Sentences with phrase «program on public financing»

He convened the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption and then agreed to disband it for a pilot program on public financing that flopped.

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The only time this has happened in history for a three year period or more was during World War II, when we were obviously printing enough money to finance a lot of deficit spending on infrastructure and public programs.

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However, the Liberal platform also envisaged temporary deficits to finance higher spending on social programs such as child benefits, a higher Guaranteed Income Supplement for single seniors, public health care, child care and First Nations programs, and did not increase overall federal tax revenues.

A political action committee that backs public financing, Friends of Democracy, is spending heavily on behalf of Senate Democrats to create a public financing program.

Then there was the most recent stick in the eye: forcing on Dinapoli a pilot public financing program — only for his race — that would make the comptroller give back more than two - thirds of his campaign money or suffer a P.R. hit.

He also weathered criticism from others on the left for not participating in the state's first public campaign financing program.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, a long time supporter of public finance, says this plan comes too late in the election cycle, and relies on the State Board of Elections, a board widely viewed as incompetent, to set up the program.

The editorial emphasized the need for a public financing mechanism modeled on New York City's successful small donor matching program, where the first $ 175 of any donation is matched at a 6 - to - 1 ratio.

The pilot public financing program in the state comptroller's race, modeled on the New York City campaign finance system, provides a six - to - one match for contributions between $ 10 and $ 175 from New York residents.

This week saw the publication of several editorials calling on Gov. Cuomo to maintain his commitment to creating a public campaign finance program in New York state, beginning with a Sunday New York Times editorial that cut to the heart of the matter: «There is no mystery -LSB-...]

On Tuesday, the endorsed Republican candidate for governor in Connecticut applied to use the state's public financing program to fund his gubernatorial campaign.

Last month, after criticizing public financing, New York GOP Party Chairman Ed Cox admitted that the pilot program would broaden «the field on the Republican side for potential comptroller candidates.»

The growing role of independent expenditure groups, which live outside the rules that apply to candidates and their campaigns, is especially sensitive in Connecticut, a state that created a voluntary public financing program to restrict the influence of state contractors and other interests on elections after scandal forced the resignation of Gov. John G. Rowland.

In 2014, the governor and legislative leaders — Silver and then - Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is also on trial for selling his office — agreed to dissolve the commission in exchange for a pilot program of public campaign finance, a new enforcement office at the state's Board of Elections and changes to the bribery statute.

But he said his group, which has been under intense pressure from progressives to return to the fold since the election of President Trump, is «ready to move forward,» but only if any final agreement is based on a legislative agenda that includes passage of a bill to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.

Schneiderman's proposal comes as state lawmakers prepare to debate once again a public financing of campaigns on the state level that could see the adoption of a matching program based off the New York City system (Senate Republicans have blocked efforts to institute public financing).

Already alternative programming to the hearing on public financing is already in the works.

Cuomo's $ 142 billion budget proposal included the public financing program, which would be based on the model of New York City's donor matching system.

A variety of compromise measures for public financing were floated on Thursday at the Capitol, including proposals that would allow the program for the comptroller's and attorney general's campaigns.

Advocates for the public financing of political campaigns on Tuesday released letters sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the top legislative leaders in the Assembly and senate urging them to include a public financing program in the state budget.

Cuomo had proposed a public financing system with a donor - matching program based on New York City's model in his 2014 - 15 state budget proposal.

The governor in late May set a benchmark for his support of the alliance between Republicans and the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, saying he wanted action on the Dream Act (which failed in April), a broader system of public campaign finance (beyond the pilot program passed in the state budget) and his Women's Equality Act, which has been controversial because of a plank changing the state's abortion laws.

When Malloy received a state grant of $ 6.5 million in taxpayer - funded public financing in 2014 under the clean - election program, he signed a legal agreement with the SEEC promising to abide by Connecticut's ban on state contractors» contributions.

One of the candidates on the GOP statewide ticket, comptroller candidate Bob Antonacci, is participating in public financing for his campaign under a pilot program approved in the state budget and limited to that race only.

Cuomo's stated agenda during the campaigns included public financing of political campaigns (no specifics on that, as yet), limits on the outside income for legislators, raising the age of criminal responsibility and extending public tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants.

Republican candidate for state comptroller Bob Antonacci on Monday announced his campaign had hit the 2,000 - donor threshold, a key stepping stone to obtaining public matching funds under the newly adopted public financing program.

