Sentences with phrase «state member item funding»

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So firm was Lopez's hold on his Democrat - dominated borough that elected officials and would - be elected officials alike would routinely make the pilgrimage to the taxpayer - funded Ridgewood - Bushwick Senior Center picnic he threw every year, and those with the power to do so approved hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of NYC and state member items that the assemblyman used to build his senior services empire.

The State and Municipal Facilities Aid slush fund apparently isn't subject to the added disclosure and accountability guidelines applied to standard pork barrel «member items» at the recommendation of then - Attorney General Cuomo in 2008.

The federal investigation follows subpoenas issued by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to the nonprofit Parent Information Network Inc., which is run by Huntley's daughter, Pamela Corley, according to the Associated Press, and received $ 400,000 in member item funding from the state Assembly between 1993 and 2008 and another $ 30,000 from Huntley in 2008.

Tedisco's bill requires all member items, discretionary funds, and so - called «lump sum payments», which are controlled by the Speaker of the Assembly, Senate Majority Leader and Governor and negotiated in many instances behind closed doors, be made public and fully transparent within the state budget.

That investigation exposed a nonprofit set up by, as the AG's press release put it, «a New York state senator,» which allegedly funneled about $ 30,000 in member item funds to those associated with it, including the senator's aide and an individual who shares a residence with the senator.

Those accounts were partially funded by member item grants administered through the Empire State Development Corporation and the Office of Children and Family Services, which were intended to provide educational and recreational opportunities to children and senior citizens in the Bronx.

Gov. David Paterson began the policy of removing new member items from the state budget, and Cuomo has continued that push by now allowing new earmarked spending (Though old member items remain in the spending plan for as long as they are funded).

A nonprofit funded with hundreds of thousands of dollars secured by state Sen. Adriano Espaillat through legislative «member items» quietly wound down last year and threw its four paid staffers out of work.

Eric Stevenson, a first - term state senator representing East Tremont and other neighborhoods in the south Bronx, said he'd planned to give his expected $ 100,000 in member item money to local tutoring and after - school programs and a cash - strapped little league, some of the same organizations that his predecessor, Michael Benjamin, had funded over the years.

What used to be called «member items» is now called SAM (State and Municipal funding).

Cabrera has slammed Rivera for what he claims is a failure to bring capital funds for schools and playgrounds back to the district, even though state legislators don't receive the individualized disbursements of public cash (often called member items) that Council members do.

* In the third case, the Empire Center argues the City Council violated state law when it failed to comply with a March 1, 2010 FOIL request for information about the Council's «discretionary» funding, also known as initiative - based or member - item grants.

A single sentence in this year's state budget intended to help fund member items was also responsible for holding up roughly $ 20 million in federal aid to the state Conservation Fund, letters from the Cuomo administration's legal counsel sfund member items was also responsible for holding up roughly $ 20 million in federal aid to the state Conservation Fund, letters from the Cuomo administration's legal counsel sFund, letters from the Cuomo administration's legal counsel show.

That's almost exactly two years after McLaughlin pleaded guilty to stealing $ 2.2 million in cash, carks and perks — both as a state lawmaker (he even bilked a little league team out of taxpayer - funded member item money) and as president of the New York City Central Labor Council.

As you all know, Member Items and Capital Funds were the only way that a State Legislator used to be able to help those struggling groups such as little leagues, senior centers, schools, and not - for profit organizations in their districts.

The hospital received a $ 2,000 member item as recently as 2013 administered by the state Department of Health, part of more than $ 13.6 million in state funding flowing to the medical center since 2009, according to public records.

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 Servstate legislative earmarks, so - called member item funds, administered by the Empire State Development Corporation and the state Office of Children and Family ServState Development Corporation and the state Office of Children and Family Servstate Office of Children and Family Services.

Last year, state lawmakers received nearly $ 148 million in discretionary funds, also known as member items or «pork,» to distribute in their districts.

Other budget items are bold rebuttals to the Trump administration: a $ 10 million investment to create an immigrant legal aid fund and a new provision allowing union members to deduct their dues on state income taxes.

Member items: An undercover investigation focused on one small New York City storefront that appears to house several interconnected non-profit groups that receive state funding for medical services.

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.

Laurie Cumbo Cumbo, the incumbent, was moved to run for office in 2013 after criticizing the state ending allocation of member items, or funds that state Senate senators and Assembly members got to dole out to nonprofit organizations, like the one she founded.

As part of their Joint Task Force on Public Integrity, the Offices of the Attorney General and State Comptroller previously indicted then - Senator Huntley and three individuals associated with the Parent Workshop, Inc., a nonprofit set up by former Senator Huntley that funneled member item funds intended to benefit the public to the senator's aide and to the senator's niece.

While it was first funded as part of the 2013 - 14 state budget, lawmakers are just now offering details about the earmarking process — which in its previous iteration, called member items, went away in 2010.

Much of the testimony by Victor E. Franco, a New York State Assembly staff member, focused on the budgetary process and Mr. Silver's power to approve discretionary funding, known as member items, like Health Department grants.

After studying this chapter, you will be able to: Explain the basic nature of a joint stock company as a form of business organisation and the various kinds of companies based on liability of their members Describe the types of shares issued by a company Explain the accounting treatment of shares issued at par, at premium and at discount including oversubsription Outline the accounting for forfeiture of shares and reissue of forfeited shares under varying situations Workout the amounts to be transferred to capital reserve when forfeited shares are reissued; and prepare share forfeited account State the meaning of debenture and explain the difference between debentures and shares Describe various types of debentures; Record the journal entries for the issue of debentures at par, at a discount and at premium Explain the concept of debentures issued for consideration other than cash and the accounting thereof Explain the concept of issue of debentures as a collateral security and the accounting thereof Show the items relating to issue of debentures in company's balance sheet Describe the methods of writing - off discount / loss on issue of debentures Explain the methods of redemption of debentures and the accounting thereof Explain the concept of sinking fund, its use for redemption of debentures and the accounting thereof Topic List Features of a Company Kinds of Companies Share Capital of a Company Nature and Classes of Shares Issue of Shares Accounting Treatment Forfeiture of Shares Meaning of Debentures Types of Debentures Issue of Debentures Over Subscription Terms of Issue of Debentures Interest on Debentures Writing - off Discount / Loss on Issue of Debentures Redemption of Debentures Redemption by Payment in Lump Sum Sinking Fund Mefund, its use for redemption of debentures and the accounting thereof Topic List Features of a Company Kinds of Companies Share Capital of a Company Nature and Classes of Shares Issue of Shares Accounting Treatment Forfeiture of Shares Meaning of Debentures Types of Debentures Issue of Debentures Over Subscription Terms of Issue of Debentures Interest on Debentures Writing - off Discount / Loss on Issue of Debentures Redemption of Debentures Redemption by Payment in Lump Sum Sinking Fund MeFund Method