Sentences with phrase «what taxpayer funded»

Part of the goal is to post an online spending report card, or dashboard, which will make it clear what taxpayer funded projects are working and which are failing.

Not exact matches

Despite what many people think, the FHA does not (normally) use taxpayer - derived funds to insure home loans.

What kind of incentive do you give someone who drinks, smokes, eats excessive fatty foods, doesn't exercise and says they can live the way they want and they want government funded (taxpayer money) to pay for their healthcare.

What isn't in dispute is who will foot the bill for the expected legal battle between the two units of local government, both funded by Vernon Hills taxpayers.

On the issue of regulated fares, he said the government must strike a balance between what taxpayers must pay in terms of state funding for the railways, and what passengers should pay for their improved service.

Welcome them, starting today with Mr. Sampson and Mr. Silver, to the New York Hall of Shame, where we'll take a glance at what the leaders and all this region's legislators are doing in the middle of a budget crisis — by their own account on their taxpayer - funded websites.

In what was a win for the state and a win for vulnerable New Yorkers, the MRT found $ 34.3 billion in savings for taxpayers, with Medicaid Redesign Team Program funding subsidizing supportive housing.

If he using the campaign funds to pay for housing in Albany, that is exactly what Vlasto said he was doing — using the campaign money rather than taxpayer dollars for his per - diem.

Between the fall of 2015 and 2016, Barnhart's opponent in the Democratic primary, Assemblyman Harry Bronson, littered mailboxes with $ 66,000 in taxpayer - funded mailers promoting himself and his beliefs — a fivefold increase over what the lawmaker had spent over the previous 12 months in a non-election year.

What it didn't announce was that two - thirds enrolled in the taxpayer - funded Medicaid program — not the private health - insurance exchanges.

Senate Democratic official added: «There are no plans to print this at the taxpayers expense because it won't allow us to use public funds for political purposes to retake the Senate, which is what most of what our public funds are used for.»

«I think what I mean is we have a problem in this state in terms of how schools are funded and how much onus there is on property taxpayers from districts,» she said in that Albany news conference that called for state school aid in the state budget.

Here's what you need to know about the fund balance, and why taxpayers may be better off because the town hasn't accumulated a large fund balance.

I don't know what the Moreland Commission is going to recommend — there's 24 other people and very diverse opinions on there — but what we've learned is that although there would be a funding source from taxpayers to finance public elections in the state of New York for Assembly, Senate, Governor, Attorney General, etc, the savings ultimately would be astronomical in the long run.

Despite the group taking taxpayer money, the ERG has long refused to list its members — with Fernandes repeatedly declining to do so in what many described as a «car crash» Channel 4 News interview, hours after openDemocracy revealed that her organisation was funded by taxpayer cash.

Among Parker's chief concerns with the agreement, however, is a hefty $ 32 million in county - funded capital projects, which she fears would put a heavy burden on taxpayers, but also what she characterizes as a concerning profit - sharing arrangement.

Well, that's exactly what is slated to happen at Solar City's $ 750 million, taxpayer funded, Riverbend factory in Buffalo.

«It's not sustainable, and what they do is they keep pushing the cost down to the local taxpayer, saying, «We cut at the state level», which is true, but somehow it has to get funded, which really pits the taxpayer against the school district,» Brown said.

What are they going to do to overhaul the state watchdogs who are being funded by taxpayers and who have done little, or nothing, to attack Albany's ethics problems?

Morinello, a retired Niagara Falls city judge, said if he wins the election, «All municipalities, school districts, not - for - profits and taxpayers will be notified of what funds or grants are available and the process by which they can apply.

The state comptroller moved this week to limit payments by the taxpayer - funded state - employes» health plan for what he described as «outrageously expensive specialty drugs» — which can cost the plan $ 1,000 per prescription, even though he said they're just combinations of inexpensive nonprescription drugs.

Both candidates this year chose to participate in the state's public financing program, meaning that they are limited in what they can spend on their own races to the $ 6.2 million taxpayer - funded grant they received through the Citizens Election Program.

As attorney general, Cuomo exposed what he described as systemic pension fund abuses in which government contractors — including lawyers and doctors for school districts across the state — wrongfully had themselves listed as employees in order to collect taxpayer - funded pensions.

«It's worthy, since they are the taxpayers funding this program in the first place, that we step back and really listen to what they are saying to us.»

