In 2011, Mayor Michael Bloomberg hired the city's first - ever chief digital officer, Rachel Sterne, who was a 27 - year - old entrepreneur and Columbia Business School prof, to help the city use technology to better serve citizens and
save taxpayer money by making services more efficient and accessible online.
The Prospect Heights Park District and School District 23 entered into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement to
save the taxpayers money by sharing the use of properties owned by District 23 and the Prospect Heights Park District in a manner that the facilities may be utilized to their fullest capacity.
Denerstein said the initiative would boost New York's sagging voter enrollment numbers and also
save taxpayers money by streamlining the DMV's handling of voter registrations.
«Not only would this action
save the taxpayers money by reducing the number of State elections by half; it would also eliminate, in my opinion, some of the political nonsense that occurs in Albany.»
Turnbull also argued that Democrats deserve credit for
saving taxpayers money by fighting to renovate, rather than replace, the county Government Center, and that Jeff Berkman — a Middletown legislator who preceded him as minority leader — had pushed with Middletown's Democratic mayor, Joe DeStefano, to extend the county's Heritage Trail through Middletown.
The bill, introduced in January and passed by the Senate in March, would still
save taxpayers money by consolidating election days but because it calls for an August election day, it would allow state legislators to avoid the conflict between working and campaigning.
Those families would have
saved the taxpayer money by paying their own education bill, but as they are eligible for a voucher, they can attend the private school at public expense instead.
Finally, school choice
saves taxpayers money by preserving cost - effective, quality, nonpublic schools while encouraging public schools to spend more wisely and efficiently.
The belief held by the Obama Administration seemed to be that IDR plans could
save taxpayers money by preventing more borrowers from defaulting on their loans.
This would
save taxpayers money by reducing the amount of court time spent dealing with children or financial issues relating to divorce.
Not exact matches
Lovely A. Warren, Rochester's mayor, said that the Solar Field would both
save taxpayer money and help to «protect the environment for future generations
by reducing our carbon footprint.»
Small - business owners really do have an advantage over average
taxpayers, so don't let the opportunity to
save money slip you
by.
He says the New Jersey bank would «take
money out of Wall Street and put it to work for New Jersey — creating jobs and growing the economy [
by] using state deposits to finance local investments... and... support billions of dollars of critical investments in infrastructure, small businesses, and student loans —
saving our residents
money and returning all profits to the
taxpayers.»
He slashed spending
by 25 % in Rye and is working to dissolve the town — and his job — to
save taxpayer money.
Maude began and ended quite touchy - feely, but the meat of the piece fairly accurately represented what you might expect a Tory platform on the third sector to look like: we need a «rehabilitation revolution'to tackle unprecedented levels of reoffending, fuelled
by addiction, illiteracy and family breakdown; the state consistently fails to get those who have never worked, lone parents, and those on incapacity benefit back to work; charities should be paid
by results; and the third sector is means of
saving taxpayer money and delivering services more efficiently and effectively.
«
By consolidating lab space into one facility, state agencies will be able to cut costs, share services and
save taxpayers money.»
«Leading
by example in making state buildings more energy efficient will
save taxpayers money, create thousands of local jobs, and bolster New York's broader efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
While Mark has acted as the
taxpayers» watchdog and called out wasteful spending and irresponsible actions, he has also lead the charge to make a more efficient county government
by pushing for the creation of Erie County's prescription drug discount program and the adoption of electronic payments for vendors
saving the County and those that do business with the County time and
money.
Mark Wallace of the
TaxPayers» Alliance suggests that councils looking to
save money could start
by withdrawing their funding of the unelected regional assemblies.
To the Editor, Instead of throwing away $ 225M in
taxpayer money, Cuomo could
save a couple thousand jobs at Remington, Savage and other arms makers at no cost to the
taxpayer by ridding us of the SAFE Act.
SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: With changes coming to the U.S. tax code, municipalities around New York are acting to
save taxpayers at least some
money by allowing them to pay their 2018 property tax bills before the end of next week.
A report produced
by the two charities finds that such diversion techniques would be hugely beneficial to the government and
taxpayer by saving money in the justice system and reducing reoffending rates.
Zimet talked about what a «disaster the town financial situation was in» when she got into office two years ago and how, with the help of her board, they were able to get the finances back in order,
save taxpayers money and lower taxes
by 4.4 percent.
«Our members working in the state Department of Law have found state Attorney General Cuomo supportive of PEF's efforts to
save the
taxpayers»
money by reducing the state's reliance on costly private consultants.
«We have pledged to
save taxpayers»
money by reducing waste and duplication in Congress,» said a spokesperson for incoming Speaker John Boehner (R - OH).
LocatED was launched to
save taxpayers»
money by providing the commercial and property market expertise to secure sites for free schools more quickly and at better value.
(Though Rabbi Motzen is correct that it's unfair to penalize private school parents — who are already
saving taxpayers a lot of
money —
by making them ineligible for the ESAs.)
Without heed to the demonstration outside, the Board wisely opted to
save taxpayers money and put the contentious issue behind them
by formally prohibiting district collection of union dues and compensation of unaccountable union officers:
According to the group's most recent filing with the State Ethics Commission (filed yesterday), the corporate funded education reform advocacy front group also spent $ 14,000 for subway sandwiches and $ 6,771 to Staples to pay for the signs demanding that Connecticut legislators hand over nearly $ 21 million in scarce
taxpayer money so that the infamous Steve Perry can open a publicly funded, but privately owned charter school in Bridgeport and a Bronx, New York charter school chain can
save Stamford
by opening up a charter school there.
Private sector investment can
save taxpayers time and
money, and enhances safety
by replacing crumbling infrastructure more quickly.
In fact, the IRS makes it convenient for
taxpayers (who are anxious to
save time and
money)
by having a Free File link on the IRS homepage.
Many
taxpayers take the standard deduction rather than itemizing their tax deductions, even though some
taxpayers with mortgages or home equity loans could have
saved money by itemizing.
Lastly, TNR
saves taxpayer's
money by reducing shelter intake, shelter euthanasia, and calls of concern to animal control.
«Santa Cruz County has a mandatory spay / neuter law for dogs and cats over the age of six months that reside in the County», says Melanie Sobel, SCCAS general manager «
By spaying or neutering companion animals, we can end unwanted births, reduce the needless suffering that homeless animals endure, and
save taxpayers»
money at the same time.»
«I am not happy that
taxpayers have to pay for the damage caused
by EDCs, while industry
saves money by not investigating their chemicals properly,» said Danish environment minister Kirsten Brosbøl on publication of the new report.
Let's throw out CO2 from the equation for the moment as a
by - product of the real problem and reframe the debate around what if anything can be implemented to
save the
taxpayer some
money and improve the human condition.
«We have pledged to
save taxpayers»
money by reducing waste and duplication in Congress,» said Michael Steel [sic], spokesman for incoming Speaker John Boehner (R - Ohio).
Steve discussed the benefits of fighting traffic tickets with a Trial
by Written Declaration and how it
saves the government and the
taxpayer time and
money.
«However, unlike the LTB, which spends literally two - thirds of its operational hours and its
taxpayers - financed budget adjudicating non-payment of rent (about 90 per cent of all filed LTB complaints are from landlords, of which about 75 per cent are for non-payment of rent), about 85 per cent of the IEU's complaints are from tenants» Perhaps something could be done to
save tax paying public
money by addressing «non-payment of rent» issue in a totally different format.