Johnson must use his clout
over the city budget to fight for subway money.
As the major areas of contention become clear, some remain from recent years, while others are new, and questions loom
over the city budget cycle due to uncertainty in Washington, D.C., state funding shifts being proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and a slowing city economy.
Not exact matches
The report reveals leaders and laggards among Canada's major
cities when it comes to transparent
budgeting that allows comparison between
budget promises and actual spending
over the ensuing year.
Since Amazon decided about a decade ago to stay in downtown Seattle, the company said, it has invested
over $ 4 billion in the construction and development of offices in the
city, though it won't disclose the
budget for the spheres.
The
budget dedicates $ 11.2 billion to
cities and provinces for affordable housing
over 10 years as part of the second wave of the government's infrastructure program, $ 5 billion of which is to encourage housing providers to pool their resources with private partners to pay for new projects.
Over the past two days, Toronto's
City Council has listened to deputations from citizens on items they would like to considered for inclusion on the municipal
budget.
OYO, which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp, is the largest branded network of
budget hotels in India with
over 6,500 hotels across 191
cities.
I would imagine if we had an ambitious owner like Usmanov who hired an ambitious manager like Pep or any other recognized top manager, and made available a
budget like Man U has had
over the last few years or like
City seems to have, then Arsenal would quickly become a club who would have no problem singing top players.
With our current
budget, we need a 3 years plan to build a competitive team (same level with Chelsea and Man
City) while making sure we lose no first team players — mind you that Man
City does not win anything the first 2,3 season the oil owner taking
over.
An honourable mention must go to Wigan who, with a relatively small
budget, have managed to create 967 chances from open play, only 94 less than Manchester
City who have spent wildly
over a number of seasons.
With its $ 272 million annual
budget, the park district spends well
over $ 30,000 an acre of park, she says, far more than any other big
city.
The mayor «s forces handed Kelly «s vast powers
over the park district, with its $ 230 million
budget and 5,000 full - time and part - time jobs, to Jesse Madison, the
city «s consumer services commissioner.
They think they are the governing body of the Chicago Park District, appointed by Mayor Washington and confirmed by the
city council to have complete authority
over the park system's 7,300 acres, its 3,400 employees and its $ 320 million annual
budget.
Under the agreement, the
city would provide the Park District about $ 324,000
over five years to help pay for the rising maintenance cost to the 21 - year - old park, which in 2001 was $ 581,000 or nearly 25 percent of the district's maintenance
budget.
With the current superintendent stepping down at the end of the month, whoever takes
over will have unprecedented control
over five
city schools under a receivership model approved as part of this year's state
budget.
The
budget last week ultimately approved a $ 15 minimum wage for New York
City and the suburban counties of Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk phased in
over different periods.
The agreement is not yet soup, though the conversation in Albany
over the details of locking down a
budget over a Medicaid cost shift for New York
City.
Initially announcing meetings during the height of the
budget season, talk quietly died away of the hearings, only for Heastie's office to announce them amid a vocal disagreement with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office
over the ongoing feud with New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Hizzoner said Wednesday that the
city's Economic Development Corp. will turn
over the lease to the property that Messier and developer Ken Parker's company, KNIC, needs to break ground once the state's economic development arm formally authorizes a $ 108 million loan for the first phase that was included in his state
budget.
A rep for the de Blasio administration also told the Times that the
city has been in talks with the state, the MTA and Vornado
over potential development plans in the area, but they didn't resemble what Cuomo pitched during 11th hour
budget discussions.
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.
He has visited New York
City public housing repeatedly
over the last month, and even declared a state of emergency last week, promising $ 250 million in additional funding in the state
budget ($ 550 million has been allocated to the New York
City Housing Authority since 2015).
The three jousted
over below - market - rate housing, unequal policing, the
city budget, homelessness and jail violence, among other issues.
Involving the transfer of
over # 4 billion of centralized
budgets, it was, he said «the biggest economic devolution of power to England's great towns and
cities in a hundred years».
Gov. Andrew Cuomo once again criticized New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio
over how to close a gap in the capital
budget of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Thus the new
budget manipulates future aid formulas in a way that one advocate says will cost
city charters some $ 1.7 billion
over the next several years.
The
city's overall
budget grew by 10 percent over the same time period, according to the Independent Budget Office — an increase city officials said was due largely to new labor contracts negotiated under Mayor de B
budget grew by 10 percent
over the same time period, according to the Independent
Budget Office — an increase city officials said was due largely to new labor contracts negotiated under Mayor de B
Budget Office — an increase
city officials said was due largely to new labor contracts negotiated under Mayor de Blasio.
