Sentences with phrase «appointed offices who»

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There are currently two interim leaders of the agency: current head of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney, who was selected by President Trump to oversee the consumer watchdog until a permanent replacement could be found, and Leandra English, former CFPB chief of staff turned deputy director, whom Cordray had appointed.

The extraordinary criticism raised questions about whether Trump was seeking to drive his top Justice official from office as a way to wrest control of the investigation from Mueller, who was appointed after Sessions» recusal for failing to immediately disclose his meetings with Kislyak.

if we mean to have those appointed to public offices, who are sincere friends to religion, we, the people who appoint them, must take care to choose such characters; and not rely upon such cobweb barriers as test - laws are» (IV: 640)

«I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute — where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishoners for whom to vote — where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference — and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.

The letters were sent to men who were appointed to public office, such as the governors at Basra and Kufa, and also to people like Mu`awiya.

The administration of the order was in the hands of the presiding chief at Konya who was appointed or removed from office by the Sultans during the time of the Ottoman empire.

But corrupt, worldly, or weak Popes used their power to appoint as abbots men who had the emoluments of the office but seldom if ever were in residence.

Braiman, 38, who was appointed trustee at a special Village Board board meeting this week, will take office Monday night at the regular board meeting.

All Party Office holders (elected or appointed) who have second executive positions in government should vacate their Party positions for substantive officers appointed to fill in.

A HUD spokesman denied reports that the president had appointed Lynne Patton, an event planner who arranged Eric Trump's wedding, to lead the regional office that oversees federal housing in New York.

«The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney.

Armstrong, who was government chief whip before being appointed to the Cabinet Office in the reshuffle, will already be a familiar face to many regeneration practitioners.

It was his first run for political office and his opponent was Democratic state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who had been appointed to the office three years prior.

... appointed the office's first - ever Hate - Crimes prosecutor, who is specially - trained to investigate and prosecute violations of the state's hate - crime statutes.

The administration of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who is not expected to seek re-election as he fights federal corruption charges, has moved more than 40 politically appointed employees into competitive union positions that will protect them from being fired when a new county executive takes office in January.

In the meantime, he said the Legislature has a golden opportunity to appoint somebody who can stablize the office and restore some of the luster it may have lost over the last 24 hours.

The letter accepting the presidency's directive to SSNIT to be part of the project was written on August 19, 2016 by Albert W.S. Essamuah, Managing Director of Albert Essamuah Associates Limited, who are the Supervising Consultants of the project; and said they were appointed by the government through the Ministry of Transport under former Minister, Dzifa Attivor and Anator Holding, proponents, to establish the Master Plan Implementation Office which comprises the legal technical and financial structure to organize, follow and monitor the realization of the preliminary and implementation phases of the SEZ project.

Updated 3:26 p.m. The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney not directly involved in the proceeding.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who initially appointed Underwood as the solicitor general when he was the attorney general, also supports having her run the office until 2019.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this afternoon he will not appoint a replacement for late Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, leaving the office in the hands of Chief Assistant Eric Gonzalez and temporarily dousing intense political speculation over the question of who will succeed the first - term prosecutor.

Speaking to the BBC after being appointed, Sajid Javid said his parents, who migrated to the UK from Pakistan, would be incredibly proud that their son had got to one of the great offices of state.

A LL banning individuals from holding elected offices or being appointed to certain boards or commissions who are convicted of certain felony charges

Comptroller DiNapoli, who is a former lawmaker, was appointed to the state comptroller's office in 2007 and elected to a full term in 2010.

the legal firm of Lithur Brew and Company now representing the Plaintiff [Dominic Ayine] are also the lawyers for former President, John Dramani Mahama: the immediate past Attorney General, Marrita Opong Brew - Appiah was and is a member of the law firm as well as Tony Lithur who was also appointed by the former President as Chairman of the lucrative Ghana Airport Company Limited during his tenure of office and also holds himself out as the personal lawyer of the former President,» Martin Amidu noted.

Notably missing from the ceremony was Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who appointed Mr. Prendergast and has repeatedly sparred with Mr. de Blasio since the mayor took office in 2014.

(4) The independent panel shall report as approved for each judicial position all highly qualified persons who make application to the panel, provided that if the number of highly qualified applicants exceeds three times the number of existing vacancies to be filled in such position (determined as of the time the panel renders its report), the independent panel shall report as approved the most highly qualified applicants in a number equal to three times the number of vacancies to be filled in such position, provided further that if the number of highly qualified applicants is less than three times the number of vacancies to be filled in such position the independent panel shall report as approved the most highly qualified applicants in a number equal to not less than two times the number of such vacancies, provided further that the following categories of applicants who are eligible for reelection or reappointment shall be reported as approved if their performance during their term of office merits continuation in office, and no other applicants shall be reported as approved for their vacancies: (a) a judge or justice completing a full term of office seeking re-election to that office, or (b) an interim Supreme Court justice who has been appointed by the Governor to fill an existing vacancy no later than the previous June 1 after approval of the Governor's screening panel, who has been confirmed by the State Senate and has assumed office no later than the date the panel renders its report, and who otherwise would not be required to make application to the independent screening panel pursuant to the provisions of sub-paragraph (3).

The Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 appointed The Committee of Public Accounts to oversee the work of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG)[1] The Committee continues to be assisted by the C&AG who is a permanent witness at its hearings, along with his staff of the National Audit Office, who provide briefings on each report and assist in the preparation of the Committee's own reports.

(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an application.

Two M.T.A. members appointed by former mayor Michael Bloomberg whose terms have expired and who had been planning to resign to make way for de Blasio's appointees, have agreed to stay until those appointees are confirmed, according to the mayor's office.

Edgar Hoover, who is often accused of undermining the Constitution, was never elected to office but rather appointed as head of the FBI by President Coolidge.

I rather like it when those who enter office, whether elected or appointed, announce themselves in advance by a) a long and arduous record, b) predictably constrained staff who will be paid by OUR tax dollars to pursue their pet projects, thus opening themselves up to stark exposure on countless occasions yet to unfold, and c) who must thus become leaden weights on the presumed «We'll get this done» crippled legs of those who make bold to hire them.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is appointing Lorelei Salas commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs, replacing Julie Menin, who left the agency to lead the mayor's office of media and entertainment in February.

One amendment would significantly broaden the state's power to control who operates homeless shelters in New York, allowing the Office of Temporary Disability and Assistance, which oversees shelters, to remove operators at shelters that are found to have financial and safety problems and directly appoint new ones.

His answer did not seem to fully assuage Miller, who was appointed to the ESD board before Cuomo took office.

The years served by any member elected or appointed to serve less than a full legislative term to fill a vacancy in office are not included in the 12 - year limitation; but no member who has completed 12 years in office is thereafter eligible to serve a partial term.

Degnan is likely to leave office by January of next year, along with the governor who appointed him.

Ken Ofori - Atta, who was appointed after President Nana Akufo - Addo took office in January, said the measures being taken by the government included rooting out ghost workers and ensuring all state contracts went to public tender.

The Minority wishes to serve notice to the Nana Akuffo Addo Government that it would not stand idly by for the government, either through its surrogates or through dubious legal measures, to hound legitimately qualified and appointed officials of state and especially those of the Electoral Commission who are independent, out of office.

Fisch, a former state Supreme Court judge from the Bronx who was appointed inspector general in 2008 by Gov. David Paterson, is responsible for investigating corruption and mismanagement in state offices run by gubernatorial appointees.

Senate Republicans have argued the subpoenas are overly broad and burdensome, characterizing them as being used in a «political witch - hunt» by the office of Sugarman, who was appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat.

They should gain control over any decision to appoint external consultants, making sure when there are staff in the Council office who should and could do the job that they do it.

A new measure Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote into amendments to his executive budget would significantly broaden the state's power to control who operates homeless shelters in New York state, allowing the state's Office of Temporary Disability and Assistance, which oversees shelters, to remove operators at shelters that are found to have financial and safety problems and directly appoint new ones.

The cutting of PEP officers comes as residents and elected officials have increasingly been calling on Governor Cuomo's office to appoint people who live in the neighborhood to the BPCA.

However Gordon Brown, who was elected leader on the same day, did not subsequently appoint her deputy prime minister, instead leaving the office vacant.

On - topic questions include: whether de Blasio and McCray's partnership is modeled on the Clintons, how the Mayor's Fund will be financed including whether they plan to ask Michael Bloomberg to contribute money, the anticipated size of McCray's staff and office location, whether McCray will regularly issue a public schedule, how de Blasio decided to appoint McCray, whether she will continue to be active in other efforts related to the administration such as the pre-K initiative, whether McCray is ready for increased public and press scrutiny and how others who disagree with any actions or decisions by McCray at the Mayor's Fund can address those with the mayor.

The office of the Special Prosecutor had generated a lot of debate and so it was incumbent on the appointing authority to appoint someone who was unblemished and principled.

Roberto Velez was appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to become the next commissioner of the Office of Children and Family Services, replacing Gladys Carrion, who moved to Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration more than a year ago.

And Heastie, who is also a Democrat, appointed a task force to search for someone to head up a new Assembly Office of Ethics and Compliance.

But appointing a Democrat would have meant preserving a modicum of ideological balance on the board, not to mention respecting the wishes of the majority of voters who have repeatedly re-elected Krupski to that local office.

Egan, who has served seven New York State Governors, was appointed Commissioner of the New York State Office of General Services by Governor Spitzer on February 14, 2007 and confirmed by the Senate on March 12, 2007.