Sentences with phrase «policy changes to the budget»

Cuomo has tied ethics reform and education policy changes to the budget, and threatened to hold up the spending plan if the legislature does not agree.

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With Republican efforts to «repeal and replace» Obamacare in legislative limbo, and with potentially enormous changes in federal budget outlays on the horizon, the outlook for healthcare policy is cloudier than it has been in years — adding yet another challenge to those who want to invest and innovate in this area.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailVANCOUVER — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. government's Budget 2017 — September Update: «The B.C. government committed to decisive action to address climate change, and has begun delivering just that with today's budget uBudget 2017 — September Update: «The B.C. government committed to decisive action to address climate change, and has begun delivering just that with today's budget ubudget update.

The paper concludes that with the policy changes to date, including budget cuts and the changes to the Canada Health Act and to the elderly benefit system, the federal government will have a long - term sustainable fiscal structure characterized by a declining debt to GDP ratio.

As part of the changes to the budgetary process in 1994, four private sector forecasting organizations [2] develop detailed fiscal projections on a National Accounts basis, based on the average of the private sector economic forecasts and the tax and spending policies in place at the time of the last budget for the next five years.

One would have to go through the individual budgets to derive estimates for the impact of the new policy initiatives — tax and spending changes.

VANCOUVER — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. government's Budget 2017 — September Update: «The B.C. government committed to decisive action to address climate change, and has begun delivering just that with today's budget uBudget 2017 — September Update: «The B.C. government committed to decisive action to address climate change, and has begun delivering just that with today's budget ubudget update.

VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government's 2018 budget: «Today's budget announced support for implementing key pieces of the government's climate change and clean growth plan, including putting a price on carbon pollution and extending tax support for clean energy.

In the 2006 Budget, the Government introduced a number of accounting policy changes, one of which was to present budgetary revenues and expenses on a gross rather than a net basis.

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), recent changes to tax policy and the budget will increase the U.S. Treasury debt burden by a combined $ 1.8 trillion over 10 years ($ 1.46 trillion from tax policy and $ 320 billion related to the recent federal budget increase, on a «gross» bBudget Office (CBO), recent changes to tax policy and the budget will increase the U.S. Treasury debt burden by a combined $ 1.8 trillion over 10 years ($ 1.46 trillion from tax policy and $ 320 billion related to the recent federal budget increase, on a «gross» bbudget will increase the U.S. Treasury debt burden by a combined $ 1.8 trillion over 10 years ($ 1.46 trillion from tax policy and $ 320 billion related to the recent federal budget increase, on a «gross» bbudget increase, on a «gross» basis).

From 1990 to 2005, he was Director Fiscal Policy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statePolicy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statepolicy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statements.

In that instance, the Legislature went to court over Pataki's initial executive budget submission, saying it inappropriately contained significant changes to education and health care policy in appropriations bills.

The report, the product of the conference's Senate Democratic Policy Group, also calls for blocking budget sweeps from environmental protections funds in order to ensure the money fights climate change.

It's not surprising that Cuomo wouldn't be amendable to the changes in the education policy he pushed so hard for in the weeks leading up to the adoption of the 2015 - 16 state budget.

Perhaps the more interesting thing will be to see where the Assembly stands on the challenge from the Senate regarding changes made through budget language to how prisoners are counted for legislative districting, where the Assembly likely sides with the governor on the policy outcome but with the Senate on institutional prerogatives and procedure.

Cuomo is expected to say how he would deal with the budget gap and the federal policy changes on January 16, when he unveils his budget plan.

Cuomo's budget includes unrelated topics like ethics reform, as well as numerous education policy changes that he's linked to school aid increases.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The state budget included changes to New York's education policies, ranging from making it harder for teachers to obtain tenure, new evaluation criteria and a plan for schools to enter receiverships.

The legislative session ended with a thud earlier this month, as lawmakers settled on a budget plan that didn't have the dramatic policy changes and spending reductions Paterson was looking for to put the state on a more sound fiscal footing after he leaves office — and presumably politics — at the end of this year.

But that language is contained in policy bills that make up half the budget — known as Article VII bills — and not the bills appropriating $ 141.6 billion that legislators have little power to change.

Cuomo has had visibly tougher budget seasons, including changes to the state's education policies that had been deeply opposed by Democratic lawmakers and the state's teachers unions.

At the same time, DiNapoli's report criticized the budget process for introducing changes to the state's education policy just hours before state lawmakers approved the budget bills.

Lawmakers in both chambers are pushing for changes to the teacher evaluation criteria and its implementation — a policy championed by Cuomo in the budget approved last month.

If lawmakers seem to have a sense of urgency, it's because parents and the state's teachers unions have been vocally opposed to the education changes included in the budget agreement — policies lawmakers reluctantly adopted in order to get a boost of state aid.

