Sentences with phrase «community protection act»

In addition, the Illinois Secretary of State will begin revoking the driving privileges of motorists who are convicted of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs specified in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Cannabis Control Act, or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act on more than one occasion.

Also at 10 a.m., state Sen. Tony Avella co-sponsors a forum with the CUNY School of Law and the Center for Urban Environmental Reform on the Climate and Community Protection Act, 2 Court Square W., Queens.

Shelley also believes that climate change denial is a hurting our future and supported Climate and Community Protection Act, a bill that would help put New York on track to minimize the adverse impacts of climate change through a reduction in statewide greenhouse gas emissions and improve the resiliency of the state with respect to the impacts and risks of climate change.

Now Governor Cuomo is being urged to support what advocates say is the «most ambitious climate legislation in the country» — the Climate and Community Protection Act.

«It is incumbent upon New York State to step up and protect New Yorkers, with legislation such as the Climate and Community Protection Act, transitioning into 100 % renewables with many new good union jobs, while boldly standing forward to save our communities and our salvage our future.»

Giovaria Hernandez of the Bronx said Cuomo's climate change polices don't go far enough and she called on lawmakers to approve the Climate and Community Protection Act introduced in the Senate and Assembly.

Mr. Bellone said the Court of Appeals ruling will not impact the work the county is doing with the Community Protection Act.

-- The HuffPost's Alexander Kaufman says Cuomo is a «climate pariah» and that he's already twice failed the test of supporting NY Renews - backed Climate and Community Protection Act.

The center, formerly known as Parents for Megan's Law, had a $ 2.5 million contract with the Suffolk Police Department for the past three years to verify sex offenders» addresses as well as monitor social media and conduct education programs under Suffolk's Community Protection Act.

The bill, known as the Climate and Community Protection Act, would set into law the Cuomo administration's target goals for clean energy while also ensuring equity for frontline communities workers.

One of my top priorities as Governor is to pass the Climate and Community Protection Act.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement today in response to U.S. Senate passage of S. 2155, the «Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,» which will alleviate regulatory burdens for America's local and community banks:

Most of what a Federal Reserve Board member does is dealing with microeconomic issues having to do with bank regulation, bank mergers, bank supervision, consumer protection laws, CRA [Community Reinvestment Act], fair lending statutes — all kinds of things that have nothing to do with monetary policy.

The Queensland Government acted decisively and for the first time turtles and dugongs were afforded protection under the Queensland Animal Care and Protection Act — a move praised by Indigenous communities in North Qprotection under the Queensland Animal Care and Protection Act — a move praised by Indigenous communities in North QProtection Act — a move praised by Indigenous communities in North Queensland.

At 2 p.m., joined by law enforcement, advocates and members of the community, Westchester County Executive George Latimer signs the Immigrant Protection Act into law, Michaelian Office Building, 8th Floor Rotunda, 148 Martine Ave., White Plains.

«Could ridesharing mitigate voter suppression where marginalized communities have lost the full protection of the Voting Rights Act and find it hard to even get to a polling booth,» Sasjkia Otto thought.

While the Governor pledged his renewed support for a state Dream Act and for protecting New York's DACA recipients, he neglected to call for increased protections against federal immigration agents in courthouses, hospitals, and our communities,» said Choi in a statement.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Community Heroes Protection Act, which would designate crimes targeted towards first responders as hate crimes, was introduced Tuesday in Albany.

New York State Sen. Patrick Gallivan is among a trio of lawmakers introducing the Community Heroes Protection Act in New York.

But, now, with the State Legislature in the final few days of its 2013 regular session, the Empire State Pride Agenda, the advocacy and lobby group leading the push for civil rights protections for the transgender community, says that there is «clear momentum» toward enactment of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act.

The workshop is sponsored by New York Sea Grant (NYSG) with additional funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Community Climate Adaptation Initiative Program and the Environmental Protection Fund under the authority of the New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act.

On December 8, 2011, opponents filed suit, alleging that the newly drawn state House map violated the Voting Rights Act and the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution by «targeting African - American incumbents for pairing, and «cracking» the Latino community of southwest Detroit.»

ESPA left the field with the key goal of the trans community, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, unfinished business, after the persistent refusal of the Senate Republicans to take up a measure first proposed in early 2003, when the state's gay rights law was adopted without transgender protections.

Westchester County Legislator Catherine Borgia said: «Thank you County Executive Latimer, for reaffirming Westchester's values as a welcoming community that believes in equal justice for all by signing the Immigration Protection Act.

The Immigration Protection Act will foster the safety of all of the county's residents by removing any trepidation some in the community might have about their interactions with the county's law enforcement agencies and I'm proud that we've been able to craft something that has the full support of both advocates for the immigrant community and the county departments responsible for public safety, corrections and probation.»

«Despite its name, the Immigrant Protection Act does not provide new protections for our immigrant community,» stated Testa and Cunzio.

The BUILD Act reauthorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields Program, and modernizes and improves on elements of the program to provide support for communities working to redevelop brownfields.

But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-- empowered by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) of 1974 (and amended in 1986 and 1996) to set national safety standards — has urged communities since 1996 to cut back on chlorine, which produces harmful by - products when added to water, including trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, known cancer - causing agents.

Yoon said some of the funding made possible by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which includes $ 460 million for community mental health services for states to use, may help other states to create similar programs.

Front - line protection of U.S. communities against disease epidemics relies on seamless information sharing between public health officials and doctors, plus the wherewithal to act on that data.

