Sentences with phrase «state legislative earmarks»

The funds Gardner is accused of stealing came at least partially from state legislative earmarks, so - called member item funds, administered by the Empire State Development Corporation and the state Office of Children and Family Services.

Not exact matches

For example, as POLITICO reported early Friday, there's another $ 385 million for the State and Municipal Facilities (SAM) earmarking initiative, which has been derided by critics on the left and right as a «pork» program akin to legislative member items.

The two have established a joint investigative task force to investigate government spending, including projects funded with legislative earmarks, plus state contracts and pension fraud.

ALBANY — Except for an occasional break to rest his hand, Gov. David A. Paterson spent most of Thursday vetoing thousands of legislative earmarks as lawmakers prepared to depart for the Fourth of July holiday with the state's budget incomplete and negotiations at a near halt.

During his gubernatorial campaign, Cuomo said the member item process needed «dramatic reform,» and said any legislative earmarks should be posted online before funding was approved in the state budget.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted legislative earmarks during campaigns, investigated them as attorney general and promised in 2012 that he would banish them from the state budget.

ALBANY — After they were excluded from the first years of a new legislative earmark program, Democrats in the State Senate are preparing lists of projects they hope might receive support.