubernatorial primary.
She did not address the quixotic nature
of her quest — an effort a number
of similarly unknown and
underfunded Republicans have undertaken in recent
years, only to be soundly defeated at the polls by Schumer.
An
underfunded challenger, law professor Zephyr Teachout, garnered a surprising 34 percent
of the vote against Mr. Cuomo last
year.
After 14
years of continuous Labour rule Wales has a weak economy,
underfunded schools and an NHS that costs more but delivers less.
Ultimately, after final budget negotiations last
year, Ossining received an additional $ 2.2 Million dollars in Foundation Aid, yet remained one
of the most
underfunded Foundation Aid school districts in the state.
Cuomo faced a primary from the left four
years ago when little - known and
underfunded Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout got a surprising 33.5 %
of the vote.
After
years of what critics say was
underfunding legal aid for New York's lowest income people, the Senate and Assembly passed a bill in 2016 to create a state - funded system to ensure that indigent criminal defendants receive legal representation, as is their right under the U.S. Constitution.
Now, they say, after
years of underfunding, things have come to a «grinding halt», and nearly 6000 people with disabilities are on waiting lists.
Re-electing Andrew Cuomo will mean four more
years of scapegoating teachers,
underfunding public schools, cutting staff and programs, and proliferating privately - managed charter schools.
Hawkins criticized Cuomo's
underfunding of the MTA, including diverting tens
of millions
of dollars this
year in earmarked funds.
In 1997 Labour successfully painted the narrative
of Conservative
years of boom and bust and chronic
underfunding of public services.
«We are asking for the state, to a minimum, fully fund the payments in lieu
of taxes formula that's been on the state books for many, many,
years, but has been dramatically
underfunded.
«The dismal trend
of many
years of underfunding 2020 census preparations has finally been reversed,» says Phil Sparks
of the Census Project, a nonprofit coalition based in Washington, D.C. «Our assessment is the Bureau now has the minimum resources needed to prepare for its constitutional mandate.»
«The first -
year biology classes are too big», she explains, «and the labs are severely
underfunded, such that many
of the activities are reminiscent
of labs I had during high school».
«We have data to show some contraction in the European biotech sector in the last couple
of years, largely due to
underfunding and mergers and acquisitions,» Hodgson says.
The institution has long been regarded highly for its studies in physics, computer sciences and chemistry, though
years of underfunding had left the university short
of lab and classroom space.
The global network
of research centers, which many have long seen as
underfunded, has now doubled its budget in 5
years.
It warned that previous experience has shown that providing 15 free hours to all three - and four -
year olds has meant that
underfunding and a lack
of places can lead to poor quality provision.
That paved the way for a bizarre 2011 trial court decision holding that the state was
underfunding education by billions
of dollars each
year.
APA's «continuation»
of the School Funding Task Force's report estimated that $ 7.998 billion was required to realize educational adequacy for the 2003 — 04 school
year, which implied that Minnesota's public school system was
underfunded by approximately $ 953 million during that
year.
Under the 10 -
year timeframe a child starting Kindergarten in 2018 in an
underfunded disadvantaged school deserves a greater level
of resourcing for their education before they complete Primary school.
The same can be said for many
Year 6 students today as they prepare for six
years of schooling in disadvantaged and
underfunded secondary education settings.
Board Chair Looks to Continue Urban Schools» Gains Despite
underfunding and the challenges
of recruiting qualified teachers in key subject areas, urban schools continue to make gains, according to George H. Thompson III, this
year's chairman
of the Council
of the Great City Schools» board
of directors.
The Foundation Budget Review Commission said two decades
of soaring costs for health care and special education services meant the state formula for aid to districts was
underfunding schools by at least $ 1 billion a
year.
In a DOE national study
of school finance during the 2008 - 09 school
year, the department looked at differences in spending between schools in the same districts and found that about 40 percent
of Title I schools were
underfunded relative to non-Title I schools.
Despite a smoother budget process this
year, city school officials say the district continues to struggle with chronic
underfunding, and is stuck waiting for the delayed recommendations
of a state commission charged with revamping spending on Maryland public schools.
All three agreed that public education is
underfunded, more transparency is needed in school funding, more investment is needed in early education, and teachers need at least three
years of experience before granted tenure.
That was followed by a scramble to a charter solution to compensate for
years of underfunding and neglect.
«Adding to
years of underfunding, my district simply can not meet all
of the needs
of all
of our students with these devastating cuts.»
TPS and LGPS Pensions are viewed as a benefit but, at the end
of the day, someone has to pay for them and the pensions in education — and all the public sector — are so much better than in the private sector; the figures just do not add up and both pension schemes have been
underfunded for
years.
NSBA argues that by diverting tax money to private schools, the voucher program threatens the quality
of public education programs, especially in North Carolina, where public schools have been
underfunded for
years.
Second, Gonski 2.0 removes some
of the special deals so that
underfunded schools will get the Commonwealth share
of their target funding within six
years — much sooner than under the 2013 Act.
If the number
of non-teachers had remained consistent with the number
of students, the state would save approximately $ 334 million annually, far more than the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) is «
underfunded,» at an average salary
of $ 40,000 per
year.
My fear is that unwitting parents and community members will join SFC because they want to rectify the problems they see every day in their children's public schools, such as
underfunding, lack
of arts programs, large class sizes, and cuts to the school
year, only to find that they get roped into very different goals.
According to an analysis by the Connecticut Conference
of municipalities done last
year, CT's ECS (school funding) formula is
underfunded by $ 763 million.