Sentences with phrase «reform activists»

Only then did electoral reform activists seize the opportunity of a lifetime and push for the referendum.

He is a media reform activist who works with many public interest groups.

That widespread sentiment is one of the principal reasons why the public funding of presidential campaigns, long a goal of campaign finance reform activists, is dying.

Over the last several years, a grass - roots campaign by criminal justice reform activists, former inmates and local politicians have held protests demanding that the jail complex be shut down.

This gave tremendous leverage to reform activists all over the country who were trying to get legislation passed that probably would not have passed otherwise.

The road ahead is not easy for electoral reform activists, but it is worth travelling.

Millennial tech entrepreneur Michael Tolkin came in third, with 4.7 percent of the vote, or 19,946 votes, and police reform activist Robert Gangi came in fourth, with 3.1 percent of the vote, or 13,299 votes.

Government reform activists in New York brought their smart phones into Assembly Committee meetings in Albany on Wednesday to live stream meetings that so far have not been available to the public on the internet.

Also running in the Democratic primary were police reform activist Robert Gangi, Michael Tolkin and Richard Bashner.

50CAN was set up by Connecticut resident and education reform activists Jonathan Sackler, a corporate director of Purdue Pharma.

To Feed And Be Fed (8 min) Ann Cooper is the tough, hard working chef whose convictions drive her to reinvent herself as a school reform activist.

Zuckerberg has been an immigration reform activist for years, dating back to his cofounding of the FWD.us lobbying group in 2013.

The mass shooting has galvanized gun reform activists in a way few such incidents have before, sparking protests, school walkouts and even the nationwide March For Our Lives on March 24.

Now, with two months before the primary, the mayor faces two main Democratic challengers, former City Council Member Sal Albanese and police reform activist Bob Gangi.

Gun reform activist David Hogg has decided to take on Wall Street and heavyweight investment managers by calling for the boycott of Vanguard and BlackRock, two of the world's biggest investors and owners of publicly traded firearms manufacturing from makers like Sturm Ruger (RGR: NYSE) and American Outdoor Brands (AOBC: NASDAQ).

Nugent on Saturday called the student gun reform activists «mushy brained children who have been fed lies,» and accused them of committing «spiritual suicide» in their fight for change.

Brooklyn, NY — In a move emblematic of New York State politics, the Kings County Democratic County Committee (aka Brooklyn Democratic Party) blocked a vote on a set of ethics and transparency amendments to the governing rules of the Brooklyn Democratic Party committee proposed by Kings County reform activists at the first County Committee meeting of the new term.

Brooklyn, NY — In a move emblematic of New York State politics, the Kings County Democratic County Committee (aka Brooklyn Democratic Party) failed to provide substantive updates on a set of ethics and transparency amendments to the governing rules of the Brooklyn Democratic Party committee proposed by Kings County reform activists at the previous County Committee meeting on September 21st of 2016.

Hip hop mogul, and Rockefeller Drug Law Reform activist Russell Simmons has dipped his feet back into New York's political waters once again.

Government reform activists took their smart phones into New York Assembly Committee meetings to live stream meetings that so far have not been available on line to the public.

Joe Soll, a psychotherapist and adoption reform activist, says that CPCs «funnel people to adoption agencies who put them in maternity homes,» where ambivalent mothers are subjected to moralistic and financial pressure: warned that if they don't give up their babies, they'll have to pay for their spot at the home, and given conflicted legal counsel from agency - retained lawyers.

But first, we considered the alternative hypothesis advanced by other reform activists: the argument that greater social cohesion and shared commitments among teachers will better meliorate the problem of teacher turnover.

Karen Scharff, with the Working Families Party, which is led by reform activists and union leaders, says a request that the unions refrain from spending money on campaigns when there are no restrictions on big business, would not work.

In introducing the governor to a gathering of some 200 or so state - based tort - reform activists from across the country, ATRA members, law professors and other civil justice experts, ATRA president Tiger Joyce noted that, «Gov. Walker campaigned on the need for key civil justice reforms in his state as a means to improving the climate for business, growing the economy and creating new jobs.

That new case concerns a criminal justice / sentencing issue, forfeiture, that has been a focal point of concerns for reform activists across the political spectrum.

So is comedian / drug law reform activist Randy Credico, who is a registered Democrat, and so — assuming he gets onto the ballot — is mounting a primary challenge to Cuomo).

Police reform activists maintain that Vance's alternative of civil summonses and community service would still hurt communities of color.

The news comes as some elected officials and police reform activists say that the mayor has not made enough progress in the area of policing reform.

While some immigration reform activists thought the DREAM 9's tactics were too radical, 33 members of Congress, including Congressmen José Serrano and Charles Rangel, and Congresswoman Yvette Clark, signed a letter of support for the DREAM 9 that was sent to President Barack Obama.

The speaker's request had the support of the City Council, even as police reform activists railed against the proposal.

The Assembly member — who said he is interested in seeing the elimination of backdoor borrowing and term limits enacted in both houses, among other changes — has spent the last five years campaigning with Con Con advocates like SUNY New Paltz professor Gerald Benjamin and government reform activist Bill Samuels, participating in countless town halls and panel discussions to help get the word out.

Sen. Toby Stavisky (D - Flushing) beat out immigration reform activist S.J. Jung, capturing 57 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting.

The day the legislation was introduced, he held a press conference at Federal Hall, where he stood in front of a crowd of voting reform activists and declared his support for any legislation that «makes it easier to vote.»

After all, he said, he was introducing the education historian and anti-corporate reform activist Diane Ravitch.

But how to best invigorate teachers, slowing the costly loss of staff, continues to divide reform activists and scholars alike.

Casey would go on the next year to accuse news anchor - turned - teacher quality reform activist Campbell Brown (along with several other reformers) of committing «the equivalent of a blood libel» against teachers for daring to expose the complicity of the AFT's Big Apple local (and that of the national union) in keeping criminally abusive teachers on the city's payroll.

Concerns over the virtual insolvencies of public defined - benefit pensions are spurring pension reform activists to action; this will include efforts to pass laws that will move teachers and other civil servants into hybrid plans that feature aspects of defined - contribution plans along with a defined - benefit component with a guaranteed savings rate.

That many in the school reform movement have either been reluctant or outright hostile about working with Black Lives Matter and criminal justice reform activists on addressing issues that are tied to schools (including overuse of harsh school discipline and the penchant of traditional districts to refer children to juvenile courts), has also made it easy for NEA and AFT to win over some activists.

The board is dominated by Hogan appointees and includes some noted education reform activists.

«We've been thinking about reaching out to her,» said Bob Gangi, a police reform activist who is running a long - shot campaign for mayor.

There is little, if any, primary competition for the three, though de Blasio does face several Democratic opponents, most notably former City Council Member Sal Albanese and police reform activist Bob Gangi.

He leaves the Democratic field to de Blasio, former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese — another conservative - tilting outer borough Democrat — and police reform activist Robert Gangi.

Student and gun - reform activist David Hogg has now turned his sights on one of the most high - profile U.S. senators in Congress: Sen. John McCain (R - AZ).

Darling, whom Bennett listed as a reference, said he's a great fit for the job, calling him «an education - reform activist with a national reputation.»

A group of electoral reform activists and elected officials on Tuesday called on a panel that's currently reviewing the City Charter to put a so - called instant runoff voting proposal up for a public vote this November.

Government reform activists took their smartphones into Assembly Committee meetings to live stream meetings that so far have not been available online to the public.

Some adoption reform activists I've read advocate for legal guardianship but not full adoption, until the time the birth parents can take over parenting.