Sentences with phrase «taxpayer funded resources»

Not exact matches

State pension funds, facing a potential multitrillion - dollar shortfall, find themselves in the center of a four - way battle: Employees and retirees expect to be paid their promised benefits; the pension systems have clear obligations but may not have the resources to pay them; politicians are looking for ways to resolve the underfunding and balance the burden among retirees and workers; and state taxpayers, challenged to provide for their own retirements, resent the additional tax load.

Secretary of the Senate Angelo Aponte briefed reporters at the Capitol today on the chamber's new guidelines for the use of taxpayer - funded media — including everything from bulk mailings to Websites — and insisted the majority is striving for an equitable distribution of resources.

Senate Republicans in the past year have blocked a public financing measure that was introduced by Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, saying a taxpayer - funded system is too expensive and a poor use of resources.

Also at noon, Laura Curran, Democratic Candidate for Nassau County executive, will pledge to end the county practice of having signs and other taxpayer - funded resources branded with the county executive's name, Grant Park, 1625 Broadway, Hewlett.

Singas, a Democrat, in September had asked the ethics board to weigh in on the use of taxpayer resources to fund mailings that promote elected officials» re-election campaigns.

«We must find more ways to protect taxpayers and create good jobs, ensure access to quality, affordable health care for all New Yorkers, ensure voting rights, protect women's rights, ensure our education system receives the resources it deserves, repair and fully fund our decaying infrastructure and MTA, and stand up for vulnerable communities under attack by the Trump administration.»

Senate Republicans continue to oppose the creation of a statewide campaign finance system funded by taxpayers, which would needlessly divert resources away from our schools, infrastructure and initiatives to provide tax relief for hardworking families.»

(«The overwhelming sentiment in my district is that we should not use taxpayer resources to fund higher education for undocumented immigrants at a time when our state's universities and community colleges are already woefully underfunded,» O'Brien explained in a statement after the vote.)

«We are writing on behalf of New York City to urge that the upcoming Continuing Resolution include adequate funds to reimburse the City for the extraordinary amount of resources New York City taxpayers are providing to protect President - elect Donald J. Trump and his family,» de Blasio and Mark - Viverito wrote in a letter to congressional leaders being sent today.

John Ryan, counsel to GOP Commissioner Louis Savinetti, said «the expenditure of resources by the Board of Elections in an anticipation of a potential reversal of the Supreme Court order would be illegal and a waste of taxpayer funds.»

The use of taxpayer - funded resources to benefit a political campaign is prohibited by state Public Officers Law.

«We must find more ways to protect taxpayers and create good jobs, ensure access to quality, affordable healthcare for all New Yorkers, protect women's rights, ensure our education system receives the resources it deserves, repair and fully fund our decaying infrastructure and MTA, and stand up for vulnerable communities under attack by the Trump Administration,» she said.

She said there «really should never be a question» when an elected official uses «taxpayer - funded resources» to gain favors for themselves and their family.

Last year, when Hein announced that the county would provide public electric car charging stations, Auerbach pointed out that it was illegal to provide public resources — in this case taxpayer - funded electricity — for free.

But the National Science Foundation told ScienceInsider that they nixed the call because using «taxpayer - funded communications resources and staff time to promote or endorse a commercial enterprise was inappropriate.»

The statement concludes: «There is no reasonable rationale for using taxpayer funds to build more charter schools until and unless the federal government provides resources to build and renovate our traditional public schools, especially in underfunded and overcrowded urban districts, proportional to the number of students currently enrolled in them.»

If «poor kids can't learn» given the lavish resources present in our former Abbott districts, and a teaching force that either can not or need not be improved, why should the good taxpayers of New Jersey continue to fund this dysfunction?

Just last August, Superintendent Quesnel told the Middletown Patch news outlet that, «The East Hartford Public Schools are utilizing Alliance District funding [the extra state taxpayer funds his town was given] to support early literacy — particularly for getting needed materials for students in grades K - 2... These resources provide Common Core aligned instruction that help students reach grade level by Grade 3.»

• There is no reasonable rationale for using taxpayer funds to build more charter schools until and unless the federal government provides resources to build and renovate our traditional public schools, especially in underfunded and overcrowded urban districts, proportional to the number of students currently enrolled in them.

CABE and CAPSS are two examples of groups that are funded in large part by taxpayer funds but rather than spend their resources protecting Connecticut's public school students, parents, teachers, school administrators and taxpayers they are kowtowing to an increasingly unpopular governor and his increasingly unpopular so - called «education reforms.»

«Your history of support for policies that would drain valuable taxpayer resources from our public schools and funnel those funds to unaccountable private and for - profit education operators may well disqualify you from such a central role in public education,» Warren wrote.

Sure, the city could use animal control resources, and taxpayer funds, to trap the harmless animals and take them to their city shelter where they would likely be killed.

When the opposite occurs, animal care resource deserts emerge, and this lack of access has a profound impact on the well - being of a community, from public health and safety to taxpayer dollars that fund animal services set up to respond to community animal problems.

The work performed by Anthony, with limited resources should have been performed by the «public servants» themselves, who are funded by vast taxpayer resources, and do not appear to have been performing anything resembling «normal» science.

I do not agree with this point about the procedural importance of pleadings, not least because I have frequently seen self - represented taxpayers have pleadings struck for inadequacies of this nature, and what is sauce for the self - represented goose is surely even more appropriate to the well - resourced, taxpayer - funded gander.

«The impact is that, through no fault of their own, people who are unrepresented take up more court time and more taxpayer - funded resources to go through the system.»

«Ms. Gratl's tactic and strategy has caused an unnecessary duplication of effort of counsel, unnecessary extra court attendances and a significant consumption of court and counsel's resources and taxpayer funding,» said Campbell, in his decision C.A.S. of the R.M. of W. v C.T. and J.B., 2017 ONSC 3188.

WASHINGTON — Ignoring the outsized need for family planning resources and turning a blind eye to the looming and near - immediate threat of the Zika virus, a House subcommittee passed a bill that prohibits funding for the nation's only dedicated source of federal funding for family planning services, eliminates the evidence - based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, and proposes wasting millions in taxpayer dollars by funding ineffective abstinence - only education.