McMahon says that while all of the closures announced so far will save around $ 90 million dollars, something he calls a «rounding error» in the $ 135 billion dollar state budget, he says it does represent a bigger portion of what is called
the state operations budget.
And the comptroller also calls for more details when it comes to the cuts to
the state operations budget.
After the revenue bill was approved by a 98 - 33 vote, the house turned to
a state operations budget bill that passed in 13 minutes.
Not exact matches
Michael has managed over 1,000 staff and contractors with a
budget in excess of US$ 150m, with responsibility as site registered manager during construction, commissioning, ramp up through to steady
state operation.
«After more than a decade combatting violent extremists and conducting contingency
operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and most recently Syria, [the Defense Department] has prioritized the rebalancing of its forces in recent
budget requests to build and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevail across a full range of potential contingencies,»
states a Government Accountability Office report released in June.
Correction: An earlier version of this article
stated that Walker's proposal would ax or redirect 40 % of NASA's
budget and
operations.
Given the looming March 1 deadline for across - the - board sequestration which would reduce
State Department
operations by $ 850 million and foreign assistance by $ 1.7 billion, the US» chief diplomat used his speech to defend the foreign policy
budget against spending cuts, portraying foreign affairs as the guarantor of American economic prosperity.
«the rates of assessment for peacekeeping
operations should be based on the scale of assessments for the regular
budget of the United Nations, with an appropriate and transparent system of adjustments based on levels of Member
States».
The
state GOP's rapid response
operation at the Democratic convention was a decidedly low
budget affair.
Cuomo said that businesses in his Start - Up NY tax - break program should continue reporting to the
state on how many jobs they create and how much money they invest in their
operations, despite the requirement being eliminated by the
budget he recently signed into law.
«PEF remains willing to work with this governor to achieve the savings in
state operations necessary to balance this
budget,» said PEF President Kenneth Brynien.
The
state's major economic development agencies (DED, UDC, NYSTAR) did have their
state operations and local assistance appropriations reduced by a total of $ 39.4 million -LRB--26.6 %) compared to the SFY 2009
budget.
The
budget invests savings achieved through the right - sizing of
State youth facilities and local detention
operations into community - based programs that better meet the needs of troubled youth.
This
budget proposal will empower the
state commissioner of the department of motor vehicles (DMV) to «approve demonstrations and tests consisting of the
operation of a motor vehicle equipped with autonomous vehicle technology while such motor vehicle is engaged in the use of such technology on public highways within this
state.»
Cuomo has now made it crystal clear that he will won't hesitate to force the Legislature into accepting his
budget in the absence of an «amicable» deal by putting it into an extender and forcing lawmakers to choose between adopting his plan as - is and shutting down all but essential
state operations.
«In a sworn affidavit that is part of the paperwork, Assistant District Attorney Eric Seidel
states that in an interview on March 12, Haggerty acknowledged that «he did not disclose to Mayor Bloomberg, his agents, and campaign employees that he was going to keep the money that was
budgeted for election day ballot security
operation for himself, because if he did, he would not have received the money.»»
Since April 1, when the 2010 - 11
budget was due, Paterson has been sending lawmakers weekly appropriations to pay for the bare necessities of
state operations.
The attorney general, days from being named the Democratic candidate for governor and under fire for not taking a
budget stand, will also announce a position on Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch's idea to borrow $ 2 billion a year for the next three years to fund day - to - day
state operations.
He did, however, successfully lobby the
state for extra funding after a $ 55 million
budget gap was revealed in the school's 2013 and 2014 financial
operations — roughly 6 percent of the city's overall
budget.
«The purpose of the New York
State Budget is to provide funding for the core and fundamental
operations of New York
State government,» Jacobs said.
«I am confident that the 10 percent reduction can be achieved without requiring new closures of
state parks or historic site by reevaluating our
operations to identify additional efficiencies, eliminating redundancies, and examining how savings from actions taken in the current fiscal year will help in in the next fiscal year,» said Andy Beers, acting commissioner of the Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation, before a joint legislative
budget committee this morning.
A day after approving emergency short - term measures to fund the government's
operations for two months, legislation to adopt a year - long, final $ 160 billion
state budget began to be made public Tuesday evening.
The group says more powers given to various
state agencies would potentially threaten NYRA's
budget and
operations.
By keeping
state operations spending growth at 2 percent, the budget hole is closer to $ 1.8 billion.As expected, the governor tucked into the budget non-monetary initiatives, such as new sexual harassment policies, the codification of abortion rights in state law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State add
state operations spending growth at 2 percent, the
budget hole is closer to $ 1.8 billion.As expected, the governor tucked into the
budget non-monetary initiatives, such as new sexual harassment policies, the codification of abortion rights in
state law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State add
state law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3
State of the State add
State of the
State add
State address.
MADISON, WIS. - President Obama thrust himself and his political
operation this week into Wisconsin's broiling
budget battle, mobilizing opposition Thursday to a Republican bill that would curb public - worker benefits and planning similar protests in other
state capitals.
