Sentences with phrase «says years of budget cuts»

Environmental Advocate's David Gahl says years of budget cuts at the state Department of Environmental Conservation, known as the DEC, has led to a one third reduction of staff, and an even greater decrease in the number of inspections of potential polluters.

Not exact matches

Speaking at the first Prime Minister's Questions since the general election earlier this month, Corbyn said years of Conservative government cuts to local authority budgets had put public safety at jeopardy and had played a part in the fire that destroyed a tower block in Kensington, west London earlier this month, killing at least 79 people.

For example, she said, if a new roof lasts 20 to 30 years, living until 90 instead of 80 means budgeting for one new roof at age 60 won't cut it; if they tend to keep cars for 10 years, their retirement might entail an extra purchase.

Tony Clement says — while participating in an open government conference — that the Harper government won't be able to detail the latest round of budget cuts until next year.

Like I said he has the physique and qualities to cut it at the top level, but given that he won't improve on what he is now and that we may get a few years at his best 25 mill is a lot of money, especially + wages... Bear in mind our transfer budget is approximately 50 mill I may be proved wrong, but I'm not sold...

Ten certified teaching positions will be cut at the end of the school year at Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 due to budget constraints and declining enrollment officials said.

Despite severe cost cutting, scores of layoffs and wholesale restructuring last year, Chicago Public Schools faces a budget deficit estimated at $ 600 million to $ 700 million in 2013, with the cost of a longer school day still unknown, officials said.

The Chicago Board of Education will increase lunch prices for the second time this year, lay off 150 more teachers and cut $ 14 million in transportation costs to help make up an $ 80 million budget deficit, officials said Tuesday.

The governor questioned whether the legislative budget deal will be balanced (we have yet to see the revenue bill, although there's supposed to be one out today), saying he doesn't want to see a repeat of last year, when the Legislature was forced to enact mid-year cuts to address a post-deal deficit.

Kate Osamor, the shadow international development secretary, said: «The Tories have been cutting the aid budget by stealth for years, and they are now arguing over whether to go even further by abandoning the international definition of aid.

«Years of decreasing, stagnant or slow economic growth have led local governments to cut vital services and tap their rainy day funds to balance budgets, a practice that is not sustainable in the long term,» the comptroller said.

The mid year financial report released by Cuomo's budget office says options to close the gap include more cuts to state agencies, delaying payments to local governments and schools, suspension of some construction projects, and even borrowing money short term to pay for operating expenses.

And, an added bonus to the new tax law - Cuomo and the legislature have saved themselves a lot of wrangling in next year's budget, though the governor says they will still have to cut $ 2 billion more dollars.

State Senate Democratic President Martin Looney says it restores most of the spending cuts that were made in the $ 41 billion bipartisan two - year budget they passed last year.

«This budget caps spending under 2 percent for the seventh year in a row and includes a tax cut that will save 6 million middle - class taxpayers an average of $ 250 this year,» he said.

The President of the state worker union the Public Employees Federation, Ken Brynien, says he's pleased that the governor seems to realize that state government can not continue in its current form, after years of budget cuts and staff attrition, and that it needs to be reorganized.

Governor Cuomo, at an end of the year cabinet meeting, said he still considers campaign finance reform and the other recommendations of the Moreland Act Commission a «top tier» priority, but says he will first focus on the state budget and a tax cutting plan.

Klug said Wadleigh's middle school students didn't have physical education last year and lost their only guidance counselor and math coach because of budget cuts.

Business Council President Heather Briccetti says her group is endorsing Cuomo over his GOP challenger Rob Astorino because of the governor's record on achieving four on time budgets, enacting business tax cuts and holding the increase in state spending and property taxes to 2 percent per year.

The entire budget, which has been shrinking in recent years, will be cut under the mayor's current proposed budget, which is expected to be balanced and passed by the end of the month, a spokesperson for the group said.

«This budget was an opportunity to reverse the loss of 30,000 after - school seats cut over the past several years,» de Blasio said in a statement, adding that without asking the wealthiest New Yorkers to pay more in taxes, the budget «affirmed a status quo that continues to leave working families behind.»

He said this year's budget is going to be a challenge because of a $ 4.4 billion deficit and the new federal tax cuts.

Senate Republicans say their version of the state budget will include a nine - year phase - in of tax cuts that would eventually total a 25 percent reduction for middle class taxpayers.

As the tension mounts in Albany over the late budget and thousands of state workers forced to cut their hours and pay, the AFL - CIO is targeting individual lawmakers this election year who they say aren't looking out for the interests of working men and women.

«While one can argue with the governor's assertion that there are trend factors in some areas of the budget which have made increases automatic, there can be no doubt that institutions of public higher education have consistently seen nothing but cuts over the last few years,» Glick, a Manhattan Democrat, said.

