Sentences with phrase «plan for public financing»

Apparently in response to her withdrawal, Cruz Bustamante endorsed her plan for public financing of election campaigns, an intended anti-corruption measure.

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We help with all aspects of a company's life - cycle including financings, strategic relationships, mergers and acquisitions, and planning and preparation for public offerings.

Under Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau's plan, the PQ seeks to create jobs, avoid tax hikes, further exploit Quebec's natural resources and rein in government spending, such as pushing for «fair» agreements with physicians and public - sector workers during upcoming contract negotiations.

Whereas traditionally a start - up with a promising idea would sell its business plan to interested angel investors, later commit to sequential funding rounds in which venture capital investors would provide scale - up financing in return for a slice of equity, before eventually pursuing an initial public offering (if very successful) to sell some or all of its shares to the general public, the ICO can offer a novel and much faster approach.

It also examines financial management for entrepreneurs over the life of a business project, including financing start - ups, financial planning for smaller enterprises, going public, selling out, bankruptcy, and other related topics.

In e-mails to city officials, Christopher Hansen, 44, a Seattle native who made his fortune in finance, Hansen discussed how he was involved in plans to broker deals for an arena that didn't involve tax increases or «direct public funding.»

The Office for Budget Responsibility will issue independent assessments of the public finances: this is an institution specifically intended to improve long - term financial planning, and which will help not only this Government but future governments to remain on the fiscal straight and narrow.

While the governor has announced plans in support of public financing and empowering district attorneys during these situations, others are calling for term limits and according to a recent Siena poll, 82 percent of registered New York voters agree.

They would build an ecological socialism based on economic democracy — cooperatives, public enterprises, public planning, and markets free of monopoly profiteering and predatory finance — in order to provide a decent standard of living for all on an ecologically sustainable basis.

But he adopted a questionable plan from the pension fund, and he has failed to push hard enough to create public campaign financing for the comptroller's office.»

Advocates for statewide system, as well as Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein are pushing for a broader public financing proposal in the final spending plan.

«The fact that you and your agents at the Thruway Authority have still not released a full financing plan — and instead are relying on a secret piecemeal fiduciary strategy in this massive public undertaking — raises concerns of great magnitude for me,» Perkins wrote.

The budget includes a multi step plan that could lower property taxes, $ 340 million dollars for schools to start pre-K programs, and a limited test program for public campaign financing.

Meanwhile, 30 government reform groups wrote a letter to Cuomo asking him to make good on his call for public campaign financing, and for an independent agency to enforce regulations by putting money for those plans in the budget.

The IFS said that the Tory plans would «make the tightening even more front - loaded than it already is, at a time when the recovery remains fragile», but would not make an enormous difference to the long - term outlook for the public finances.

«Interestingly, eight (8) months down the line, the Finance Minister, in the 2018 Budget Statement, mentioned in paragraph 272 that «In line with the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP), a Parliamentary Committee will be established to follow up on PAC recommendations, the Conduct for Public Officers» Bill, the Manual on Standards and Ethics to complement the Code of Conduct for MPs and the Right to Information Bill».

The ads, which begin with Cuomo speaking directly into the camera, focus on the governor's pitch for his tax cut plan and an ethics package that includes public financing of political campaigns and a crack down on bribery.

It is imperative to strengthen the Public Accounts and Finance committees of Parliament to play their oversight responsibilities more effectively; and also to develop a mechanism for effective synergy and coordination between the Monitoring Units of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) and the Office of the President.

In return, Mr. Schneiderman's plan calls for altering the state constitution to extend terms from two years to four, establishing public financing of campaigns reminiscent of New York City's matching funds system, and increasing politicians» salaries to as much as $ 174,000 a year.

Despite the severe constraints of our public finances, which have resulted from years of mismanagement and corruption, Government has contributed US$ 10 million as seed money for the Plan.

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With the Government's plan hurting but not working, for the rest of my time today, I will set out Labour's alternative — not just on fairness, protecting public services, and securing growth; but crucially on how we can get our public finances on a sustainable footing.

The Assembly has long backed public matching, the most recent example being last year when Silver introduced a plan that's now touted by the coalition of groups pushing for a broad campaign finance overhaul.

To turn New York's finances around, Cuomo is pushing for a cap on state spending and a freeze on state taxes and public employee salaries as part of a one - year emergency financial plan.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, in a piece published on the Huffington Post earlier today, is questioning Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to enact a Moreland Act Commission to investigate the Legislature following its failure to pass any reform bills — especially public campaign finance — saying the legal basis for this move» is at best uncertain, if not flat wrong.»