Day
stated that he believed that taking and repurposing an existing county position is both a
budget - conscious way to bring increased accountability to the
budget process and the day - to - day financial
operations of the county, and that with his modifications it will be the kind of strong and independent voice of rational fiscal thought the county clearly needs.
In the short - term, the House refused to vote Thursday on Malloy's so - called «mini
budget» that would have funded
state operations for the next 90 days.
But the
budget process is often regarded as the time of maximum urgency and leverage, when the continued
operation of
state government — and legislators» continued paychecks — hang in the balance.
The new
state budget removes a requirement that businesses participating in the Start - Up NY tax - break program report annually on how many jobs they've created and how much money they've invested in their
operations,
state officials confirmed Thursday.
Cuomo's
budget also settles another question posed by some Republican lawmakers and health insurance industry officials in recent months: how exactly the
state would pay for the continued
operations of its health insurance exchange, which must become self - sustaining this year, but hasn't yet generated enough revenue to fund its roughly $ 150 million in annual operating costs.
Saladino and Nevin worked together for years in Albany when Saladino was a
state assemblyman and Nevin was a
budget analyst, director of
operations for Republicans and on the Assembly GOP campaign committee.
Executive
Budget proposes to amend Section 192 - h of the Agriculture and Markets Law to require that all retail gasoline outlets near I - 87, I - 90, I - 84, I - 88, I - 86 /
State Route 17, I - 81, I - 390 and I - 190 and evacuation routes be prewired for using a generator which is capable of providing adequate electricity for
operations.
Examples of the early successes of task force members include legally establishing its operating authority and scope of
operation in the
State Budget, requiring a study of re-use options of the Indian Point property, adding an additional $ 15 million to the
State's Power Plant Cessation Mitigation Fund starting in 2020, extending the timeline for payments from that fund, and authorizing the HendrickHudson School District to start a reserve fund to plan for future tax impacts.
He must spell out immediately his entire plan for enacting spending cuts in a series of weekly bills that are generally used to maintain
state operations in the absence of a fully approved
budget.
State Executive Branch operations account for less than 10 percent of the total state budget yet this is the only area the Governor continues to target for cuts.&r
State Executive Branch
operations account for less than 10 percent of the total
state budget yet this is the only area the Governor continues to target for cuts.&r
state budget yet this is the only area the Governor continues to target for cuts.»
With Ruben Diaz apparently sticking to his threat to withhold support for the emergency spending bills that have been keeping the government in
operation for the past two months while the legislature tries to craft an annual
budget (Pedro Espada has seemingly backed down), the
state is preparing for the possibility of its first - ever government shutdown.
For two years, lawmakers rubber - stamped
state budgets that undermined
state operations, and shortchanged localities and schools and they forfeited oversight responsibility on important public policy issues.
The New York
State Comptroller is out with an audit that shows the city of Troy's finances are in dire straits, thanks to poor
budgeting, the overuse of rainy day funds to fund day - to - day
operations, and insufficient funding for capital costs.
But McMahon raised serious doubts about Cuomo being able to limit
state operations spending to two percent without some cost shifting and other
budget r gimmickry, such as moving some
state government workers from the
operations budget to capital.
Language tucked into Cuomo's
budget plan would give the city 60 days after a declared transit emergency to appropriate an identical sum committed by the
state to fund «the capital costs of repairs and construction deemed essential to ensure the continued safe and effective
operation of such transit facilities.»
While
budgets often are concerned with the minutiae of
state operations, Mr. Cuomo's plan singled out some name - brand, nationally known locales — the subways, for one — which the governor said the city must help pay to repair or suffer hundreds of millions in withheld funds.
Chief among these issues were the upcoming 2014 Legislative Session and the 2014 - 15
state budget, which annually impacts county
operations and funding.
State Budget Director Bob Megna sent a harshly - worded letter to NYRA CEO Charlie Hayward today, questioning the racing association's ability to bring its operations into the black and calling for a complete review of its books by state Inspector General Ellen B
State Budget Director Bob Megna sent a harshly - worded letter to NYRA CEO Charlie Hayward today, questioning the racing association's ability to bring its
operations into the black and calling for a complete review of its books by
state Inspector General Ellen B
state Inspector General Ellen Biben.
According to David Friedfel, director of
state studies for the non-partisan, business - backed Citizens
Budget Commission, Cuomo in 2012 was given leeway to move money used for the
operation of
state agencies between accounts.
His
budget also increases the
state subsidy to New Jersey Transit by $ 242 million, giving the embattled agency a boost in aid after years of struggling to fund its
operations.
Cuomo and the Legislature had passed a
budget «extender» on Monday to keep
state operations running, but continued to negotiate throughout the week in order to put a full fiscal year
budget together.
Gov. Cuomo's proposed
budget redirects the cash to fund unspecified
state government
operations.
And
budget documents
stated that the Benderson center would serve as many meals this year as last, implying a full year of
operation, they say.
While the cost shifts still exist in Cuomo's
budget bills, the governor and
state operations director Jim Malatras on Thursday promised that CUNY would remain whole.
The Finnish Meteorological Institute's finances consisted of appropriations from the
State's
budget for the core activities and revenues from commercial services and co-funded
operations.