Ironically, today is the day oral arguments will be heard in the long - awaited
small cities funding lawsuit.
Not exact matches
The UK capital hopes to lure talent with its East London «Silicon Roundabout,» (OK, a «roundabout» sounds a bit dinky compared to a whole «valley,» but the area boasts a new Google - sponsored space for start - ups as well as 300 innovative companies) as well as measures to boost the
city's start - up scene, including # 75 million in
funding for high - tech
small and medium businesses from the government's new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth and the Digital London summit showcasing local tech talent that's due to be held March 13 to 14.
The Flatiron School also offers a Web - development fellowship, with a similar education
funded entirely by New York
City's Department of
Small Business Services.
A report from the Kansas
City, Mo. - based entrepreneurship organization The Kauffman Foundation released two years ago called «We Have Met The Enemy... And He Is Us,» slammed the VC market for being dysfunctional and suggested that Kauffman would itself invest in
smaller VC
funds going forward.
Instead of just the big, famous causes and their galas, Six Degrees is more focused on people who are in individual,
smaller communities, or big
cities, who need
funding and can use the celebrity status to get noticed.
A key sponsor for Energy for Defense II was the APC, headquartered in the Twin
Cities and operated by Defense Alliance, one of the nation's three U.S.
Small Business Administration (SBA)-
funded Advanced Defense Technologies Clusters.
Mostly, they've been centered in L.A., though we've now see
small crowds in a dozen
cities around the country, and even a notion of a crowdsourced Tribune buyout
fund.
APC is headquartered in the Twin
Cities, and is one of the nation's three U.S.
Small Business Administration (SBA)-
funded Advanced Defense Technologies Clusters.
«Every dollar put into helping more people in Miami participate in our
city's economic opportunities is an investment in our future and these
funds will go to community organizations that are helping families and
small business owners get ahead and build a path to prosperity,» Guillermo Castillo, market leader and head of commercial banking for Chase in South Florida, said in a statement.
The
Fund is a small, nearly all - volunteer scholarship fund based in New York City, which awards yearly grants and works to foster fellowship among grant recipie
Fund is a
small, nearly all - volunteer scholarship
fund based in New York City, which awards yearly grants and works to foster fellowship among grant recipie
fund based in New York
City, which awards yearly grants and works to foster fellowship among grant recipients.
Howard Bancorp Inc. in Ellicott
City last year repaid its $ 5.98 million in TARP money with about half of the $ 12.5 million it received by switching to another government program, the
Small Business Lending
Fund.
At first Arsene Wenger's trophy-less streak was put down to a lack of
funds and, while support for him had been gradually waning for years, it wasn't until Leicester
City won the league in 2016 on a much
smaller budget that things really slipped into freefall.
I spent almost 4 years of my life trying to get the
funding for that Point of Sale system — we applied for grants, we looked for a private
funder, we approached the
city — until finally we were able to get it
funded through a parcel tax which was sold to the voters as a pay increase for our hard working and underpaid teachers, but which also contained a
small portion vaguely dexcribed as «technology.»
Cuomo would like to model the state's system on the New York
City campaign finance system, which offers candidates matching
funds, once they have solicited
small contributions from individual donors.
Norden emphasized that matching
small donations with public
funds in New York
City has made candidacies independent of political machines and unbeholden to special interest donors possible.
«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public
funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching
funds for
small donors part of the
City's campaign finance law.
Amidst the media's recent focus on independent redistricting, New York
City Council member Dan Garodnick encourages New Yorkers not to lose sight of the importance of campaign finance reform, highlighting the many benefits that the New York
City public matching
funds system has created for
small donors, candidates for public office, and the voting public.
With nearly 40 percent of her haul coming from
small donors, Malliotakis is eligible to collect an additional $ 246,000 in matching
funds from the
city.
The reform plan, which would match
small donations from constituents with public
funds, has «worked well for decades in New York
City.»
The new tax — dubbed the «Amazon Tax» by locals — will
fund affordable housing and homeless services in a
city whose economic boom, driven in no
small part by Amazon, has priced many residents out of the area and forced some onto the streets.»
Public Matching
Funds in NYC Amplify Voices of Small Donors New York City's public financing program provides matching funds for candidates who can raise a certain number of small - dollar contributions from constituents in their dist
Funds in NYC Amplify Voices of
Small Donors New York City's public financing program provides matching funds for candidates who can raise a certain number of small - dollar contributions from constituents in their dist
Small Donors New York
City's public financing program provides matching
funds for candidates who can raise a certain number of small - dollar contributions from constituents in their dist
funds for candidates who can raise a certain number of
small - dollar contributions from constituents in their dist
small - dollar contributions from constituents in their district.
