Sentences with phrase «asked by a legislator»

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Astorino also outlined a new plan in response to the opioid epidemic and asked the Board of Legislators to join him in a lawsuit aimed at protecting taxpayers, ratepayers, students and communities directly affected by the eventual closure of Indian Point.

Pfau was grilled by the GOP lawmaker today, (the legislator asking the question is Assemblyman Jim Hayes), but she stood her ground.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

Indeed, Chief Chris Uba, younger brother of Andy Uba who is himself the main man backing the Oguebego faction was quick to ask his brother and all the other legislators backed by the Emekayi faction to quit.

I was recently asked to comment about reports that upwards of thirty state legislators are leaving office by year's end.

Now, parents and education advocates from across New York City are asking state legislators to ensure the future of high - performing public charter schools by supporting the Governor's proposal.

Picente has asked the Oneida County Board of Legislators to commit $ 500,000 to address the public works projects within the municipalities that were severely impacted by the storm water runoff or flooding from their waterways or bodies of water.

[46] Swartz led the first activism event of his career with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, delivering thousands of «Honor Kennedy» petition signatures to Massachusetts legislators asking them to fulfill former Senator Ted Kennedy's last wish by appointing a senator to vote for health care reform.

During a hushed conversation with the lobbyist secretly recorded by investigators, one of the women he was involved with whispered to Silver that she'd been trying to meet with him because a reporter had been asking about legislators having affairs.

On Wednesday, members of the city council's Progressive Caucus, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, chair of the Education Committee, came to Albany asking state legislators to adopt a budget that provides funding mandated by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court decision, excludes additional resources for charter schools, leaves the charter school cap at current levels and provides more local control over the city's schools.

Their proposals include asking legislators to abide by what some of the groups called the Clear Conscience Pledge, a written commitment to increase transparency, limit outside income and close the L.L.C. loophole.

When asked by a journalist if she thought the dual - review plan was a «Solomonic» attempt to, in a sense, «split the baby,» Jennifer Schwartz Berky, Kingston's incoming county legislator, said the ancient king's wisdom exceeded New York State's.

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That brought Apple to speak in front of Albany County legislators Thursday night, after being asked by lawmakers to update what the county is doing about the epidemic.

At Tuesday's press conference, the leaders were asked by reporters if they feel added pressure because New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo already had reached an agreement with his state's legislators on a bill imposing tougher gun restrictions.

Maybe the leadership asked for a plan but I as one of the 17 legislators didn't ask for a plan and I would like to have my say on this by voting on it.

The annual disclosure forms legislators are required to submit to the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics only asks the elected officials to provide income ranges, not specific dollar amounts, for their outside income as well as the value of stock and property owned by them or their spouse.

By asking your legislator to support the Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act (FAST Act), you could help work to give patients in remote areas better access to stroke experts.

By an 8 - to - 1 vote, the board approved a resolution that asks the governor and state legislators to support the Wisconsin Voucher Taxpayer Transparency Bill «in an effort to be open, honest and transparent with the taxpayers of the School District of Rhinelander and the state of Wisconsin.»

She does this by offering up her knowledge to anyone who asks — to her own students, of course, but also to state and local legislators, to undocumented students who will never know her, and to counselors trying to assist undocumented students through a process that was not built with them in mind.

If you are a Michigan resident, you can help pass this legislation by getting in contact with your local legislator and asking them to vote «yes» on SB 560.

Email records obtained by CMD show that after the trip, legislators were asked by ALEC to send «thank you notes» to the lobbyists for their generosity in Alberta.

So we ask State Legislators, when you are deciding how best to regulate this important financial product, to do what is best for your constituents by providing them access to economic assistance during their time of need, and ensuring that they are fully informed as to the terms and conditions of the transaction by having their attorney review it with them in order to confirm that it is properly classified as a purchase.

You can also act RIGHT NOW by heading to our Legislative Action Center to contact state legislators and ask them to pass compensation legislation now!

But Enrich did face several skeptical policy - related questions from Justices Antonin Scalia, who asked whether taxes are political issues that should be decided by legislators, not courts, and David Souter, who questioned whether tax incentives such as Ohio's are truly discriminatory.

The question over the setting up of university in the state was asked by JVM - P legislator Samresh Singh.

Not only will he be under oath, but he'll be fielding blunt questions from grandstanding legislators that are liable to be less predictable, less technically literate, and frankly ruder than those asked by journalists such as David Kirkpatrick or CNN's Laurie Segall.

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Calling for the enactment of Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2 percent property tax cap, the multifaceted campaign spurred New Yorkers and REALTORS ® to action by asking them to encourage their legislators to vote for the cap.