Sentences with phrase «spending taxpayer funds»

So while the city is spending taxpayer funds to enforce the pit bull ban, which is killing dogs at taxpayer expense, it is also spending a significant amount of money trying to justify keeping the failing ban.

Silver has been charged with spending taxpayer funds and using his political power to amass personal fortune

Hall has been battling cancer and the «exceedingly contentious and occasionally personal tone of the battle within the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine about how to spend the taxpayers funds state voters authorized.

Not exact matches

Under this hypothetical policy, governments transfer money directly to taxpayers to encourage spending, a handout funded by issuing bonds with a coupon of zero and no maturity date, which central banks buy.

While the state of New York has invested more than $ 900 million of taxpayer funds to date into the project and its associated developments, SolarCity has spent just around $ 20 million in capital expenditures in Buffalo so far, according to multiple sources.

In addition, cities, states, and taxpayers have concerns about the costs of bonds and borrowing, how to get the best return on banked or invested public money, and an interest in finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

Pruitt is the subject of no fewer than 10 ethical investigations, as reports about his extravagant spending, taxpayer - funded flights, and dicey living situation have come to light.

Democratic lawmakers released a six - page letter detailing new allegations of «wasteful spending of taxpayer funds» by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.

Millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer funds are spent on testing foods annually to monitor the presence of pesticides and herbicides in the nation's food supply.

I'm not sure a poll of federal taxpayers and parents would find the time and effort spent by these employees on the journal article — which I personally viewed purely as a form of reputational damage control — to be a worthy use of these funds when other aspects of our meal program are in clear need of improvement.

To ensure that taxpayers and the vulnerable populations served by these agencies receive the maximum value for the funds paid, Governor Cuomo is proposing the following reforms beginning in 2012 - 13: • At least 85 percent of every public dollar will be spent on direct services, not administration.

The state Senate and Assembly passed dueling budget proposals, kicking off negotiations about how to spend at least $ 168 billion in taxpayer funds.

«We're not surprised that the Senate Democrats, who nearly bankrupted this state, would want to force New Yorkers to spend $ 200 million in taxpayer money to fund political campaigns rather than investing those dollars in our schools or providing incentives to help businesses create jobs,» said the spokesman, Scott Reif.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Aaron Schock, R - Ill., has repeatedly spent taxpayer and campaign funds to rent aircraft that are not certified charter services, despite House rules and federal law that generally prohibit the use of private aircraft for official and campaign use.

Part of the goal is to post an online spending report card, or dashboard, which will make it clear what taxpayer funded projects are working and which are failing.

We hope that Mayor (and former Public Advocate) de Blasio will recognize his fiduciary responsibility to City taxpayers, and determine a sale price for valuable Willets Point Phase One land that at least recoups all of the public funds spent to acquire it.

Opening arguments began this week in the federal corruption trial of Pedro Espada, Jr., and his son Pedro Gautier Espada, who are accused of using the Soundview Healthcare Network as «their own taxpayer - funded piggy bank» by funneling more than $ 500,000 from the organization and spending it on cars, spa treatments, and other personal luxuries.

E.J. McMahon, president of the fiscally conservative Empire Center, called the spending «pork» from a «slush fund» and questioned why state taxpayers are footing the bill for things «local government ought to be doing.»

The state Senate and Assembly passed dueling budget proposals on Wednesday, kicking off negotiations about how to spend at least $ 168 billion in taxpayer funds.

The spending has become an issue in this year's election campaign, with Republicans including gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino saying they are little more than a taxpayer - funded political boost for Cuomo, a Democrat who is campaigning in part on his work to revive the state economy, particularly upstate.

While the taxpayer - funded mailers can not officially be used for political purposes, incumbent legislators like Felder — who spent $ 67,177.50 on mail expenses between April 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017 — use the funds to promote their office's activities which helps stave off challengers.

Between the fall of 2015 and 2016, Barnhart's opponent in the Democratic primary, Assemblyman Harry Bronson, littered mailboxes with $ 66,000 in taxpayer - funded mailers promoting himself and his beliefs — a fivefold increase over what the lawmaker had spent over the previous 12 months in a non-election year.

Reports on the Audit Service's website (www.ghaudit / org) show that by 2014, under President Mahama, over GH cents 5 billion of taxpayers» money spent could not be accounted for and nothing has been done by the Mahama Government to trace and retrieve these funds.»

Tuesday's plea is an important step toward restoring trust in the process and confidence that taxpayer funds are being spent fairly and for their intended purpose.»