Both Koch and Zimroth view New York
City's
small donor matching
funds system as a good model for financing state elections.
GOSC is New York State's administrative agency for the federally
funded Small Cities Community Development Program.
The Council has proposed a
city - backed $ 1.4 million bail
fund that would assist low - risk, nonviolent offenders to make
small bail amounts.
They would like the state to adopt New York
City's system of government
funded matching grants for candidates, who collect
small donations for individual donors.
For New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a second - term Democrat, it poses the annual opportunity to lobby for the city's priorities, including small and large policy changes and additional funding for city agenc
City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a second - term Democrat, it poses the annual opportunity to lobby for the
city's priorities, including small and large policy changes and additional funding for city agenc
city's priorities, including
small and large policy changes and additional
funding for
city agenc
city agencies.
To that end, he combined the school's two fundraising institutions — the
City College
Fund, which has targeted
small donors, and the Twenty - First Century Foundation, which caters to large givers — into a single foundation.
In the mayoral race,
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn received $ 3.4 million in public
funds, reflecting her large haul of
small donations.
New York
City's exemplary
small - donor matching
fund system should serve as a model for reform in New York State.
As a parent, Sara has seen firsthand the impact of systematic over-testing and under -
funding in rural and
small city schools.
HCR partnered with Empire State Development to secure a $ 125,000 Better Buffalo
Fund grant for this project, and we are pleased to see the amazing results as one of the oldest and most prized
small businesses in the
city is brought back to life for residents and visitors to enjoy.»
Larry Norden, senior counsel at the Brennan Center lauded the benefits of campaign finance reform, presenting original research that indicates how
small donor matching and public
funding of elections has increased political participation and competition in New York
City elections.
«This
funding will help strengthen the link between rural areas and
smaller cities, supporting regional economic growth and increasing ease of access for residents and visitors to our state.»
The candidate also listed increased
funding for
city schools, tenant protection legislation, ensuring prevailing wages on subsidized housing construction and increasing assistance for
small business owners among her priorities.
Another model is New York
City's city council races, in which small donors were the majority of funding for all but two winning candida
City's
city council races, in which small donors were the majority of funding for all but two winning candida
city council races, in which
small donors were the majority of
funding for all but two winning candidates.
The mayors of American
cities large and
small reacted with outrage to Trump's executive order pledging to halt
funding to «sanctuary
city» municipalities that did not cooperate with federal immigration officials.
Advocates took to the streets to continue a years - long fight for what they say the state owes
city schools — $ 2.9 billion — holding
small rallies outside of four schools before classes started to demand more
funding.
A
small chunk of Buffalo Billion
funds designated for revitalizing neighborhoods and improving transit in the
city went to about two dozen companies and local groups, a few of which also donated to the governor.
Both the tax levy and the total budget are slightly
smaller than the
city's 2012 spending plan, in part because Gallo's budget calls for drawing $ 686,393 from the
city's
fund balance to lower tax rates.
Inwoof, an advocacy group for local dog owners, hopes that an area for
smaller - breed dogs will be added to Homer's Run in Inwood Hill Park in the coming months, thanks to
funds secured by
City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez.
Chad comes to us from the Alliance for Quality Education where he served as Statewide Campaign Coordinator, working with
small cities and poor rural areas to ensure adequate school
funding regardless of zip code.
A judge ruled that New York has met its «constitutional obligation» to provide enough aid to eight
small -
city schools, a key victory for the state in its fight with education groups over school
funding.
An Albany County state supreme court justice has ruled against plaintiffs from eight «
small city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state
city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately
fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York
City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state
City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state aid.
The parents and children in Utica and seven other upstate school districts involved in the so - called «
Small Cities Lawsuit» say their fight for obtaining more education
funding is not done yet.
In 2010, the Brennan Center for Justice interviewed him when he was the
city's public advocate about the
city's
small - donor public -
funding program.
CUNY receives most of its
funding from the state, and a
smaller amount from the
city, and so any contract must be approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio.
More than half of the contributions were
small donations of $ 250 or less, with about $ 50,000 eligible to be matched by the
city's public matching
funds program, the campaign reported.
That's because the New York
City campaign finance system includes a public matching
funds program, which helps levels the playing field by incentivizing local
small - dollar contributions, matching them at a 6 - to - 1 ratio.
The appellate division of New York State Supreme Court on July 28 declined to rule on the allegations in a lawsuit filed by the UFT and a coalition of community groups and parents on Jan. 5, 2010 that the New York
City Department of Education was misusing hundreds of millions of dollars in Contract for Excellence
funds earmarked for
smaller class sizes.
The
small increase in
city education
funds comes after school budgets have absorbed cuts for three years in a row.