Sentences with phrase «said the state needs»

In every other domain of life, they would say the state needs to do xy or z or businesses need to do xy or z to promote higher quality and more stable, healthier lives.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said the state needs more accountability when giving out economic development funds, noting this year's budget again relies heavily on lump sum appropriations that have little oversight regarding their allocation.

She also signaled a desire to stay in the political game, saying the state needs leaders to take on Wall Street (even though she had declined to pledge not to accept finance industry campaign cash), clean up Albany, champion marriage equality and fight environmental polluters.

She backed the property - tax cap, but she said the state needed to move away from property taxes as the main funding mechanism for schools.

Nixon said Cuomo is not obeying a 12 - year - old court order in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case, which says the state needs to spend billions more on schools in order for them to become equitable.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York's top financial official today said the state needs more accountability when giving out economic development funds.

Fox says the state needs to continue what he calls the first moratorium on fracking in the world.

The head of the DPS, Audrey Zibelman, has said the state needs more pipelines to meet electrical grid demand.

She also said the state needs to focus more resources on environmental protection efforts and look at what it can do to reduce the impacts of climate change.

Senate GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan says the state needs to cut income taxes, property taxes and energy taxes, in the midst of a brutally cold winter.

The Empire Center and local taxpayer groups said the state needs to give districts greater leverage in negotiating teacher contracts by amending a law that deals with pay scales and benefits.

Gina Pollara, president of MAS, said the state needs to take a more holistic view of the project, one that expands the track capacity and addresses the future of Madison Square Garden.

She also said the state needs to reign in the unfunded mandates that force schools to raise property taxes to fund.

While the business community has called for a complete end to the millionaires tax, Cuomo said the state needs the billions of dollars in revenue the tax generates each year to fund programs and manage looming budget deficits.

Foley, who for 40 years has cared for a sister with «serious mental health issues» says the state needs to do more to provide support for people with mental health issues.

It says the state needs to spend billions of more dollars a year on public education.

The fund is supposed to help the state reach Cuomo's Clean Energy Standard, which says the state needs to meet 50 percent of electricity needs with clean energy by 2030, according to the release.

In Vestal, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state needs to change the «trajectory» its on for heroin and opioid addiction as the administration's task force completes a tour of the state.

But now, a coalition of anti-fracking organizations called New Yorkers Against Fracking say the State needs to keep its promise to study the impact of natural gas drilling on human health.

He says the panel does have to consider the money, at a time when the state has not fulfilled a court order that said the state needed to spend billions of more dollars school funding, and at a time when a new property tax cap might lead to lay offs of teachers and school program cut backs.

They, too, will say the state needs to put in pace a strong Brownfield Cleanup Program — which provides tax credits for developing polluted sites.

Bruce Fraser of the Erie County Association of School Boards says the state needs to do a better job of funding schools, adding that «the costs of education are not directly related to merging.»

A New York state lawmaker says the state needs to create uniform guidelines for sexual harassment to make it easier to report and investigate abuse.

Rep. Chris Collins wasn't one of them, saying the state needs to get its own fiscal house in order.

They say the state needs to «make a concerted effort to fully invest in clean tech, green energy production, retrofitting and infrastructure, which helps the environment, people and the economy.»

Serino said the state needs to funnel more aid to schools, particularly in the Hudson Valley, which she said have been underfunded.

Serino said the state needs to focus more on dealing with the mentally ill, who, she said, make up 80 percent of the state's jailed population.

Gipson said the state needs to rethink the way it funds schools.

Similarly, while he said the state needed to be sure Uber's drivers are properly screened and insured, he is a fan of the service — and a regular customer.

But the state's Republican delegation says the state needs to find savings in its $ 162 billion spending plan.

For one thing, she says the state needs to do a better job to get the word out about the high tech jobs that are out there.

Lerner said the state needs to overhaul campaign - finance laws, and she said de Blasio supports that.

Miner said the state needs to help cities build new, long - lasting revenues to make up for shrinking property tax collections.

But Pollin says the state needs to be aggressive since it already missed one green target by failing to generate 29 percent of its electricity from renewable energy by 2015.

Those moves would be bold for Washington, but many say the state needs to go much further if it wants to be a strong contender.

Twenty - three chief executives said their states needed to expand workforce development programs; 16 touched on the importance of career technical education; and 11 governors emphasized high - quality early learning efforts.

She also said the state needs to address the demoralized teaching profession.

He has said the state needs to rein in its spending on education, especially in urban districts where the results have been spotty at best.

But Wyland, author of SB 1394 and SB 1346, said the state needs to go a step further and make sure that education funding is spent on academic programs and methods that are shown to be successful.

Bruce Holaday said the state needs a graphic designer to make the display more understandable.

Cerf, too, said the state needed to determine how to fund and monitor the schools before moving forward.

State Sen. Conrad Appel, R - Metairie and former chairman of the Senate Education Committee, said the state needs to stick with its push for high expectations, parental choice and accountability to reverse decades of low achievement.

However, she said the state needs to be cautious about revamping grade calculations to increase the role of student growth in the scores.

The groups say states need help and financial support in building the necessary infrastructure to allow for greater data transparency.

Heusinkveld said the state needs to define what a puppy mill is and go after those establishments.

Critics like Heusinkveld said the state needs to differentiate between large scale breeding facilities and smaller operations.

Lawson says the state needs to increase transparency and crack down on illegal logging if its conservation commitments are to be believed.

But to come close to the national minimum standard, Bamberger said the state needs to provide funding for 125 more attorneys, which would require an annual budget appropriation of $ 15.5 million.

Not exact matches

BEIJING, May 3 (Reuters)- A U.S. trade delegation arrived in China on Thursday for talks on tariffs, with state media saying China will stand up to U.S. bullying if need be, but it was better to work things out at the negotiating table.

«It's been an interesting opportunity to deal with all these different farmers with their different needs all over the United States,» says Larry.