«In spite of the fact that the Ministry of Agric may have had a cut in its budget, much more cocoa roads have been constructed this year than any other year in Ghana,» the Agric Minister, Fifi Kwetey said

A framework of an agreement on the state budget is in place that would increase New York's minimum wage to $ 15 over a number of years in different regions while also providing a $ 1 billion tax cut for joint filers earning under $ 300,000, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this afternoon.

Mr Osborne promised to balance the deficit within the next five years, saying that 77 per cent of the measures to do so outlined in the budget are spending cuts, while 23 per cent would come from tax rises.

Senate Republicans say their version of the state budget will include a 9 year phase of tax cuts that would eventually total a 25 percent reduction for middle class taxpayers.

Turner said that if it were up to him, he would cut federal spending by 35 percent — including gutting the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and slashing the budget of the U.S. Department of Education — which he said would take about seven to 10 years to accomplish.

Senate Republicans say their version of the state budget will include a 9 - year phase - in of tax cuts that would eventually total a 25 percent reduction for middle class taxpayers.

Business Council President Heather Briccetti says her group is endorsing Cuomo over his GOP challenger Rob Astorino because of the governor's record on achieving four on time budgets, enacting business tax cuts and holding the increase in state spending and property taxes to 2 % year.

Business Council President Heather Briccetti says her group is endorsing Cuomo over his GOP challenger Rob Astorino because of the governor's record on achieving four on - time budgets, enacting business tax cuts and holding the increase in state spending and property taxes to two percent each year.

Yet what Cantor said last year still holds true — especially now, with a worsening budget deficit and Cuomo forced to ask all state agencies to lop off yet another 2.5 percent in spending, on top of earlier cuts.

«We decided to cut those positions in hopes of getting through this year, and hopefully the casino revenue and things come back into play and we're on more solid ground next year, where perhaps we can put those positions back into the budget,» he said.

Gillibrand said over the last ten years, as schools have had to tighten their budgets, physical education has often been some of the first programs cut.

«I have a proven track record of working with both parties to pass legislation that makes Connecticut a better place for everyone,» says Gerratana, who acknowledges the state budget deficit will require «tough decisions in terms of spending cuts» next year.

«This budget protects families and seniors while also paving the way for continued economic growth by holding the line on property taxes for a fourth year in a row and by cutting spending so that we never return to the poor fiscal policies of the past,» Mangano said in a news release.

«Even with restorations, this year's budget dance has taken a toll on a system worn thin by years of cuts,» said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.»

DiNapoli, speaking at a forum sponsored by the Albany Times Union, says this year's $ 4.4 billion budget gap is on top of expected cuts from President Trump and the Republican led Congress.

Johnson said adding together the budget cuts covering the eight years of austerity from 2010 to 2018, some departments could be forced to provide services based on a cut of 40 % or more in their budgets.

A Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament, Kwaku Kwarteng, has pooh - poohed government's request for an additional Ghc1.89 billion as supplementary budget for the rest of the year 2016, saying after cutting expenditure in various sectors of the economy, government has no justification for the extra money.

• On the state budget: Paterson said he plans to call the Legislature back into joint session by the third week of September so lawmakers can come up with a plan to cut $ 2.1 billion from this year's state budget.

«I'm pleased to present a proposed budget that demonstrates my administration's effort to stabilize county finances, ensure our county safety and our vibrancy,» said McCoy, a Democrat, who hails the $ 679 million spending plan as one that builds on the county's «sound» fiscal practices while keeping county spending under the state - mandated tax cap for the fifth year in a row,»... despite the continuous pressures of unfunded mandates and the real cuts we face in 2018 for state aid and programs such as foster care.»

Thanks to «great teamwork» on the Town Board and the fortitude of Woodstock residents, the town had survived «a rough couple of years,» said the councilman, alluding to the fiscal crisis that loomed before the last local election, requiring painful budget cuts.

He said he would prefer to abolish the purveying of pork, but he did not cut the funding from the coming year's budget.

Speaking at the last public hearing before the City Council and City Hall finalize next year's budget by the June 30 deadline, Mulgrew said the UFT has repeatedly brought ideas to the table on how to close the city's projected budget gap without teacher layoffs, such as cutting back on outside contractors at the Department of Education or using a portion of the city's rainy - day fund.

He contrasted the mayor's desire to let the millionaire's tax sunset this year — which he said would blow a $ 5 billion hole in the state budget — with the mayor's insistence in his State of the City address that the city needed to be able to reduce pension benefits and lay off «more expensive» senior teachers to cut costs.

The argument against the BOL's suggested use of $ 11 million from the fund balance — that it imperils the County's AAA bond rating — is a smokescreen for reckless budget cuts, said Jenkins, who noted that the Astorino Administration already used millions from the fund balance this year to pay a pension bill and has notified the BOL that it will need an additional $ 8.8 million from the fund balance by the end of December to «even out» the 2012 books.

New York City school principals receive their budgets from Chancellor Joel Klein's office today, Klein says the schools face cuts of about 5 - percent next year, not as deep as he feared.