The city's Campaign Finance Board fined de Blasio $ 47,778 on Dec. 15 for improperly spending taxpayer - matching funds on personal expenses.

In her testimony, Katz said the controversy brought about by these reports illustrated the need for the Queens Library to become more open to the public about how it decides to spend its money, the vast majority of which is made up of taxpayer funds allocated to the Library by the City of New York.

Signed on Monday, the $ 2.7 billion spending plan — which calls for no tax increase in the county's general fund — calls for using nearly $ 33 million from the county's sewer stabilization fund, a reserve account created when Suffolk County taxpayers approved the Drinking Water Protection Program via referendum in 1987.

Taxpayers will receive the same net benefit, but SOF spending growth appears lower.3 Other substantial changes include shifts in workers from payrolls in the general fund to those paid by capital funds, reclassifying the Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corporation (STARC) funds from a miscellaneous receipt to an offset against spending, and shifting expenses off - budget as shown in Table 3.

He also defended spending # 9m on a taxpayer - funded pro-EU publicity blitz, saying it was legal, necessary and right.

«Wealthy special interest groups spending millions in an effort to promote taxpayer funded political campaigns is the height of hypocrisy,» said the group's executive, Brian Sampson.

«Gov. Cuomo will spend more time traveling to the Virgin Islands than he will surveying the damage from the storm, and this will all be funded by New York's taxpayers.

NYC Public Advocate Letitia James burned through nearly all of the more than $ 750,000 in taxpayer matching funds in a lopsided race against a poorly funded opponent — spending $ 500,000 on a single Election Day expenditure, public records show.

Turnbull announced new measures and an independent agency to manage and monitor work expenses and adjudicate all claims by the lawmakers, as well as ministers, «to ensure taxpayer funds are properly spent.»

[29] Reed focused on bringing attention to wasteful government spending and supported budget amendments that saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by eliminating government funding for projects, including a sewer system in Tijuana, Mexico.

The embattled library board was dismantled in July after eight trustees opposed firing library director Thomas Galante, who spent $ 27,000 of his mostly taxpayer - funded salary to pay for lavish office renovations, among other things.

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But those Republicans say that spending public funds on political campaigns is a waste of taxpayer money.

By ensuring that no additional public funds are spent to complete the Memorial and Museum, today's agreement puts in place a critical and long overdue safeguard to finally protect toll payers and taxpayers from bearing further costs, and, at the same time, put the project on a path for completion.»

Chris Grayling, shadow home secretary, spending thousands of taxpayers» funds on renovating a flat 17 miles from his family home, despite already owning three London properties outright.

The Tories insist they plan to introduce «a tough new approach to ensure that every penny of aid funded by the British taxpayer is spent wisely».

Brown confirmed that he is spending his own money, not taxpayer dollars, to help fund a bus from Buffalo to the «March for Our Lives» protest on March 24 in Washington, D.C..

Both candidates this year chose to participate in the state's public financing program, meaning that they are limited in what they can spend on their own races to the $ 6.2 million taxpayer - funded grant they received through the Citizens Election Program.

The candidates are spending much of their time raising money to collect $ 250,000 in small contributions and qualify for millions in taxpayer campaign funds.

The $ 25.6 billion funding agreement, which came in the final hours of extended budget talks in Albany, will see statewide education spending grow by $ 1.1 billion, while taxpayers will continue to see their support for schools capped at 2 percent.

That's because campaign spending in New York is closely regulated by strict and comparably low contribution limits — even lower for anyone with business before the city — and with a public financing system that offers matching funds from taxpayers to candidates who opt in and follow further fundraising rules.

ALBANY — The taxpayer - funded tab to deal with a federal probe of state lawmakers» outside pay, which on Thursday resulted in the arrest of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, has surpassed $ 1.6 million, spending records show.

New Jersey's newly minted Democratic governor spent $ 13,000 of taxpayer funds to create an office for his wife, who has no constitutional role in state government, down the hall from his own.

County Executive Steve Bellone signed a $ 2.7 billion spending plan last Monday, after the Legislature decided to use nearly $ 33 million from the county's sewer stabilization fund, a reserve account created when Suffolk County taxpayers first approved the Drinking Water Protection Program via referendum in 1987.

The appropriation brings the total amount of taxpayer funds spent on sinkhole - related issues to over $ 10 million.

«While Gov. Walker spends millions of taxpayer dollars making it harder for working families to put food on the table, Wisconsin communities continue to struggle with crumbling roads, school funding cuts and economic uncertainty,» Democratic Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling tweeted on Tuesday.