The Green Party's Howie Hawkins spent the night reaching out to New York's liberals, calling for full employment programs, higher wages, public campaign financing, proportional representation in the State Legislature and a ban on fracking ban.

Ganim was back in federal court on Wednesday seeking to overturn a decision by the State Elections Enforcement Commission that his conviction makes him ineligible for the state's generous public campaign finance program.

Both candidates this year chose to participate in the state's public financing program, meaning that they are limited in what they can spend on their own races to the $ 6.2 million taxpayer - funded grant they received through the Citizens Election Pprogram, meaning that they are limited in what they can spend on their own races to the $ 6.2 million taxpayer - funded grant they received through the Citizens Election ProgramProgram.

The program focused on lessons learned from the first year of the state's 2 percent tax cap, along with the ongoing crisis in public finance.

DiNapoli, a long time supporter of public finance, says this plan comes too late in the election cycle, and relies on the State Board of Elections, a board widely viewed as incompetent, to set up the program.

Skelos did not elaborate on what those controversial measures are, but he was likely referring to a slate of proposals — public campaign finance, a measure to open state tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants, tweaks to the minimum wage and the creation of an affirmative legal right to an abortion — that Cuomo himself has been supporting.

The public financing program — modeled on the one in New York City — authorizes a $ 6 - to - $ 1 match for the first $ 175 of an individual contribution.

RAN and the Sierra Club hope that by exposing the impact these banks are having on the environment through their financing programs, they can help alert the public and policymakers to the need to outlaw MTR coal mining altogether.

Yet in public K — 12 education, there is a curious twist on this pattern: school districts have largely lost their monopoly on education programming, but are still the only game in town when it comes to financing, developing, and deploying public school buildings.

Dr. Crowley teaches courses and workshops on social policy and finance, research methods and program evaluation, and the use of evidence for public policy.

This theme — that greater state control over funding will lead to greater state power with respect to local educational programs and policies — is a recurrent one in the literature on financing public education.

Access a comprehensive and properly cited list of empirical studies conducted to date on the effects of educational choice programs on students, public schools, segregation, civic values and state finances.

The House Finance Committee will hold a public hearing on SB 193, the bill that would create a statewide voucher program, on Tuesday, January 16 at 1:30 p.m. in LOB 210 - 211.

As a result of Connecticut's campaign finance program, Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy is on track to collect $ 6.2 million in public funds to pay for his 2014 gubernatorial campaign.

To learn more about how the TCEP grant may help your school achieve its facilities goals, please join us for a webinar on Monday, December 5th at 1 p.m. John Hernandez, the Deputy Director of the Texas Public Finance Authority (TPFA) and Robert Jocius, Senior Program Manager at TPFA will talk in depth about the TCEP program and answer questions about charter eligibility and the new 2016 appliProgram Manager at TPFA will talk in depth about the TCEP program and answer questions about charter eligibility and the new 2016 appliprogram and answer questions about charter eligibility and the new 2016 application.

While the primary purpose of the program is to help charter schools, «Finance school building projects, including the construction, purchase, extension, replacement, renovation or major alteration of a building to be used for public school purposes,» the law does allow charter school companies to seek grants to, «Repay debt incurred for school building projects, including paying outstanding principal on loans which have been incurred for school building projects.»

As background, back on January 27th, 2010, when then - candidate Dan Malloy spoke out after a Zogby public opinion survey found that 79 percent of Connecticut voters supported public financing and the Citizens» Elections Program, Malloy said;

Dan graduated from the College of William and Mary in 2006 with a degree in finance and holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the George Washington University, with a focus on Program Evaluation and Education Policy.

On average, commercial mortgages offered through government - sponsored programs including the SBA, FHA and USDA will provide the most lenient financing options, particularly if the purchased property serves a good governmental purpose — e.g. healthcare facility or public housing.

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The Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission should work together to develop and implement audit, labeling, and retrofit programs for existing buildings that achieve all cost - effective energy efficiency measures, maximize the benefit of existing utility programs, and expand the use of municipal and utility on - bill financing opportunities.

Our team works alongside our Public & Infrastructure Finance Practice, which advises governments, nonprofit corporations and financial institutions on municipal bonds and capital financing programs.

Recent judicial public funding litigation has centered on the constitutionality of matching fund public financing programs.