6.2 We have used our best endeavours to ensure that our website complies with UK laws and where appropriate European Community law including without limitation, The E Commerce Regulations 2002, The Data Protection Act 1998, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the general law.

Kahn rips a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report that lists a representative sample of 175 academic institutions that regularly violate the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right - to - Know Act, the Resource Conservation Recovery Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, to name just a few.

If we are to belong to a global community, then we need to act together for the protection and betterment of that community.

California Endowment grant for «Improving community health through land use planning to support advocacy, communications, and research strategies that promote community health goals in land planning under implementation of the sustainable communities and climate protection act in Calif»

The president of Wind Concerns Ontario (WCO), a volunteer - led coalition of 30 community groups and many Ontario families, has filed a private prosecution against the Honourable Chris Ballard, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC), for violating Ontario's Environmental Protection Act (EPA).

Today, environmental and community groups asked a federal court to stay a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to weaken and delay Clean Air Act protection against toxic pollution from cemeProtection Agency to weaken and delay Clean Air Act protection against toxic pollution from cemeprotection against toxic pollution from cement plants.

(Sec. 5006) Amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary to enter into agreements with Indian tribes, for each of FY2014 - FY2018, to execute demonstration projects that promote biomass energy production on Indian forest land and in nearby communities by providing tribes with reliable supplies of woody biomass from federal lands.

• 350 Eurobodalla • 350 Melbourne • Act on Climate • Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) • Baby Boomers for Climate Change Action • Ballarat Climate Action • Bayside Climate Change Action Group • Beyond Zero Emissions • CACE — Community Action for the Climate Emergency • CANWin (Climate Action Now Wingecarribee) • cedamia • Centre for Climate Safety • Climate Action Canberra • Climate Action Hobart • Climate Action Monaro • Climate Action Moreland • Climate Change Australia (Hastings branch) • Climate Change Balmain - Rozelle • Climate Code Red • Coffs Coast Climate Action Group • Conservation Council SA • COREM (Community - Owned Renewable Energy Mullumbimby) • CORENA (Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia) • Dandenong Ranges Renewable Energy Association • Darebin Climate Action Now • Eastern Climate Action Melbourne • Environment Centre NT • Future Environment Defenders (FED Up) • Geelong Sustainability • Groundswell Bass Coast • Healthy Futures • Householders» Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) Inc • Journeys for Climate Justice • Lake Wollumboola Protection Association Inc • Lighter Footprints • LIVE (Locals Into Victoria's Environment) • Long Future Foundation • Market Forces • Nature Conservation Council of NSW • Parramatta Climate Action Network (ParraCAN) • Psychology for a Safe Climate • RSTI (Research and Strategy for Transition Initiation) • Save the Planet • Shoalhaven Transition Inc • St Andrews Uniting Church Fairfield • Stonnington Climate Action Network • Surf Coast Air Action • Sustainable Engineering Society • Transition Byron Shire • Transition East Geelong • Vote Climate • WATCH (Wodonga Albury Towards Climate Health) • Western Region Environment Centre • Yarra Climate Action Now • Zero Emissions Byron

On behalf of local and national environmental and community groups, Earthjustice has been in the courts and in Congress to bring the protections of the Clean Water Act to the people, communities and waters of Appalachia.

The Environmental Justice Leadership Forum on Climate Change (The EJ Forum) is a national coalition of 41 environmental justice organizations (Coordinated by WE ACT for Environmental Justice) working together to advance climate justice and impact policy to ensure the protection and promotion of communities of color and low - income communities throughout the U.S.

We led a case involving the application of Deprivation of Liberty acid test in the community for a patient and the interface between safeguarding, Mental Health Act and the Court of Protection.

Ontario's Child, Youth and Family Services Act (CFSA) includes provisions that make it possible for the court to place a child in need of protection in the custody of a relative or community member.

From 1 January 1999, Community acts on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data shall apply to the institutions and bodies set up by, or on the basis of, this Treaty.

Holly regularly advises and acts in cases concerning the range of community care issues, including needs assessment and provision, capacity issues and Court of Protection applications, deprivation of liberty, deputy appointments, etc..

The investigation, to be conducted by the Special Ombudsman Response Team (SORT), will examine the involvement of the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services in the origin of Regulation 233/10, made last month under the Public Works Protection Act to apply to parts of downtown Toronto near the summit meeting site — and the subsequent communication about it to stakeholders, including police, media and the public.

I wanted the HPS to take an information under the offense clause of the Personal Health Information Protection Act for some serious breaches of medical privacy by Hamilton's «medical» community since the Privacy Commission had seen to it that they arbitrarily changed the Act and frustrated my rights to be protected under it and perverted their legislated responsibility to enforce it.

It provides protection for both personal property and liability, and ensures that one person's negligent act doesn't affect the entire community.

The National Employment Law Project (NELP), National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), and Community Legal Services, Inc. (CLS) recently sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) providing information on a proposed Summary of Rights and regulatory changes to strengthen the protections found in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) regarding criminal background checks on job applicants for employment.

6pm - 8 pm AEST: Directions for the future Kirstie Parker will be tweeting on the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, the national campaign Close the Gap, directions for the future including greater and better resourced community control and — in the context of current proposals to weaken protections under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 — the impact of racism on Indigenous health.

Through its justice system, child protection laws, heritage act, budget cuts and proposed closures of Aboriginal communities, Western Australia has continued to marginalise and discriminate against Aboriginal people.