Sentences with phrase «astorino signed a law»
His administration has also permitted fracking waste from Pennsylvania to be disposed of in New York, something even pro-fracking Astorino signed a law to prohibit in his own Westchester County.
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Even the pro-fracking Republican candidate Rob Astorino signed a law as Westchester County Executive in December 2012 to ban the import and treatment of frack drilling waste in his county.
Not exact matches
Astorino doesn't do that since he never was endorsed by the CSEA or PEF and thus can negiotiate in the best interest of the county (since it's the county taxpayer whose paying for any extra salary increase or benefits) And before you contiune GOP bashing, remember this, Richard Nixon (yes that Nixon) allowed public employees in the US Postal Service to form a union and collectively bargain for salaries and benefits and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller (R - NY) signed into law the Taylor Act, allowing NYS employees to form a union and negiotiate (but not strike).
Earlier this year, a piece of legislation banning the shows was passed by the county Legislature's Democratic majority but was never signed into law by Astorino who instead vetoed the measure.
In a letter from Quinn, Astorino is criticized for not signing the pledge to support the Women's Equality Act, a 10 - point package of bills that has stalled in Albany over a provision aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade in state law.
Astorino advisor Bill O'Reilly on State of Politics Live this morning said Astorino as governor would sign into law nine of the 10 measures, including bills aimed at pay equity, anti-human trafficking legislation and a bill aimed to curtail housing discrimination.
But according to County Attorney Robert Meehan, even if the bill were signed into law by County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, prior to the show, the county would be contractually obligated to let the expo go forward, or risk litigation.
According to Boykin, among his priorities will be passing a law that bans guns shows on county facilities — a move that would codify a recently signed executive order from newly elected Democratic County Executive George Latimer — as well as reviving the Immigration Protection Act that was passed by the Legislature last year but was ultimately blocked by an Astorino veto.