Not exact matches
Instead, member states have shown an
increasing tendency to
operate on their own or in like - minded groups, and focus on inward - looking
aid policiesdriven by national interests and priorities.
«State
operating aid to the MTA last year was $ 4.456 billion, and this year it's $ 4.486 billion — an indisputable fact that shows a $ 30 million
increase,» Jon Weinstein a spokesperson for Cuomo told the Voice.
«The Governor is right to prioritize helping high need districts, but we would like see more of the
increase for all districts targeted to general
operating aid.»
Average
increases in
operating aid were 2.61 percent in Nassau County, 2.12 percent in Suffolk and 2.15 percent statewide.
Cuomo says under his plan the state
operating budget
increases by less than 2 percent while
increasing school
aid and Medicaid funding at approximately 4 percent.
In fact, on a fiscal year basis, added school
aid represents 90 percent of the net spending
increase in the proposed State
Operating Funds Budget (as calculated by the governor).
Many criticized the governor, whose budget set a modest 2.6 percent
increase in
operating aid for the Island's schools, and the region's legislative delegation for not coming across with more money.
While only 22 % percent of New Yorkers think the recently enacted state budget is either excellent or good for the people of the state, at least 71 % agree that creating a $ 2.5 billion clean water infrastructure fund,
increasing aid to local school districts by $ 1.1 billion, allowing ride - sharing services to
operate in the state, and making SUNY / CUNY tuition free for families making less than $ 125,000 will make New York better, according to a new Siena College poll of New York State registered voters released early Monday morning.
The Library's
Operating Budget, including county funding, state
aid and library revenue,
increases 1.8 % from 2014's $ 26,254,549 to $ 26,718,710 in 2015.
The Library's overall
operating budget, including State
Aid and library revenue,
increases 1.1 % from 2016's $ 27,261,091 to $ 27,550,344 in 2017.
County funding of $ 23,943,617, combined with funding from New York State of $ 2,227,239 in
operating aid, use of $ 485,186 in Library fund balance, and $ 894,302 in other library revenue, brings the Library's 2017 proposed
operating budget to $ 27,550,344; a modest 1.1 %
increase over the 2016 Adopted Budget.
Indeed, while announced plans to
increase tuition and child care subsidies will compete with expected
increases in Medicaid and public school
aid in the
operating budget, the state has more options for building projects.
There are tentative deals on
increasing tuition
aid to college students, approving a bond act to protect water infrastructure and allowing ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to
operate outside of New York City.
The proposed to
increase tuition at SUNY by $ 500 and CUNY by $ 300 was rejected and additional
operating aid support was provided - $ 93.985 million.
Senator DeFrancisco said there were tentative deals on
increasing tuition
aid to college students, approving a bond act to protect water infrastructure and allowing ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to
operate outside of New York City.
The groups noted that Syracuse schools received less
operating aid this year than they did in the 2008 - 09 school year, despite
increased enrollment.
As the Boston Municipal Research Bureau has pointed out, even though Boston has seen its net Chapter 70
aid decrease by $ 56 million dollars from FY2011 to FY2015, in large part due to
increased charter enrollment, its overall
operating budget has
increased by 23.4 percent.
In an unusual and controversial move, the New York State Board of Regents has approved a budget proposal that would require school districts to use 1986 - 87
increases in
operating aid solely for the purposes of raising teacher salaries and hiring additional teachers.
As we reported in the July 18 WEAC Legislative Update, referendum restrictions included in the Senate GOP plan would exclude from «shared cost» any amount levied by a district in a prior year for either
operating or debt service costs that were authorized by a referendum if doing so would not
increase the district's equalization
aid entitlement.
The truth is that Governor Malloy's 2016 budget proposal includes plans to cut Connecticut's public schools by approximately $ 58 million while
increasing state
aid to his pet - project, the privately owned and
operated charter schools.
I realize that much has changed in the last few years — widespread economic hardship, cuts in state
aid by both Democratic and Republican state governments, much slower than anticipated growth in property values,, the opportunity to cut staff compensation under the threat of union busting, dramatic cuts to the revenue limit base — but despite all of these changes, if you go back to the principles and the details of Partnership Plan used to sell the 2008
Operating Referendum (which passed overwhelmingly) I think you can find plenty of justification for
increasing property taxes in order to achieve the mission of the district.
These features include the newest iteration of BMW's Active Cruise Control, which can work between 19 and 130 mph, Active Lane Departure Warning, which helps support «necessary evasive steering,» and a new function called Evasion
Aid, which
operates at speeds up to 100 mph and improves steering response,
increases vehicle stability, and uses the car's sensors to make sure the driver has an unobstructed space to get into to evade a crash.
I'd expect the current 3.7 %
operating margin to exceed their long - term average of 6.1 % in due course (
aided by an
increasing level of higher margin permanent placements).
ALL Student Loan also
operates a number of programs designed to
increase college access and completion, including early awareness, financial
aid literacy and default prevention.
Also
aiding and abetting the growing numbers of domestic travellers are the vast improvements in the quality of Thailand's road system, low - season marketing campaigns by the hotels and the
increasing number of low - cost airlines
operating in the country.
Because two of the three legal
aid sources are predominately supported by lawyers, decision makers should consider the potential impact on access to justice if lawyers were to dramatically reduce their time / financial support of pro bono services and legal
aid programs, which is likely as competition
increases and the social contract under which lawyers and society have
operated Vis a Vis the state sponsored monopoly continues to unwind.
Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the
increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4)
increasing numbers of people being denied Legal
Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to
operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.