All four candidates also said they would favor collective bargaining with
city employee unions
over possibly reducing pension benefits for new employees in order to rein in the
budget, rather than a unilateral decision by the
city.
NYC's School Construction Authority is
over budget on more than half its current major projects — costing taxpayers at least $ 300 million more than planned,
city data show.
The investors service also labeled the state
budget overall a «credit positive» as well, citing both the 2 percent limit in state spending increases year
over year, plus $ 300 million in pre-K funding for New York
City.
The pension liabilities for New York state and New York
City have been kept in check
over the years by hiking contributions, but increasing costs could place pressure on future
budgets, according to report released this week by Moody's.
Prior year claims were
over budget by an estimated one million dollars, while transfers to the
city's Solid Waste Fund were
over budget by about $ 440,000.
«There's some very open - ended language in the executive order, which could result in the
city having to recur a substantial additional cost that will not go through our
budget process, that the Council doesn't get to vote on, that I as mayor have no control
over,» de Blasio said.
Along with the expanded NYPD headcount, the
budget includes funding for six - day library service around the
city, parks workers, senior citizen services, a
city bail fund, and other key items that were negotiated
over the past months.
City lawmakers have scheduled a series of
budget meetings
over the next three weeks to meet with department heads and propose amendments to Mayor Paul A. Dyster's proposed spending plan for next year.
The New York State Association of Counties has predicted a structural
budget gap of more than $ 4 billion
over the next five years if there are no changes, and some upstate
cities are teetering on the verge of bankruptcy.
The Division of
Budget, however, estimates the bill would cost
over $ 20 million to the state and the
city, according to Paterson's office.
Initially there were concerns
over how the
city would allocate that
budget increase, but at a Staten Island Transportation and Traffic Task Force meeting on Friday, the DOT informed Oddo and councilmembers Debi Rose (D - North Shore) and Steven Matteo (R - Mid Island) about Island - specific spending.
Despite concerns about potential funding cuts from Albany and Washington, Mayor de Blasio on Thursday unveiled a new $ 88.7 billion preliminary
budget that boosts
city spending by $ 4 billion
over...
The governor may not have to take on the Pope, but he may in his
budget try to resolve a potential dispute with newly elected New York
City Mayor Bill De Blasio
over how to fund universal access to pre kindergarten.
If you look at the
budget he just proposed, it's a 20 percent increase
over what Mayor Bloomberg left New York
City with, which was a $ 70 billion
budget.
I truly believe that Staten Islanders will see a marked difference in the quality of our streets as they finally get the support they need in the
city budget over the coming two fiscal years.»
Stephanie Miner, the Syracuse mayor who tangled with Cuomo earlier this year
over pension reform, is campaigning hard (while attracting some pushback from
city employees upset with
budget cuts).
With an annual
budget of
over $ 130 million, CPC is one of the largest Asian multi-social service non-profit in the U.S. Founded in 1965 by a few civic minded community activists as the first social service agency to serve Chinese - Americans in New York, CPC currently serves
over 8,000 clients each day with
over 50 programs in 30 locations throughout New York
City.
Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed his first preliminary
budget of the Trump - era today — $ 84.67 billion in expenses for Fiscal Year 2018, and $ 84.6 billion for improving and maintaining
city infrastructure
over the next decade — a
budget devoid of any allowances for federal funding changes under the new Republican order in Washington, D.C.
Two weeks after the wage freeze was imposed, Mayor Anthony Masiello introduced a
budget that proposed turning
over all
city parks to Erie County.
«As I mentioned before, we have a
budget deficit of
over $ 20 million next year and that is of great concern to me and I think a great concern to taxpayers here in the
city and certainly to our employees and to get ourselves out of that hole we need to do a few things.
The Upstate Republicans are preparing to battle
over a tax reform plan that could hurt New Yorkers financially, a
budget that cuts programs that are popular Upstate such as Meals on Wheels and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and an immigration crackdown at a time when Upstate
cities are embracing refugees and new immigrants.
«I voted against the last three
budgets for the
city of Albany because they contained massive structural deficits, which are similar to the one we will face next year, which will be
over $ 20 million and I would like to avoid having decisions where we take our most vulnerable citizens and punish them through the
budget process.»
The speaker and the mayor have also sparred
over the
budget, with the speaker appearing to blindside the mayor with a last - minute maneuver this week meant to insure that immigrants facing deportation, even those convicted of serious crimes, get access to
city - funded lawyers.