George Osborne faced serious questions about his deficit reduction plan after unexpectedly bad figures for July showed public finances plunging into the red.

He plans to forgo the public finance system, paying for the campaign with his own cash, the paper said.

Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell, shown recently in Fairfield at a Republican fundraiser for the first selectman's race, is opposing plans by Democrats to cut the public financing in Connecticut's landmark campaign reform law.

Cuomo has about three weeks to achieve his goal of convincing the Senate to vote for a wider public campaign finance plan.

Under the plan, the city would use public financing to help nonprofits buy roughly a third of the apartments currently used for the homeless, and then convert the apartments into affordable units, helping the mayor fulfill two goals: lowering homelessness and adding to the city's affordable housing stock.

They have also shown a different approach to the use of taxpayer funds for their respective campaigns, though Malliotakis — who plans to accept public matching funds — used to criticize the city's campaign finance system as a waste of taxpayer dollars.

A New York legislative leader plans to propose a bill next week to overhaul campaign - finance laws and introduce a system of public financing for state elections, making him the third of Albany's four «men in a room,» including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to push for sweeping revisions in this area.

Former Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who signed Connecticut's landmark campaign finance reforms into law, called Thursday for lawmakers to block plans by legislative Democrats from cutting the public financing system.

Candidates for the General Assembly will get their hands on nearly 12 million taxpayer dollars to reach voters in 2016, as planned, after public financing advocates fought back a threat at the state Capitol.

«Voters are very angry about corruption and they want to hear the candidates recognize this problem and what they plan to do about it,» said Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit focuses on ethics and campaign finance issues.

He has also outlined a plan to try to turn around the finances of Health + Hospitals — similar to his effort to do so for public housing, dubbed «Next Generation NYCHA» — to avoid a financial shortfall that his office said would reach $ 600 million by next year and could grow to $ 1.8 billion by 2020.

On - topic questions include: whether de Blasio and McCray's partnership is modeled on the Clintons, how the Mayor's Fund will be financed including whether they plan to ask Michael Bloomberg to contribute money, the anticipated size of McCray's staff and office location, whether McCray will regularly issue a public schedule, how de Blasio decided to appoint McCray, whether she will continue to be active in other efforts related to the administration such as the pre-K initiative, whether McCray is ready for increased public and press scrutiny and how others who disagree with any actions or decisions by McCray at the Mayor's Fund can address those with the mayor.

The New York Senate for the first time includes Governor Andrew Cuomo's plan for public campaign financing in its budget resolution.

De Blasio said in February that he would order the panel to propose a plan for «deep public financing of local elections.»

The Senate plan does not say how public campaign financing could be paid for.

The races for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough Presidents, and City Council members may be currently overshadowed by the presidential election, but the new city campaign finance filings further reveal who is planning to run for which seats in 2017 and the extent to which candidates for local positions have been successful in their fundraising efforts.

In November, the Housing Development Corporation decided against providing $ 43.5 million in public financing to a 163 - unit building planned for the site of the Astoria Houses.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo is preparing a pre-budget ad blitz, his aides have indicated, with television spots planned in support of his plans for public campaign finance, property tax relief and changes to the Common Core.

The governor pushed a pilot public financing program for the 2014 comptroller's race, a plan that was seen by many as a failure.

«Just as importantly, this vote can not legally be held because no detailed financing plan for the project has been made public, despite months of promises by the state to do so.»

Among her plans of what she'd like to accomplish once elected: Promote / support bills in Congress that adopt clean sources of energy by helping to end the intricate system of public subsidies that keep dirty sources of energy artificially cheap, and promote renewable sources: solar, wind, and hydro; Protect waterways / drinking supply by reducing the risk of contamination and ensure that when contamination is found, the responsible parties are held accountable; Fight for public financing of elections; Work every day to overturn Citizens United.

The Cuomo budget plan includes calls for a 6 - to - 1 matching public finance system for small donations starting with the 2016 state legislative races followed by all statewide races in 2018.

Athena Ballesteros, who leads work on climate finance for the World Resources Institute think tank, said, «If this meeting will help contribute to the goal of coordinating countries plans and actions to mobilize the $ 100 billion pledge, that would be most welcome, and part of the conversation is to find innovative sources of finance that would complement the scarce public resources being made available.»

It tracks progress on health and climate change across 40 indicators divided into five categories: climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerability; adaptation planning and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement.

Areas of expertise: Water management and policy; floodplain management and planning; interdisciplinary and multi-benefit decision support and analysis; operations and systems research; trade - off analysis; public finance mechanisms for water management