Sentences with phrase «state taxpayer money»

They also created a new policy that uses state taxpayer money to reimburse businesses for the increase in wages for teen workers.

That left room Thursday for Sen. Len Fasano, the Republican Senate leader, to say, wait a minute, if the tax changes weren't bad for GE and the company is bluffing, as Democrats claimed in June, «then why would Gov. Malloy offer them a lot of state taxpayer money in hopes they will stay?»

He said he doesn't have enough information to say whether a new sports arena - used by Syracuse University and financed with as much as $ 200 million in state taxpayer money - would be a good idea for the community or the state.

A source said AG Eric Schneiderman's office is probing Rivera's alleged misuse of state taxpayer money funneled to her crony - packed Bronx Council for Economic Development.

The resolution would alter or eliminate roughly a half - dozen of Cuomo's other proposed changes to the state's tax code, eliminating a proposed renters» tax credit and modifying a plan to merge bank and corporate franchises taxes to ensure the merger wouldn't cost state taxpayers any money.

State taxpayer money directed toward the Landmark Theatre, Upstate Medical University's Cord Blood Bank, and a recent bailout of Centro's bus services all come with his advocacy.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is not a fan of using state taxpayer money to pay for a new Milwaukee sports stadium.

The fact that the Paterson Administration continues to allow her reckless disregard for decency, public safety and misuse of state taxpayer money is a disgrace and undermines any shred of credibility they might have left.»

The speaker has presided over as hostile a workplace as one can imagine, dating back to 1995, when he arranged to pay a staffer $ 85,000 in state taxpayer money to settle a civil suit against the Assembly and Assemblyman Mark Alan Siegel after sexual harassment accusations.

Over the course of a two - week trial, prosecutors from the state attorney general's office made the case that Wills pocketed city and state taxpayer money.

The New York State United Teachers union denounced the plan as a power grab by Cuomo to funnel state taxpayer money to political supporters of the governor.

Opponents argued the proposal would use state taxpayer money to help families not following immigration laws instead of helping struggling taxpayers afford college.

Peterson refers to the voucher program in Milwaukee, in which students can use state taxpayer money to attend private, or religious schools.