Sentences with phrase «pension dollars from»

As a trustee of the City's largest public pension fund, I have repeatedly called for the divestment of all public pension dollars from gun retailers and manufacturers, and I am encouraged by the Mayor's call today to divest from assault weapon manufacturers.

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Jensen says the dollar amounts that have already been shifted from equities to bonds are enormous, and much more will follow if pensions across the EU are included.

Much like a pension fund that buys securities with the money that flows in from paycheque deductions, retail investors can contribute equal amounts of money at regular intervals (say, monthly) in a strategy called dollar - cost averaging.

We put our money where our mouth is by investing our pension dollars in marquee projects like East Market, which is reviving an entire section... (Enclosed is) a letter from the Fluor Corporation, a multinational engineering and construction firm.

«Right now, you have a steel worker, maybe from the south side of Chicago here... He lost his job, he lost his health care, he got 30 cents on the dollar for his pension.

A massive campaign aimed at forcing Switzerland to make billions available in «compensation» was launched by the WJC, with the governors of four American states threatening economic sanctions against the Swiss, and the City of Los Angeles withdrawing millions of dollars of pension funds from a Swiss bank.

New York City announced it filed a multibillion dollar lawsuit against five top oil companies, citing their «contributions to global warming,» as it said it would divest fossil fuel investments from its $ 189 billion public pension funds over the next five years.

Enabling P3s would give the state access to capital from pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, private equity firms and concessionaires to supplement public dollars.

Many schools plan to add new student programs and services next year, aided by millions of dollars in fresh financial assistance from Albany, as well as reductions in state pension costs.

A recent decision by the federal Department of Justice to scale back and eventually end the use of private prisons indirectly impacted New York City's pension funds, reducing holding values by millions of dollars and leading to renewed calls from activists for the city to divest from the for - profit corporations that operate these prisons.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of RiversPension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Riverspension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

I guess they did not read the papers with regard to Pensiongate» and all those well connected Democrats who are returning the Millions of dollars that they received from the Pension System and lets not forget that Congressman Meeks records was subpoenaed by the Feds, and who can forget what Hank Morris lawyers said «everyone does it» and lets not forget the State IG and his battle with the Sampson the Bipartisan and the other leaders of the Democratic Senate Crazy» Committee it seems the don't want to give him there records with regard to the Racino scandal.

Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause New York, talked to Steve Ference about the recent corruption with the state pension system, saying it's a clear sign New York needs to move away from a sole trustee deciding how the 129 billion dollar fund is invested.

New York State Assemblyman and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Bronx Democratic County Committee Carl Heastie said: «Coming back from a recession that devastated pensions around this state, the NYS pension system has not only been brought back but we have had a record high of 180 billion dollars.»

«The latest reports regarding former State Comptroller Alan Hevesi are disturbing — and once again reminds us that we must be vigilant in protecting New York State's public pension funds from pay - to - play schemes that would defraud New Yorkers out of millions of dollars.

«As your Comptroller, I will continue to champion the issues that matter to our middle - class, including strengthening our pension fund and protecting taxpayer dollars from waste and fraud.

«From his staunch defense of the defined benefit pension system to his efforts to safeguard their hard - earned tax dollars, no one does more to protect working people than Comptroller DiNapoli.

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos will receive a nearly $ 96 thousand dollar a year pension despite his federal corruption conviction that forced him from office last year.

The AP reminds us that Morris was accused of using his ties to Hevesi to extract millions of dollars in kickbacks from financial firms seeking a role in handling pension fund investments.

She formerly was the founding and managing partner of the New York law office of Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, where she represented public and labor pension funds seeking to recoup billions of dollars from those who committed corporate fraud on Wall Street.

This fact is illustrated in Figure 3, where we report the estimated gains from the pension enhancements in dollars for the four groups of educators from Figure 2.

where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice reform to reducing the costs of public pensions (including those held by veteran teachers).

Pension costs, excluding Social Security and retiree health insurance, have grown from $ 520 per student in 2004 to $ 1,220 today in current dollars — or from roughly 5 percent to 10 percent of current expenditures per student.

Teach for America's major donors include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Walton Family Foundation, run by the heirs to the Walmart fortune; the Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation, run by the real estate billionaire and Democratic donor; and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice reform to reducing the costs of public pensions (including those held by veteran teachers).

In addition to the non-fiscal benefits attached to educational choice, the program can relieve pressure for district budgets from rising pension costs (for each one million dollars spent on the program, I estimated that the state would save almost half of that amount, while school districts would save almost $ 700,000).

Thanks to a series of deals Philadelphia struck with the AFT local, along with increases in pension contributions, led to a 53 percent increase in spending on teachers» benefits between 2002 - 2002 and 2011 - 2012, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau; benefits accounted for 27 cents of every dollar spent on teacher salaries in 2012, versus 21 cents a decade earlier.

Democrats for Education Reform Illinois (DFER - IL) Calls for Comprehensive Education Funding and Pension Reform in Statement from the State Director Illinois pension liabilities are consuming vital state dollars and crowding out money for educaPension Reform in Statement from the State Director Illinois pension liabilities are consuming vital state dollars and crowding out money for educapension liabilities are consuming vital state dollars and crowding out money for education...

Without real pension reform, hundreds of schools across those districts may have to cut programs, increase class sizes or lay off teachers as more and more new state dollars are directed away from operations toward retirements.

Daley quickly sought permission from Springfield to divert district pension dollars to other uses and saw the school system take its first partial pension holiday.

As no payments have been made from the pension in the 2016 — 17 financial year, the fund must pay David a minimum amount of $ 820.00 (rounded to the nearest 10 whole dollars) prior to the commutation.

For our example, we'll assume no pension, so we subtract the $ 20,000 in Social Security benefits from the $ 42,000 required retirement income leaving us with an annual retirement income shortfall of $ 22,000 (in today's dollars).

Elder Expert / Affinity Fraud Scam Alert from MoneyTrack Episode 204 (2007) The Rowanos of California were among 129 senior citizens scammed out of their pensions for a total of ten million dollars by Jeff Butler, a «senior specialist.»

The study also analyzed the four plans that commissioned it and found that up to 80 cents of every pension dollar comes from investment returns.

New York City is suing five of the largest oil companies over the billions of dollars it spends protecting the city from the effects of climate change, and it plans to divest its pension funds» $ 5 billion in assets involving fossil fuel producers, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.

(03/30/2012) At the same time that it is committing hundreds of millions of dollars a year to protecting rainforests, Norway is investing more than 13 billion dollars a year via its pension fund in dozens of companies linked to deforestation, alleges a new report from Rainforest Foundation Norway and Friends of the Earth Norway.

Despite this initial failure and despite the ongoing credit crunch biting, proponents of the property derivative market are optimistic, buoyed by a period of record trades in the property derivatives market (currently a trillion dollar market) as dealers, institutional investors, portfolio managers, pensions, hedge funds, insurance companies and other end users turn from bricks and mortars to derivatives.

A Jacksonville resident, Curtis Lee, sought public records from the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund, which wanted to charge him hundreds of dollars in fees.

Before we proceed I would like to say that I wouldn't place ANY credability with any professional that doesn't have the ability to make 100 % of their living / daily dollar in that profession and had to rely on supplementary income from pensions and part / time full time alternative jobs.