Now, both Silver and Skelos are staking out their positions in advance of the unveiling of the 2015 - 16 budget proposal, which is expected to include a number of changes to the state's education policy.

Speaking to the Westchester Business Council last week, Flanagan was critical of Cuomo's budget proposal this year that included a variety of policy measures linked to spending, including changes to the state's education policy and teacher evaluation criteria.

He made noises about «getting back to work» and the budget, talked about being black and blind, indicated he wasn't planning any major changes to his predecessors more controversial policies, and became the first human being in government to express sympathy for Spitzer himself.

Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul said Cuomo was unconcerned with the result, and pointed to teacher evaluation and other education policy changes that were enacted in this year's budget plan.

Gov. Cuomo is expected to say how he would deal with the budget gap and the federal policy changes on January 16, when he unveils his budget plan.

From allowing Uber and Lyft outside of New York City to imposing term limits on lawmakers, the governor's budget includes many items that normally would be considered policy changes and debated and approved in the regular part of the session.

Lori Pelletier, who as president of the Connecticut AFL - CIO has battled with Malloy over budget cuts and tax policy, said she does not expect the governor to change in the second half of his second term.

Cuomo is tying much of the increase to approval of his education policy changes in this year's budget, including a new teacher evaluation system, addressing failing schools by having them taken over by a state monitory and a strengthening of charter schools.

Astorino said he supports all the budget reforms listed by Citizens Union, with the exception of one — limiting the ability of the governor to enact policy changes governing the use of resources in appropriation bills.

In this budget, Cuomo and lawmakers agreed to changes to the state's sexual harassment policies, measures that had been criticized by survivors of harassment for not going for enough.

Survivors of sexual harassment in Albany were also disappointed with the changes to the harassment policies, which ban taxpayer funded settlements for individual complaints and ends confidential settlements, raising concerns that the changes should have been considered outside of the budget.

Advocates say some of the biggest obstacles to protecting the future of the Adirondack Park are Trump Administration policy changes and budget cuts.

DeFrancisco, a Republican from Syracuse, says if no agreement is reached on some of the unrelated topics by the budget deadline, lawmakers will likely oppose any attempt by the governor to force through the policy changes in the form of extender bills to keep the government running.

The state's highest court said a governor is allowed to insert language into the budget's appropriations bills to change policies, and the Senate and Assembly are limited to just a «yes» or «no» vote on the amount of money allotted for the program.

Though the ethics changes passed in the budget were blasted as half - loaf policies, he showed he had the muscle to get legislators to sign off on the reforms he said he wanted.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday proposed an $ 84.9 billion operating budget for New York City that included new spending to provide legal services to immigrants — a nod to changing federal policy under President Trump.

Social Services Minister Christian Porter talks down conservative opposition to the Coalition's superannuation policy, saying changes laid out in the budget have the «solid support» of senior party figures.

As budget negotiations were going down to the wire in Albany, some 5,000 parents, teachers and students from across the state converged outside Gov. Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office for a March 28 rally that marked the culmination of their months - long campaign to stop him from pushing through radical changes to public education policy favored by his Wall Street backers as part of the state budget.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday amended his proposed budget to incorporate Medicaid funding cuts and policy changes recommended by a task force that reviewed the program and to reflect some future economic optimism.

Cuomo has enhanced powers in the budget process to push through policy changes, which is why he often attaches unrelated items to his spending plan.

And although we do not generally support stuffing the budget with policy items, it might be smart to put ethics reform there, given the urgency for change after the recent corruption convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

In a headed session on the Senate floor, Democratic conference members, led by Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, objected to the unprecedented change in procedure, and expressed dismay that most of their policies were not represented in either the majority or IDC budget proposal.

The analogy to the climate change legislation could be to make a statutory commitment to reduce child poverty (for example, to reach by 2020 a level of child poverty at least 90 % below the 1999 when the commitment to reduce and end child poverty was made) and then to set up an equivalent group to the Low Pay Commission or Monetary Policy Committee to report before each pre-budget report and budget as to progress towards this, and to assess and advise on the range of policy options necessary to get on Policy Committee to report before each pre-budget report and budget as to progress towards this, and to assess and advise on the range of policy options necessary to get on policy options necessary to get on track.

So goes budgeting in Albany, where leaders often declare a targeted policy change or tax cut, then wait to see how the ideas can be implemented within actual legislation.

Zooming outward, Cuomo's education proposals were largely free of the contentious policy issues that characterized the budget process last year, including changes to teacher evaluations and tenure.

Thus, in our analysis of the congressional budget resolution, we assumed that if 20 percent of a given account is R&D in FY 1996, 20 percent of that account would continue to be R&D in each of the outyears unless specific policy changes (e.g., elimination of an R&D program) were described.