Sentences with phrase «other holes in the budget»

While the executive proposal includes $ 200 million in funding to address the opioid crisis, it does not prevent the state from using the existing funds designated for these programs to plug other holes in the budget, according to Bill Hammond, health policy analyst at the Empire Center for Fiscal Policy, a conservative - leaning think tank.

Not exact matches

New York trails other states in modernizing its 911 systems to handle greater cellphone use, in part because lawmakers routinely divert money intended for that purpose and use it to plug holes in the state budget.

«It would blow a massive hole in the city budget and take control of the NYPD from [Police Commissioner] Ray Kelly and give it to judges — which would cause crime to skyrocket,» Vallone, who has not taken a position on the other bills, added.

Given that the Collins - Faso amendment would blow a $ 2.3 billion annual hole in the state budget, Poloncarz said the state might make up for the loss by simply shifting other costs onto the counties.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other New York Democrats said the Medicaid amendment would shift $ 2.3 billion in costs from county governments to the state, creating a big budget hole.

The measure would have tore a $ 2.3 billion hole in the state budget, said the governor, leading to a $ 6.9 billion deficit over four years when paired with other cuts.

Now, the estimated # 1.5 billion hole in the MOD budget means the announcement - which also included some bad news for other projects - could be followed by further delays or cutbacks.

Two men with abundant egos and presidential ambitions will be occupying overlapping political space — and one is likely to blow an enormous hole in the other's budget.

A decision in favor of Wichita and the other school districts suing for more money would make it more difficult for state lawmakers to fill a projected budget hole and would increase pressure for a new formula that ensures adequate funding.

The scenario is a little different in the 43,000 - student Adams 12 school district, where in June the Board of Education opted to close a budget hole by asking teachers to make the same pension contribution as other employee groups.