In particular, what do we want of those banks in receipt of taxpayer funding?

But the private law firm representing Antonacci (paid for by county taxpayers) is fighting with the county attorney's office (taxpayer - funded and controlled by Mahoney) over what information the county should turn over to all parties in the case.

'' We've seen what happens to the economy and taxpayers when hedge funds operate without controls; New Yorkers can't afford to have the pension managed the same way.

Because of public concern about using taxpayer funds to educate non-Danes, the universities also want to know where international students go and what jobs they get.

A much better way to go about all of this is to be up front and honest about what the United States will and will not fund with taxpayer money.

Shifting to a model of education funding that allows taxpayers to choose what forms of education they will financially support with their own money would likely reduce social conflict over these programs.

He told me that as someone who accepts taxpayer - funded grants to support his work, he feels obligated to be clear about what he does.

And if not, what happens to funds that taxpayers have already spent on private, religious education?

While Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy was one of the original plaintiffs in the case, upon being sworn in as Governor Dannel Malloy, the self - described education proponent completely reversed his position and has spent that last five years wasting precious time and taxpayer funds in his concerted effort o delay, derail and destroy what is probably the most important Connecticut legal case in our lifetimes.

On schools, Walker said he trusts parents to choose schools for their children, foreshadowing what is expected to be his planned expansion of the taxpayer - funded voucher program.

What if one day of teaching could earn you a five - figure - per - year taxpayer - funded pension?

As noted, there is no question that parents have the right to send their children to private schools, but we taxpayers don't directly pay the costs associated with parochial and other private schools, and we shouldn't be forced to syphon off scarce taxpayer funds in order to pay for schools like Achievement First, schools that fail to meet the most basic criteria of what makes a public school — public.

What a waste of taxpayer funds to build these beautiful new buildings with state of the art equipment that will go unused.

«The only way to ensure teachers receive what they're promised and that today's students receive the funding taxpayers expect is to pay down what we already owe and promise newly hired teachers sustainable and competitive retirement packages.»

No matter what you call it, vouchers take dollars away from our public schools to fund private schools at taxpayers» expense with little to no regard for our students.»

The law also does not require private schools to disclose what kinds of teachers they employ (and no teacher need have more than a high school diploma) and how well their students are faring in their classrooms unless they have more than 25 students who use the taxpayer - funded vouchers.

Taxpayers in this town have no say over how our exorbitantly high dollars are being used to fund the incestuous relationship between Achievement First and NHPS.And since there seems to be no oversight or public input int the decisions made by our so called public school system we're forced to watch this corporation privatize what should at its core be a public good.

To eliminate RESC's would be disastrous for Connecticut's schools, so it is important to see Malloy's budget scam for what it is — simply dumping responsibility to fully fund the Regional Education Service Centers onto the backs of local taxpayers.

The Baltimore City school administrators who never raised a cent on their own and could never claim «I built that» even if it came to a teachers» lounge, recently wasted over $ 500,000 in public funds (that's taxpayer money) on expensive local hotel suites, lavish dinners and even wings at Hooters for students «because that was what they wanted,» and The Sun was so outraged by their indefensible waste of taxpayer money that it was called a «distraction» in an editorial.

What he failed to explain at that big press conference was that while taxpayer are on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in new borrowing to pay for the construction of new magnet schools, Malloy failed to provide the funding needed to actually open the school and fill the classrooms.

As governor of Indiana, Mike Pence accomplished what his new boss, President - elect Donald Trump, now wants to do nationwide: expand taxpayer - funded vouchers and charter schools to give more parents choices beyond traditional public schools.

So what exactly are they getting in exchange for their cold, hard cash (and some taxpayer funds in the form of incentives that drop the net price into the mid-high-20s, depending on state)?

In the interview with Andrea Felsted and Robert Budden, Daunt is quoted as asking, «What proportion of jobs do they create in a warehouse relative to the number they destroy on the immediate high streets around them, and why is the taxpayer funding this destruction?

Despite what many people think, the FHA does not (normally) use taxpayer - derived funds to insure home loans.

As government - funded companies, this meant taxpayers would have to bail out both companies in a time of crisis — which is exactly what happened during the Great Recession.

This action essentially eliminates the public's ability to know what is occurring in nearly 9,000 facilities across the U.S. including animal breeders, dealers, exhibitors, transporters, and taxpayer - funded animal research facilities.