Sentences with phrase «top budget official»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to separate the state's tax rates from the federal rates to keep New Yorkers from a $ 1.5 billion income tax increase, the Democrat's top budget official testified Thursday during a budget hearing.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to separate the state's tax rates from the federal rates to keep New Yorkers from a $ 1.5 billion income tax increase, the Democrat's top budget official testified Thursday during a budget hearing.

Health Care in an Aging Society Mr. James C. Capretta, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), was an Associate Director at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2001 to 2004, where he was the top budget official for health care, Social Security, education, and welfare programs.

He and the top budget officials in his administration have insisted tolls on the Thruway systemwide won't be increased after 2020 when a toll freeze ends in order to pay for the bridge.

Eliminating funding for 13 Education Department programs this fiscal year was a political success that freed up $ 77 million — and is part of a trend that is likely to continue, one of the department's top budget officials says.

Not exact matches

Top administration officials including Vice President Mike Pence and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney gave assurances on Thursday that Trump would sign the bill, which cleared both chambers of Congress that day.

De Blasio's top housing official noted in a letter to Cuomo's office Monday that the state hasn't released $ 200 million for city public housing from last year's budget.

The only thing clear from the day's appearances by top state officials at a joint Assembly and Senate fiscal hearing was that Cuomo's tuition plan is in store for some changes once budget negotiations begin in earnest in coming weeks.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top budget and tax officials on Monday unveiled the details of the administration's plans to create a payroll tax and expand the charitable deduction, all as a workaround for a $ 10,000 cap on state and local deductions.

The Senate on Wednesday said some top government officials have refused to honour invitations over 2018 budget.

Cuomo is going to Puerto Rico today with top state officials in his administration, including Secretary Melissa DeRosa, Budget Director Robert Mujica and New York State Power Authority President and CEO Gil Quiniones.

It was a period peppered by yelling matches between top officials, a series of «framework» budget deals that collapsed and, sticking to Albany's spring tradition, much confusion.

Ms. Ferreras said that limits the council's budget oversight role, which includes holding hearings on the proposed budget with agency heads and top city officials.

Top State University of New York officials say they want a tuition freeze at the state's colleges and universities, and are asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature to adequately fund SUNY in the budget so that they don't have to raise rates for students.

Pork barrel spending flourishes throughout the budget bills, and the final deal includes the creation of a commission intended to pave the way for a pay hike for legislators and top state officials.

Top State University of New York officials say they want a tuition freeze at the state's colleges and universities, and are asking Governor Cuomo and the state legislature to adequately fund SUNY in the budget so that they don't have to raise rates for students.

Some of New York City's top cultural organizations are cutting staff, facing budget shortfalls and soaking up taxpayer money — yet their top officials rake in millions of dollars in compensation.

New York projects it will double the amount of tax breaks offered under the Start - Up NY program, budget documents show, even as state lawmakers grilled a top economic development official over making the program more transparent.

In his second weekend trip to the Capitol in as many months, de Blasio rallied Democratic lawmakers to shield the city budget from cost shifts proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, telling a luncheon filled with top CUNY officials that he was there with them «in common cause.»

Officials from the New York Farm Bureau discussed the group's top state legislative priorities and its response to the governor's executive budget during a conference call this morning.

Marcos Crespo (D - Bronx), and other top state officials including New York Power Authority president and chief executive Gil Quinones, state Budget Director Robert Mujica, and Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Roger Parrino.

Savino raised the issue on Thursday in the joint legislative health budget hearing in Albany, telling Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top health officials she is opposed to granting more licenses to manufacture medical marijuana.

Leaders in the social - justice, nonprofit and activism sectors made up a disproportionate share of those appointed to help the mayor - elect choose top administrative officials, advise on policy ideas and even help guide his approach to the budget.

Democratic congressional members along with top New York state elected officials are blasting the Republican budget bill that narrowly passed the House Thursday.

A top Cuomo administration official called GE's chief financial officer in early June, after the company called Connecticut's budget proposal «truly discouraging.»

In his place, the Cuomo administration installed Mary Beth Labate, a top SUNY official who spent a year leading the state's Division of the Budget.

«I want to focus on what will be a recurring theme of these hearings — ensuring that the City budget is fair, transparent, and accountable to New Yorkers,» said Council Speaker Corey Johnson, in his opening statement, kicking off the series of hearings at which agency heads and top city officials will present to the Council their funding priorities for the next fiscal year while defending their programs and practices.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration sent the state's top education officials a letter Thursday warning that he plans to use his influence over the budget to pursue an aggressive legislative agenda to fix what he calls an underperforming school system hobbled by bureaucracy.

As part of efforts by the Cuomo Administration to build support for the budget, Hoyt and other top administration officials are delivering similar briefings in all 150 of the state's Assembly districts.

Top state officials say it's going to be another difficult year for the state budget.

Paterson and his top officials eventually met with the delegation, with the governor saying their frustrations should be directed toward Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has not had substantive negotiations with Paterson over the budget in some time.

He cited a letter from Cuomo's budget director, Robert Mujica, that suggested such executive branch leaders should get around $ 240,000, which is what top state officials in California earn.

In spite of that, the tentative budget for 2018 includes astronomical raises for top town officials including raises for members of the board and supervisor.

A top official of the EFCC confided in Saturday PUNCH that although Jibrin's petition bothered on the 2016 budget, funds had not been released for the projects allegedly inserted in the budget.

Top state transportation officials in the Cuomo administration failed to provide funds in this year's budget to replace the aging locomotives, even as the existing fleet is breaking down more frequently, and experts in the DOT have recommended replacement.

If passed into law, the federal budget for 2011 that lawmakers will vote on this week will harm key efforts in daily weather forecasting, search - and - rescue operations, and long - term weather prediction, says a top U.S. government official.

But NIH officials say the subject is sure to come up later this month, when Varmus and his top aides meet to begin mapping out their 2001 budget request.

In her job as the district's top business official, Ms. Zuber, 43, deals in the world of school finance, handling everything from payroll to budgeting to insurance.

Just last week, the governor of New York sent the state's top education officials a letter warning that he plans to use his influence over the budget by pursuing an aggressive legislative agenda to fix an ailing school system hobbled by bureaucracy.

The dollars were modest compared to the school system's multibillion - dollar annual budget, but school district officials said the Race to the Top grant could have provided critical services as well as additional jobs.

If the administration signs off on the $ 2.2 million transfer from charter schools to the vo - techs, it would then need to be approved by the Finance Advisory Committee, a panel of top state officials responsible for giving final approval to inter-agency budget transfers.

A N.C. General Assembly budget mandate to fire certain North Carolina public education officials would target Republican rivals» allies and the top staffer in the State Board of Education, N.C. Policy Watch has learned.

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