Sentences with phrase «sum budget appropriations»

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State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said the state needs more accountability when giving out economic development funds, noting this year's budget again relies heavily on lump sum appropriations that have little oversight regarding their allocation.

New York's state's $ 168.3 billion budget reduces transparency and oversight measures, expands «back - door borrowing» and includes new lump - sum appropriations, according to a report released Friday by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

They include greater accountability measures for the awarding of government contracts, more transparency for «lump - sum» budget appropriations and expenditures, and limits on outside income for lawmakers.

«As set forth above, Silver was not required to disclose disbursements from the HCRA - Assembly Pool because the fund was, during its existence, off - budget or budgeted as a lump - sum appropriation whose ultimate beneficiaries were not required to be publicly disclosed.»

A report on the approved 2015 - 16 state budget issue on Tuesday by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli raise concerns with the amount of new debt being taken on by public authorities and the use of «lump - sum appropriations.»

At the same time, DiNapoli said the budget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to rely heavily and expand on lump sum appropriations for projects that are yet to be determined, a move that is at odds with the Budget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the prbudget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to rely heavily and expand on lump sum appropriations for projects that are yet to be determined, a move that is at odds with the Budget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the prBudget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the process.

DiNapoli's plan calls on the state to bring more transparency and accountability to state finances by eliminating discretionary lump sum appropriations, restricting «backdoor spending» by public authorities, requiring more disclosure of public authorities» spending and financing, and making the state budget more understandable and accessible.

Last year, an analysis by Citizens Union found $ 2.9 billion in «opaque» «lump sum» budget appropriations.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

(c) The sum of $ 500,000 appropriated in section 67 of public act 11 - 61 to the Department of Education, for OPEN Choice Program, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, shall not lapse on June 30, 2012, and such funds shall continue to be available for the purpose of funding a loan to the city of Bridgeport to be included in the budgeted appropriation for education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, for the city of Bridgeport during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.

Resolved, that the Superintendent, or designee, be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into a Lease Agreement with Landsman Development Corporation, 3 Townline Circle, Rochester, NY, to lease approximately 8,737 square feet of the four story building located at 30 Hart Street, Rochester, NY, (commonly known as the Family Learning Center), for the period March 1, 2018, or as soon thereafter as the Agreement is fully executed, through June 30, 2022, for a rental rate not to exceed Four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Two Dollars Fifty Four Cents ($ 4,732.54) per month, plus all additional charges under the Lease Agreement, including but not limited to Common Area Maintenance (CAM) charges, property taxes, utilities and repairs, for a sum not to exceed One Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Nine Dollars Seventy Five Cents ($ 1,479.75) per month, funded by the Department of Educational Facilities, contingent upon budget appropriations and contingent upon the form and terms of the Agreement being approved by Counsel to the District.