Sentences with phrase «percent a year without»

The extra state aid will help the more than 700 school districts in New York as they struggle to stay under the state property tax cap, which allows them to increase their tax levy by only.12 percent this year without seeking voter approval.

Currently, communities are restricted from raising property taxes by more than 2.5 percent a year without voter approval.

Not exact matches

A report by Aberdeen Group finds that businesses with social customer service experience around 7.5 percent year - over-year growth (compared to 2.9 percent without social customer service), so don't underestimate its value.

Speaking of which, hiring for the year is slightly down — at 1.7 percent — and the average paycheck is flat, meaning small businesses have been able to grow revenue without spending more on either new or existing employees.

Even without a penny of federal money, which is only now sluicing through the pipeline, the company has increased revenue 50 percent over last year.

A survey I conducted with colleagues showed 38 percent of U.S. workers have signed one, and 12 percent of those without a bachelor's degree who are earning less than $ 40,000 a year had one in 2014.

Buyers of annuities have to wait until they are 59 1/2 years old before they can withdraw money without a 10 percent penalty.

This is in keeping with analysis released earlier in the year by PR Newswire, which concluded that text - based press releases with a multimedia asset with have at least 92 percent more visibility than those without one.

World stocks rose 20 percent last year, significantly outpacing the average on bond markets, meaning the relative value of funds» equity holdings has increased without a single new share being bought.

Kostin also outlined three strategies: Secular growth, or companies where sales growth is expected to rise at least 10 percent for multiple years without high valuations; firms that are investing in capital expenditures and research and development; and companies with a strong chance to be acquired.

Thanks to record long waits for foreclosure reviews this year, 40 percent of homeowners in default have been sitting pretty in their homes for the last two years without paying a dime, CNN Money reports.

Eyeglass design company Warby Parker proved without a doubt that there is a better way and was able to grow by an astonishing 500 percent in a single year.

Fifty percent of Americans don't have dental insurance and Americans are spending $ 45 billion a year without price information.

If the Fed returned Fed Funds to its lower bound level in the context of a recession, I would expect to see 10 year rates fall substantially perhaps to 1 percent without any QE or forward guidance.

Meanwhile, traditional VAs, or unit - linked annuities with or without guarantees, last year accounted for 18 percent of the company's new business premium, down from 22 percent in 2015, the parent company said.

Kudlow and Moore have been pitching a plan they call «Three Easy Pieces,» which would — for 10 years — cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent, double the standardized deduction that millions of Americans claim in their taxes, and allow companies to bring money back from overseas without a significant tax penalty.»

The most recent year with data available by adoption type (2004) indicates that nearly half of adoptions for which the credit was claimed were for domestic children without special needs, with only 18 percent classified as special needs and the remainder reflecting international adoptions.

Companies with at least one female board member had a return on equity of 14.1 percent over the past nine years, greater than the 11.2 percent for those without any women.

Without the Federal Reserve's intervention, Mr. Paulsen says, the 10 - year Treasury yield would be in the vicinity of 4 percent based on current levels of economic growth, core inflation and wage growth.

«This is only the sixth time since 1950 that the S&P 500 has made it at least a year without so much as a 5 percent correction, and marks the longest streak since 1995.»

A long - standing rule of thumb is that you can safely withdraw 4 percent of your nest egg each year, bumping that amount up by the rate of inflation each year, without having to worry about depleting your savings before you die.

Like other countries, however, Canada has a problem in that long term unemployment — those who have been without work for a year or more — was over 12 percent of all unemployment.

Retirement accounts are included on this list due to their long - term nature, as you can't generally access your money in a retirement account without paying a 10 percent penalty until you're at least 59.5 years old.

Saudi Arabia's own 10 - year U.S. dollar sovereign bond currently yields more than 4 percent, suggesting that investors wanting exposure to the kingdom could achieve a relatively high payout without owning Aramco equity.

Without drastic action we will be emitting 22 percent more greenhouse gases in the target year 2008 than we did in 1990, or 29 percent more than the Kyoto target.

But without these Bible Belt trappings, Christianity is exploding at unprecedented rates — as in, 300 percent growth in 20 years.

One Catholic university, which had for years professed that it «does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, handicap, color, (or) religion» and «welcomes applications without distinction on the basis of race or religious beliefs,» discovered that Catholics had thereby declined from 70 percent to 59 percent of its student body in only ten years.

Batcha said that 99 percent of the 47,000 responses submitted to the FDA during the most recent comment period earlier this year found that consumers believe the organic seal indicates better animal welfare practices and advocated for the rule to become effective without further delays by Nov. 14.

Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson examined the growth of microbreweries — breweries that make less than 15,000 barrels per year with 75 percent or more of its beer sales off - site — and found those that had tasting rooms grew faster than those without.

According to a Metro report, the Czech Republic international thinks that there is a 99 percent chance that the transfer will go off without a hitch, with Chelsea officials having indicated that they would not stand in his way as a reward for 11 years of exemplary service helped them to the most successful period in the club's history.

OF course you can't blame him for everything, but everything football related yes he runs that side of the club without interference from anyone, here is a man who blames everything and everyone other than ever looking at himself when the team loses a game, for how many years has the club been crying out for a world - class dm, he refused to buy player's to compliment ozil and Sanchez, yes 100 percent, a better manager would get more from the same players..

Over a span of 18 years, 3,100 students (47 percent of which were athletes) at UNC took advantage of these courses which allowed them to receive quality grades without having to show up for class, turn in papers or take tests.

«We reduced the size of government by more than 10 percent, consolidating departments and saving taxpayers more than $ 100 million each year without impacting services.»

The group pointed to the revelations that NYCHA submitted false certifications for lead paint inspections in recent years and that 80 percent of NYCHA tenants, or more than 323,000 residents, went without heat or hot water at some point this winter as examples of how NYCHA has allegedly failed to protect the health and safety of its tenants.

Further complicating Cuomo's task, 52 percent of voters want Cuomo to balance the budget without cuts to health care and education — the two biggest spending areas, which the governor - elect has been quite clear will likely suffer next year.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Mayor Stephanie Miner has cut the payroll of the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency by nearly 20 percent in the past year, responding to criticism that the renewal agency has long been misused to hire city workers without going through civil service.

The impact of the referendum could be significant because voting in years without a presidential or governor's race is low, hovering around the 20 percent mark.

Budget gaps in coming fiscal years could run as high as $ 3.4 billion without a voluntary 2 percent cap on spending increases in the state budget, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office found in a report released Monday.

«I am confident that the 10 percent reduction can be achieved without requiring new closures of state parks or historic site by reevaluating our operations to identify additional efficiencies, eliminating redundancies, and examining how savings from actions taken in the current fiscal year will help in in the next fiscal year,» said Andy Beers, acting commissioner of the Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation, before a joint legislative budget committee this morning.

New York's budgets over the last several years have been approved largely on time and without broad - based tax increases, even as spending increases year over year are kept under 2 percent.

Landlords of rent - regulated buildings, however, rely on raising rent 20 percent in vacant units to recoup the losses they have acquired by subsidizing other apartments for years without adequate rent increases, according to Frank Ricci, director of government affairs for the Rent Stabilization Association, which represents landlords of rent - regulated apartments.

SUNY New Paltz faculty and professional staff will hold a demonstration today about being without a new contract for 21 months and being paid wages that they say are 20 percent below the nationwide average for four - year public universities.

And in late 2008, just as the financial crisis began to explode, Mr. Bloomberg granted 4 percent raises for two consecutive years to the city's largest municipal workers» union, District Council 37, without extracting support for pension givebacks.

The CBO analysis released late Monday afternoon found the number of Americans without health insurance would increase by 14 million after the first year, and 24 million over 10 years — leaving 19 percent of Americans uninsured.

Leggett announced the figure at the Sept. 12 town board meeting, saying the town could increase last year's $ 4.5 million budget by 1.64 percent without exceeding the spending cap.

And we are paying off the $ 96 million deficit bond — the «sins of the past» — at a rate of $ 13.2 million per year without the 12 percent tax increase that was predicted.

[v] New York State School Boards Association estimate, assuming 25 percent of contracts expire each year without immediate successor agreements.

• Full deduction for disaster clean up expense • Relaxed retirement plan distribution rules — elimination of the 10 percent penalty tax that would otherwise apply on an early withdrawal from a retirement plan and permit individuals to withdraw up to $ 100,000 without penalty to cover storm - related expenses • Housing Exemptions for displaced individuals — would provide additional tax exemptions for individuals who provide free shelter for at least 60 days to anyone displaced by the storm ($ 500 exemption per person, maximum of four exemptions for the year) • Worker retention credit — would extend tax credits to business owners who continued paying wages while their businesses were forced to close.

This year, without forewarning, the Cuomo administration cut funding for provider services for the disabled by 6 percent during the 30 - day budget amendment period, which doesn't get the public scrutiny the earlier, actual budget does.

Even without the loss of staff this year, the DEC has 23 percent fewer employees than it had six years ago and will be stretched thin no matter what decision is made on fracking, according to Riverkeeper's Kate Hudson.