The Legislative Ethics Commission, a panel including lawmakers and lawyers whose duties include enforcing the Public Officers Law and dispensing ethical advice to legislators, has also had
the same budget appropriation since 2010, the state comptroller's office said.
Not exact matches
But at the
same time, neither chamber has indicated any plans to introduced Cuomo's 30 - day
budget amendments, which tie new income disclosure requirements and reform to the travel reimbursement process, to
appropriations.
A resolution of the County Legislature for any of the following specified purposes shall be submitted to the County Executive for his or her approval or veto in the
same manner as provided in this charter for the adoption of ordinances: (a) an allocation from the
budget contingency fund; (b) a supplemental or emergency
appropriation; (c) the issuance of
budget notes or notes in anticipation of the collection of taxes or revenues; and (d) the issuance of bonds, anticipation notes or capital notes.
The County Executive may at any time during the fiscal year transfer part or all of the unencumbered
appropriation balance between classifications of expenditures within the
same administrative unit, provided that prior approval by resolution of the County Legislature shall be required if the proposed transfer (1) would result in an increase exceeding ten thousand dollars ($ 10,000), or such larger amount as may be prescribed by local law, during the fiscal year in any one line item in the
budget as adopted, or (2) would affect any salary rate or salary total.
At the
same time, DiNapoli said the
budget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to rely heavily and expand on lump sum appropriations for projects that are yet to be determined, a move that is at odds with the Budget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the pr
budget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to rely heavily and expand on lump sum
appropriations for projects that are yet to be determined, a move that is at odds with the
Budget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the pr
Budget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the process.
Mr. Cuomo's proposed
appropriation for the commission, which has some 40 full - time employees and offices in Albany, Buffalo and New York City, is the
same as the previous year — $ 4.38 million, down from a high of $ 4.56 million in the 2013 - 14
budget.
But the fact that it wasn't included in this year's
budget — or even in the president's
budget — isn't very surprising, Watters says, given that the
same language has been in the last two
appropriations bills as well.
Using the
same logic, the
budgets for other agencies and programs, such as EPA or NASA's aeronautics research activities, were cut during
appropriations season and thus may not fare as well this fall.